Wigan Warriors make it 10 wins from 10 in Reserves League with 14-try London Broncos rout

Wigan Warriors Reserves made it 10 wins from 10 in the Reserves League as they produced a ruthless second-half display to hammer London Broncos 76-10 at Edge Hall Road Community Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The young Warriors led 20-4 at the break before running in a remarkable 10 second-half tries to extend their unbeaten start to the campaign.

Wigan made the perfect start, opening the scoring after just two minutes. George O’Loughlin powered over from close range, although Finlay Yeomans was unable to add the extras.

The home side doubled their advantage 10 minutes later when young prop Shea O’Connor reacted quickest to collect a loose ball following a London error and raced over. Josh Cartwright converted to make it 10-0.

Wigan’s third try arrived on 18 minutes after a slick move through the hands. O’Loughlin produced a superb flick pass to send Abbas Miski crashing over in the corner, although Cartwright’s conversion attempt drifted wide.

The Warriors continued to dominate territory and possession, and their fourth try came on 27 minutes. Strong work from Finn McMillan laid the platform for Evan Buckley to go over. Cartwright converted for a 20-0 lead.

London managed to hit back shortly before half-time when winger Matt Tootill finished well in the corner, but Will Randall was unable to convert as Wigan took a 20-4 advantage into the sheds.

The visitors started the second half brightly and reduced the deficit further when Wigan failed to deal with a high kick. Leunbou Bardyel-Wells pounced on the loose ball and raced beneath the posts, with Randall converting to make it 20-10.

Any hopes of a Broncos comeback were quickly extinguished. Just two minutes later, McMillan powered over from close range and Cartwright converted before Charlie Yeomans produced a brilliant cut-out pass to send Austin Daniel over in the corner.

The floodgates then opened. Buckley burst through a gap to send Jonny Vaughan over before Jack Purtill crossed for Wigan’s eighth try of the afternoon.

Vaughan grabbed his second on 63 minutes when he burst onto a flat Cartwright pass before Purtill completed his own brace three minutes later after showing excellent support play.

O’Loughlin then secured his second try of the game, charging through a gap in the London defence to score out wide and push Wigan beyond the 50-point mark.

Vaughan completed a deserved hat-trick with five minutes remaining, finishing another flowing attacking move.

There was still time for Daniel to get his try tally up late on. The winger showed blistering pace down the right edge to score twice in the final two minutes, completing his hat-trick and rounding off a dominant afternoon for the Warriors.

Cartwright finished with a healthy points tally from the tee as Wigan crossed for 14 tries in total. The emphatic victory keeps the Warriors at the top of the Reserves League table with a perfect record after 10 matches.

Wigan: Josh Cartwright; Abbas Miski, George O’Loughlin, Finlay Yeomans, Austin Daniel; Charlie Yeomans, Evan Buckley; Shea O’Connor, Jack Purtill, Finn McMillan, Jonny Vaughan, Lukas Mason, Kalum Rathbone. Subs: Riley Dervan, Leo Wadsworth, Noah Forster, Lewis Daniels. 18th man: Jaiden Drachenberg.

Tries: O’Loughlin (2), O’Connor, Miski, Buckley, McMillan, Daniel (3), Vaughan (3), Purtill (2) | Goals: F Yeomans 0/1, Cartwright 10/13

London: Alex Walker; Logan Caroline-Hines, Eddie Atherton, Will Jones, Matt Tootill; Charlie Randall, Will Randall; Bobby Hartley, Tommy Porter, Eamonn Iheme, Tyler Johnson-Thomas, Will Lovell, Jake Ramsden. Subs: Jasper McLachlan, David Slater, Leunbou Bardyel-Wells, Joe Allison. 18th man: Gethin Svensen-Davies.

Tries: Tootill, Bardyel-Wells | Goals: W Randall 1/2