We were in it for 20 minutes or so but when they went up a couple of gears, we were out of the contest.

Hard to fault the effort - the application wasn't always great, but that's the ability level of some of the players we have - there's nothing that RA can do about that.

Not a great start from Lee Smith, but a bit of a big ask to start training mid-week and then show up well against the best side in SL.

In my opinion Wigan just went through the motions. They did not do anything that spectacular with the ball but yet had to much class for us to contend with. It must be great been a Wigan fan knowing that you can play below your usual standard and come away with the 2pts, they are a class team.

Don't know why Kirmond played, obviously not fit. Tim Smith once again got it tough from some individuals, which is a bit of shame. Not his best performance but he played some nice rugby. The ball to Fox was a peach of a pass, shame Fox tried to burn Tomkins for pace on the outside...come on Foxy give your head a shake lad!

Joking aside, I think we keeled over to quickly.

We could have been 20 points up in the first half but due to silly errors wernt the ref did us no favours.In the second half we were dire stood back and watched or waited for the ref to blow instead of getting among them and knock them down and out of stride.I have been more than willing to give this coach a chance but what does he say at half time.Thank god he didnt give the half time talk at waterloo talk about instill pride.

That's exactly it! We aren't any where near as good as Wigan - so to even compete with them we must control our controllables - and that means keeping hold of the ball, getting to a kick and making good distance on it. We were far too guilty of pushing the play, coughing up posession and then spending too long defending - and that's always gonna hurt a side.

Poor game by plenty today - Smith (Tim) didn't fire as I had hoped and I would also (controversially) mention Aiton - he is a little dynamo, but he does not give us anywhere near enough attacking options from dummy half. When he goes, he goes well, but he still doesn't do nearly enough running and his passing game is not as good as other hookers in the comp. Tackles - superb, but is that enough?

Some fantastic displays of genuine sportsmanship from posters on here. Refreshing to see on a rlfans forum

Oh, and Wilkes was shocking when he first came on - coupled with the fact that Amor and Raleigh had good first stints that was a massive backward step!

Bad day at the office - again!

It was a perfect example of the gulf between the top top teams and ourselves. Wigan were better in every facet of the game although that said we didn't help ourselves by making the usual silly errors and going for dumb plays. Then throw in the same defensive deficiencies that persist every game and its becoming tiresome to watch again.

Our ball retention was awful today dropped ball after dropped ball I cannot even recall completing a set of six. Give the ball to a class outfit and you reap what you sow and we did ripped to shreds after25 minutes. I thought Wigan looked average at the start we were opening there defence for fun but as usual our lack of composure let us down. Highlights were the two full back tackles by Mathers and Tomkins (he is world class) on the wingers worth the entry fee alone.

Amor was ripping us apart up the middle in his first stint, no idea why Agar took him off.

CM punk - thats what I thought he did a real good stint.

MOTM today by a distance.

Wigan are a different class, no doubt about it BUT we had them rattled for a spell in the first half and who knows what would had happened if we had taken our chances - I refer mainly to the break made by Lee Smith in the first half which should have resulted in a try. Until we take these chances we will always be in a catch-up situation. Within a minute of that effort Wigan went to the other end and scored. Game over.
I don't doubt the effort of the players we simply weren't good enough today BUT again the defence was not SL standard.
With top teams you have to get in their faces and not stand waiting for them to run at you getting momentum. No wander within 2 tackles they were at the half way - we let them have space!
Wigan worthy winners but we're not moving upwards with a defensive display like that.
Oh and to some of the jokers heckling Tim Smith-get off his back he was the only one trying to organise any sort of move!