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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Sport
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Wigan go top with thrilling win over Leigh
Betfred Super League Wigan (28) 36 Tries: Marshall, Wardle, Keighran, Nsemba, Ellis, Eckersley, Leeming Goals: Keighran 4 Leigh (12) 28 Tries: Niu, Ofahengaue, O'Neill 2, Trout Goals: O'Brien 2, McNamara 2 Wigan Warriors moved above Hull KR to the top of the Super League table with a pulsating 36-28 victory over Leigh Leopards at the Brick Community Stadium. When these two met in the opening round of fixtures in February, all manner of records were broken in a 1-0 golden-point win for Leigh, the lowest-scoring Super League game. Here they served up the polar opposite with a 12-try thriller on a night when the scoreboard rarely stopped turning over. Victory moved Matty Peet's side to the top of the table on points difference over Hull KR, who have a chance to reclaim top spot against Huddersfield Giants on Saturday. If Wigan and Leigh's single-point season opener had been entertaining in its own way, this was rugby league for the neutral with some scintillating attacking play. Wigan were the first to fire as they raced into a 12-0 lead with converted tries from Liam Marshall and Jake Wardle inside nine minutes. Yet Leigh gained a foothold in the contest when Owen Trout forced Jai Field into a fumble under a high ball on 19 minutes, and Tesi Niu bulldozed over close to the posts. Bevan French was as ever at the heart of most of Wigan's play-making and it was the brilliant Australian whose pass put in Adam Keighran for Wigan's third try. Junior Nsemba made it four after a high ball bounced fortunately for Sam Walters to gather and assist. And Kaide Ellis made it five when quick thinking allowed him to ground the ball when he was being held up on the line. It looked like curtains for Leigh at that stage, but Adrian Lam's outfit are nothing but resilient and, despite their 21-14 Challenge Cup semi-final defeat by Warrington Wolves undoubtedly taking plenty out of their legs, they fought back bravely from that point. Joe Ofahengaue grabbed a try back just before the break as they trailed 28-12 at the halfway point. And they came out firing after the break with 12 unanswered points in as many minutes as Ethan O'Neill sneaked in twice from close range. With the score closer than it had been at any point at 32-22, Wigan's nerves might have started to fray but Kruise Leeming soothed them by finishing off a long-range effort as the lead stretched again to 36-22. There was a lengthy delay after Zak Eckersley suffered a neck injury after a tackle which involved Alec Tuitavake. The Wigan player left the field on a stretcher and was taken to hospital, while the Leigh man will find out his fate on Monday when the challenge is reviewed. The delay took some of the sting from the game, and although Trout barrelled over for a converted late try to get Leigh within eight points of the home team, the hooter beat any further comeback. Wigan: Field; Eckersley, Keighran, Wardle, Marshall; French, Smith; Byrne, O'Neill, Walters, Nsemba, Farrell, Ellis. Interchanges: Thompson, Mago, Leeming, Dupree. Leigh: Hodgson, McIntosh, Niu, Hanley, Charnley, O'Brien, Lam, Ofahengaue, Ipape, Mulhern, O'Neill, Trout, Liu. Interchanges: Hughes, Davis, Tuitavake, McNamara. Referee: Chris Kendall.
Yahoo
04-05-2025
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Magic Weekend defeat for Warrington Wolves - post-match reaction
DEFENDING champions Wigan Warriors proved to be too much for a depleted Warrington Wolves side to overcome at Magic Weekend. However, it was not for lack of trying as they came agonisingly close to completing a remarkable late fightback. In the end, they were a missed conversion away from forcing golden point after Stefan Ratchford missed the goal from Jake Thewlis' second try, which narrowed the scores to 22-20 With a raft of key players including George Williams, Danny Walker, Matty Ashton and Marc Sneyd absent, a long afternoon looked to be in store for The Wire after they conceded two tries in as many first-half minutes to Jai Field and Bevan French but to their credit, they fought their way back. Jake Thewlis touched down before the break and when Rodrick Tai followed him over the line just after half time, Warrington had narrowed the gap to just two points. However, Abbas Miski and Adam Keighran touched down to get Wigan back out to arm's length and a seemingly safe margin. Once Joe Philbin rumbled over and Thewlis touched down for his second, however, the comeback was on but Burgess' boys fell just short. More post-match reaction to follow > Re-live the action from St James' Park as it happened here > INSTANT REACTION: Depleted Wire fall agonisingly short at Magic Match facts: Super League, Round 10 (Magic Weekend) Sunday, May 4, 2025 Wigan Warriors...22 Warrington Wolves...20 Warriors: Jai Field; Abbas Miski, Adam Keighran, Jake Wardle, Liam Marshall; Bevan French, Harry Smith; Liam Byrne, Brad O'Neill, Luke Thompson, Junior Nsemba, Liam Farrell, Kaide Ellis. Subs: Kruise Leeming, Tyler Dupree, Harvie Hill, Sam Walters. 18th man: Zach Eckersley Wolves: Matt Dufty; Josh Thewlis, Rodrick Tai, Arron Lindop, Jake Thewlis; Oli Leyland, Stefan Ratchford; Luke Yates, Sam Powell, Paul Vaughan, Adam Holroyd, Lachlan Fitzgibbon, Ben Currie. Subs: Zane Musgrove, James Harrison, Joe Philbin, Jordy Crowther. 18th man: Ewan Irwin Scoring: Field try, 11mins, Keighran goal, 6-0; French try, 14mins, Keighran goal, 12-0; Jake Thewlis try, 19mins, 12-4; Tai try, 43mins, Ratchford goal, 12-10; Miski try, 53mins, Keighran goal, 18-10; Keighran try, 70mins, 22-10; Philbin try, 74mins, Ratchford goal, 22-16; Jake Thewlis try, 76mins, 22-20 Penalties: Warriors 2 Wolves 8 Referee: Chris Kendall Attendance: TBC
Yahoo
02-03-2025
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Wigan maul Wolves in high-scoring Las Vegas opener
