06.09.26 Warrington (Academy GF) Full Game

0:00So outcome the sides, Sandic incident fallback, Connor Oksbury, Tom Farrim and Jolvie Bentley Elliott and Zach Balecki are the three-quarter line. The heart, Alfie Maiden and Evan Buckley, the front row, Shay O'Connor, Jolmigan, the captain Noah Forster, the Batrull Lewis, Daniels, Harrison Pearson and Matty Holton. On the bench for the Warriors, Clayton Maybury, Joe Hollins, Charlie Jeffree Scott and Cody Lion's Ashworth, Harriet Nichaile is the 18th player for Warrington Bailey Lund at fallback, three-quarters Jack Fallon, restops Cameron Cooper and Regan Parkman, the half Tommy Rhodes and Jack Pendlebury. The front row, Isaac Holtz with late and hadro and Ed Williams and the Batrull Olly Bishop Jamie Cooper and Ethan Holt. On the bench for the Wire Tom Marshall, Ellie Slipsy, Zach Brand and Brady Bottomley. I love that name. And Harry Pratt is the 18th player. Josh Pemberton is our referee. This is Academy Grand Final, listen live with Joe Mills and Bellco. Thank you for your

1:03company and Wig and Will have kickoff. They'll be playing from right to left this afternoon in this first half attacking the North Stand. So we get ready for eight-timminutes of action on this white warms on day afternoon and Alton Maiden raises his arm and the kick goes downfield and the difficult take already there for Jack Fallon. He had to reach for that one. I could have easily spilled out of his grasp and Warrington take up the first drive. Now this is Reese Dobs gets the ball over the 20. And already we're getting up in a line. Good defense. Put down on the 30 there. Warrington up the middle they come once more. Jamie Cooper up to the 40. Almost up to the halfway line. This will be the last

2:05tackle. So Warrington complete the first set of this grand final. Kick goes downfield from Tommy Rhodes. That's comfortably pouched by Zach Bealecki and Wig and Will now have ball in hand for the first time. Yeah, Warrington will be able to set the other got down the field reasonably well. We can now counterattack and getting towards the 30. Yeah it's key job number one is Nick that opening set a six. He don't want any dramas in that. Got to set the tone. Conor Oxbury brought down on the 30. Now Joe McGahn. Wig and now over that 30 meter line they go out to the right hand side. Quick ball now they break the line down that right hand side. They've got numbers on the outside and they find him. Ball back on the inside. Still going here. He's Lewis Daniels. Oh and the pass has gone to ground. Oh goodness me that could have been some start for the Warriors there. Brilliant line break from Lewis Daniels down that right hand

3:07side of the kept it going but just that last pass. Yeah from Warrington it got in the way of that last pass to Sam Dickinson. Yeah it was Oxbury initially and as you said it came to Lewis Daniels. I think via another player who was in there and you know trying to feed Sam Dickinson and may have gone on that pass and they probably took that in. Warrington have kicked early in this set and Sam Dickinson will field that. Well they tried to trap it with his foot. Went underneath. To drop back after it but he's a. That's an early shot from we're going to know did not scored. Yeah it's a warning. Yeah. It's a good start for these young Warriors. Just inside the Warrington half now. Half in the eight and a double half this time and now Jovey bent the earlier up to the 40. Goes through the middle. Good hands now out to that far right hand side again looking dangerous there Tom Farriman.

4:07Tackle just inside the 30. Borkham's infield now Evan Buckley. And now Shay O'Connor. Little flick off load there. Now here's Harrison Pierce a good footwork from the number 12. Get sit to the 20. This is the last tackle. It come down this short side. They come out of the line quickly but good work there from Alfie made me roll that tackle but that kick isn't the best and now I feel that yeah. So much space out wide. He should not really have got away from the initial tackle but if you had to put that out really wide that's a try and he kicked it not only to the Warrington defender but he's able to diffuse it in goal. Seven tackles set. Did well to ride that because they flew out of the line on him there didn't they. We're going to give him away a penalty here. Nor forced a holding down. Peel into the referee. Compounds that poor kick given away by Alfie made him. So penalty for

5:07Warrington. And it's a punted downfield and they will have tap just inside the Wigan half on this near side. And it will be reached dobs with the tap. And it will be carried in here. Well if numbers have to be believed Brady bottom leaves down as 19 he's down as on the bench. So if he is 19 he's out there on the pitch. Anyway we're just looking because we didn't have any numbers for Warrington until about five minutes ago. Ed Williams takes it forward. Oh and that's oh nearly a drop ball there but he just kept hold of it there. Olly Bishop. Ten out Warrington. Oh and that's another juggle and that is a knock on. Ed Williams. That's two poor mistakes from Warrington there. They just about got away with the first bundled carry but they didn't the second time. Yeah I'm in a good position too.

6:08Where then do you want to be using your sets to be fall in finals. Do wonder if it's a bit greasy down there. Obviously a lot of rain earlier in the day. Yeah sons out now on the half of the pitch at least. But I'd say perfect conditions. It feels a bit humid at times but there is a little bit of a breeze. Yeah. And Wiggen. There are Dickinson as I said. Middle of sets. He looks getting involved right now. He does. He certainly runs more than he's sized doesn't he? See that with a lot of the Wiggen players. It's in the DNA. Oh there's another loose carry. No a force has put it down now. That's the second time he's put it down. Yeah. Bad mistake from the Wiggen Captain there. Warrington get the ball back in a dangerous position here. 20 meters out from the Wiggen line in center field. Hadro in at dummy half. This is bottomly if the numbers are correct.

7:1212 meters out just the right of the post comes into center field. Little short ball. Warrington now. Three meters out just to the left of the posts. Hadro waits at dummy half and now they're coming on the crash here. But we're going to withstand that. Eyes it 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 stand again. Wiggen 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. And Warrington hit the front and it comes off the back of that big mistake from Noah Foster. Yeah that's Matty Smith will be few minutes to be honest. He just dived over from a meter out. Well as you said it's helping them down the field with the error.

8:13Trying to check his score. We have got replays in the get ground today. Well it's the number nine. It's the late in Hadril. So late in Hadril. Yeah that was just so. It was too easy. That was really disappointing. Yeah has to say. There was no he just literally got the ball at dummy half and just fell over the line. And a chip shot to come here for Tommy Rhodes. So Warrington. Strike first. Wiggen will be favorites for this today. I've got home advantage as well. But that is silence the crowd here. So this kick 15 meters out to the left of the post as well about 10 meters to the left. It goes all the way back to about three minutes ago when Maiden is appointing kick in the end goal seven tackle set. As he has converted that for Wiggen, Neil Warrington six. I'm going to clock so I'm guessing a little bit. I've had about eight minutes.

9:16So Warrington hit the front. Wiggen now just needs to reset put that behind them. And Alfie Maiden has the ball on the kicking tee. Josh Pemberton gets his back under way. Maiden with the kick down feel again. This goes straight to Jack Fallon. We took it this time. We didn't have to stretch for it. Warrington up to the 20 meter line. Had rule the tri-scorer at dummy half. This is Jack Fallon. He gets it over the 20. Now they'll come up the middle. Ethan Holt. Over the 30 meter line. Warrington here just going up in tens. This is hold with. Brought down on the 40. Now finally up to the halfway line. This is the last tackle. Good defense this from the Warriors.

10:18It comes back to Bayley Lund. Kick goes downfield. Going front to the kicker in the middle. We don't matter. Yeah space for Dickinson to return. Does it well too? It's in almost up to the 30. It's got to feel the way back into the game now. We can do it. We've done it early. Try to panic. Less than we saw a little bit with the first team last night. Yeah. The mistake from Thompson punished him here tonight. The mistake from Forster punished. Now then here comes Shay O'Connor. Senior player out there even at his tender age. Need a big game from him. Here is Forster now running to a Primrose and Blue wall there. Last tackle just shy of the 30. Kick on the last from Alfie Maiden. So high one. Fallon does well. He takes it with a chase is good. Typically from Bentley Elliott. And Bentley Elliott and Balacic. Great chase.

11:19Good place to mind. And over. They just got over the 10 under the next tackle. Yeah. Just six nil to the wolves. And the stages here of this grand final on listen live. Ten minutes gone we think more or less. Ethan Holt. Up towards the 30. He stays on his feet. Little short pass to the left. Head Williams. Up to that 40 meter line. This will be the last. Again it will come back to land. Just about got the kick away in time there. And that's pal well it's going to be a penalty for Warrington actually. Thought it might be late contact on land there. It wasn't much in it. But the penalty has gone to Warrington. Yeah. Just over the 20. So how come it's down there?

