Wigan dismantle Wakefield to go back second

Betfred Super League

Wigan (18) 44

Goals: Keighran, Smith 5; Nsemba, Field, Marshall, Walters;

Wakefield (2) 2

With a comprehensive victory over Wakefield Trinity at Brick Community Stadium, Wigan Warriors reclaimed second place in the Super League.

At the break, Adam Keighran, Bevan French, and Zach Eckersley gave them a 16-point lead.

After the break, Junior Nsemba, Jai Field, Eckersley, Liam Marshall, and Sam Walters scored the two points for a strong performance.

A well-weighted grubber kick from the hosts came in 15 minutes and found Australian centre Keighran who bravely faced two defenders to touch down and start the scoring.

For his 100th try of the Super League, French responded quickest to the loose ball by dipping down underneath the sticks after another French grubber kick intended for Walters.

In the 32nd minute, Warriors won their third goal thanks to a fantastic one-handed offload from French, who turned in Eckersley over the bar unopposed in the right corner.

After five minutes of play, Marshall unselfishly set up Nsemba to score the Warriors’ fourth try and put an end to the contest.

Farrell found Patrick Mago, whose line break set up Field and completed a lovely move during a pleasant afternoon for the hosts.

Ethan Havard was sent to the sin-bin after clattering high on the hour mark while making his 100th Super League appearance for Wigan.

Wigan overloaded the visitors on the right wing, with French and Farrell getting involved once more before Eckersley scored his second try despite having only 12 men.

Daryl Powell, the head of Wakefield Trinity, stated to BBC Radio Leeds:

“We just gave away too much in the first half,” he said. You can’t play that kind of game against Wigan if you get into good positions and start the game well, but you can’t drop the ball when you play.

The first two tries were difficult to defend, respectively. If you want to win a game against Wigan, you don’t use those kinds of stats, even though Wigan had 91% territory in the first half.

We were simply described as poor. Even though today’s performance isn’t great, a little perspective is needed from where we’ve come from. Individual players must play well for the team to succeed. We were really poor today, despite what I believed to be true.

Nsemba, Mago, Leeming, and Hill are the exchanges.

Sin-bin: Havard (60 mins)

Wakefield includes the following: Jowitt, Walmsley, Scott, Pratt, Johnstone, Trueman, Lino, McMeeken, Hood, Storton, Vagana, Griffin, Pitts, and Johnson.

Atoni, Cozza, Smith, and Faatili make changes.