March 2009 Wigan Warriors season

the start of march start of reserve team s season, begin comfortable win against bradford bulls. richards scored twenty points including 8 goals , try first team earned first home victory of season, winning margin of thirty-four points. richards scored first of 7 wigan tries after 9 minutes, before hock broke defensive line put wigan 12–0 ahead. line break hock provided offload carmont scored third try. twenty-point gap emerged richards kicked penalty conceded paul sykes, before bradford scored first of 2 tries through rikki sheriffe after 48 minutes. hock replied scoring second try, before line break riddell handed try harrison hansen. wayne godwin broke leg after stopping iafeta palea aesina run, before palea aesina himself scored wigan s final try. steve menzies scored first bradford try before match ended.

wigan s run of victories short-lived lost away tie leeds rhinos after. unchanged wigan side tie against bradford score 2 tries, conceding 6 other way. victory rhinos fifth out of 5 matches, , ahead after 3 minutes 40–20 converted try kylie leuluai. error ainscough proved costly scott donald scored resulting turnover. upon half-hour mark, leeds 22–0 ahead after rob burrow touched down under sticks , 40–20 provided try, time ryan hall. ainscough scored wigan s first try following pass thomas leuluai, before wigan disallowed try after video referee phil bentham ruled sean o loughlin had obstructed burrow. hall scored second, besting roberts in air, after fifty minutes. peacock scored leeds sixth try, bursting through defensive line, whilst hock scored last try of game.

an away tie salford city reds more favourable wigan eased victory @ willows. salford had first major chance of game kick 18-year-old richie myler knocked-on jeremy smith. carmont replied, catching offload former-salford player andy coley, hand try ainscough. myler again created opportunity, karl fitzpatrick pushed touch. break via ainscough , riddell gave leuluai try, before myler scored salford s first try following kick jeremy smith. sam tomkins saw hole in defensive line , ran through it, scoring wigan s third try, before richards scored fourth make half-time score 22–6. wigan scored first again in second half sam tomkins scored half-way line, before ainscough scored second. myler , jeremy smith again combined former s second try, time pass, richards sealed game wigan after offloading leuluai second , wigan s seventh try. win dampened injury of ireland international eamon o carroll, fractured metatarsal bone during reserve game against salford.

in game 8–10 going final ten minutes, , had 3 players sent sin-bin, wigan lost third home game. amos roberts returned after being dropped reserves week before, whilst visiting huddersfield team contained 5 former wigan players. brett hodgson gave huddersfield initiative kicking penalty 0–2 lead, , hock responded knocked-on in act of scoring try. bailey scored try wigan, richards failed convert, , score made level after kicked penalty brett hodgson. scott moore gave huddersfield lead again after run dummy half give 4–10 lead, despite take-out on leuluai before half-time went unpenalised. luke robinson sin-binned delaying play , roberts made advantage count, grounded ball in touch , try disallowed. darrell griffin , hansen sin-binned fight, before passing along backs lead roberts try, richards again failed convert. ainscough fumbled kick robinson, , michael lawrence punished mistake scoring try huddersfield. brown scored minutes later put game beyond wigan.