Wigan have thumped rivals Warrington in Las Vegas which broke new ground as the first Super League game to be played in the United States. The historic encounter at the Allegiant Stadium on Sunday (AEDT) saw Matt Peet's defending champions go 24-0 up at halftime after tries from Tyler Dupree, Abbas Miski, Bevan French and Harry Smith. The Warriors added further scores after the break through Jai Field, Jake Wardle and Luke Thompson, with Adam Keighran converting all seven tries to make it 42-0 before the hour mark. Warrington grabbed consolation tries through Arron Lindop, James Harrison, Matt Dufty and Matty Ashton while Liam Marshall scored late on for Wigan and Keighran ended with eight goals. OH MY WORD 🤯 WHAT A TRY 🔥#SuperLeague — Betfred Super League (@SuperLeague) March 1, 2025 For Wolves boss Sam Burgess, whose arrival in Las Vegas earlier this week was delayed by visa complications, this was a massive disappointment. It was his team's first defeat of the season as Wigan, last season's quadruple winners, backed up their 46-4 victory at Hull FC last week with another huge victory. Around 10,000 English fans were in the crowd for the first part of a quadruple header involving two NRL fixtures and women's Test match between England and the Australia Jillaroos. Warrington thought they had opened the scoring when captain George Williams sent a high, hanging kick inside the left channel for Toby King to touch down before referee Chris Kendall signalled a try, although the score was reviewed by video referee Liam Moore. Moore deemed that King had stripped the ball from Keighran and a penalty was awarded to Wigan, who went close themselves moments later when Marshall dived over to score in the left corner. Kendall awarded a try before going to the video referee, who chalked it off for the winger dropping the ball as he dived over. But Wigan opened the scoring in the 17th minute when Dupree went over from close range before Miski's acrobatic finish saw him dive over in the right corner six minutes later. In the 28th minute, the talismanic French found space to go over and the Warriors had their fourth shortly before halftime. Smith swapped passes superbly with halfback partner French to cross the line and Keighran's fourth goal made it 24-0. The procession continued after the break when Marshall's neat pass sent Field racing over and try number six came when Wardle touched down after fine work from the mercurial French. Champagne rugby league! 🍾#NRLVegas — NRL (@NRL) March 1, 2025 Thompson added number seven in the 54th minute after more classy play from French and Keighran's conversion stretched the lead to 42-0. Warrington were stunned, but they came back when Lindop touched down a kick from Williams and then Harrison went over from close range before Dufty crossed, with Josh Thewlis converting all three scores. Marshall went over in the left corner and Keighran kicked his eight conversion from as many attempts, before Ashton scored a superb long-range interception effort converted by Thewlis.
The Independent
02-03-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Wigan put on a show to ease past Warrington during historic clash in Las Vegas
Wigan thumped rivals Warrington in Las Vegas which broke new ground as the first Betfred Super League game to be played in the United States. The historic encounter at the Allegiant Stadium saw Matt Peet's defending champions go 24-0 up at half-time after tries from Tyler Dupree, Abbas Miski, Bevan French and Harry Smith. The Warriors added further scores after the break through Jai Field, Jake Wardle and Luke Thompson, with Adam Keighran converting all seven tries to make it 42-0 before the hour mark. Warrington grabbed consolation tries through Arron Lindop, James Harrison, Matt Dufty and Matty Ashton while Liam Marshall scored late on for Wigan and Keighran ended with eight goals. For Wolves boss Sam Burgess, whose arrival in Las Vegas earlier this week was delayed by visa complications, this was a massive disappointment. It was his team's first defeat of the season as Wigan, last season's quadruple winners, backed up their 46-4 victory at Hull FC last week with another huge victory. Around 10,000 English fans were in the crowd for the first part of a quadruple header involving two NRL fixtures and women's Test match between England and the Australia Jillaroos. Inside the opening exchanges, an incident involving Warrington's Lachlan Fitzgibbon and Warriors prop Liam Byrne led to a green card. Fitzgibbon was caught late and hurt in the challenge before referee Chris Kendall placed the incident on report. Warrington thought they had opened the scoring when captain George Williams sent a high, hanging kick inside the left channel for Toby King to touch down before Kendall signalled a try, although the score was reviewed by video referee Liam Moore. Moore deemed that King had stripped the ball from Keighran and a penalty was awarded to Wigan, who went close themselves moments later when Marshall dived over to score in the left corner. Kendall awarded a try before going to the video referee, who chalked it off for the winger dropping the ball as he dived over. But Wigan opened the scoring in the 17th minute when Dupree went over from close range before Miski's acrobatic finish saw him dive over in the right corner six minutes later. In the 28th minute, the talismanic French found space to go over and the Warriors had their fourth shortly before half-time. Smith swapped passes superbly with half-back partner French to cross the line and Keighran's fourth goal made it 24-0. The procession continued after the break when Marshall's neat pass sent Field racing over and try number six came when Wardle touched down after fine work from the mercurial French. Thompson added number seven in the 54th minute after more classy play from French and Keighran's conversion stretched the lead to 42-0. Warrington were stunned, but they came back when Lindop touched down a kick from Williams and then Harrison went over from close range before Dufty crossed, with Josh Thewlis converting all three scores. Marshall went over in the left corner and Keighran kicked his eight conversion from as many attempts, before Ashton scored a superb long-range interception effort converted by Thewlis.