12:19Well, we were the kick landed. Well, no. Okay. Well, this is a good chance again. Really important. We can don't concede again here. Yeah. It's not been the best start discipline wise. The Carpet at soft as you were on that first set. No, absolutely not. They'd Williams gets it inside the 10 though. To the left of the post. Four tackles remaining. Hadron. Now then. Little flat pass. All bottomly did well to take that because it was up around his shoulder. Now Rhodes in field again and Wiggand nearly getting breached again. Isaac Holdworth just held him up. Look like he was going in there. They come out to this right hand side. Now London comes round on the loop. But Wiggand mustle up on him there. He's still trying to get over the line and they're driven him off into the side. We see that so often with the first team. Excellent. If I feel Bentley earlier to study more initially. And then it just ganged him over the touch line.

13:21Viscay because he can reach an arm down and then try to get it down in the corner. Oh, I've got to stop it here because I think someone's. I'm sure. That's something someone might have. Yeah, I think there's a blood. Yeah, I got it too. Isaac Holdworth. So a little breather and Wiggand now will turn over ball on their own tent. Important this all that sets out. I think it's only going 12-0 down in a game like this. So Wiggand, let's get back into this game. Not really have much ball inside the warrington half in these early stages. They're trial six nil. They have the ball now in center field. That was all after that fantastic break early in the game from the lowest Daniels. That is a good reliance Pearson. Yeah, I mentioned in good. Trice going form over the 30. And Dickinson up towards the 40 for Wiggand.

14:23Brought down in center field. Again comes in behind him. That's an awful pass. Just about got away with that. Just scuff it. Last tackle. Spiral bomb downfield by Maiden. And that's well gathered because they are horrible to take by Regan Parkman. The tackle comes in there from Evan Buckley. You know, they got in a mess on the play before on that last set. Maiden had to scramble a kick away. Probably did the best he could there with what he got given to him. The tackle before bad pass from McGann at Hooker. I want to knock here for Bailey London to get some a bit groggelly. Ed Williams up towards the halfway line. Borkers out to the left hand side. Little drop of the shoulder there from Rhodes. And then they come back inside. Last tackle now. 35 outwiring to Williams in at dummy half.

15:24I'm not sure he was supposed to be. Kick goes up from Rhodes. And that's well taken. Thunder to the floor there. Conner Oxbury. And Wiggins now having to get out of their own tent. Not finding it easy. Yeah, good kick that from Warrington. Hook Oxbury under pressure. He did take the ball and without challenge. But he was hit straight away and did want to keep all of it. So I was still in on their own 10 meter line here. The Warriors. That's a good carry up towards the 20. But that's four tackles in the already gone here for Wiggins. Again, decides to go himself. But this up in the middle of the corner. Again, decides to go himself. But this will be the last only on the 30. So kick needed here. Buckley with the kick, but it's going to go. Well, that's actually pretty good. It goes over the head of Bayleyland. And it just allows Wiggins a bit of time to get the chase moving forward. Again, it did well there because that was not a good pass to him. He had to reach up for that pass. I think from Dickinson. Yeah.

16:24What the kick. Show that. That's it. Ever but like that's your heart. Bunch. Yeah. What a shot. Yeah, he didn't miss. Wow. There's some intent there. Just need something Wiggins to get themselves going. Bottomly. So over the 40. Short pass. This is Holdsworth again. Very much in the arm wrestle phase. Again, now this game. This is the last tackle. I think again, Holdsworth knows is. Running free. And the referee has brought play to a halt again. Might have to do the old farrell on that to get the. Bandit around it. And he only tend to do that if it's broken, but he can't stop it bleeding. Then that is a problem. Well, this is the second time now. So. Surely if it's not been fixed, he should come off the field.

17:24Yeah. Because can't keep holding up play. I know it's unfortunate for Isaac Holdsworth, but the steel cotton wall up the nose job now. Just make it easy to breathe properly, but needs must. The player's taking on some fluids. So when asking for the score, it's Wiggin' Nill, Warrinton 6. Not about quarter an hour played. So we get back to the play of the ball now. And it comes back to London. Deep kick down field on the last. We're going to let this bounce. Oh, it bounces. Oh, the Lewis Damage is lucky there. It went backwards. Could have so easily gone forwards. That's the risk you take when you let the rugby ball bounce. Yeah, it's shopping up a little bit for me. Yeah, they've all left out. Dickinson and Bilaki. There's a panic. I'll help. Yeah, high shot going in there on Dickinson. Dickinson, yeah.

18:24I'll help Wiggin' get up the pitch. That's a really good kick down field there. Some really good players. That's a shelter from Alfie Major. From his own 30 to almost, well, past the other 30. 25 out here. It's brave that. You have to say, you've been a first attack for a long time. For Wiggin' probably on the second attack of the game. He's holding the loose forward in the cap. Yeah, you need to get back in this again. Now then, he comes forster. 10 out Wiggin. Four tackles in the bag. Just to the left of the posts. Again in again here. Little short ball. Shale Conner. They'll 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. Halted one meter shy. They come out to the left. They'll kick over the top. That's brilliant. And that Bilaki. Gathers it and docks it down in the corner. Harry Smith asked that from the Alfie Major.

19:26Well, I'm comparing to Harry Smith in the pregame. Harry Smith would have been proud of that. Bit like this. Not too dissimilar to the Bevan French one last night, although it was a bit more structured. Big space in the corner. And Bilaki. Just a lovely little dab. Chip over him. Bilaki really couldn't miss without. It was a perfect kick for him. And that said, Knife tried a season in 11 games for Bilaki. Yeah, Jack Fallon had really jammed in there. Alfie Maiden had spotted that. And he perfectly waited sideways kick. Perfect for Zach Bealecki to run onto. One made, I won all that's the penalty wanting to concede, punished. Yeah, tough kick to come though now. For Alfie Maiden. Right on the touch line here. 22 metres out. See what he's made of here is to draw Wig and Level.

20:31Well, we've got the big scream. We've got the scoreboard. Why I just don't understand why we just can't have a clock on it as well. Doesn't make any sense. Unless it's another company that does that, I don't know. Anyway, kick to come. Maiden from the touch line. Culls it in, but too much. This is by quite a way, actually. You get feeling those could be important this afternoon. So we're going to run the board. They trail 6-4. They'll feel a whole heap better now. They've got that first try. Town these well as you had towards the interchange period. Like I said, watch for Clayton Mabre coming on at Hocka. And a hope to kick on in this period again. And that's only the same time that we've been down there. Warrington and as well. And come away with a try. So that's also a factor. So ball on the kicking tee.

21:31Bailey Lund gets his back under way. No, it doesn't actually. It was Jack Pendlebury into that bright sunshine, but well taken. And Wig and Wig will bring this forward now. No changes made by either coach as of yet. Pearson up the middle. It's it over the 20. Again. Now they share Connott. Oh, that's a great run. Just gets it over the 30. And now on the back of that, Wig and this is Dickinson. Little drop of the shoulder. Suddenly Wig and have come to life here. Amazing water. A baller king run from one of your props can do. Set the platform. Now then Pearson again. Wasn't the best pass to him that actually. This is the last. The breeze springs up again. Comes to maiden. Kick goes up and again. It's a tester for Jack Fallon. Steepling kick, but he's up to the task. But a good chase again.

22:32And he's going to be driven back to the 10 meter line. Yeah, share Connott stepped out of the tackle. But it was a quick play to ball that got Dickinson away. Pointed it well actually to recover from that to be fair to them. Now this is Parkman. Tackle Noah forced that. Brought him down on the 20. Now it's warranted struggling to get out of dodge here. That's a decent run. He gets it over the 30 on this near side. Four tackles gone. That was. Bailey Lund. And now. I love this name. Brady bottomly. It's it over the 40. This is the last tackle. Comes back to Pendlebury this time. Long kick down field. And that's it. He's going to bounce awkwardly, but it could go all the way out here actually. No, it stays in. Wow. And he's done well there just to get back in the field of play. That's all that play because the post back came off. Yeah. It's just one of them when he was praying for it to go on with that dead ball line.

