Thought we played a pretty good attritional game tonight. A little dull to watch at times but you could see what Wigan were trying to do. Ultimately it came down to a few poor decisions at key moments - two sin bins, a silly captain's challenge, Dupree and Field not releasing the ball with a couple of the few chances we had and not going for the drop goal with a couple of minutes to go.

But Leigh were good - well done to them. Might not be a bad thing for Wigan in the longer term.

One other thing - the Wigan fanbase deserve a bit of criticism tonight for me. I know it was cold but it's the first time I can remember having a 21k+ crowd in that stadium and it be that quiet. You could have heard a pin drop.

It had to happen at some point but disappointing non the less.
All of the Aussie lads looked undercooked and underperformed compared to their usual high standards.
We got everything right on the night apart from the team delivering.
Full credit to Leyth the further the game went the more likely they would probably win. At the 20 minute mark I thought that we were going to get turned over.
We’ve had poor starts before and we will have them again. Defensively pretty sound but attack clunky and pedestrian.
Will be interesting to see how we react next week at Hull. Another loss would really put the pressure on us in Vegas.
Interesting times.

Cant work out what Farrell was SB for to be honest , Keighran was fair but pretty stupid . We didnt look like scoring , so i guess this was the only way it was going to happen . I wouldn't have been upset had it gone the other way , just glad it wasnt 20-40 points victory by wigan

Thought it was an advert for how short and disjointed an English pre season is compared to the one in Australia. Both sides looked jiggered and a few weeks off being fit and ready for the start of a season. We've got lads who were playing internationals up until November and have been back training for about 4/5 weeks only. You compare that to some lads in Oz who get a couple of months to put their feet up and then about 4 months to work on their fitness.

We'll be better for the slog and certainly don't have anything to panic about. Longer term though, the sport has to find a way to lengthen pre seasons and lessen the amount of games being played because I think we need better than that on a night like this, when eyes are on the sport.

He kicked the ball away which denied Leigh a quick restart. It was not deliberate he was frustrated not getting a penalty which to be fair he should have got and would have done had you had not already lost the captain’s challenge.

Thought it was a decent watch that game, despite the clunky attack from both sides. Actually enjoyed it more than the GF, weirdly.

Anyone else bored senseless of Vegas? I’m sure those who’re going are loving it & will have a great time. But it feels like it’s all we see & hear at the moment and all for the sake of 2 SL points. You wonder if conditioning is for a little peak there, ala the WCC last year.
Wake me up when it’s all over & we can crack on with the churn of the season.

No idea what's going on with the ruck. 80 minutes and no 6 agains.

Poor excuse that.

Not the result I wanted, of course, but objectively I thought that was a fantastic advert for Rugby League. Hats off to everyone who worked to make the opening feel special, bringing in Michael Buffer was absolutely brilliant. I've heard some people moaning about the spectacle in the stands and on social media, I don't understand that negativity towards promoting the game.

In my eyes, Leigh were well-deserved winners; their forwards ate up metres post-contact and they moved the ball around far more than Wigan did. Defence from both teams was great, and I think Moore had a decent game overall, a bit too lenient in my opinion but he seemed to want the game to flow; I thought his decision to sin-bin Farrell was harsh, though. The game could've gone either way at any point, I felt like Wigan was on the front foot for most of the first half but the momentum swung in Leigh's favour in the second after Wigan conceded a few penalties.

Leeming and Ellis had great games but Wardle was my MotM for Wigan, he shut down the Leigh attack time and time again.

The lowest-scoring game in Super League history and Leigh ended their 40-year winless streak against Wigan in regular games, (minus that one pre-season friendly a few years ago), the biggest Super League opener attendance ever. Three records were broken in a single night in the derby, for the sport as a whole, that's an immensely successful night.

Had to tune to Classic FM to calm down on the drive back....
2 indomitable defences but where was the attack?
And why, WHY (!!!) didn't Smith kick the drop goals he was repeatedly set for in the last quarter?! Normally I like the lad, but he loses confidence quicker than a gnatt's fart.

Well played to Leigh, they really such to it all the way when I think we were thinking they would do of in the last 15.

I think it will remove any sense of complacency from the team. I thought we only really upped the intensity for 1 set straight after Faz got binned and then the disallowed try fizzled out there urgency.

I don't normally bag the ref, but the amount of 2nd or 3rd efforts in the table was ridiculous, made the game so slow.

Where's an excuses? It's the same for both teams in terms of short pre seasons. Even lads not involved in the internationals aren't getting long enough. It was a slog of a game, with both sides looking tired and but fair play to them all for gritting their teeth and battling hard to stick in there. It could've gone either way but for the good of the sport more preparation time is needed IMO.

Enjoy the win