I commented at the game that at one point early in the 2nd half we appeared to have the youngest 13 I could remember seeing in a long time on the pitch. Be interesting to know if there's been any younger.

Good performance altogether with various players missing before and throughout the game, thought the younger lads showed up well but I’d be dropping Tautai next week, Kibula deserves a chance imo and Navarette back in for Field and that’s a strong pack,

Tomkins
Davies
Bateman
Gildart
Marshall
Woods
Powell
Navarette
Leuluai
Flower
Paisley/Farrell
Isa
O’Loughlin

Clubb
Kibula
Farrell/Paisley
Escare

Should be good enough to beat Huddersfield

Wane said post match that Sarginson will probably come back in next week along with Lockers and Navarette, so I’d imagine he’ll slot in the centr and Bateman will go in that back row.

Farrell in a lot of pain with his shoulder and is having it scanned today.

Yeah although I don’t personally want Sarge near the 17 if that does happen Batty will go second row, also forgot about Hamlin in that team prediction and I imagine he’ll come off the bench next week unless we maybe started with him and Navarette to add a bit of energy to the pack, a bench of Clubb Flower and Kibula would be a very strong option to bring on, if Farrell is out however I’d like to see Batty at left second row, he’d slot in very well there imo

That was a great result,a 4 point swinger with Wire which now puts us 8 points ahead of 4th, we seem to have steadied the ship after a wobble and top 4 is almost a guarantee now.
3 tough games coming up to finish the regular season and I think it’s going to be a tough battle between us and Wire for second, which with our home record this season would be a massive advantage for us.

Seconded, his first carry in the set got us in the right part of the field. And he seemed to be carrying an injury picked up in the second half. A brilliant effort.

It’s such a shame he looks to be off. The guy is just a born rugby player, a leader and in time would’ve been ideal to stick in to that 13 shirt (although clearly a different style of player to Lockers) and even captain the club.

I just hope that one day we see him back here. With a young daughter I can’t see him being in Oz full time like the Burgess lads so fingers crossed.

If Bateman were to stick around, a pack with him, Hamlin, Paisley and Greenwood included excites me. I’d have Bateman at #13 and give him the captaincy when SOL retires.

I haven’t seen much of Kibula to comment, same with Wells but I’m hoping going off other posters comments that they are as good as those listed above.

Re Fields I thought there is definite room for improvement for him but I don’t think he did a lot wrong. I maybe being a tad generous but I side with NickyKiss on that I don’t want to be too critical of the young lads coming through.

Wigan really dug deep in that game. Dominant in the first half and should really have scored a couple more tries with better decision making and passing.

2nd half the lack of size at interchange cost us with Farrell and Clubb picking up injuries alongside an already youthful bench.

Marshall is looking more confident and dangerous every game. Leuluai is in great form at the moment. Hamlin and Flower were great.

Josh Charnley didn't look so cocky at the end there did he?

A Leyther winning the game for Wigan....that's just not right !

On paper that should have been a comfortable win for Warrington. I think questions are going to be asked if they are the real deal or not. Our desire proved the decisive factor, Bateman was outstanding, Flower put in an excellent stint especially in the first half (not bad for a guy that shouldn't have played), Hamlin drove himself to practical exhaustion, Woods and Paisley came of age, Tommy probably had his best game since returning from New Zealand, Tomkins was sublime at times and our wingers continue to look dangerous and score tries. All in all an excellent performance which should cement our semi-final berth. Anybody that writes us off would be foolish.

One slight negative- why on earth did wenot kick the penalty goal at 12-8? When it was awarded I headed down for a toilet break as I was convinced we'd be taking the 2.

In hindsight we should have taken the 2. That said I thought at the time running it was the right thing to do. I felt if we’d taken the 2 then we expect a short kick off with the possibility of Wire having the ball on our line. I also felt we hadn’t had much ball down their end and trying to build a bit of pressure was the right thing to do.

Turned out alright in the end

I think the fact we had had no possession might have been the reason for the kick to touch.it was an easy 2 the way that Tomkins was kicking.