Fri 5th Sept: SL: St Helens v Wigan Warriors KO 20:00 (Sky)

[League Express]

Fri 5th Sept: SL: St Helens v Wigan Warriors KO 20:00 (Sky)

Discuss the game here.

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[Father Ted]

Wigan by two scores.

[Luke HKR]

Wigan by 4.

[Thunder Road]

Wigan.

[Josef K]

It’ll be a close game, but i fear if Saints win the board will give Wellens another contract. Wigan by 10pts with a last minute try under the sticks to seal it. 

[Exiled Wiganer]

Derbies are very hard to call, and home advantage often pays off. In this case though Wigan have no excuses if they fall short. We could pick 1 to 13 as our starting line up. A win would clear the path to second. A defeat sets up a Leeds winner takes all home game…

[Worzel]

Hoping for a St Helens win so that we can do the LLS presentation in front of Hull FC 

[Loiner]

Saints in a very tight game, 2,4 or 6 pts. Defences on top.

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Wigan by 10.

[Faithful1865]

7 hours ago, Worzel said:

Hoping for a St Helens win so that we can do the LLS presentation in front of Hull FC 

Ah bless!!

[Worzel]

34 minutes ago, Faithful1865 said:

Ah bless!!

Let’s not pretend you wouldn’t hate it

It would be genuinely hilarious 

[17 stone giant]

Wigan by 8.

[rleaguer]

Low-scoring, close game that could go either way

[StandOffHalf]

Wigan 20-16

[WN83]

It's a great chance to see if we're really in that end of season mode now. There have been positive signs in the past two weeks and this is a step up again. If we've found that mojo that we had in big games last year, I would expect us to win by 10+ points, with Saints missing a couple of important forwards. 

Wigan by 12

Edited September 5, 2025 by WN83

[Gerrumonside ref]

Saints to win by 6 in a big showdown.

[Snowys Backside]

Saints only 2 start on the coupon. Surprised me this as i think Wigan will win a low scoring game pretty comfortably.

[fieldofclothofgold]

This is a very interesting game . I usually only get 2nd half in the pub ,but tonight I'll be in at KO time . I think Wigan will now start to go up a gear and time their run to the GF which I still think they will win . 

[Padge]

The women are putting on a good show, 10-10 30mins gone.

[Fevrover]

6 hours ago, fieldofclothofgold said:

This is a very interesting game . I usually only get 2nd half in the pub ,but tonight I'll be in at KO time . I think Wigan will now start to go up a gear and time their run to the GF which I still think they will win . 

Wigan or Leeds to win GF imho.

[lacuna1]

Field
Eckersley
Keighran
Wardle
Marshall

French
Smith

Byrne
O Neil
Hill
Farrell
Walters
Ellis

Leeming Havard Thompson Nsemba

 

Good team, powerful bench. Let's do this Wigan!!!

[Dunbar]

47 minutes ago, lacuna1 said:

Field
Eckersley
Keighran
Wardle
Marshall

French
Smith

Byrne
O Neil
Hill
Farrell
Walters
Ellis

Leeming Havard Thompson Nsemba

 

Good team, powerful bench. Let's do this Wigan!!!

That is a good bench.  Havard Thompson & Nsemba is size and impact.

[Click]

Welsby at Loose Forward...

[sam4731]

5 minutes ago, Click said:

Welsby at Loose Forward...

Could be the best thing for us. A ball playing lock as opposed to a third prop suits our game better. We're never going to win this game down the middle. We need to take risks. We might win, we might lose 50-0 but I'd rather do and die trying that engage in a futile arm wrestle.

[JohnM]

Saints to win this, sadly. Welsby at 13 is a good move for Saints.

Wigan discipline will be tested.