Re my accused hyperbole on gaining ground: just looked at the stats - looks like saints had only two players across the 17 with less that 7m average gain (Norman and Wingfield, both 6m).
For Wigan, 10 of the 17 players had under 7m average gain. In the forwards there was Byrne (5), Smithies (6), Mago (6), Powell (3), Singleton (3). Plus Cust, Isa, Field, Bibby, Smith.
The narrative is usually that saints pack is ordinary without Walmsley but they were excellent yesterday and needed to be.
Wigan did very well to come as close as they did - defence was absolutely brilliant and they have genuine strike players who can create points off the back foot.
Field did absolutely nothing but get clattered but then nearly won the game for you with a moment of magic.