23:34And Kenny just didn't again. He let the ball bounce. No in the first place. That could have been on the 20. Maybe it's a little bit different when you're on the big pit travel and at Robin Park next door. But now they find themselves maybe just have to say the quality of the kicks as well. Yeah. We're going to just going to have to take the medicine here now and just try and tough out. This set and try and get a kick decent kick down. Feel that's three tackles now still inside their own 10. Half the pitching bright sunshine, but that breezy started to stiffen up now. There's a we're going just over the 10 now. Again, short ball to his right. Big shot comes in on Dickinson, but he again. Little fella does well. What to the 30? This is the last. Spiral kick from Maiden. They're going to let that hit the deck and it sits up beautifully for Jack Fallon. And the reward for wire here is that their first tackle is on the Wigan 40. They're on 40 and going to make their first change.

24:37Ellis Livesy comes on for that. They lead 64. This is Ethan Holt. Up towards the 40 inside the Wigan half. Tommy Rhodes pops it up for Regan Parkman. Brought down on the 30. That's they stays on his feet. Well done. Rhodes skirting across the line. The short ball to hold with. Breaks through two tackles there still going. He's been a handful, hasn't he? Dumped to the floor 12 out. This is the last tackle. Goes out to the right hand side. Little floated pass there and then a pretty awful grubber. From Reese Dops. Easily gathered in by Pearson there, but Wigan again, builds. Hending that 10. Yeah, the complete the set still warrants in it at a moment, aren't they? Yeah, and they are putting Wigan back. They've got to do the tough meters here. They're particularly aligned to control in this game at the moment.

25:40Here's Pearson. That's better. Up to the 20. Again, little short ball to his left. Dickinson again. I could keep saying middle of the set. Dickinson now back in for a break later in the game. Yeah, last tackle here. Comes to Maiden. Oh, he shanked that one. Let's come right off the side of his boot. Parkman gathers it just in time near the halfway line. Well, he won't be happy with that kick. Might one of my golf shots, huh? Now then up the middle they come Ed Williams. Only 35 out now, warranting. Yeah, it's a good position for them here. They can capitalize on it. Jack Pendelbrick. Inside the Wigan 13 out, we're going to make a change shortly. Charlie Jeffery Stock is about to come on as is plate Mavery. Before that, I have to deal with Oli Bishop. He's brought down on the 20. This is Holdsworth again.

26:41Runs at the line. Again, takes three men and he stays on his feet five out, wire here. Last tackle. Danger here for Wigan, little grubber, but it's again dealt with. Oh, I'm good for her from Pearson. That was an horrible kick to try and take in. It really well. Could have easily knocked that on, because it was into traffic. But again, Warrington just turn him Wigan around here. They need a penalty or something or a line break. As they are, just getting turned around here with regularity. Good, great. Carry up there by Charlie Jeffery Stock. So I assume John McGann is one of the players there to make way. And Mavery, as we know, slots in at Hooker. Kick down field. Well taken again by Jack Fallon. And again, Warrington start this on their own 40. And Tom Marshall is about to come on as well for Warrington.

27:41Is that Shail Conner? Yeah, it is. So just up to the halfway line, Warrington. This is Bailey Lund over on that far side. Gets it over the 40. Well, he's brought down. Parkman comes in behind him at Tell me half. Now this is Rhodes. Pops it up. That's a big shot going in there on Holt. Buckley again. It's done a few. As indeed, that was all right. Bällering. Now this is Livzie does well there. Spins and offloads. He has hold with again. Causing problems. Now Rhodes. Bottomly on this near side spins and gets the offload. Short ball holds with again. They're keeping it going here, Warrington. Offload after offload. Brilliant stuff. But Wiggins survived just last tackle. Five meters out. They might have an overlap here. Yeah, that's surely obstruction. Yeah, it is. Oh, well, you did get over. Yeah, but he was blocked off that. Used him as a shepherd. The bomb at Warrington. Yeah, they did. That was four on three.

28:43Should have hit the cap. Yeah, the Germans tried. The Germans deserved to try that. Didn't they throw that offloading offloads? Yeah, it was. You know, sometimes you could be critical of offloads. But that was just keeping the ball alive, wasn't it? Yeah, it was magic. And the deserved to try there. But they just got in the way of each other. And we can all be glad about that. That's a kick to clear the lines again. And a try line to the 35. Warriors. They said in. Four early before the kickoff and the dominated this fixture. Turned to anything but today. Warrington. Really on top here at the moment, keeping Wigan down in their own half. For a lot of this first half, this is Jeffrey stopped gets the ball up towards the 40. Wigan four, Warrington six. Mayberry. 35 out from the Wigan line. Sorry, Warrington line made an out Dickinson. Little slight of hand. Last tackle. 25 out.

29:44Could do with the repeat set or something. It come down the short side. Wasn't the best pasta made and measured kick. Well, that'll be a simple take. But can they drive him back over the line? No, but now it's Warrington's turn to try and exit. Oh, that's big. Ow. Has to put it again. Wow. He's flying out of the line and putting on some fearsome shots. Amazing tackle that. But good kick as well for Maiden. Just in front of the trial line and Warrington still on their own ten here. Maybe three or four into this. Yeah, this is what they need to do. Give them a bit of their own medicine. Kick it really. Yeah. And they don't really that straight down the threads of Zach Villalecchi. Wigan the triscora. Maybe halted just shy of the 14. Inside the Warrington half. Tight game. This Dickinson. Now they've all nearly got away. Wigan need to just enjoy a bit of possession down at this end for a while. Oxbury.

30:45On the 30. It's not imperative that they try and score. Just enjoy a bit of time down at this end of the field. Oh, but they've made a mistake. As soon as I said it. Charlie Jeffrey start with the drop pass there. He was unlucky because it was a clever little offload. And had he taken it. He was potentially through a bit of a big gap there. Just couldn't gather it in. Yeah, as he said, a lucky. I think the gap was there to be hit. Yeah, it's a nice offload. We just not taking it in. Zach Brandt about to come on for Warrington shortly. Yeah, there's a lucky. What a real replay in that shot from the Evan Buckley highlight reel in this first half of absolute Wangers. He's putting on some huge hit. Scrum to wire inside their own half. And Reese Dobs will take it up towards the 30. He is bottomly. And now Zach Brandt comes on the field for the wolves.

31:48Oh, great tackle for Mayberry, but they got the offload out of that there. But he certainly felt that Ethan Holt struggling to get up to his feet there. Roads back on the inside to. Well, there's about three of them wearing Scrum caps. And that's Jamie Coup, now Brandt, now Livesie. This is bottomly now inside the Wigan half. And a shrug off a few stays on his feet. This will be the last tackle. Lund. And now Pendlebury. Kick down field. That's nicely taken by Sam Dickinson. And again, they have Wigan where they want them on their own 10. I think probably on the balance of play, Warrington, a worth a bit more than this, maybe 10-4. So we can should be happy we're where they are at the moment.

32:49Yeah, they've managed the game well, haven't they, Warrington? They really have. I think they pin Wigan back more than we pin them. Oh, absolutely. But I think we've got a bit more physicality up the middle now, Baybury's on. Yeah, it comes to maiden. Kick on the last. This time a more measured one. Four times if it goes. Yeah, it's just bounced the wrong way, but it's still a great kick. They'll turn Lund around, but he's jet-footed. Get up to the 20. He does well there, but the chase is good as well. Well, it's on the clock. Yeah, record about half an hour play. Yeah. I think it's a good one. It's a good one. It's a good one. Thunder to the floor, just over the 20. Now, Zach Brandt gets it over the 30. Still going. 35 out from the Warrington line. Tom Marshall on. Dummy half replacing. Linden Hadrell. Now, this is Tommy Rhodes. Little double pump there.

33:50Takes the tackle just inside the Wigan half. Pendlebury calling for the ball. It has it on halfway, puts up the kick. Now, outside to the Cuckett and Volvo, Warrington. Yeah, that's neatly taken by Connor Oxbrick. He gets it up to the 30. And Wigan just gradually starts to get back on an even keel as far as the land war is concerned. Yeah, we have to do that. That very early break on that right side, but there's not been much width play in this game. No. I know the try came on the wing, but that was off a kick. Mainly, it's just real bloodshed down the middle. It is. Yeah, towards halfway. I want to see Wigan spread it about a bit. The middle lay come again, though. However, with the Joe Hollins. Last tackle. Maybury. Now, Maiden gets the kick away again. Again, he targets Jack Fallon. He's solid. As always, under that ball. He gets it up to the 20.

