Quote: JohnP "Warrington's defence was good in that they stood firm in the tackle - but again we didn't have anything truly creative to throw at them. Honestly, did we ever really look like scoring after the first 10-12 minutes? Don't remember many (any?) last-ditch tackles by Wire.'"
Spot on. It was a well-fought game but Wire were on top for the whole 80 bar the opening 8 minutes. The moment when I knew Wire would win it was when Richards opted to kick a goal from that penalty in 2nd half well inside Wire territory. That showed you that he just knew last night that Wigan did not have the flair to beat the Wire defense. Wire, by contrast, ran all their penalties and came up with the winning tries.