Betfred Super League
Wigan (24) 50
Tries: Smith, Marshall 2, O'Neill, Farrell, Daniel, Field, Eckersley, Keighran Goals: Keighran 7
Catalans (6) 12
Tries: Tison, Lis Goals: Aispuro-Bichet, Garcia
Wigan Warriors won a sixth League Leaders' Shield arsenic they ran successful 9 tries to bushed Catalans Dragons and transportation connected their singular tally of signifier heading into the Super League play-offs.
Matt Peet's side, who were trophyless successful 2025 disconnected the backmost of their quadruple-winning 2024 campaign, person present won 2 pieces of silverware, having won the Challenge Cup successful May, and are present 2 games distant from the treble.
Harry Smith and Ugo Tison exchanged tries aboriginal on, but Liam Marshall, Brad O'Neill and Liam Farrell enactment Wigan successful power astatine the break.
Austin Daniel and Jai Field continued Wigan's scoring streak, portion Zach Eckersley, Adam Keighran and Marshall's 2nd wrapped up a thumping 16th triumph successful a row, with Alexis Lis scoring a good consolation effort for Les Dracs successful the closing stages.
Despite Friday's triumph ensuring the shield was theirs, the truly hard enactment was done successful past week's crucial triumph implicit rubric rivals Leeds Rhinos astatine Headingley, wherever they leapfrogged their rivals to spell top.
Had Wigan person mislaid then, Leeds could person pulled disconnected a melodramatic final-day surge backmost to the top, winning the shield astatine their disbursal connected points difference, but the Rhinos fell abbreviated and were beaten by Hull FC connected Friday.
Wigan present person a bye week by virtuousness of a apical 2 spot and volition beryllium astatine location for their Super League play-off semi-final connected Saturday, 12 September, unrecorded connected the BBC.
For Catalans, it means a hard run ends with a ninth-placed finish.
Les Dracs person present not made the end-of-season play-offs since their tally to the Super League Grand Final successful 2023 - wherever they were besides beaten by Wigan.
More to follow.
Wigan: Field; Daniel, Keighran, Eckersley, Marshall; French, Smith; Havard, O'Neill, Thompson, Nsemba, Partington, Ellis.
Interchanges: Farrell, Walters, Mago, Kerr.
Catalans: Marc; Darrelatour, Martin, Cotric, Makinson; Aispuro-Bichet, Dodd; Allen, Tison, Navarrete, Garcia, Laguerre, Bousquet.
Interchanges: Maria, Wilson, Descalzi, Lis.
Referee: Marcus Griffiths.
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