34:52Oh, it's a loose carry now. That is exactly what Wigan have been needing. Something to happen. And it's not a bad place for it to happen. Is it on the wire? 20. Good opportunity here. Use this if you can't score. Yeah. Use the full set. Absolutely. That's the key here. The pin him down there. Get a set. Go line drop out. Anything. Yeah, I think it's a good time to get it. But it turned a pressure. Yeah, get ahead of you now. I think. Be really pleasing. Well, I can set up. I've been wanting to have a team. The veg state. It's not been that much different. But. I know where the feed the scrum now with Maiden. 20 out Wigan. They come down this near side. This is Dickinson. Drop of the shoulder. Now then be a leaky ball back on the inside. Backwards off bottomly. And now he's pushed off the pitch. And that's going to be a Wigan ball because it was that long like a VT there from bottomly to me.

35:59So we can get away with that. I mean, I don't I don't decry them for going for that there. But it's all started by Dickinson with a lovely little. Yeah, it was a lovely little break, but he put. St. Balacchi and the coldest sack with that pass. It was never on for him to get to the corner from 10 out. Not sure about this decision for Josh Pemberton to give Wigan the ball if I'm true for whether it was a voluntary tackle. But anyway, we can get the full set 10 out. Yeah, this is a big chance now. Pearson. Big chance for Wigan. Five out five tackles in the bag. Now it's time for Warrington to have to defend their line. Mayberry. 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. Cut out ball and not squeezing in the corner. Excellent from Evan Buckley. But again, it's going to be a tough kick. But Wigan hit the front here. Eight points to six. And Warrington will be kind of scratching their heads there.

37:00Like he said, I think it's not by distance, but the thing they have been the better team in this game so far. But Wigan have taken their chance. Well, I think Wigan's interchange has made impact. I mentioned Mayberry in the pregame. And I think he stiffened his up in the middle of the field a little bit. Yeah, he's seen that from Buckley so often at this level. It was a French S cut out pass. Cut out to the without pass to Oxbury. Oxbury eight in 12 for him this season. And another. And the academy. Tough kick here for Alfie Maiden. And like I said, these you get the feeling. They're going to be really important today. It's shaping up to be a tight game. And it's another one on the touch line. Two mistakes from Warrington and not many. We'll punish both of them probably Jack Fallon with the knock on. I know we got the ball back from being bundled into touch, but the knock on from Fallon. He's been pretty solid to be fair under the kicks.

38:01I don't have much pressure in terms of Wig and bodies in front of him. But yeah, tough kick off the touch line. It's a bit different when you're in here compared to Robin Partnext door for Alfie Maiden. So it's another one off the whitewash 25 out over in front of the Sabilly Boston stand. It kicked 44 goals this season in 10 matches before today. He's had two tough ones. This looked better as he got it. Yes he has. Well done, Alfie Maiden. As I said, those could be really crucial today. It's like losing to William Warriors. So Wig and double figures. They lead 10-6 here in this Academy Grand Final. Here on Listen Live, your third game in two days. You lucky people. And of course we'll be back here on Friday evening, hopefully to see the lifting of the league leaders shield.

39:05When we welcome the Catalan dragons for the final game of the regular season. I reckon about three minutes to half time here. I think silly now. You want to take this to half time. You can push on obviously, but. Oh, great. Really from Joe Hollins and he gets the offload. Now, Mavery 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 Jeffrey Stock gets it up to the 30. Stays on his feet. Yeah, this will be a real kick in the nuts for Warrington. Wig and can get in again here just before half time. Especially on the balance of play. Pearson with a ray roaming run there. It's the shirt pulled over his eyes. This is made it actually Louis Stanniel's with that run Joe. Oh, sorry, Pearson's underneath. Yes, they could get that one with a length of them legs. It's a rangey and feller, isn't it?

40:05This is Buckley, little drop of the shoulder. And he's through when he's in. Oh, there's a real gut punch for Warrington. And Evan Buckley. Two huge hits. An assist for Oxbury's try. And now he's gone in for his own. Oh, that is a real killer that just before half time. That's the wicking way. Yeah, but I go back to what I said. I think the bench has made real impactful wicking. The neighbour is coming 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. And it's not really a reflection. We can not be poor by any means. I do think Warrington edged that first half an hour. Absolutely. Probably for the tried and they've got. Yeah. Well, of course, you can look to that opportunity. They created down there where they bombed it. Didn't they?

41:05They got in each other's way. After that brilliant sequence of offloads in the tackles. And they had Wiggin on toast down that left side. And they did get over the line, but it was an obstruction, wasn't it? And that could have been an entirely different ballgame. Well, Buckley gets the headlines. Go back to the start of set, Joe Hollins. What a brilliant. What a brilliant. What a brilliant. What a brilliant end of the field. Yeah. Really got the role on. Well, that's what we've been missing in this first half. That's what we've needed. Someone to ask the bench impact, isn't it? Yeah. And Alfie made, not be very happy that he's got a chip shot there for a change. And he slots that. So 16-6 now to the Warriors. That's poor defense. It was a little dummy out to the right, little drop of the shoulder. And they just went too high on him there. And Warrington. Oh, they'll be shell shot, won't they? They'll be, they'll be not happy about that because like say, they've, for me, been slightly the better team for much of this first half.

42:09But Wiggand. Back to back tries there. And what a time to do it as well. So, maybe in it done me half. Charlie Jeffery stop now comes up the middle. Suddenly Wiggand. Look. Dangerous. Over the 30. Trying to shoot that up. Yeah, I want my legs to need to. That's the highlights and last night which I'm lining up for half side. I've run at me. Thought I was hearing voices then. Now then up to halfway. And we can't be that far away. This is Buckley still. It's a nice just little thing. There's no. Oh, I think he's got a bit gingerly there. He's OK. Now then he has Hollins who's break. Set up that. The try for the Warriors. Maybe in it dummy half again. Switches to the right hand side. Buckley cuts out. Ball now then. A break down the right hand side.

43:10Now ball back on the inside but it's gone straight to a blue shirt. I'm lucky there Tom Farrim and. Maybe just overrated a bit there but. Yeah, probably he was right on the touch line. A kick back inside and over to Wiggand players there. So potentially the wrong option. Maybe credit the Warrington defaundification in the way. I think you may have got a cheeky shout there. From a Warrington player. It does happen. I'll tell you if we've gone in there. Yeah, that would have been my god. Very harsh. That would have been incredibly harsh. I'm worried. But Wiggand, as we know, it's in our blood. We are ruthless when it comes to the big games. Rushed kick on the last there by Pendlebury. That's going to come down with a Martian on it. What a take from Sam Dickinson. I can't be much time left. It's at a referee's discretion. How much time you've added on. But we are into suffrage time now. Good because I need a brew. Up towards the 40. It's been finishing with a wet sale here.

44:11The worry is at the end of this first half. That is Smith will be delighted with that. Took us a while to get going, didn't it? I've got time to nick one more here. 20 hours. Lewis Daniels. Up towards that 20 meter line. That's the thing they don't know how much he left on the clock. I think that's poor. I don't think it's fair to why they used to it. They could have been jailed. This is what they play with. Now then, this is the last. Maybury goes for a little scooped. But he's brought down on the 10. I don't think he'll mind that. Turn it over down there. That wind is starting to pick up now. I'll hear it on our microphones. That is. There must have a time here because they've got a hooter. It's not the referee's discretion. It's not understandable. We can't have a clock. But anyway, half time. Almost like heading the last night. It was 16. Eight to the Warriors at half time. 16. Six here. You'll see. And Hadro would try for Warrington to give him a six and a lead very early on six minutes.

45:12That's a bit leaky. He'd got one back of 17. It was six four. I think Warrington perhaps will work for getting at least a 10 for maybe in this game. But back to about tries really for Conor Oxbury and Evan Buckley. I'm 34 and 38. I've made a high time score 16. Six. So, Acherian Whites against the Premierals in blue. Josh Pemberton, the referee. Warrington will be playing from right to left in this second half and will have kickoff. But he's got to say, next tries really Christian. Yeah, I think if we can can get that they've got. They've got an element of control in the game already. I think that's the key. You got a 10-point lead late in that first half. So keep hold of that lead and. Don't make it easy for wanted to get back in. Certainly proven that first half, but they did get better off the interchange.

