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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Aaron Bower at the Brick Community Stadium

Wigan run riot to overwhelm Leigh and put historic quadruple in sight

Sam Walters reaches out to score Wigan’s second try against Leigh.
Sam Walters reaches out to score Wigan’s second try against Leigh. Photograph: Richard Sellers/PA

The relentless juggernaut rolls on at an increasingly unstoppable pace. It has been fantastic for Super League to have two new forces in Hull KR and Leigh emerge as title contenders, but one of them was always likely to have to produce the performance of their lives to stop the seemingly inevitable.

The Leopards had no answer for the might of Wigan Warriors here, meaning that it is now on the Robins at Old Trafford next Saturday to stop what appears to be a canter towards back-to-back Super League titles and the completion of a historic grand slam, the like of which has barely been seen before.

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