Whatever the plan is it becomes irrelevant when you barely touch the ball for the first 20 mins and have no field position. The rest of the game after this wasnt a great deal better and it is quite amazing that we were only 10 points down at half time.



Some of the Wigan forwards were absolutely shattered after 10 mins with players struggling to get onside and this start set the tone for the rest of the game. Most of the pack had very poor games and made stupid mistakes at crucial times and this meant we couldnt get a foothold in the game. In that first half we needed to grind it out and work our way down the pitch but on almost every set someone made a mistake such as Mcilorum's forward pass and knock on, Prescotts knock on, Finch's shocking pass for the try etc. We were always on the back foot and fatigued after this start and were basically clinging on for the rest of the game. Likewise Warrington were a lot fresher after dominating at the start and it showed throughout the game. Yesterday we were a heavily fatigued team due to all the defensive work the players had to do (mostly through their own fault), had no ball and field position, and were against a team that hasnt really been made to work due to our own ineptitude and are much fitter and fresher. Against this any attacking move is going to struggle.

Saturday's performance confirmed the old maxim of don't go into an important game with any unfit players. If Finch and Hansen hadn't been able to train all week it was very unwise to let them play in a crucial game against top-flight opposition. What happened in the 2nd minute set the scene for most of the game - Finch had probably his least effective game for Wigan yesterday. Sam Powell may have done better - al least he was fully fit and had had a good game against Hull. Prescott was clearly not 100% and off the pace and it may have been better to play Flower who had only missed the previous game and was thus match sharp.



I have been disappointed with Hansen since he returned from injury - seems to be like the player of several years ago rather than the tackling beast who also ran good attacking lines from the first part of the season.



It is too much to ask MM to play most of the game - hopefully when Tommy returns this will allow some interchange with Smith coming off the bench and either he or Tommy taking over at number 9 to give MM a rest.

Shocking. Fancy running out and having to buy some from someone in Warrington..........

Agree with most of that.

Apparently not.

Not sure I get that lol

I agree totally with this use of the VR for blatant forward passes that lead to tries - fair enough if it is a line call and impossible to be sure because of the various camera angles, but when it is 100% transparent, then surely the VR should be able to make the correct decision.



What was disappointing with the Monaghan try was that Hodgson was clearly a yard one side of the 20 metre line whereas Monaghan caught the ball a couple of yards the other side of the line. How Gansen and the TJ didn't spot that, raises a few questions. Or did Gansen notice it and.....?

tbf coud be judged as momentum but think it was forward. but then again the one from riley to waterhouse that wasn't forward was pulled as waterhouse was walking over the line.

Think they pulled the previous pass as opposed to the one from Riley.



The Hodgson one was a shocker and should have been k

There was at least one previous to that, possibly even another one.

score (skôr, skr)





Slang



The act or an instance of buying illicit drugs.

Ah right

I meant the act of scoring a try. Granted it was with a bottle top not a rugby ball but still