46:14start from the London Buckley takes it and then the first carry up towards that 20 by Joe Hollins and Lewis Daniels up towards the 30. It's a first set of six for Wiggand in this second half, Matty Holter. Paul goes out to that short left hand side. Bree's stiffening up again, good carry there up towards halfway. Four tackles gone. And a Bree again, brilliant work from dummy half there. She's 10 metres. This is the last inside the wire half. Comes to maiden, towering kick. Fallon's underneath it. He peppered him today. Oh, that was a bit silly afterwards, but got away with it there. Good shot, Lofan Pearson. I know a bit of a swing at him. Yeah, but I don't think he connected with the player. It was a bit like those one in the OKR game the other week when it hit the floor. Yeah. Punch the floor, didn't they? Yeah.

47:20I've seen some big shots going in this afternoon. This is Zach Brandt up towards the 30. Now London again for warring to last tackle this though. Still inside their own half. Or be it on the 40 comes back to Pendlebury. He puts the kick downfield, but this will be comfortable take for Dickinson on the 20 metre line. Pops it up for Oxbury. Wiggins try Scorris. Maiden comes in at dummy half this time. Now Jovey bent nearly it over on that left hand side. Wiggins looking good in the early stage here. Be a leaky up to the half way line and beyond just Maiden. He juggled the ball there. Dickinson nowhere to go down that short side. Now Maiden once again up the middle it comes up towards the 40. This is the last set for set

48:28again here at the start. Buckley now with his hands on the ball. Now then comes out to Oxbury on this side. He puts a chip kick over the top. We can chase it all and Buckley almost got to it first but couldn't gather it in. Warrington will have turnover ball here. Well the attacker would play on on their own 10. That nearly came off. Yeah, but it wasn't the kick back inside was the wrong gangle. I think for that to be a really certain try. It was almost came off though for Buckley nevertheless. On lucky. So he is Bayley Lund up the middle Wiggins leading 16 points to 6. It comes to Pendlebury. Ghost for an early kick there. Is that out on the foot? No, it looked like he was heading out on the foot. It was about 5 meters in. Not tickly losing it wasn't a great kick either way. Wiggins already up to the 40. Stronger at the moment Warrington to go on the front foot aren't they? Yeah. We're going to help them out by completing their own sets.

49:33And they hope we're continuing to do that now. I said that. Yes. Farriman. Good carry. Still going. Still going. It stays on his feet too. It's partly the attention of three Warrington players. Holton up towards the 30. Maybury. They go down this right side. Little chip over the top from Buckley again. Always been dropped. Warrington is going to be a knock on and that's great play from Evan Buckley. He's starting to take a stranglehold on this game. The number 20. Well look, look, I've never matched today and he's pointing his arm up Buckley. He certainly is. At the heart of the big players. I said, you know, Maiden more does the kick in. Buckley's more the ball player, but that was a couple of good kicks from Buckley to be thrown and start the second half. It caused Warrington problems. This is a big opportunity for Wiggins. Yeah. It is scrum. 10 meters out. To extend their lead and they go out to the left.

50:35Comes back on the angle here. Bentley Elliott. A meter out Wiggins now. Five tackles still in the bag. This is Hollins on the crash. It's going to be held upon the line. Just to the left of the posts. Maybury. Not the best pass there, but he reached down low and got it. Buckley cuts out ball. Now then, opportunity here. Can he power through? No, not quite, Farriman. He's held upon the line. We can ask him questions here. Well, not here, Farriman there. Good couple of steps. Perhaps needed the pass to walk. Everybody went himself. This is Buckley. Now then, Jeffrey stopped inside the 10. That's another great carry. Five meters out Wiggins now. Right in front of the posts. Maiden goes himself. Not the right option. This is the last right under the crossbar here. It goes left. Buckley brings it to the line. Now it comes to Maiden. Flots it over the top. It's gathered in and jotted down in the corner. Acrobatically by Zach Bealecki. I hope this is given.

51:42I think it has been. It took the corner flag out. Well, the tackle before from Maybury. It was a knock in hit. So many defenders. Over two. The number on that left hand side. It was just a case of executing. But that was not a great pass. It was really high over his head. He had to jump up in the air to get that dramatic finish, which he probably didn't need to do. There's not a warrant to defend it. Jack Falon 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. He never got his feet steady from the past. That was potentially quite I think he needed that actually. We've had a good five minutes at the start of the second half. I think warrant him would have been delighted if it had held out there.

52:43Captain. 16. 6. So at 20 points to 6. Top kick again. As you said, that's a second in the game for Balakie. Yeah, on a trick. 25 out now for Alfie Maiden. This is right on the touch line in front of the civilian Boston stand. But we saw him slot one from the touch line in the first half. Kicks on its way. It's good for distance. Now just dragged it to the left. But we can now infirm control of this game. Well, they've got a free score lead. 14 points. So just control it now. So all this is headingly last night. Just control the game now. It's warrant him that have to be a bit more gong-ho now because they've got a claw back a 14 point deficit. Of course, we see with the first thing level for the men. I think the bench has just taken this game away from poorington. Mayberry. Holland's has been good. Yes, he has. Jeffery start. Yeah. Don't think we've seen lines as well. If you're not sure, but I don't think so.

53:47Here is Charlie now coming forward. First hit up. It's struggle to keep him stays on his feet too. Now then, he's Daniels. He took a head knock against Warrington last month. I don't think he played the last two games. So he's at a month 20 for this. He was starting, but Pearson, who's been excellent today, nipped in ahead of him to start this. Yeah. I've seen a few lads out there today who are not. I will not be surprised if we see them in the next 18 months to two years in the first team. Without a doubt, Maiden could well be one of them long kick downfield. It's easily gathered in by Fallon. That was a lateral at best. Warrington, they're going to make a change. Harry Pratt. Well, he's got the number three jersey on. Harry Pratt is down on our team.

54:48She was the 18th. Well, Potomla came in. So they must have made a change on that. It was on the bench initially, wasn't it? So they must have made a change there, Warrington. There's been no head knocks for the 18th man. No. This is bottomly now. I have to say, Warrington's Twitter didn't even put a team sheet out, which is not particularly helpful, I have to say. No. And the team sheet, we were given, had no squad numbers on it, which is even less helpful. Now then, this is Oli Bishop. Last tackle. 25 meters out. It comes down this short side. This is Pratt now. Then they've worked an opening on this left hand side. Oh, great defense there. Super tackle on Regan Parkman who had to come in. Buckley again. Yeah, from that sideline. And there was a combo of Buckley and Dickinson there. Now, shout-not pass. 20 points to six. We're going to get after leading the way, Buckley. You'll probably see him next week in a reserve final as well. He's been playing both levels. Yeah.

55:50We will bring you that, which is waiting for confirmation of a time and date. We're going to hear struggling together at their own 10 at the moment. Oh, that was a wild pass in front of the posts. You don't want to be a fire if on one side of the post to the other. No. Two meters when you try and line up, got away with it. Yeah, particularly when you've got this lead. I don't want to be gifting anything away at this stage. Kick down field and it was a clearing one. And Tommy Rhodes gathers it on his own 40. He gets it into the Wigan Half and that's reward. Good set that. Yeah, good set after Morinston because he's starting the Wigan Half. That's how good a set it was. Yeah. And what can they do with it now? Oh, few missed tackles there on Jack Fallon. Finally tackled by Jeffery Stock, 35 out. This is Zach Brand. Oh, we got the offer but clearly held up in call by Josh Pemberton. Tina go back and play. Why can't you do that on the touch line?

56:51Exactly. Oh, now that we're going to knock on that back to one. Yeah, just got in the way. Made in. So this is a chance for Warrington. And the point need it to be fair to them. They do need to get back into this game. And this is an opportunity for them. 10 meters out. Lund at dummy half. This is Pratt. Inside the 10 now, Warrington. 10 meters to the left of the posts. Short pass. Bottomley comes on to this as he powered over. I think he has. And Warrington made it 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 Wiggin inside the 10 for most of it. And he started in the Wiggin half. And although there was a fortune at potentially fortune at back to one with

57:55Made and getting a touch, they 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. And Joe McGahn is coming back on for Wiggin. I see easy kick here for Tommy Rhodes. Text off his scrum cap. Just the left of the posts about 15 meters out. This to make it 20 points to 12. Can't see missing this. And that was just what Warrington needed that. The game was just drifting away from them. And now it's all back on. Kit goes over. So 2012. And the Dragon Burton for the Warrington World is on the stage to Tommy Rhodes.

