17 hours ago
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Betfred Super League
Hull FC (0) 4
Try: Martin
Wigan (22) 46
Tries: Field 3, Miski, Mago, Forber, Wardle, French Goals: Keighran 7
Wigan Warriors returned to winning ways before next week's trip to Las Vegas to face Warrington Wolves as they swept aside Hull FC at MKM Stadium.
A week on from drawing a blank in the historic first single point 1-0 defeat against Leigh Leopards and a week before the trip Stateside, Matty Peet's side were back to something approaching last season's best.
In a dominant first-half display that saw Jai Field hit Hull with two tries and Abbas Miski and Patrick Mago one apiece, Wigan blew their hosts away and went in 22-0 up at the break.
Despite a brighter start to the second period from the Black and Whites, which saw hopes briefly rise when Lewis Martin went over in the corner, the Warriors quickly extinguished them.
Jordan Rapana's short goal-line dropout backfired, allowing Tom Forber to pick up and add a fifth try while another smart break from Field, finished off by Jake Wardle, put Wigan back out of sight.
Field continued the rout with a training ground move off the back of a scrum to bag his hat-trick with 13 minutes remaining before Bevan French completed the scoring, rounding off a break on the right wing.
Leigh's golden-point victory created Super League history last weekend and it proved a wake-up call for the history makers of last season.
One week on, Wigan looked every inch the quadruple winners who swept up every single piece of silverware available to them in a stunning 2024.
Field was at the heart of everything good about the Cherry and Whites' display, scoring three tries and serving a warning that a disappointing seven-try season in 2024 will prove a puzzling outlier on an otherwise prolific Wigan career.
Peet's side were irresistible, making momentum-shifting gains with ball in hand, defending brilliantly - three times carrying the ball-carrier into touch - and smothering the hosts throughout.
Hull briefly ignited hope in the stadium when Martin finished off a decent move to make it 22-4, but it proved to be a solitary punch landed on a long night for the hosts.
It was an evening made worse by an injury to Hull's Samoa prop Ligi Sao, who left the field bound for hospital after appearing to dislocate his left knee cap.
The Black and Whites will pick all possible positives out of the performance, including a bright showing from Sao's replacement Hugo Salabio and the fact they will not have to face a team of this calibre every week.
Hull FC: Rapana, Barron, Chamberlain, Briscoe, Martin, Cust, Sezer, Ese'ese, Sao, Balmforth, Aydin, Fash, Lane, Asiata.
Interchanges: Sao, Gardiner, Salabio, Hutchinson
Wigan: Field, Miski, Keighran, Wardle, Marshall, French, Smith, Byrne, Leeming, Thompson, Nsemba, Farrell, Ellis.
Interchanges: Mago, Dupree, Walters, Forber
Referee: Aaron Moore.
