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Bevan French scored 31 Super League tries for Wigan last season and got off the mark in 2023 with two first-half tries against Wakefield| Wigan (34) 60 |
| Tries: French 2, Marshall 4, Farrell, Field, Powell, Smith, Cust Goals: Smith 8 |
| Wakefield (0) 0 |
Winger Liam Marshall scored four tries for Wigan as the Warriors eased to a convincing first Super League win of the season against Wakefield.
Wigan, beaten by Hull KR last time out, scored six of their 11 tries before the break and led 34-0 at half-time.
Bevan French crossed twice, while Liam Farrell, Jai Field, Sam Powell, Harry Smith and Cade Cust also touched down.
Wakefield, among the favourites for relegation from Super League, have started the campaign with two defeats.
They had no answer to an early barrage of Wigan pressure as wingers French and Marshall scored two tries apiece in the first 22 minutes.
French was the division's leading try-scorer in 2022 with 31 and he got off the mark for the new campaign with his early double.
From then on, the Warriors were in full control and cruised to their widest margin of victory over Wakefield in a Super League match, surpassing the 56-6 scoreline from a meeting in 2000.
Half-back Smith converted eight of the 11 tries for a personal haul of 20 points.
Wigan: Field; French, King, Wardle, Marshall; Cust, Smith; Singleton, Powell, Cooper, Isa, Farrell, Smithies.
Interchanges: Havard, Ellis, Mago, O'Neill.
Wakefield: Gaskell; Lineham, Hall, Taufua, Murphy; Langi, Lino; Whitbread, Smith, Butler, Pitts, Ashurst, Proctor.
Interchanges: Kay, Battye, Atoni, Tanginoa.
Referee: Aaron Moore.
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