struggling with injuries in this 2nd half, not far of at all but the bigger bodies in the aussie side took their toll on the youngsters.

Final score??

36-18 but the aussies ran away with the 2nd half and you would have to say our forwards struggled because of the injuries. Ryan Sutton is a complete monster can't wait to watch him develop, to play 80 minutes in a team being completely outmuscled deserves admiration.

Brilliant, thanks. I'm going to try and track down a replay of the match in the coming weeks.

well you would have to say wigan TV is value for money this time of year so purchase it for a couple of months, the full game reply will be on in the coming week and i would say its worth the fiver or so.

Great entertainment
The score does not represent the game. Wigan lost four players through injury in the first half and then another two in the first ten minutes of the second half. At that point it was still 18 - 6 for Wigan. Unlimited interchanges were used and the Aussies made five at once and kept on making them. Wigan ran out of numbers (no subs available) and when you see the size of some of these Aussie players you will understand why the game got away from Wigan late on.

#1 Mitchell is a very dangerous runner, big strong, fast and elusive #8 Host had a great game, #11 Leilua is a monster, a real handful #6 Lamb kicked them from all over the place.

Ryan Sutton was outstanding for Wigan and my m.o.m.

I would advise any RL supporter to get down to Leigh for the next two games I'm really looking forward to it.

Yes, great entertainment and I enjoyed my first visit to Orrell today. Their lads were so much bigger physically it was untrue. Schoolboys? Hell, what age to they leave school over there and whatever they feed them on, I want some.

It looked ominous when the Aussies went 6-0 in front early on but with some superb determination and better plays we gradually took the score on and went in at the interval 18-6 to the good and well deserved.

Later on, however, the Aussies size and strength told and the final score looked much more impressive than it actually was. Our commitment showed in the second half brawl where, in six or seven individual bouts within the overall brawl, we matched them punch for punch.

Anybody point me in the right direction for details of the game at Leigh?

Saturday 6th December kick off 2pm then Friday 12th December kick off 7pm.

Really enjoyed the game and there was some superb talent on show. Wigan were clinical once they settled into the game and took their opportunities well, scoring three very good tries down the left with Doran playing a part in them all. Thought Australia had the advantage through the middle, and although the final scoreboard was a bit harsh on Wigan I think Australia would have pinched it anyway such was their dominance in the forwards. The size of some of those boys has to be seen to be believed.

Doran was excellent in very aspect of his play and scored a superb solo try but he's carrying far too much blubber and would surely improve further if he dropped a few kilos. Sutton worked extremely hard but struggled to find his front and got caught out behind the ruck on a couple of occasions even when fresh in the first half, not as good as others on here are saying for me. Gildart looks very good and Wigan played to him a lot, he looks a nightmare to defend against. Was impressed with Lever too before he went off. The centre who went off in the first set of the game was unfortunate, he put a cracking shot on but came off worse.

Nice RL fix before next year and I'm going to try to get to one of the England games too, should be close.

Enjoyed the game, a bargain for £5.

The brawl was very entertaining too!

I was surprised their was not a bigger crowd than that to be honest, I wonder if the game could of attracted more had it been possible to play at DW?

I believe Liam Marshall and Keiron Sherratt have broken ankles and Jack Wells a broken jaw. That was a tough game!!!

Fine game. We really ran out of bodies in the second half. We also were a bit unfortunate when second Australian tacklers fell off the tackle, twice, and the remaining player was allowed steal the ball. You cannot overstate how big these boys were.
We were using our hands to outscore the big lads and we really seem to have a real centre, the kind who can make a winger look brilliant.

I think Wigan would of won only for the injuries
3 players with broken bones
1 shoulder injury
1 back injury
1 ko'd
Very unlucky on the day

Jeez!

After the WCC last Feb in Sydney, Wane made the comment that the Roosters were just to big for us, will seeing the size of the Aussie schoolboys have any effect on his thinking regarding any future signing of youngsters ?.
Even if it did though are there any big young athletic lads in the area who want to play the game?.
Yesterday was brutal having to see 16 year old lads being thrown in (albeit because of injuries) some on debut against what was a monster team.

This thread reminded me of seeing the Leeds Academy select play Penrith juniors in November 2007. The Aussie lads were huge ! This was the telling factor in end result of the game.

An interesting aside - looking at the 20 man Leeds squad shows the attrition rate amongst young players. Only one still on the books at Headingley, a lad that has done OK for himself - called Ryan Hall.

I went to this. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thought wigan did well in the first half but the Aussies brought on a few players and just ground them down. That folau look alike was a great player. Injuries didn't help the wigan cause though but those lads should be proud of themselves especially in the brawl!

regards

King james

Admission prices for the games at Leigh

Adults £5, concessions £3

Bargain

Get yourselves there.

Just to put the Wigan performance into perspective the score after 20 minutes at Headingley is Leeds 0 Aussies 22.

Does the fact it finished 24-38 make your post any more irrelevant?

But for two or three very weak players, Leeds could probably have won that tonight. Some outstanding players in that Aussie team, but not all of them.

No, Wigan finished the game with no subs available, they just got overpowered in the last quarter (quite understandably)
It'll be interesting to see the make of of the Aussie team on Saturday compared to the Wigan and Leeds games.

Well informed commentators making intelligent comments about the game... who'd of thought it was possible?! Are you watching sky?

Of course add Bilko and Joe to the list of intelligent rugby commentary too.

Ooh Rogues you just couldn't wait until full time could you before bigging up Wigans performance as opposed to trying to belittle the Rhinos after 20 minutes could you

The game actually lasts 80 minutes





Correct me if I'm incorrect Rogues but Australia will field 14 of their 21 named squad that played against Wigan, in Saturdays 1st test
Australia will field 13 of their 20 named man squad that played against the Rhinos, in Saturdays 1st test

Now that you have your evidence Rogues,Your point is what?
and were you again trying to have a dig at how much our academy is in terminal decline?

We also have 4 players selected in the England 17 man squad so that's not too bad a percentage is it?
How many Wigan players are in the 17?

Apologies for my pedantic post Rogues but sometimes your holier than thou posts are a bit tedious and often without foundation too....Obviously