59:03So sure what. What we on the clock. About 53, I'm okay. But yeah, we're going to just need to settle down at least one for that try. Does it let's unclear their lines because they've been on the back foot for the last few minutes. Yeah, this is bottom of the dry score up and he's halted 15 from his own line. So Mavery comes off after an excellent stint. That's a big call from Matty Smith actually. Brand powers his way up towards the 30. Now Bailey Lund. F.O. That's a fullback gets it over the 40. Marshall moves in a dummy half. So he's going to raise John again straight. Yeah. Fresh on the field in his first contribution. Needs to do better. Needs to make impact if we're going to see this home. You feel yeah to clear Hocker. This is Pratt. Oh good tactic. Yeah. Yeah. But when he's gone back up. Yeah. My God.

1:00:03It's yeah, he didn't like that Harry Pratt. Yeah. And just incomplete it. No, almost did. Now then. Warring to building up ahead of steam here. This is Bishop. Just over 20 meters out. This is rolled again. Now lives it. He's halted on the 10 stays on his feet though. Fired to the right hand side. This is Pendle Break short ball. Neater from the line. Big last tackle. Yes. Huge. They got down the short side. And back to one. Yeah, Wigan almost had an intercept. And the good thing is for Warrington. They've got another set of six inside the Wigan 10 here. They messed that up. Warrington. They got away with that. Yes, they did. And they're going to be held upon the line here. With Reese Dobbs. This is danger for Wigan here. Pendle Break. Livzy. Good tackle. Out of the line quickly.

1:01:04Eight meters out right in front of the post. They go to the left. This is Pratt. Cuts out ball. That's awful. That's going to go in here. He left nothing for Wigan Parkman there. Just touched the white wash with these boots. Trying to keep it in. That's a massive pressure reliever. I don't know what he was thinking. That was an awful passage he said. Had the ball at his feet on the touch line there. Did the parmin. That's a dangerous work. They wanted to. That's a big release. The pressure for Wigan there. We did get the opening try in the second half. They got a bit unlucky. A couple of times he've almost got the ball on the intercept. And if anyone's given him a set restart to be further Wigan, they've not been. Shale Connick about to come to the corner. Could do a bit of leadership from Wokana here as well. Yeah. So in the back four. Well, that's what finals are like. We've only gone in that one two years ago. It's that Helen's, isn't we? Yeah. And it was a penalty.

1:02:05Yeah, good work. That's a relieving penalty for Wigan. It allows them to clear the lines here. And a good kick down field again from Maiden. And Wigan will have this tap now. Connor Oxbury. Yeah. Oxbury come into the middle to win that penalty as well. Now here is Shale Connick. Oh, back. Barrels over Tom Marshall on his first carry. Now then here is McGam. Short ball. Oh, dumped on his back. That's a penalty. Tick tackled there by Bailey Lund on Lewis Daniels. Big size differential there, but you would never know it. I like point leaders. An old point really going for goal here. You want to try and get what potentially could be a killer try. I think if we can get one here now, 20 out. Jeff Rich dot up the middle. Isaac Holds worth about to come back on for Warrington. Has ever get through this set at least again.

1:03:05Fires it left. Now this is old comic again. Bound storming run gets Wigan to within a meter of the line. It's a better show. Yeah. Now then Maiden floated out broccoli. Daniels just held up on the line. Drag lots of plays 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. But again, that cuts out ball and Bealecki's in for his hat trick. As simple as that. Bevin French, you hear heart out. What a response from Wigan. Yeah, again, he was sitting. He's supposed to put the middle. It drag players in and he never really recovered. Not the smoothest pasta, but lucky again to be fair. But he plucked it out and watch on his reply.

1:04:07Goes have an easier one than that. Just walked it in. Fight in fact, if I was a better passie, it was him that juggled it. Didn't see a little juggled there, but he took it in and unlucky for the hat trick. But another tough kick here for Alphay Maiden. We want to be going up in sixes if we can. But the important thing. Immediate response from Wigan. The important thing that you get from the kick would be that it'd be the free score lead. Again, if you can just a two score lead at 24 12. So, but evolving tougher. I mean, he's been on such line every time. He's only had one in front of the posts. That was whenever Buckley scored just before half time. I think we needed that, though, Joel, to be honest. Yes. That pressure at the other end, but Shayo Cola coming back on too. Good hit ups there. Yeah, a big difference. Into change. Turning back round to what we had at the start. Not the best start from the GAN coming back on, but he was better as that set went on.

1:05:07So Alphay Maiden now off the touch line. We could do with this going over. He's already slotted one off the touch line today, but these are tough kicks. Again, it's perfect for distance. No, he's dragged it just to the left again. Not easy at all. But we can creeping towards of this potential clean sweep at all age levels and disciplines for the Wilton Wiggum Warriors side. There's a two from five on the kicks. Yeah, but four of them have been on the touch line. 12 point lead. Bring a stroke goal into it as an option. That's what happens when your winger gets a hat trick. Oh, tough conversions to follow. So the restart. And that's pouched by Buckley. And Charlie Jeffrey stock will bring this up and coming up towards the hour. Just controlled this now. It's there to see home, isn't it?

1:06:08Yeah, if you're smart, there's Louis Daniels. Tackled on the 20. Charlie Jeffish, don't know just feeling that hit up. Just up to the 30. He's struggling a bit. This is McGann. Wiggum over on that left hand side. Dickinson almost got Pearson away there. Yeah, he did. Nathan pops it up here for Matty Holton. Brought down on the halfway line. Last tackle. Made it again. This time he goes along the ground. Change of tactic. Oh, now, and it's worth. Oh, thought he didn't work there. I thought, Fallon had just jiggled that a little bit. Clever that because everything's been aerial this afternoon. And latent hadrall is back on for warring to. He's not the ball now. He scored there. The first try of the game, remember?

1:07:09I did say, you didn't want to concede the try, but he's allowed Wiggum to clear their lines and reset themselves with warrant and kick early in the count here. We're turning around Zach Bealecki. He's got plenty of space to run this back into. And Noah Forster is about to come back on for Wiggum. And Charlie Jeffery stop is going to come off. I just think he took a bang there. So Wiggum just shive their own 40 here. They lead 24 points to 12. It's a shy of halfway. McGat in it, dummy half goes himself. He does well there and he gets the ball through to Forster. But he's going to need support here. He's going on the inside. Dickinson's in under the crossbar. And Wiggum's surely now are going to be out of sight. Brilliant work from Joe McGat. Lovely time, Ball, there. Well done to Noah Forster there.

1:08:09Composed for a prop forward on the burst. Yeah, I think this hockey rotation, it's worked so well for this academy side all season. Maybe it comes on. And then you bring McGat back on. 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. It's good run that wasn't it. And he kept calm to just spotted Dickinson. He had to turn around to get 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. But under the post as well. That's going to be 3012 and huge relief. Especially for Alfie Maiden. Well, that's come again. A very opportune time. Now just edging into the final quarter of this grand final. Wiggum now in a commanding position. So this to make it will this be 3012.

1:09:09This goes. Yes. So right in front of the sticks 10 meters out. Over she goes. 30 points to 12. So it's Wiggum's to lose now. Well, he's just gone two tries in four minutes. For the second time in a game, Wiggum and I think those two periods are probably going to take into this academy championship because Warrington can't do that. They couldn't do that in a position. 2012 to 3012 in four minutes there for Wiggum. Just looking at the body language of this warrington see. I'll have been interested in how many of these players come back for the reserve game next week. You haven't seen Lucas Febiston today. I don't know if he's injured or just been trying to give everyone a game in these two weeks as it goes short. Kick off what McGann has taken it in.

1:10:09Lucas Febiston's played a lot of games at prop for this academy side but not involved today. This is Holton. Brought down on the 30. McGann moves in at dummy half. This is Shale Conner. Must have taken the tackle there I think. A bit of confusion. Now he's given the penalty to Warrington. I want you to want all that was about. I think he might have just told him to take a VT and I don't think he heard him. And he carried on running. He did it to be fair to Shale Conner. He kept looking at the ref saying what do you want me to do? Eventually the ref just ran out of patience and gave Warrington the penalty. The 11 games Lucas Febiston for the academy. Well, he has been doubling up with a reserve so a lot. So probably see him next week 11 out of 13 but not in that proper today. Livesie now then Warrington. Opportunity here which they need to take juggled by roads and then just about get the ball out to Fallon on that far side.

