Betfred Women's Super League
St Helens (6) 6
Tries: McColm Goals: Gaskin
Wigan (22) 44
Tries: Derbyshire 2, Hunter 2, Davies, M Jones, Wilton, Foubister, Coleman Goals: Rowe 4
Wigan Warriors maintained their 100% grounds successful 2026 arsenic they comfortably saw disconnected rivals St Helens successful the archetypal lucifer of the caller Super Four format.
It was a 5th successive triumph for them implicit Saints successful the past 12 months, including a 54-6 demolition successful the Challenge Cup final astatine Wembley, arsenic they underlined wherefore they are the squad to bushed successful the Women's Super League.
The defending champions scored 9 tries with 2 apiece for Ellise Derbyshire and Eva Hunter with further scores from Anna Davies, Molly Jones, Remi Wilton, Jenna Foubister and Mary Coleman astatine the BrewDog Stadium.
St Helens were outclassed connected location turf and had lone a Luci McColm effort connected the changeable of half-time connected a hard evening.
Whatever the format, though, determination is nary uncertainty that Wigan are the standard-bearers for the remainder to catch.
They scored from their archetypal acceptable arsenic a precocious footwear into the prima connected the past tackle was spilled by young Saints full-back Liv Leach and bounced invitingly for Derbyshire to score.
That was soon backed up by a fabulous idiosyncratic effort from Woman of Steel Hunter arsenic she received the shot wrong her ain fractional and showed an irresistible operation of power, gait and sidestepping to score.
To marque matters worse for Saints, Leach had to beryllium carried disconnected the tract and by the 15th infinitesimal the contention was astir implicit arsenic Davies went implicit successful the country aft a gorgeous footwear implicit the apical from Izzy Rowe.
Derbyshire and Hunter crossed for their 2nd tries and lone a mediocre conversion complaint from Rowe prevented Wigan from being retired of sight.
With this, Saints yet gained immoderate possession and repetition sets and McColm went implicit conscionable earlier the interval.
However, hopes of immoderate benignant of comeback ne'er materialised arsenic Jones' effort connected her archetypal quality of the play aft a genu wounded got Wigan moving again.
And the champions simply were excessively blistery to grip successful the last 4th arsenic Wilton, Foubister and Coleman went implicit arsenic Denis Betts' broadside picked up from wherever they had near disconnected successful their past lucifer astir 4 weeks ago.
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