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Round 15 Recap

James Booth • 22 June 2024

Match Report

Wigan Warriors vs London Broncos (Super League Round 15) Match Report

 

0’- Leyland kicks to Wigan from left to right.

 

3’- Try for Wigan scored by Jack Farrimond & converted by Farrimond- 6-0

 

4’- Leyland’s kick from the restart is out of bounds- Wigan penalty from the halfway line.

 

6’- London do well to defend the Wigan attack- it is a turnover for London on the sixth.

 

8’- Double knock on- dreadful communication by Walker & Miloudi who gift Wigan a scrum 5m outside of the Broncos try line.

 

11’- A good break by Oli Leyland gives London some good field position.

 

12’- Penalty for Wigan- London were offside on Leyland’s kick on the 5th.

 

13’- Wigan Warriors try, scored by Jack Farrimond, his second of the night & converted by Farrimond- 12-0.

 

15’- Wigan chip through goes dead, London gets the ball back for a 20m restart.

 

19’- Interchange for Wigan. Liam Byrne comes off for Ethan Havard.

 

20’- Penalty for Wigan. Walker pushes Eckersley in the back on the kick chase.

 

21’- Try for Wigan scored by Liam Marshall. An incredible, borderline unstoppable, no look assist pass by French. Converted by Farrimond- 18-0.

 

22’- Interchange for Wigan- O’Neill comes off for Leeming.

 

25’- Penalty for London for a high tackle on Kershaw.

 

25’- Interchange for London- Tison comes on for Matt Davies.

 

27’- Video referee is having a look at a London try for Ugo Tison. No try- Tison dropped the ball ahead of the grounding. 20m restart for Wigan.

 

27’- Interchange for London- Williams comes on for Stock.

 

28’- Interchange for Wigan- Mago comes off for Hill.

 

29’- Forward pass by French to Miski- London scrum 5m away from their own tryline.

 

29’- Penalty for London, Wigan are offside from the scrum.

 

31’- Penalty for London for a high tackle by Hill. Some great meters made by Bassett.

 

31’- Penalty for London for interference by Wigan.

 

33’- Penalty for Wigan for the Broncos holding the Warriors player down.

 

34’- Interchange for Wigan- Farrell comes off for Walters.

 

35’- Knock on by Storey whilst trying to catch French’s chip through the Broncos defence. Scrum for Wigan.

 

35’- Interchange for London. Waine comes on for Bienek.

 

36’- Try for Wigan scored by Abbas Miski. Converted by Farrimond- 24-0.

 

39’- Wigan attempted offload goes into touch, only a matter of seconds until half time.

 

HALF-TIME: WIGAN WARRIORS 24-0 LONDON BRONCOS.

 

40’- Farrimond kicks to the Broncos to get the second half underway.

 

41’- Set restart for Wigan.

 

43’- Excellent line break by Waine.

 

44’- Time off- Leeming down with an injury off Waine’s tackle. Yellow card for Emmanuel Waine from the tackle.

 

45’- A big hit by Meadows gives London the ball back about 15m away from their try line. Good read of the play by Meadows.

 

45’- Interchange for Wigan- Leeming comes off for O’Neill.

 

47’- An excellent interception by Kershaw to deny a certain try.

 

48’- Leyland’s kick stops just short of being dead- Wigan goal line drop out.

 

49’- London come so close to scoring through Kershaw & Williams via Meadows’ chip through but French knicks the ball as the chip is on it’s way through the Warriors defence.

 

50’- Try for Wigan, scored by Jake Wardle. It was all started from the break by Farrimond- he has had some game this evening- Converted by Farrimond- 30-0.

 

53’- What looked like a very smart move by Miloudi to take the ball out of Walker’s hands to prevent a Broncos goal line drop out came loose and is a knock on- scrum for Wigan 5m outside of the Broncos try line.

 

54’- Try scored by Wigan, the second of the evening for Jake Wardle. Converted by Farrimond- 36.0

 

55’- Interchange for London- Bienek comes on for Jordan Williams.

 

57’- Knock on by Wigan, scrum for the Broncos in the Wigan half.

 

59’- A great break by Adebiyi who nearly scores a try on the fourth, Tison’s chip through gets recovered by French.

 

59’- Interchange for London- Stock comes on for Jacob Jones.

 

60’- Huge break by Marshall, but Farrimond drops the ball ahead of a certain try and a hattrick on his home debut.

 

60’- Forward pass by London, who gift a scrum to Wigan.

 

62’- Forward pass from French to Miski. London scrum.

 

65’- Huge break by Bassett who made about 75m on the play but another opportunity squandered as Storey’s pass is impossible for Kershaw to catch. Wigan scrum.

 

65’- Interchange for London- Matt Davies comes on for Emmanuel Waine. Waine looks like he has picked up a knock.

 

66’- A fresh set of six for Wigan but a knock by Havard gives the Broncos a scrum.

 

68’- Meadows finds touch and Wigan regain possession of the ball halfway into the Warriors half.

 

69’- Interchange for London- Jack Hughes comes on for Ugo Tison.

 

70’- A good couple of tackles by Hughes in the Wigan set & the Broncos get the ball back after tackling the Warriors on the sixth.

 

71’- Some good play by London but time is off as Bienek is being treated for what looks like a left shoulder injury.

 

72’- Penalty for Wigan as London were offside for Leyland’s high kick.

 

72’- Interchange for Wigan- Havard comes off and is replaced by Mago.

 

75’- Penalty for London for a high tackle on Bassett from Hill.

 

75’- Interchange for Wigan- Wardle comes off and Farrell takes his place.

 

77’- Will Lovell has the ball over the line, but Farrimond was underneath the ball to prevent the try.

 

77’- Repeat set of 6 for London.

 

78’- Jack Hughes has the ball over the line but the video referee is having a look. No try unfortunately as the ball was grounded short of the try line. Scrum for Wigan.

 

79’- Turnover for London as they take down the Wigan player on their sixth attempt but is it too little too late- the full-time hooter goes.

 

FULL TIME: WIGAN WARRIORS 36-0 LONDON BRONCOS.

 

Penalty Count: 5-5

Half-time: 24-0

Full time: 36-0

Referee: Liam Rush

Player of the match: Jack Farrimond

 

Wigan Warriors

Team:

6) Bevan French, 2) Abbas Miski, 26) Zach Eckersley, 4) Jake Wardle, 5) Liam Marshall, 23) Ryan Hampshire, 30) Jack Farrimond, 15) Patrick Mago, 9) Brad O’Neill, 10) Liam Byrne, 21) Junior Nsemba, 12) Liam Farrell, 13) Kaide Ellis

Interchanges: 8) Ethan Havard, 17) Kruise Leeming, 20) Harvie Hill, 22) Sam Walters

 

Try: Farrimond (3, 13), Marshall (21), Miski (36), Wardle (50) (54).

Conversions: Farrimond 6/6

Sin-bins: N/A

 

London Broncos

Team:

1) Alex Walker, 2) Lee Kershaw, 21) Robbie Storey, 3) Jarred Bassett, 4) Hakim Miloudi, 20) Oli Leyland, 7) James Meadows, 10) Lewis Bienek, 24) Matt Davies, 15) Marcus Stock, 11) Will Lovell, 29) Jacob Jones.

Interchanges: 34) Ugo Tison, 16) Jordan Williams, 28) Jack Hughes, 18) Emmanuel Waine

 

Try: N/A

Conversions: N/A

Sin-bins: Waine (44)



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