and yet wigan fans threw flares directly at the cas fans standing on the pitch behind the posts after a wigan try. no punishment but then it was wigan.

But Wakey punished after letting one off at Cas

Matagi 172 metres 29 tackles
Turner 141 metres 7 tackle busts
Ukuma 131 metres 5 tackle busts 35 tackles- no wonder he looked dead on his feet!

Ta'ai and Matagi outstanding. I thought we would struggle with only 3 props compared to cas 5/6 but great effort from all the forwards.

Also, how good was the tackle from o'brien on milner at the end.

Plus the double shot from wardle and Matagi on Clark was brilliant.

Mellor added another 10k to his new contract tonight too

Great to win a narrow game, how often do we see us lose those, bodes well and shows a shift in attitude

Can you post a link to where the figures come from. I can never find them

Simon questioned their resiliance early in the season well last night showed we have got that, we never gave up and gave the cas forwards a right smashing.

Thoroughly enjoyed that. Good work all round.

It’s a pity I can’t get to evening matches because of work commitments, but at least I got to watch it.

I have to say, I never thought McIntosh would make an SL level full back (always felt he’d end up as a centre, possibly even international level centre) but he’s proving me completely wrong. He’s obviously put a hell of a lot of work into his positioning and high ball catching.

One of those things it’s nice to be wrong about. Let’s hope I was right about the international bit though!

good game, felt we should have been way ahead at half time if we took our chances!

didnt matter in the end, fully deserved win!

matagi ran hard lastnight so did turner.

having two second rowers like wardle and murphy is a bonus as they out there body on the line and play the game tough

can look forward to the easter weekend now with two winnable games!

Our pack last night was immense. Really glad that Matagi is starting to put in runs like his highlights video showed he could! Ikahihifo looked back to his belligerent best, swatting off defenders and causing some carnage in the middle as well. Much better from Uate as well, i think summer is going to bring a lot more from him when it finally arrives. I'm pretty sure we would have beaten Wakefield comfortably if Gaskell had played, maybe Holmes will be a decent replacement when he has another of his inevitable 1 game absences, which i dislike, but i guess that's going to be how it is with him. At least he's good when he does play now.

matagi may prove a good one yet, just goes to show the overseas players can take time to settle in


gaskell is so important to this team

Gaskell has flourished since brough left. No coincidence I feel. Leeming too

yep

Re Gaskell and injuries, I'd rather a player put his hand up and say I don't feel right and miss one week, than play a game, get an injury and be out for 3 months.