This team looks superb!!!

Except for first 15 of 2nd half!!!!!. Ripped to shreds came to mind. Don't know what changed there from the first half

Amazingly, in that 24-point spell, Leigh didn't touch the ball! (apart from kicking off!!)

wigan players got reminded theres spaces left on the plane to aus.

To be fair when Leigh scored their late tries Wigan only had Hopkins over the age of 21 on the field.

Great day. Enjoyed the game apart from those daft 10 mins but hey ho. We scored some fantastic tries and let three soft one in. I like the look of the Pies No3 and the lad who made that unbelievable catch from fullback were highlights for the Pies for me. I hope that a isn't a bad injury for Tom Armstrong. Defence needs a bit of work but what I saw I liked today.
Bring on the Red Devils.

no.3 was dan sarginson, what do you think about the the tall winger? replacement for Pat richards. I thought Tom Spencer had a great game looks to have doubled in size.

Thats the lad. Fast lad. That catch thopugh had everyone clapping. Think you may be wrong with that comment Rouges.

Leigh would have learned hell of a lot from that match today esp the first 15 mins of second half ..how to move the ball wide and make space..Leighs defence at times was poor but it's early days some of the attacking play from both teams was superb that try that Leigh had disallowed for a forward pass was something else..Really looking forward to the season a lot of good things today .

il say one thing about leigh they looked very well coached but in the fitness department they were left lacking a bit but its only understandable considering you can't train full time.

Not really up to date on the championship but with sam barlow and tom spencer surely you have the strongest front row?

So anybody still complaining about the team wigan sent?

From memory in that last spell, Tierney, Manfredi, Sarginson, Thornley, Burgess, Hampshire, Williams, Sutton, Powell, Hopkins, Bateman, Pugsley and Lever.
Although thinking about it Crosby may have come back on, but it could have been for Hopkins.

It was Manfredi who made that catch in the 2nd half.

Superb bit of skill.

No complaints about the team Wigan sent from me......most of it saw some 1st team action last season and are all full time SL players. Leigh aint full time and have a few new players so need time to gel.
Fitness was a key today and the Wigan backs were fast in attack......Leighs defence could of been better at times but its early days yet and all of the Wigan players today would walk into Championship teams IMO.

Thought we did ok today kes looked very sharp as did Kay just need to get match sharp and we will do ok this season . Where was penky today ?

injured

IT was on the basis of last year's score, 30-6 to Leigh.

Saw some neat plays today and don't think any Championship clubs would have done any better. I know it's a bit of a cliché but the pies ARE in a different league to us.
Leigh will get better still and PR will still experiment with the team, Im sure he already knows the preferred backbone of the team but the fringes will still be up for grabs. Well done lads, a decent start.

Definitely a very young team from Wigan, and I have to confess that it disappointed me somewhat, initially. That said, Wigan's youngsters were far more 'up for it' than last season, and showed a lot of class, especially when moving the ball about.

For me, the game was highly entertaining, and well worth the entrance money.

Can anyone tell me the final score please. Stuck at work right now so didnt get to hear the radio coverage. Sorry if I've missed it on another thread but looked through most and didnt see it.
Thx

Leigh 28 Wigan 36 (h/t 16-12)

But where will 3/4 of that team play this season. Many were too old for the U19s. You can't play overage players I don't think in the U19s.

I think Rogues mentioned somewhere that 7 or 8 of them are still eligible to play under 19's. I guess powell or williams will get loans somewhere as they are to good to just sit around and the others will play at dual reg clubs.

Cheers TK

Trouble with taking half backs on loan is that they are usually the lynch pin of any teams ayyack and that means a big ho;e when they are called back, both are IMO future Internationals but still need to play together as they can only get better, and why Wigan have brought over an overpaid Aussie when they have a full back like the two today baffles all judgement

Wigan's full back today is one impressive player as is 1 of their centres he was right hand side second half.

For us Kes Finn and Sarsfield not to mention Spenner were outstanding.

15 minutes at the start of the second half we never touched the ball and missed tackles cost us.

We need to improve our speed at the play the ball. We will.

Oh just so you know I go int North stand.