Smith
Taylor
Sam

Yes, Thornley was magnificent.
Can't understand why no one picked Sam. He positioned so well that he seemed to catch every long kick, he ran it back hard and made one particularly crucial tackle to save a try. And... he scored. Without him we probably would have lost.

1, Matty Smith with his outstanding kicking game.

2, Scott Taylor who's runs were taking the energy out of the Hull forwards every time he took the ball up.

2, Sean O'Loughlin, Quick fire busts with the ball and fast off the ground put us on the front foot repeatedly.

Smith - best kicking game from a Wigan player in a long while.
HH - the lad ran his blood to water.
Mickey mac - tough as teak as usual

Lockers, josh and Scott Taylor notable mentions

1 Smith
2 Taylor
3 Lockers

Its amazing how differently people see the game differently. I thought Farrell was your MOM by a country mile and not one of you has mentioned him

Can I have a go as a neutral?

1) Smith was a stand out for me.
2) Hansen was all over the place and in a defensive game was a mach winner in his own way.
3) Torn as a few could get 3 but I go for O'Loughlin

Is Smith not consistently like this? Surprises me he isn't talked about from an England point of view more often

Smith - his kicking game alone give us so much control - thought he played well
otherwise - didn't try anything too fancy (keep it simple worked fine)

Lockers - the glue that knits the side together, strong carries and defense,
led from the front as usual

Hansen - tackled everything and was so solid all game

Thornley had his most solid game I think I have seen and was close too. Taylor played very well when he was on as well.

I think both Farrell and Mossop came joint second for the Lance Todd behind Smith.

Having said that I do think Mossop had a very good game in particular and suprised he has not been mentioned more here but thats sometimes the way it goes.

Smith
Mossop
O'Loughlin

Mentions to Hansen and Taylor as well.

Smith
Taylor
Thornley

From an outsider, I would have had...

1. Taylor. (A handful all throught the match kept the team on the front foot)
2. Hansen. (Got through a hell of alot of work in both offence and defence)
3. Smith. (Obviously for his tactical kicking which controlled the game for long periods)