1:11:10He's brought down on the 10. Borkham's back in field, Pendlebury. And now they will go towards the post here with the Isaac Holdsworth. He has the bloody nose. Well, that was not the best pass there to bottomly. One meter out Warrington. This is the last tackle. Hadron 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. That's a fan. That's a fan. It was pressure on the goal kick here. But you know, they keep some alive. Check the tri-store. I think it was re-stogged but I'll check that. Tano announced it's not sure either. Yeah, we're going to see coded lines as Schwiff come on. In the second and not see him in the game so far.

1:12:11So that's the final player off the bench. In number 17, if you're watching this later on, we're going to TV with our commentary. Yes. The third double-barreled player in this Wiggen squad, like a Victorian tea party. So kick. And a tough one for Tommy Rhodes, but it is crucial, because this will drag wire within 12 points. But fair play to them. They respond for tat at the moment. Three tries in about seven minutes. Kicks on its way. No. And that could be crucial. The overall context of this game. Yeah, they can't. The car fault on this kicks. This is only three tries. But it's only about quarter an hour to go now. So 15 minutes away. Confirmation for try-score for the Warriors. Number 22, Reese Gobs. Yes, you were right. Dobsy. We're good to pass my eye test. Yeah.

1:13:12Now restart from Maiden. Gathered there by Harry Pratt. Now bottomly. We'll take it up for warring to. We can just need to remember that. Just came from that penalty in possession against Cher-O-Connor. We wasn't sure if he needed to set the voluntary tackle or not. Pearson's pulled up injured there. I wonder if it's crampy. Has got a bit of cramp. We saw a bit of that last night, didn't we? Now then, Holdworth again. He was a real handful in the first half. And he's got warring to the inside of the wigan half here. Pearson getting badly. If they were hitting the area he's very catered there, warring to it on that last tackle. Yeah, clever play that. Lipsy brought down on the 40. Now then, Hadrell Rhodes holds with. Now to that right hand side. I'm trying to cut in field there with dobs brought down on the 30. This is the last tackle in field. It comes a little dink over the top there by Pendlebreak,

1:14:15but Dickinson gets to it first. And he'll be brought down on the 10 metre line. Just about controlling possession now. Yeah. 14 point lead with maybe 13 to go. Oh, no, not come from wigan. And there's a kiss of death because I've just what you didn't need. No. Loose carry. And if warrington. Can score off the back of this scrum. And it might just get a little bit sweaty. I can be grateful that they missed the conversion on the last try. Absolutely. They said it's that could be big in the context of the game. Let's hope it doesn't come to that. Here is the scrum now. Comes out to this near side. Lund. Tackle 15 from the wigan line. Hadrell. Oh, that was a mile forward. Got away with it. Come on, ref. I could tell that was four from up here. Flirty ball. Well, that's a knock on. And that is a waste.

1:15:15Holdsworth spills the pill. But to be fair to him was a rotten pass. And I think, I think Harrison Pearson might be done here. When his leg stretched. Well, it's cramped, though. Good counterattack from that mistake from Holton. Yeah, wigan towards a 30. Yeah, it was an awful pastoraliser. Holdsworth there. That could have been a real big moment in this game in Wharton. Pearson's moving. OK, now. OK, back into the attacking line. So again, in at dummy half. Now Dickinson for wigan. Just inside the Wharton half. They lead by 30 points to six. They get a repeat set. Bottom make. Laying on for too long. This is O'Connor. It's it over the 40. Can we can take advantage of that? Comes out to this left hand side. Buckley little show and go. Now then break the line. That was a forward pass to be a leaky, but they're going to let it stand.

1:16:16But he's absolutely drilled into touch there by Tommy Rhodes. And maybe that's a bit of justice because that was a mile forward that pass from Cody Lines, Ashworth. No, you've got to call for passes. So I don't want to bookley. Found a lion's ashworth. Good run. Beleaky. Get that into you. Trying to get into the corner, but it was a good tackle. I think that Tommy Rhodes. You got that tackling. Wharton just about hanging in, but I think it's going away from them now. We're into close to it anyway. The last 10 minutes here. Yes, 10 minutes away. From completion of phase one. Phase two next weekend. And then it's in the lap of the gods. Then we know the women are in the ground final. And it's all down to the boys. And they can get to all traffic. Kick over the top. From Harry Pratt. It sits up nicely for Sam Dickinson.

1:17:17Run this ball back in. Gets it up towards the 20. Thing is, show the camp that wanted a position now clockwise where you can just put in kicks like that to clear lines. They need to be coming up with goods. Yeah. Our most sets. Now then here's lion's ash worth gets to ball over the 40. They're forced over the halfway line. Again. A halter goes himself breaks the line here. Oh, they just got a whole of his shirt tail. Pulled him down. Eyes at holds with there with a tricey of a potentially. But we can come again here with maiden. Goes on a little gallop. Doesn't really know what he's going to do with it here. Brings in. I don't think there was enough support there for maiden to be honest. Maybe they were expecting the kick because it was was the last tackle. And he was looking for the pass and the

1:18:17attacking line on that left side were not up with him for the pass. So a bit of confusion there to be honest. Yeah, I'll turn it on for teed kicking in now. Several warnings and plays. Let's start to cramp up. As Rhys Dobbs brings them all up towards the 20 meter line. Warrington. Need something here and they need it quickly. Hydral for that pass. It's the deck, but it's a poundstone. By Fallon. Not going anywhere there. It's a waste of a tackle. This is the last as that wind picks up once more comes back. So Dobbs. That kick. Wiggen led it bouncing. It bounces very kindly for Connor Oxbury. Look at this now. Wiggen almost up to halfway on the first tackle. Quick play of the ball. Now Evan Buckley.

1:19:19Does well there. It's it up to the Warrington 40. So a bit gingerly though there. Now that Sam Dickinson. There's host hobbling a bit there. Dickinson goes on a little bit of a run here. Looking lively. 30 outwagon in center field. Again comes in again here. Now Shayo Connor. Oh, not the best pass there for penalty though. Lewis don't enough side. Oh, now. Forsters just. Everyone's cramping up like mad. Superb, Bob Buckley. Yes, it's actually more so defensively and his cork was some killer plays in attack. But when you think George Marsden injured at the back end of this season, he could have been an option today as well. Jack Farram and obviously injured as an option for the first team at the moment.

1:20:24I mean, good luck making a choice when Buckley can get towards the first team, making a choice so you're playing the halves. But it's another example. There is life in the future. The old gosh, yeah. Beven French. Yeah, down the line. Absolutely. You know, he won't be here forever. You're never going to, you're never going to replace Beven French. But it's not going to be the end of things. You wouldn't think. Well, hell no. Plenty of options there. If you're cabs waiting on the rank and like I said, I wouldn't expect Buckley to back up in the reserve game. He's not been starting in the halves in the reserves. Or he has been starting in the halves and then moving to a different position, I think off memory. But he has been backing up. Well, I'll see too many of these though. Next week's share of Colour, maybe, might play first in Friday. Anyway, can I sit here? Yeah. Put the cherry on the cake.

1:21:24This is forced. Yeah, but I think Shay might probably play on Friday. I think Matty might rest a couple. Here 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. So I thought I did the reserve game Wig and Warrington as well. That was a similar pattern. Warrington's side really well in the reserve game. I did last month as well, but they didn't really punch it high on the scoreboard. And Wig can came back off the interchange. And I think this game has been pretty similar. Not saying that Wig and Wig were poor in that first 20. But I think Warrington was slightly better. But once the interchange came on with Maybury and Hollins. And Jeffery start. I think it took this game away from Warrington.

1:22:26Just powered over to Shay. Yeah. And the kicks are getting easier now for Wig. Of course it made him. The reserve Grand Final which we will bring you will be a repeat of this fixture. Just so you know. Yeah, I think it will be a lot of different personnel. Absolutely. There might be one or two that show up again. Lucas Feviston. Victor Armadale probably playing the Pantnex week. Obviously I have a Smithy and Dan Sambo on the wings. So. Simple chip shop for Alfie Maybury. You probably will see in Sam Dickinson maybe on the wing next week. Rather than fall back that kind of thing. That's what they've been doing recently anyway. Josh Cartwright. I would imagine. So. Oh. Six to seven minutes I think remaining here. I think a bit less than that. Maybe less. And Wiggen.

