Wigan Warriors held off a second-half comeback from St Helens to wrap up a 24-14 victory in the Good Friday derby at The Brick Community Stadium.
Wigan had the lead at the break through a Harry Smith penalty, Jai Field converted try, plus Abbas Miski unconverted effort, Saints only replying with a George Whitby penalty conversion to give the home outfit a 12-2 lead at the break.
St Helens also had to survive being down to 12-men at the end of the first half and beginning of the second as Moses Mbye was sent to the sin bin for a high shot on Zach Eckersley.
It was a similar story early in the second for Wigan though as Sam Walters was shown yellow for a high shot on Jon Bennison.
Moses Mbye is sinbinned for St Helens for a crunching tackle on Wigan’s Zach Eckersley
Although St Helens mounted a second-half comeback through converted tries from Lewis Murphy and Agnatius Paasi to bring the score to 18-14, an atrocious knock-on from Tristan Sailor allowed Miski to go over in the corner with just two minutes remaining, Smith obliging with the conversion to wrap up what is always a big derby win.
The victory for Wigan Warriors continues the trend of the home outfit winning the Good Friday derby which dates back to 2021.
Wigan’s win also moves them into second in the Super League table, two points behind leaders Hull KR.
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