WIGAN WARRIORS secured the League Leaders’ Shield in emphatic fashion with a 68-0 thrashing of a youthful and inexperienced Salford Red Devils.
Wigan started the brighter of the two sides, Liam Marshall crossing on six minutes after a period of sustained pressure. Adam Keighran converted to make it 6-0.
Jai Field was next on the scoresheet after the Wigan fullback spotted a huge hole in the Salford defence with Keighran making it 12-0.
12-0 became 18-0 in the 18th minute when Bevan French registered the Warriors’ third before Zach Eckersley got in on the act, though Keighran missed the conversion.
22-0 up soon became 28-0 when Jake Wardle picked up a loose ball to run 80 metres after some sustained Salford pressure.
And though the Red Devils almost crossed with time running out, it remained 28-0 at half-time.
HALF-TIME: WIGAN WARRIORS 28-0 SALFORD RED DEVILS
The Warriors picked up in the second-half where they left off in the first – on the front foot. And it was French to Field that saw Wigan post their sixth try of the night. Keighran made it 34-0.
Marshall ran 90 metres on the hour following yet another wayward Salford pass with Keighran bringing up the 40-point mark.
Kruise Leeming crossed for a quickfire double moments later as Field registered his hat-trick on 72 minutes. Keighran’s three conversions sent the Warriors into a 58-0 lead before French ended the scoring with his 78th minute effort.
Wigan Warriors
1 Jai Field – 9
26 Zach Eckersley – 8
3 Adam Keighran – 8
4 Jake Wardle – 8
5 Liam Marshall – 9
6 Bevan French – 9
7 Harry Smith – 8
8 Ethan Havard – 7
17 Kruise Leeming – 8
16 Luke Thompson – 7
21 Junior Nsemba – 8
12 Liam Farrell – 7
13 Kaide Ellis – 8
Substitutes
10 Liam Byrne – 6
15 Patrick Mago – 7
19 Tyler Dupree – 6
27 Tom Forber – 6
Tries: Marshall (6, 58), Field (10, 42, 72), French (18, 78), Eckersley (22), Wardle (28), Leeming (61, 69)
Goals: Keighran 10/11
Salford Red Devils
14 Chris Atkin – 6
36 Ethan Fitzgerald – 6
34 Billy Glover – 6
33 Josh Wagstaffe – 6
25 Nathan Connell – 6
6 Cade Cust – 4
22 Kai Morgan – 5
17 Jack Ormondroyd – 7
9 Amir Bourouh – 6
19 Adam Sidlow – 5
18 Ben Hellewell – 5
38 Charlie McCurrie – 5
28 Harvey Wilson – 5
Substitutes
30 Jamie Pye – 5
35 Charlie Glover – 5
37 Leunbou Bardyel-Wells – 5
39 Jack Gatcliffe – 5
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