06.09.26 Warrington (Academy GF) Highlights

0:00And Alfie Maiden raises his arm and the kick goes downfield and a difficult take-all ready there for Jack Fallon. He had to reach for that one. Isaac holds with trying to power his way over. He's probably got a bit of white wash on his chin there. It was that close. Short ball again and they stay again. Wiggin holding on here. Last tackle. Right on the line. Oh, that's a coach killer. Just dove over from Dummy-Half. They are horrible to concede. Now, wanting to hit the front and it comes off the back of that big mistake from Noah Forster. Now then, he comes Forster. Ten out Wiggin. Four tackles in the bag. Just to the left of the posts. Again and again here. Little short ball. Shale Conner. Stay on his feet. Five meters out. Right in front of the sticks. They come out to the left hand side. Ball comes back in on the reverse. Harrison Pearson heading for the line there. Holted one meter shy. They come out to the left. Kick over the top. That's brilliant.

1:04And Zach Balecki gathers it and docks it down in the corner. Harry Smith asked that from Alfie Mayden. Well, I'm converting to Harry Smith in the pregame. Harry Smith would have been proud of that. Bitwise. Not too dissimilar to the Beven French one last time. Yeah, although it was a bit more structured. Big space in the corner. And Balecki. Just a lovely little dachy. Oh, from Balecki really couldn't miss without. It was a perfect kick for him. And that's he'd never tried a season in 11 games for Balecki. But anyway, we can get the full set. Ten out. Yeah, this is a big chance now. Pearson. Big chance for Wiggin. Five out. Five tackles in the bag. Now it's time for Warrington to have to defend their line. Maybury. He goes himself. But unlike Hadrell, Warrington were alive to that one. Just to the right of the post. Hollins. It goes out to that right hand side.

2:05Cut out ball and not squeezing in the corner. Excellent from Evan Buckley. But again, it's going to be a tough kick. But Wiggin hit the front here. Eight points to six. And Warrington will be done as scratching their heads there. Like he's having been not by distance, but when they happen, the better team in this game so far. But Wiggin have taken their chance. Well, I think Wiggin's interchanges made impact on a mention, Maybury in the pre-game. And I think he's stiffened his up in the middle of the field a little bit. Yeah, we see that from Buckley so often at this level. That was a French-esque cutout pass. He put cutout to the without pass to. Oxpriate in 12 for him this season. Oh, great. Really from Joe Hollins and he gets the offload. Now, Maybury goes racing up the middle. He needs some support. What's Hollins, you're right. Yeah, offload. Can you play on the back of it this time? You need quick movement of the ball here. See if they can play on the back of that. Charlie Jeffery Stock gets it up to the 30.

3:07Stays on his feet. Yeah, this will be a real kick in the nuts for Warrington. And Wiggin can get in again here just before half time. This is Buckley, little drop of the shoulder. And he's through when he's in. Oh, he's a real gut punch for Warrington. And Evan Buckley. Two huge hits. And assist for Oxpriate. And now he's gone in for his own. Oh, that is a real killer that just before half time. That's the Wiggin way. Yeah, but I go back to what I said. I think the bench has made Wiggin. Packed for Wiggin. The neighbouries come on. I think it's stiff in that middle of the field. But Warrington have just been done one, two punch, as you said. Right at the end of this first half. And a six four deficit will be a 16, six lead in a minute. This is Buckley. Now then, Jeffery Stock inside the 10. That's another great carry. Five meters out, Wiggin. Now right in front of the posts. Maybree goes himself. Not the right option.

4:08This is the last. Right under the crossbar here. It goes. It goes left. Buckley brings it to the line. Now it comes to made and floats it over the top. It's gathered in and dotted down in the corner. Acrobatically by Zach Bealecki. I hope this is given. I think it has been. It took the corner flag out. Well, the tackle before from Maybree, you know, it was a nothing hitter. We dragged so many defenders over to. The number on that left hand side, it was just a case of executing. The lack he did really well though, because that was not a great pass to him. It was really high over his head. We had to jump up in the air to get that dramatic finish, which he probably didn't need to do. There's not a warranted defender there. The Jack Falman was well inside. I think he did that because I think he was worried. He was going to touch the line with his feet. Could have been worried about his own balance. So he just leapt in the air and dotted it down.

