Wigan Warriors beat Hull FC to make it two wins from two in Super League 2026

Matt Peet’s side wasted little time setting the tone. Inside five minutes, Zach Eckersley climbed highest to keep Harry Smith’s cross-field kick alive, palming the ball back into the path of Sam Walters, who finished from close range. Adam Keighran added the conversion, and Wigan were up and running at 6-0.

The hosts doubled their advantage in the ninth minute with a slick move down the right edge. Quick hands created space for Eckersley, who showed great composure to squeeze over in the corner. Keighran was flawless from the tee once again, stretching the lead to 12-0.

Jai Field had the ball over the line soon after, only for the video referee to chalk it off for obstruction. It mattered little. Midway through the half, substitute Sam Eseh punished a Hull error – winger Harvey Barron unable to deal with the pressure – and powered over to extend Wigan’s grip on the contest. Keighran’s third goal made it 18-0.

The Warriors were relentless. On the half-hour, Field got his try, jinking through a fractured Hull defensive line to score. Keighran maintained his perfect record from the kicking tee, and Wigan went into the break commanding a 24-0 advantage.

Any hopes of a Hull resurgence were extinguished within five minutes of the restart. Bevan French, electric as ever, sliced through to add Wigan’s fifth try, Keighran bringing up his fifth conversion to make it 30-0.

Hull’s night worsened when prop Liam Knight was sin-binned for a tip tackle on Walters, reducing the visitors to 12 men. Wigan immediately capitalised. Field grabbed his second of the evening, finishing off a stunning offload from Keighran to all but seal the result.

There was a brief moment of parity when Keighran himself was shown a yellow card for a late hit on Hull fullback Will Pryce, and Hull finally found a response. Harvie Hill crossed against his former club, with Pryce adding the extras to reduce the deficit to 34-6.

But the contest had long since been decided. To compound Hull’s misery, Pryce was forced off in the closing stages with what appeared to be a knee injury.

In truth, this was one-way traffic. Clinical in attack and suffocating in defence, Wigan underlined their early-season credentials with an emphatic victory. Two games played, two games won, and a warning sent to the rest of Super League.

Wigan: Jai Field; Zach Eckersley, Adam Keighran, Liam Farrell, Liam Marshall; Bevan French, Harry Smith; Ethan Havard, Brad O’Neill, Luke Thompson, Junior Nsemba, Sam Walters, Kaide Ellis. Subs: Patrick Mago, Ollie Partington, Sam Eseh, Tom Forber. 18th man: Dayon Sambou.

Tries: Walters, Eckersley, Eseh, Field (2), French | Goals: Keighran 5/6

Hull FC: Will Pryce; Harvey Barron, Arthur Romano, Davy Litten, Lewis Martin; Cade Cust, Aidan Sezer; Liam Knight, Amir Bourouh, Harvie Hill, Joe Batchelor, Jed Cartwright, Yusuf Aydin. Subs: Connor Bailey, Callum Kemp, Brad Fash, Sam Lisone. 18th man: Matty Laidlaw.

Tries: Hill | Goals: Pryce 1/1

Referee: Tom Grant | Attendance: 16,620

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