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| Friday 6th November 2020 | ||
| Wigan Warriors 19 Huddersfield Giants 6 | ||
| Headingley, Leeds (Switched from DW Stadium, Wigan due to Covid-19 Restrictions) |
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| Betfred Super League 22 - Round 20 of 20 | ||
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Kick Off 7:45pm |
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| - | Wigan | - | Huddersfield | ||||||
| 6 | Bevan French | 1 | Ashton Golding | ||||||
| 23 | Jake Bibby | 2 | Jermaine McGillvary | ||||||
| 1 | Zak Hardaker | T | G3 | 3 | Jake Wardle | ||||
| 4 | Oliver Gildart | 21 | Leroy Cudjoe | ||||||
| 5 | Joe Burgess | 24 | Louis Senior | ||||||
| 7 | Thomas Leuluai | 23 | Oliver Russell | ||||||
| 31 | Jackson Hastings | T | DG | 7 |
Aidan Sezer |
G | |||
| 19 |
Joe Bullock |
17 |
Ukuma Ta'ai |
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| 9 | Sam Powell | T | 37 | Brandon Moore | |||||
| 38 |
Brad Singleton |
13 |
Michael Lawrence |
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| 11 | Willie Isa | 34 | Chris McQueen | ||||||
| 12 | Liam Farrell | 12 | Joe Wardle | ||||||
| 17 |
Oliver Partington |
4 |
Jordan Turner |
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| Interchange: | |||||||||
| 8 | Tony Clubb | 8 | James Gavet | ||||||
| 10 | George Burgess | 27 | Sam Wood | T | |||||
| 14 | Ben Flower | 32 | Owen Trout | ||||||
| 16 | Morgan Smithies | 36 | Ronan Michael | ||||||
| Report: |
Due to ongoing Covid complications, it was decided three days before to extend the play offs to six teams whilst ending the regular season two games earlier than planned. With Wigan having a game in hand on both St Helens and Warrington, they were given this opportunity to clinch the League Leaders Shield for the first time in eight years since 2012. The match though was a bit after the lord mayors show. Having built up to the derby victory last week, Wigan had been expecting to play both Huddersfield and Leeds this weekend and then Hull next weekend before the play offs began. Instead the change of plan, just two days before the match had been due to play, saw this match pushed back 24 hours with extra importance added in. That perhaps all contributed to what was a very flat spectacle produced by Wigan. They were getting down the field find but once on the try line they often flattered to deceive and often ending up on the last tackle with no idea what to do with it. An early Sam Powell barge over (did he get it down?) saw Wigan take a 5th Minute 6-0 lead and you wondered whether an easy night was on the cards but it didn't work out like that. Huddersfield showed plenty of effort in defence all evening but in truth they barely produced anything in attack. They did manage a try three minutes before half time but that was off the back of a Bevan French error and Sam Wood took advantage to score with Aidan Sezer converting for 6-6 at half time. The match continued to plod along with very little happening but Wigan, or in particular Jackson Hastings, stepped up half a gear to get Wigan over the line. First he threw a dummy and went himself to score near the posts before a deft kick to the right allowed Zak Hardaker to score. Hardaker converting for 18-6 and within 3 minutes and 7 seconds Wigan had got the job done with zero evidence Huddersfield could show anything like a fightback. Hastings then
nailed a drop goal with 4 minutes remaining for 19-6 and that sealed the
league leaders shield. Ultimately though this was a very forgettable
match. |
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| Scoring: |
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| Referee: |
Chris Kendall |
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| Attendance: |
0 (Non Fans in Attendance due to Covid-19 Regulations) |
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| Note: |
This match was originally meant to be
Round 13 of 29 in original fixture list and played on Friday 3rd
May 2020. |
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