Betfred Super League
Wigan (6) 30
Tries: Cartwright, Kerr, Eckersley, McDermott, Daniel Goals: Keighran 5
Warrington (12) 18
Tries: Hopoate, Irwin, Ashton Goals: Irwin 3
Wigan Warriors’ young stand-ins held off the challenge of Warrington Wolves to move to within two points of Super League leaders Leeds Rhinos.
Josh Cartwright, Taylor Kerr, Kian McDermott and Austin Daniel all repaid the faith of head coach Matt Peet by scoring their first senior tries after filling gaps left by the Warriors’ injury troubles.
Wigan lost star full-back Jai Field on the morning of the match with a back injury and they were soon 12-0 down as Warrington’s Albert Hopoate and their own 18-year-old prodigy Ewan Irwin both scored tries.
The game see-sawed and was still level with half an hour to go until McDermott and Daniel showed the quality of the young players coming through the Wigan academy with vital finishes.
More to follow
Wigan: Cartwright; Eckersley, O’Loughlin, Wardle, Daniel; Keighran, Smith; Havard, O’Neill, McDermott, Mason, Partington, Ellis
Interchanges: Thompson, Mago, Kerr, O’Connor
Warrington: Webster; Hopoate, J. Smith, King, Ashton; Irwin, Hayes; Thomas, Walker, Byrne, Bentley, Harrison, Currie.
Interchanges: Sipley, Wood, Hartill, Tanginoa.
Sin-bin: Bentley (16).
Referee: Marcus Griffiths.