1:23:26Save to say. We're on 37 in real time anyway. Right. Okay. And the clock the scoreboards. Disappeared. Now here comes Forster. Look to this Wiggen warrior side. Are going to be Academy grand final winners. And it's been an excellent performance. Just warranting. Really tough not to crack in that opening 20 minutes. This is Buckley. None of the match for me. Daniels brought down on the 40. This is Buckley again. Pops it up for Holton. What is the score because the clock's gone off? 36. 36. Now here's McGahn. Now Shale Connett. Shooting out of the line there but it made him gets the offload. Now Dickinson. They might have an overlap on that left hand side but he can't get the ball. Well he does get the ball away. So Lion's Ashworth.

1:24:28And he's brought down on the 30 over on that far side. Last tackle. Dickinson. It's going to little chip and chase here. Oh he gets it off. Back off Buckley then puts the kick through as well but Pratt will be there. Oh I want to have been a beautiful try. That come out. It is a knock on actually. I thought it was. Yeah. Perth played and it did go forward off Buckley. And it was regathered in. Referee just waited for the end of the phase of play. But we're good now on the cusp of winning this first grand final of a potential for maybe five. Incredible. Well there's no potential. There's going to definitely be two more grand finals. Hopefully there'll be another couple. Now then. Pendlebury. Let's sit out to that far side. Warrington on the own 40.

1:25:29Pendlebury has it again. Going through the handle. That's hit the floor. We can do they get this? Yes they do. Well done Tom Farriman. Referee says play on. So Wigan pinched the ball here. Sloppy stuff from wire there. 30 meters out. Pearson. Still a Daniels big apart. 20 meters out. Buckley moves in at dummy half. He is it to his left. Matty Holton. He's. Wigan players now just waiting for the Hooter. Made in short pass. Little split. Little spin gets the ball back. Now it's out to that left hand side. Oh. Good job. He didn't really sit there. Ryan's Ashworth because. Be a leaky was in front of him. This is made in again. Pops it up for Shay O'Connor. A lot of tired bodies out there now.

1:26:31Got the scoreboard back on. That's a scruffy play of the ball and it's a knock on. I think Warrington really cleared the route properly there. But referee is a judge that Joe McGahn didn't gather that ball in cleanly. Shuff word knelted as well. 14 wins out of 14. It'll be for this academy side this season. That's a tremendous achievement in itself. And if the reserves. Do the same. That'll be the same for them. They haven't lost the game or see. Well, that is incredible. The women haven't lost the game or season. I mean, it's just ridiculous, isn't it? Really? The men are a disgrace on that. Yes they are. You talk about, well, the 14 on beaten as well. Yeah. Much longer season, of course. But yeah. Must do better. And the players congratulating each other down there in the technical area. They know it's seconds away now. From... Oh, we're going to get the ball back here.

1:27:31Yeah. And again, he's in no rush to get back up to his feet. I'm going to see a lot of this now. And... Oxbreak. Scrack to the floor. By roads and then it all gets a little bit nasty. I knew that was coming, actually. It's only roads there. Yeah. Face to face now. This is a bit of a... Well, listen up. There's a lot of pushing and a lot of pushing. I'll put it that way. But nothing's been swung. But... Well, do you mean it's really kicking off a lot of points. It's not one punch between them. I have to say. Well, that was totally unnecessary. It was time I rode. Yeah. No need for it. That's just frustration. And I think the Huta went in the background there. All that went off. Yeah. It was all a bit ridiculous that the referee will have to find a penalty of some description there you would think. Or is he just going to call full time. And more cramping going on up there.

1:28:33But we can get themselves into a calming Zen Huddled. Well, we can be toucherges, Andrew Cooper and James Jornroll. Something to do in this game. Yeah. For the referee, Josh Pemberton. He could just get a penalty at the back end of this. We're going to think. Rhodes was the... The miscreant there. Yeah, I run a kit. I mean, the Huta's already gone. And watching get the yellow card. So if you complete waste of time. He's calling in the two captives. No, a foster. And Isaac holds with. And his eyes were also starting walking to the touch. Do you have any thinking he was the referee? Yeah. And on the savoury end to what's been a good game. To Wiggan. Ah, the champions. That's it. Game over. Phase one is complete. Wiggan warriors are the Academy. Grand Final champions.

1:29:35They're beaten the warring to Morv's by 36 points to 16. And they are on beaten for their whole season. Congratulations to Matti Smith and his team. Yeah, congratulations, like you said. And I think it was the bench. I think that just got on top of Warrington. But the crucial thing, as I said during the commentary. Twice really they got hot spells. 34 and 38 minutes to take that. Lating the first half of the 6-4 deficit to 16-6. Was a choke of the warrington really. After warrington had got back to 2012. He will try his on 58-62, which made it 32. And they just took the game away from warrington on both occasions. It was a late try for restobbs to make it 30-16. But the misconversion, they were never going to come back after that. Now experience first team of Shay O'Connor.

1:30:38Finishing it off. Right at the back end of the game on 76 for 36-16. And well done, Labs. Yeah, absolutely. And I mentioned at the start of the commentary, all those players who played the last time we did one of these two years ago. And now how much they played in the first team this year. Noah Hodgkinson and Jack Farrimanden. Austin Daniel, Nathan Low, Josh Carright, Kim McDurham at Lucas Mason, Taylor Kerr. How many of these players are going to be in that first team? Probably on next year, but in a couple of years time. Yeah, it's an incredible achievement. And like our women, they have gone the entire season. Undefeated. Oh, the women haven't got there yet. Joe, they are so far. But they've got to finish it. Oh, yeah, I can't see. There you go. But it's a fantastic effort.

1:31:39And we'll stay for the presentation of the trophy. Well, they're going to give a man out of a match out. He's for the day Valentine Memorial trophy. I don't know if it still is, but it's now a foul doing this trophy presentation. Dinky little trophy down there. So the Warriors 36 points to 16 here. Warrington hung tough with him for most of the first half, but in the end, like I say, as soon as that interchange happened, we can just rolled over them. And the Warrington players now. And in the warm round of applause.

1:32:45Ever easy to be on the losing side. First name, the same as if thank you to our match officials this afternoon. Make sure you appreciate it from our officials. Referee toss, Pimperton. Since one judge, Jay, and their judges, James, to now. So the officials getting their medals. And our reserved match officials this afternoon will be matter. Cheers, David. So the presentation is starting to Warrington players or as soon get there, medals next. And then the Warriors will collect the trophy, hopefully, the first of many this season. Oh, the way I want the match. There we go. Go stand up, five. The Warrington Warriors. Well, I can fix this. Is that Bellackey for the hat trick?

1:33:45It's the mother match. Easy pick that really. For that, I would have given it an effort. No, what I'm saying is it's easy to do that. Yes, I would have given it an effort. I don't know who decides that to be for. Help. So the warms now come up to receive their medals. So the warms now come up to receive their medals. And, uh, don't forget, we will bring you the reserve grand final. Just waiting for confirmation of when that will be, but it will be a repeat of this fixture. A slightly different person out. The medal is being handed out to the Warrington side. I'll show you who the coach is actually for the Warrington

1:34:49and Kevin. Find out. It's always a former player. So the medal is handed out. Let's get some appreciation for Warrington for losing this afternoon. And now the time for the champions. And now your accountability grand final winners, Wigoon Williams. Here we go. So these young men stepping up now to receive their medals. Well deserved. As I said, unbeaten all season. Absolutely incredible effort.

1:35:49And, uh, they make the way along the line here. I'm sure it will be the first of many medals that they receive. What a start to their careers here at the club. And now a four-step. The captain. Will get the trophy. And we're going to see that presented very soon. So it makes his way over. Ladies and gentlemen, you're on a campaign week. There we go. 26 Wigoon Williams. There it is. There it is.

1:36:55Congratulations. There's the trophy. The first grand final in the bag for Wigoon. For this academy side. And thoroughly deserved. They beaten the walls by 36 points to 16. And thoroughly enjoying the moment down there on the pitch here at the brick. Thank you for your company this afternoon.