FWIW (can't be bothered replying to you all individually, Wigans strongest 17 on paper would be:

Bowen
Charnley
Goulding/Thornley
Gelling
Burgess
Green
Smith
Taylor
McIlorum
Flower
Farrell
Tomkins
O'Loughlin

Bateman
Clubb
Pettybourne
Hampshire

That's 9/17 of those unavailable tonight.

Jack Hughes, Gil Dudson and Sam Powell would not make the team over any of those players, Sarginson possibly but he hasn't nailed down a particular position as of yet as others seem to be edging him out in each one.

Safe trip over.

How good was Anthony Gelling tonight? Lol...

From Wire fan- great performance. To be honest I can't stand stains but great performance. The forwards stood up tonight as the powerful set you have on paper. Thought Mose Masoe is worth the admission fee alone. Really great game to watch as a neutral. Just looking forward to the next game- to level off us tonking you at Manchester and you tonking us at home.

From a Wire point of view.

I hate to say it, but gelling must be one of the worst players ever to play for the goons, he's worse than doc Murray, and tonight he was just one total calamity. I salute him for his match winning performance!

So I have just finished finished watching the game streaming over the internet on cricfree. Thanks Cricfree.

I`m a through and through Saints fan and it is always a good day when we beat Wigan. I have to say i`m amazed at the comments by fans on this board and the commentators.

That game was terrible, slow and boring. If you watch the NRL week in and week out like me you would understand. No wonder we (England & GB) get beaten at international level.

Super league lacks, passion, intensity, skill, pace and to be honest cohesion.

Having said that - Nice to see the saints back at the rightful place - top of the league.

Absolute tosh NZ Saints. Are you at Glastonbury taking extra curriculars?

Yes to stay awake. Are you seriously trying to say that was a good game. If you think that is quality, you are missing out on so much. Poor you.

Absolutely rubbish! Most NRL games are no where near that standard. News flash - the NRL isn't like state of origin every week.

Yes it's bigger, better and more competitive than SL, but that game tonight was superb. Not every game of NRL is like that. Absolutely myth thay every game of NRL is a nail biter full of big hits!!

I watch the NRL every week via Premier Sports as do a lot of RL fans over here. What you saw tonight was a team that lost its primary play maker early in the game take the fight to a team that has dominated us all too often in recent years. It was (relatively) slow because Bentham reffed it that way but boring? Never!

Having just watched the Manly-Roosters game before I watched the Wigan-Saints game I saw no difference in pace or intensity and Saints' kicking game was superior. Our attack suffered for the loss of Luke Walsh. But we still did a tremendous job against a team that sets out to spoil whenever it can.

Nice on Bull Mania and Saints Fan. The top SL sides i reckon can give the NRL sides a game and a half. My memory isn't the greatest but the SL sides have more than given the NRL sides a game in the World Cup Club matches. Our forwards (NZ saint) have steamrollered your antipodeon lot in the recent world cup. I have good memories of James Graham, Roby, and George Burgess being a decent front row with Sam Burgess, Westwood and Shaun O' Lochlan being a fairly decent back row. This side of the pond- I reckon we have a fairly good idea of how rugby should be played.

Interesting comments, we all have our own views.

I think true rugby league fans all know that the worst NRL team would beat the best Super League teams 9 times out of 10.

Look at the consistency and cohesion of NRL vs Super League. This cannot be disputed.

Oh and on the Origin comment, the games are awesome and GO THE BLUES