But did you lose a halfback and your fullback during the first half [ias well[/i? No. THAT was the difference for us. With Wheeler and Wellens on the pitch, we wouldn't be having this conversation because you would be crying in your beer instead of us. We were all over you until Wheeler was dispatched by Hoffman and we lost Wello to an ankle injury. All over you. We were totally in charge. You couldn't live with us. And any Wigan fan with half a brain knows just how lucky you were to win yesterday. By a try from a forward pass.

I saw some mixed families near where i was sat and the atmosphere was a bit frosty between them at full time

I saw one little lad with a Saints shirt on crying his eyes out walking out with his mum consoling him and then his brother with a Wigan shirt on tried holding his hand but he tells him to get lost

Saw a few neutral fans there too and they enjoyed the game hugely. Saw some great banter all through game and on the way out of the stadium but no trouble at all. The derbies are the greatest games in a season by a mile for me. Its the intensity, the nerves and the all or nothing nature of the games that you just cannot beat.

I hope its Wigan vs Saints GF again this year with a similar result to last year obviously

Speaking to two lads on Anvil before game, this was their first Wigan Saints match they've been to. They were from Walsall and are football fans only to watch their first rugby game on tv last year only to get hooked.

But, but, but, if, if, if...........

nasty nasty wire! lets tar them all with the same brush! i have numerous freinds who support the pie, never hit them or tried to scare them or anyone who supports them in my life! sweeping generalisations strike again! well played.

Met a very nice Saints fan at the theatre of dreams this afternoon who was also an Everton fan - he spotted the ancient & loyal crest on my polo shirt, and said his weekend wasn't going too well so far

However, despite loosing to us in the derby we both agreed Fridays game was a spectacular (less said about todays football the better....John Kear would have enjoyed it)

Perfect example that if the RFL got of their as much as the RFU do, our game could be huge.

yet you scored a grand total of 10 points in that half? congratulations on your domination.

They are becoming a regular occurrence and Brent Webb at Leeds is throwing more forward passes than passes back!

I think it does need the RFL to have a word with the refs to try and stop it.

Points don't always reflect the domination, though, do they? Wello dropped the ball on the way to the tryline clear ahead, so that could have been six more. Would 16 have been dominant enough for you? You only scored 4, and that was from a forward pass.

We were all over you until Hoffman took out Wheeler. You were nowhere in that game. We were fantastic.

Yet lost.

A bit like Pat Richards last year?
A try which would have won the game for Wigan?

yeah, we were in the Anvil, 5 Scottish guys down from Alloa in Scotland for the game (4 of them for their first game) and they absolutely loved it! the aforementioned lack of marketing/effort by the RFL isnt helping spread the game, it could and should be bigger than Rugby Union but were being held back in many ways

I love how you ignored several other posts stating pretty much the same thing. Well played.