After a duo of defeats, Wigan made the long trip to London to take on a Broncos side to whom defeats have come week in week out .
Wigan included Eddy Pettybourne and Tony Clubb after lengthy injuries and alike their hosts struggled to gain a foothold in the opening exchanges after both sides blew good chances due to the wet conditions.
Wigan came very close with a run from Charnley who was pulled back after an obstruction in the build up and tempers began to fray early as Vea raised his hands on Bateman and Dudson left a high shot on a Broncos defender.
London came closing to scoring from the resulting penalty as they got themselves to within metres of the Wigan try line but knocked on with the line in sight.
Wigan took advantage and opened the scoring in the 16th minute as a pass out wide found the oncoming Charnley who raced over to score and a superb conversion from Smith made it 0-6.
The resulting set saw Smith kick a superb 40/20 but Wigan were unable to use the possession to their advantage but minutes later were able to increase the lead as a pacey run from Bowen saw him cross for a try which Smith converted well for 0-12.
Charnley raced clear in the next set but with no clear support was caught by the London defence but the hosts only prevented the third Wigan score as Gelling picked out Bateman on the wing who went over for the try with another nice conversion by Smith making it 0-18.
Smith's kicking was amazing as the next set saw him kick a second 40/20 and this time around Wigan did use the advantage as Bowen found Charnley out wide for the Wingers second score of the afternoon and despite a first miss by Smith, Wigan led 0-22.
London went into the interval with a score of their own as Minns took advantage of a Wigan mistake to cross for a try with the momentum in the tackle edging him over and Drinkwater converted for 6-22 at the break.
Wigan started the second half well with Gelling taking advantage of a London mistake to cross for a try with Smith converting for 6-28. After a mixed performance in the derby defeat, Hughes looked to redeem himself when he raced clear and supplied Taylor who crossed for the try with Smith converting for 6-34.
A superb set minutes later saw a grubber kick travel out of play via London but achingly close to being taken and touched down by the oncoming Burgess.
The resulting goal-line dropout saw Bowen find Dudson who powered through the Broncos defence to score a battling try with Smith converting for 6-40 and surely ending the Broncos hopes of ending their losing streak.
London were unable to prevent Charnley from completing his hat-trick after he was found in space out wide and with Smith converting for a 6-46 lead it seemed a case of when rather than if Wigan would reach 50 points and it came with just six minutes to go when Sarginson raced down the wing and found Burgess free with the Winger crossing for the try and Smith converted for 6-52.
The previous combination paid off well with Sarginson racing through the the Lomdon defence before offloading to his wing partner who crossed to for his second try in the space of five minutes and Smith completed the win with a ninth conversion for a final score of 6-58.
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