World Club Challenge: Wigan Warriors 16-12 Penrith Panthers – Cherry and Whites crowned world champions for fifth time-ZoomTech News


Wigan coach Matt Peet informed BBC Sport:

“Unbelievable recreation, two excellent groups. You would see throughout the sport what a unbelievable crew Penrith are. I could not be prouder of my gamers. Now we have to construct on it now.

“The gamers have been very courageous within the second half. It was a recreation that we gained by by no means giving in.

“They seem to be a group of excellent lads. I like working with them. They by no means give in and you’ll see in that recreation how a lot it means to them. It was going to take a particular effort to recover from us tonight, we needed it a lot.

“It is nights like these that we crave and we will have lots extra.”

Wigan stand-off and man of the match Bevan French informed BBC Sport:

“It was very robust, I simply assume it was a grinding win actually.

“We did not have a lot pleasure being of their territory too typically. It seems like we have been defending our line for 80 minutes to be sincere.

“That’s one thing the boys actually delight themselves on. A win like meaning much more than a snug, simple win. Hopefully it’s talked about for a very long time now.

“They [Penrith] are a really particular crew and I really feel like they have been in management the entire recreation, actually.

“It simply got here right down to us digging deep and actually wanting it.

“Little doubt about it, I do not assume we’d have gotten the job accomplished if it wasn’t right here in entrance of a sold-out Wigan crowd. They actually acquired us dwelling in the long run.”

Penrith head coach Ivan Cleary informed BBC Sport:

“Wigan took their possibilities and we did not. In the long run, that was in all probability the distinction. Fairly top quality recreation however congrats to Wigan.

“We positively had the higher area place in each halves however we could not put them away and so they had three appears at it and scored three tries.

“We should always really feel that we will do higher than that, however on the finish of the day they have been medical once they wanted to be and that is what acquired them the win.

“It was a recreation of inches. Nice recreation for the gang that turned out. Unlucky that we could not win however I am pleased with the boys.

“I might somewhat be right here and lose than not be right here.”

Wigan: Area, Miski, Keighran, Wardle, Marshall, French, H Smith, Cooper, O’Neill, Byrne, Isa, Farrell, Ellis

Interchanges: Mago, Leeming, Dupree, Hill

Penrith: Edwards, Turuva, Tago, Could, To’o, Cole, Cleary, Leota, Kenny, Fisher-Harris, Garner, Martin, Yeo

Interchanges: Peachey, L Smith, Henry, Eisenhuth

Referee: Liam Moore


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