People get on board with the underdog story getting a crack at winning something. It happened with Cas and again with Salford. People then get feel that everything is against them. I probably ave tinted glasses on but that first half KR we’re getting the rub of the green with the cherry on the cake being the late hit on Lewis (deserved pen but they go missing most games) it does normally even itself out by ft. Anyone arguing against the yellow are just deluded

We had ourselves on the ropes - handling errors, penalties and sloppy passes.

I do feel Hull KR will still feel confident but I also feel we could have been so much better without ill discipline and poor ball retention. They offered little in attack but their ball retention was great, they gave us nothing on the whole aside from the 2 yellow cards (which I understand we’re massive). We looked dangerous all game imo, even against 13 men we looked more likely, our left edge had the upper hand all game, we also scored 5 tries to 3 and the scoreline would have been much wider had 3 of Keighrans kicks split the post when very close. I like to have a steady head when reviewing sport matches and not be biased (sometimes impossible not too) and for me that’s a bigger boost for Wigan than Hull KR, we’ve been poor for almost 2 months but that was much better, we also have lads coming back from time away, I think a game like that would be fitting for a Grand Final.

Don’t agree with that at all, I didn’t think at any point they had us on the ropes, I would say both were no brainer 2 pointers.

I agree with you NK. We emptied their tank in the first half, they would have stalled much earlier had we minimised our errors/penalties. We dominated a large percentage of the rucks but got caught out with sucker punches. I think we will learn more from that game than HKR will. Having said that, HKR have been exceptional this season and I think they will improve in 2025.

You obviously haven't seen enough

I'm not usually one for "I told you so" but I really couldn't get the negativity around Mago or people suggesting he may miss out when everyone is fit. He's literally the best impact prop in the league and, as I've said previously, he rarely fails to make an impact. His minutes are, and always have been for mine, a complete irrelevance. We have plenty props who can do big minutes. Tonight he turned the match. Simple as that.

Good win that.
We aren’t the 2023 vintage but that took a lot of hard work and inventiveness to turn it around. Wardle was imperious when it really mattered.
HKR put an awful lot into that and it will be interesting to see how they perform next week.
Our defence first half was too slow and not aggressive enough. kR ruled the ruck for the first 30 minutes.
Some truly spectacular tries. At least 3 worthy of try of the season.
Some of the kids there tonight have a memory that will last them a lifetime. I’m pretty sure that in 20 years time some of them will regale about the game tonight.
Hopefully we still have enough in the tank to get our revenge on Leeds next week.
A game for Forber to forget but one for Nsemba to really state his case as the best second rower in the competition. He is in prime form and it’s a bit of of privilege to watch him the moment.

Rovers were unfortunate to have two yellow cards, but only by the standards of the game in its previous, much fairer incarnation, when minor collisions were rightly ignored. But by current pathetic standards, they were lucky they didn't have two yellows and a red. Only the fact they already had a man off prevented the latter, which in itself is corruption by the official - but that's nothing new, so why bother complaining?

The two yellows made up for all the offsides that Smith ignored in the first half. Very important to let the underdogs get their vital head-start, I suppose. The ball off the boot into touch was another one he could safely ignore. No one saw it after all... apart from everyone else in the stadium aside from him and the touch-judge, though both of them saw it too really, which in itself should be a sackable offence in both cases. But some chance of that.

I don't like to think that underdogs are massively favoured by the powers-that-be in this so-called sport we follow, but what else can you think after a game like that?

Yes, it was very exciting and great tries were scored, but no way in the memory of man were Hull KR only 4 points inferior to Wigan. They scrambled well but never looked like scoring apart from when dodgy penalties gifted them masses of territory they hadn't earned, and a rusty Harry Smith handed them a soft interception on a plate.

But even then, we are our own worst enemies. We strengthened massively in the final quarter, when Rovers seemed to be inexplicably gassed, but before then we were error-strewn again. It made the ref's job all too easy.

Think you are being harsh on Forber there, his distribution was as good as ever and he took the ball of Luckley like candy off a baby

, agreed Nsemba was next level.