Summary

Final score: Saints 16 Wigan Warriors 26

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  • SAINTS are now reliant on slip-ups from other teams if they are to qualify for the semis.
  • They lost at home to Wigan 26-16 after getting off to a shocking start against the beaten Wembley finalists.
  • Wigan scored with their first attack of the game when quick hands sent Oliver Gildart clear.
  • And the Wigan centre had doubled Wigan's lead on six minutes after a Saints fumble.
  • George Williams kicked a penalty to make it 14-0 in as many minutes.
  • Debutant Ben Barba squeezed over on 22 minutes to give Saints a toe-hold in the game.
  • But Anthony Gelling snuffed out a Saints comeback with the first score of the second half.
  • And from the restart Wigan looked home and hosed when Joe Burgess sent Williams streaking in from long-range.
  • That made it 24-4, but with 22 minutes to go Zeb Taia ran a good line to bump off tacklers en route to the line.
  • And the comeback was on when Dominique Peyroux squirted the ball out for Tommy Makinson to cross.
  • Mark Percival's kick cut the deficit to 24-16, but Saints could not get back within range to really trouble the Warriors in the last 15 minutes and were too often reliant on Matty Smith up and unders that never threatened.
  • Williams kicked a penalty for the last word.

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