We won

Saints lost




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Loved that game - very intense. SL needs more of that.

Leigh are a very good side but Wigan were exceptional at times. Those tries would be celebrated in any rugby competition in the world.

French and Wardle outstanding.

What a finish to the game.

Scoreline doesn't reflect the game, Leigh would've beat anyone else in the League with the intensity they brought.

I was worried about the game turning into a penalty-fest but that second half was brilliant.

Great game. We lack 4 quality players but we will get there. Marshall’s brilliance finished us off I feel.

Glad we gave it a dig but Wigans defence outstanding. Well done and see you in 4 weeks.

Absolutely cracking game, just what we needed, no quarter asked for or given from both sides, really enjoyed it

4 tries as good as any you will see…but scored all in the same game.

Very lucky to be able to watch this team at the moment.

Tough game, thought Leigh did well first fifteen minutes of both halves. Our defence was immense, although Dwyers try was pretty soft.

French and Wardle unplayable at times and Marshy's 'worldie' try was up there with the best.

All in all we did well considering the disruption in the opening minutes when we lost Cooper.

*Just hope French is okay as he looked like he may have tweaked the back of his thigh returning that ball from his own line.

One of the best games I've seen this season. A really good contest, and wonderful skill from French, Wardle, and Marshy.

One of the best games I've seen this season. A really good contest, and wonderful skill from French, Wardle, and Marshy.

Wardle’s performance tonight was best ive ever seen by an Englishman in a Wigan jersey. Ive had zero alcohol so i can’t blame my thoughts blighted by hops and yeast.
Absolutely outstanding.
I never give a ten but tonight Wardle was a different class to any other centre ive ever seen live except for perhaps Miles and Lyon. A ten out ten for me and fully deserved.
People say King is sorely missed. I watch Wardle and smile with pure unashamed satisfaction.
Im a Carmont fan but at this rate Wardle is in a different sphere to Carmont and hopefully young kids will watch and look replicate a master at his work.

He’s fine mate.

Cracking game of rugby league. Leigh will beat a few of the top teams on that form.

To be fair, Itchy, although I fully agree with you, people who were saying that King was missed weren't claiming he was better than Wardle, more than Keighran had a rather indifferent start to the season.

Loved tonight. I thought Leigh were great and we were even better. French was ridiculously good and somehow, I thought Wardle was the best player on the field! We’ve got some team on our hands here.

Just that moment when French scooped the ball up, when I was thinking, oh no, the best he can do is knock it over the dead-ball line. But what do I know?

Why not do a U-turn through the posts and bring the ball back way upfield? Just worth the price of admission alone. And then there's Jake Wardle... Just great entertainment.

Shout out to O'Neil what a beast in defence, he's like a pit bull lol, we missed him whilst he was in the bin.

Shout out to O'Neil what a beast in defence, he's like a pit bull lol, we missed him whilst he was in the bin.

Credit to Leigh, they really took it to us in that game great intensity to their defence and line speed. looked like a finals game. Lam has done a great job, both getting some quality players in and with their playing style.

Brought out the best in Wigan, committed defence, 100% concentration and attitude, and some amazing skill.

Wardle alone was worth the admission money then you have French and Mashall - and O'Neill defence - what a player he is.

Moto I was inferring that Wardle is a centre and King is an athlete who can only dream of having a fraction of Wardle’s skills.

Pleasure watching Wigan at the min,shout out to Leigh gave 100% only beaten by a great team,Leigh would have beaten most if not all SL teams on that showing.
A shout out to the Leigh fans on re-hashing songs/chants from other teams a particular favourite "stand up if you hate wigan".
Couldnt decide between Wardle and French MOM but outstanding,also Marshall (still cant get picked for England)best winger in the comp and O'neil what a machine outstanding tackle on Mulhern to be followed by a sin-bin (farce) even Mulhern acknowledged it as Brad was walking off (fair play to him).

Roll on next week could push the Saints fans over the edge if the result goes our way with Cas upsetting them.

As expected Leigh turned up massively, with huge motivation, I don’t mean this in a derogatory way but they played like it was their GF last night. Their line speed caught us off guard massive and they won the forward battle on the whole I’d say.

The difference was the sheer class we have with the ball as has already been mentioned. Our last ditch defence is incredible too, we bent a lot but rarely broke.

A few players I want to pick out.

French - what more needs to be said. Just sit back and enjoy. Buy a ticket to watch him while we’ve got him.

Marshall - having an incredible season, literally 9/10 every week.

Wardle - I got laughed at on the Wire board for saying he’s a top 5 centre in the world but I stick by that. He is silk.

Farrimond - I was strangely more impressed with him tonight than the London game. He didn’t get much ball and we went through the left alot but defensively he was superb. Leigh targeted him but he stood up massively, even putting shots on. His feud with Moylan reminded me of Smithies first game feuding with Greg Bird. Young lion vs Old lion. A good trait to have.

Brad O’Neill - no other super league fan thinks this but I don’t care, he’s the best 9 in superleague by some distance. Defensively outstanding for us, puts on massive shots, has an incredible engine and was everywhere covering. He’s brilliant.


Throughly enjoyable game, fair play to Leigh too for many it a great contest.

Hopefully the match review panel leave the game alone and we can have a similar team against saints next week.

All 4 trophies in the bag, top of the league by 4 points, watching some incredible rugby with a great local coach. It won’t last forever but I’m enjoying every minute.

That's hopeful, cheers. BTW didn't mean to put the angry emoji, next to the thumbs up one.

That scoop was ridiculous, when you look at that and then the Hampshire dropped ball at Wire you just realise what a world class player he is.

Great posts in this thread, can't argue with any of it. I'll just add the Keighran had a solid return from a month off on both sides of the ball, more of the same please!

Lots of our overseas signings get a bit of attention from fans and to a certain extent I think Ellis gets overlooked because of the likes of French and Field doing what they do but I think Ellis has been a superb addition to the team as well.

Tough, great go forward, does the niggley stuff very well and also plays some nice eyes up rugby too ball in hand and is very damaging in defence.

Thought he was excellent again last night.

Keighran after a slow start is starting to find his feet in attack too which is very promising. Defensively he’s been fantastic and he’s another very tough lad which I didn’t really see before we signed him however his attacking influence wasn’t at the levels I expected but he’s getting there now and after a month off I thought he didn’t lose any momentum in that regard from where he left off pre ban.