Cracking game and well worth the lengthy round trip! It was so pleasing that we finished the stronger side; apart from the Brough breakaway, we really bossed the second half. Bowen was good in the second half, but that awful dropped ball in the first half really should have been six points to the Giants. He redeemed himself with some classy touches, though. Faz was terrific (how many times this season have he and Budgie scored that exact same try with the long pass inside? Three? Four? [edit). And as for Bateman; as well as his fierce appetite for ball-carrying and tackling, he has a hell of a step on him too! What can't the guy do?

Sarge almost seemed to make a point of stopping props one-on-one in response to recent complaints about his defence; he was again very good.

So, a good match-winning performance in the second half, but we could easily have been punished more heavily for those defensive lapses in the first half. Honestly I thought we were lucky to go in all square at the break.

Who was the guy down the front, applauding the players (and fans) behind the goal at the end of the game? Couldn't see from where I was.

You could say that about any part of RL. I guess we can't question refs anymore because after all they know far more about the rules than we do. The next time an opposition coach puts an opinion forward do we all bow to their superior knowledge?

Just because someone is a rugby coach doesn't remove them from getting things wrong.

Thanks.

I thought it was a very significant win for the Wigan club, players and coaching staff.
That's two wins away from the DW when we'd struggled to do that in the previous 10 months.
Yes we beat Leeds which was a game away from the DW but it was at a neutral venue and obviously they weren't at home either.
Yesterday was a real away match, against a good defensive team on their field.

I thought in the first half we had gone back to the bad old days of trying to score off every set. Especiallly that last set just after we equalised at 12 all. What on earth were the players thinking throwing the ball around like that less than 10 mtrs from our try line with less than 2 mins on the clock?

The second half was a transformation. Although we scored very early, the half was about building pressure. The tackling was ferocious forcing Hudds to drop the ball an awful lot. Because Hudds were doing all the defending and tackling they conceded a number of pens which kept the pressure on. Repeated goal line drop outs drained them and their forwards looked shot at after 50 mins. Broughy's interception try was off a 2nd or 3rd repeat set. That was as good a second half as they've been for some time whether home or away.

For the second game they came from behind to win. Did it against Leeds and came back from behind three times yesterday. That is resiliance and character. A complete turnaround from the HKR and Catalans' games. Then going behind they collapsed totally. That is behind them now.

I was critical of everything after the Catalans' game, I thought it was a shambles.
Therefore I have to say well done to all who have turned it around. The players, coaching staff and all involved in preparing the squad for the past two games.
Well Done to All.

Very true.

Smith was at fault for 2 easily preventable tries with poor 1-on-1 defence. The blame rests solely on his shoulders that those tries were scored, nothing before those missed tackles matter because he was still in a perfect position to stop the tries from being scored. The fact that Wane thinks his defence is alright is irrelevant when those things happen.

Smiths defence was an issue yesterday but I don't think it's been an overly big concern this season so let's hope it was a blip. Dan Sarginson had a blip on that score as well after previously looking solid but these past two weeks he's been rock solid so hopefully Smith will follow suit.

One area of concern for is Smiths goal kicking which seems to have gone backwards this past few weeks. I backed it only a month or so ago and I thought he was much improved but his percentages seen to have dropped. It's not easy converting all the try's our wingers score but the miss after Faz's second yesterday really should be bread and butter.