Wigan

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Wigan (24) 48

Tries: Eckersley 2, French, Marshall 2, Hodkinson, Eseh, Field Goals: Smith 8

Toulouse (18) 18

Tries: Ulberg, Tropis, Rouge Goals: Rouge 3

Try machine Zach Eckersley and Liam Marshall both scored twice as Wigan Warriors overpowered Toulouse Olympique 48-18 to make it 11 wins in a row to climb to second in Super League.

Eckersley took his try tally for the season to 33 and Wigan have won 10 successive Super League games for the first time since 2023 when they were Grand Final winners.

Bevan French was magnificent and he scored the Warriors’ second try, while Noah Hodkinson, Sam Eseh and Jai Field also went over.

Toulouse had their moments and fought back to level 18-18 just before half-time as they scored through Paul Ulberg, Romeo Tropis and Cesar Rouge.

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Wigan: Field; Hodkinson, Eckersley, O’Loughlin, Marshall; French, Smith; Havard, O’Neill, Thompson, Walters, Partington, Ellis.

Interchanges: Mago, McDermott, Eseh, Kerr.

Toulouse: Polselli; Laguerre, Tropis, Quai-Ward, Ulberg; Lacans, Rouge; Butler, Hands, Belmas, Stefani, Grossemy, Cator.

Interchanges: Marion, Roumanos, Wallace, Garrigues.

Referee: Tom Grant.

Leigh head coach Adrian Lam told BBC Radio Merseyside:

“There were three tries from poor skill and a fourth one where we fell asleep at the wheel. It’s not a whole team issue, it’s just three or four moments that really hurt us.

“It was individuals that didn’t nail skill at really big moments for us.

“I’m not going to get angry at the team. For 40 minutes I thought we were unbelievably good. I think we’re very close to being very, very good and I’ll hold onto that fact.

“I thought we dominated in most areas in that first half; we just have to put an 80-minute performance together.”

Wigan head coach Matt Peet told BBC Radio Merseyside:

“I’m very proud. It is a tough place to come against a team that’s flying. We had to overcome a bit of adversity. Leigh were excellent in the first half and we had to get a lot right to get the result.

“It had a play-off feel about it from minute one against a quality team who throw a lot at you.

“It will stand us in good stead. There are things that we can improve but the character of the team is very strong and defensively we looked very strong as well.”

On Jai Field’s try:

“It was a game-changing moment. He’s got that capability and instinct and obviously his pace. He’s a pleasure to watch.”

Leigh: O’Brien; Armstrong, Badrock, Hanley, Senior; Cook, Lam; Ofahengaue, Horne, Liu, Trout, Hughes, Brogan.

Interchanges: Mulhern, Vaalepu, Alick-Wiencke, Davis.

Wigan: Field; Hodkinson, Eckersley, Wardle, Marshall; French, Smith; Harvard, O’Neill, Thompson, Walters, Partington, Ellis.

Interchanges: Mago, Kerr, O’Loughlin, O’Connor.

Referee: Chris Kendall.

Betfred Super League

Wigan (6) 30

Tries: Cartwright, Kerr, Eckersley, McDermott, Daniel Goals: Keighran 5

Warrington (12) 18

Tries: Hopoate, Irwin, Ashton Goals: Irwin 3

Wigan Warriors’ young stand-ins held off the challenge of Warrington Wolves to move to within two points of Super League leaders Leeds Rhinos.

Josh Cartwright, Taylor Kerr, Kian McDermott and Austin Daniel all repaid the faith of head coach Matt Peet by scoring their first senior tries after filling gaps left by the Warriors’ injury troubles.

Wigan lost star full-back Jai Field on the morning of the match with a back injury and they were soon 12-0 down as Warrington’s Albert Hopoate and their own 18-year-old prodigy Ewan Irwin both scored tries.

The game see-sawed and was still level with half an hour to go until McDermott and Daniel showed the quality of the young players coming through the Wigan academy with vital finishes.

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Wigan: Cartwright; Eckersley, O’Loughlin, Wardle, Daniel; Keighran, Smith; Havard, O’Neill, McDermott, Mason, Partington, Ellis

Interchanges: Thompson, Mago, Kerr, O’Connor

Warrington: Webster; Hopoate, J. Smith, King, Ashton; Irwin, Hayes; Thomas, Walker, Byrne, Bentley, Harrison, Currie.

Interchanges: Sipley, Wood, Hartill, Tanginoa.

Sin-bin: Bentley (16).

Referee: Marcus Griffiths.