Re: Match discussion : Sun Sep 18, 2011 5:29 pm
1) Tomkins injured his shoulder in the first half and completely went missing for the duration of the match. Everytime the ball came his way his threw it like a hot potato and wanted nothing to do with it. Thus, Wigan's main attacking option disappeared. I think its glaringly obvious that without Tomkins, Wigan are totally one dimensional and have very little to offer - why else would he stay on the pitch for 80 minutes when he clearly wanted to be anywhere else.2) Phil Bentham has an almost laughable performance today. The 10 minutes surrounding half time he did his utmost to get Wigan into the game - how many sets did we have to defend before they went over with 10 seconds to go till the break? It almost felt that, with Tomkins injured, Bentham nominated himself to take over as Wigans catalyst.
3) Easily our best performance of the season - everyone played their part and we fully deserve the win, and a week off. We completely dominated Wigan at the DW earlier this year (but were punished by Farrells last gasp winner) and we've done the same today.