Ahead of this weekend's huge clash at home to Leeds, Wigan U19's played host to Salford U19's on Tuesday night in a re-arranged fixture from last month which was postponed due to mass illness in the Red Devils squad.
Wigan gave a second 19's start of the season to prolific first-team star Joe Burgess and got off to a superb start with two tries inside nine minutes with Kyle Shelford crossing ahead of a run and try from Jake Moore with Jake Shorrocks converting the first of the two efforts for a 10-0 lead.
The lead should have increased in the 14th minute when Joe Burgess virtually gifted a try to Jack Higginson only for the Warriors centre to knock on in attempting to score under the posts. Salford utilised the advantage gained from the mistake to race down the other end and score with a try from Edwin Okanga-Ajararig with Tyler Whittaker converting for 10-6.
Salford seemed to have the momentum as they crossed for a second try in the 20th minute as Johnny Scott crossed and with Tyler Whittaker converting, they went into the lead at 12-10 before extending their lead just five minutes later with an effort from Henry Hadfield successfully converted by Tyler Whittaker for 18-10.
Wigan responded well and reduced the deficit with a try from Jack Higginson five minutes before half time and a change in the kicking duties saw Ryan Houghton fail to convert at 18-14 but the hosts suffered an early blow in the second half as Danny Lomax crossed for a try in the 42nd minute and with Tyler Whittaker converting for 24-14, Wigan needed to score next to keep up their hopes of a win.
The Warriors did score next and in fact scored three times in the space of four minutes to regain the lead, Liam Forsyth, Gabriel Fell and Liam Marshall all crossed for tries with Ryan Houghton converting the first and Nick Gregson converting the other two for a 32-24 lead.
Salford's hopes of staging a comeback of their own suffered a blow in the 67th minute when a superb run and dummy from Macauley Davies saw him cross for Wigan's seventh try of the evening and with Nick Gregson converting for a third time in a row, Wigan led 38-24 and held on to secure the win and an eight consecutive victory.
Wigan gave a second 19's start of the season to prolific first-team star Joe Burgess and got off to a superb start with two tries inside nine minutes with Kyle Shelford crossing ahead of a run and try from Jake Moore with Jake Shorrocks converting the first of the two efforts for a 10-0 lead.
The lead should have increased in the 14th minute when Joe Burgess virtually gifted a try to Jack Higginson only for the Warriors centre to knock on in attempting to score under the posts. Salford utilised the advantage gained from the mistake to race down the other end and score with a try from Edwin Okanga-Ajararig with Tyler Whittaker converting for 10-6.
Salford seemed to have the momentum as they crossed for a second try in the 20th minute as Johnny Scott crossed and with Tyler Whittaker converting, they went into the lead at 12-10 before extending their lead just five minutes later with an effort from Henry Hadfield successfully converted by Tyler Whittaker for 18-10.
Wigan responded well and reduced the deficit with a try from Jack Higginson five minutes before half time and a change in the kicking duties saw Ryan Houghton fail to convert at 18-14 but the hosts suffered an early blow in the second half as Danny Lomax crossed for a try in the 42nd minute and with Tyler Whittaker converting for 24-14, Wigan needed to score next to keep up their hopes of a win.
The Warriors did score next and in fact scored three times in the space of four minutes to regain the lead, Liam Forsyth, Gabriel Fell and Liam Marshall all crossed for tries with Ryan Houghton converting the first and Nick Gregson converting the other two for a 32-24 lead.
Salford's hopes of staging a comeback of their own suffered a blow in the 67th minute when a superb run and dummy from Macauley Davies saw him cross for Wigan's seventh try of the evening and with Nick Gregson converting for a third time in a row, Wigan led 38-24 and held on to secure the win and an eight consecutive victory.
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