5:12Took the corner for you. He never got his feet steady from the pass. No, it didn't. No, and that was potentially quite. I think they needed that actually. We can they've had a good five minutes at the start at the second half. I'm worried to have been delighted if it have held out there. Ten meters out. Lund at dummy half. This is Pratt. Inside the 10 now, worrying to 10 meters to the left of the posts. Short pass. Bottomly comes on to this as he powered over. I think he has. I'm worrying to me. Did that. And this game is back on. 20 points to 10. Well, it's actually a reward for that defensive set. A couple of the defensive set with a kept wigan inside the 10 for most of it. And he started in the wigan half. Although there was a potentially fortunate back to one with maiden getting a touch.

6:17They've punished that or got rewarded for that. Maybe punishes are wrong where they got rewarded for that could defense. They're not going away in this game either. Made it floated out broccoli. Daniels just held up on the line. Drag lots of players in. Can they use that? Yeah. Gotta get it out to that wide left position. But they know they go up the middle again here with Holton. Right under the crossbar here. The Warriors. McGam switches it left. Maiden. And again that cuts out ball and be a leaky's infries. Patrick. As simple as that. Bevin French. Eat a heart out. What a response from Wigan. Yeah, again, he was sitting. It's a good hit. Support the middle. It drag players in and he never really recovered. Not the smoothest pass the bill. Like again, to be fair, but he puked it out and watch on his replay. Goes have an easier one than that.

7:18Just walked it in. Fight in fact, if I was a better pass. Eat it was him at juggled it. Did see a little juggled there. But he took it in and be lucky for the hat trick. So Wigan just shive their own 40 here. They lead 24 points to 12. Just shy of halfway. Again in it. Donnie half goes himself. He does well there and he gets the ball through to foster. But he's going to need support here. He's going on the inside. Dickinson's in under the crossbar. And Wigan surely now are going to be out of sight. Brilliant work from Joe McGat. Lovely time ball there. Well done to know a foster there. Composive for a prop forward on the on the burst. Yeah, Finley's hooker rotation. He's worked so well for this academy side all season. Maybe it comes on. And then you bring McGat back on it. Similar to what I've seen when I did the couple of games last month. Real impact at the back end of the game for McGat. Good run that wasn't it.

8:19And he kept calm to just spotted Dickinson. He had to turn around to get that was nothing on the right. It wasn't that I couldn't see any support there. But he had someone to his left. And well done Sam Dickinson there. Under the post as well. That's going to be 30 12 and huge relief. One meter out, Warrington. This is the last tackle. Hadro fires it right. They got an overlap there. Oh, they've gone through that poor defense. Just walked through. Be a leaky there. Like I say, like the proverbial bad smell, Warrington just well go away. I'm not surprised. It was pressure on the goal kick here. But you know, they keep some alive. Check the tris score. I think it was re-stogged, but I'll check that. Confirmation for tris score for Warrington first. Number 22 in the re-stogged. Yes, you were right. Can they ice it here? Yeah. Put the cherry on the cake. This is forced. Yeah, but I think Shay might probably play on Friday. I think Matty might rest the couple.

9:22Here is Shay. Barrels over. And he's got it down. And that is it. Wig and Warriors. Academy Grand Final Champions. Phase one is complete. 3460. Yeah, excellent. And I think it was the bench that turned the game for Wig and I felt Warrington would have better. I thought I did the reserve game Wig and Warrington as well. That was a similar pattern. Warrington said really well in the reserve game. I did last month as well, but they didn't really punch it high on the scoreboard. We can come back off the interchange. And I think this game has been pretty similar. That's it. Game over. Phase one is complete. Wig and Warriors are the Academy Grand Final Champions. They're beaten the Warrington Wolves by 36 points to 16. And they are on beaten for the whole season.

10:24Now I'm playing on the match this season. Here we go. Go to number five for Wig and Warriors. Well, look at it. So is that Blacky for the hat trick? That's the mouth of the match. Easy pick that really. For that, I would have given it an ever-couple. No, what I'm saying is it's easy to do that. Yes. I would have given it an ever-couple. I don't know who decides that to be for. Yeah. So, I think it's a regularity. What I wanted to know, I am for getting the hat trick. They were crucial. Tries, particularly the early one. No, a four-step. The captain. Will get the trophy. Ladies and gentlemen, you're on the Academy League. There we go. 26th, Wig and Warriors. There it is. There it is. Congratulations. There's the trophy. The first grand final in the bag for Wig and for this academy side. And thoroughly deserved.

11:28They beaten the walls by 36 points to 16, and thoroughly enjoying the moment down there on the pitch here at the brick. What is going on? Thank you for your company this afternoon.