Just before the hour mark the home side stretched their lead when they kept the ball alive from inside their own half and Astley combined with Sutton to put winger Jacob Douglas over in the left corner. Sutton converted from the touchline but then five minutes later the wolves got on the scoreboard when centre dan Brewin managed to spin in the tackle and score from close range on the left. Scrum half Leon Hayes added the conversion.

The Warriors then scored their final try when they swept the ball through four pair of hands before it reached substitute Joe Robinson who acrobatically squeezed over in the right corner but shortly afterwards the Wolves worked the ball out wide to winger Tom Burnett who scored in the right corner.

Three minutes from time the Warriors lost the ball fifteen metres from their own line and Wolves prop forward Morgan Burgess picked it up and scored under the posts. Hayes converted to make the final score 36-16 to the Wigan Warriors.

After the game Wolves Under 19s Head Coach Paul Anderson said: “I was extremely disappointed with large elements of the performance, I felt we didn’t emotionally invest a great deal not only into the game but also our preparation. We did improve slightly in the second half but the damage was already done; credit to Wigan who I felt defended really well especially in the second half when we asked more questions with the ball.”

Under 19s fall to Wigan defeat