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Wigan pulled two points clear at the top of the Super League table with a win that would have been ugly had it not been for the brilliance of Amos Roberts. Not for the first time this season, the robust defence that the Australian coach, Michael Maguire, has brought to the Warriors left their opposition infuriated, with the Castleford coach, Terry Matterson, excusing his half-back Rangi Chase for a loss of discipline that earned him 10 minutes in the sin bin because "Wigan were round our heads all day".

Individual brilliance won us the game   -Michael Maguire

 

MANCHESTER- Former Sydney Roosters winger Amos Roberts scored a hat-trick as Wigan won 36-22 at Castleford on Sunday to take the outright lead at the top of the Super League table. Michael Maguire's men, who have now won six of their seven matches since he arrived from Melbourne Storm, have 12 points at the top with five other teams on ten points. Ex-Canterbury full-back Cameron Phelps and Roberts gave Wigan a dream start with early tries before England centre Michael Shenton scored twice for the Tige  

Wigan pulled two points clear at the top of Engage Super League with an impressive 36-22 win that left Castleford still looking for a first home win of 2010. The Warriors gave a debut to 22-year-old forward Chris Tuson, who was playing for third-tier club Blackpool Panthers a week ago, but it was the familiar figures of Pat Richards and Amos Roberts who laid the victory platform. Richards, Super League's runaway leading scorer in the first seven rounds, took his points tally to 110 with a try and four  

Wigan coach Michael Maguire hailed 'X-factor' man Amos Roberts after he notched his first hat-trick for the club in the victory over Castleford. The Australian ran in two first-half tries before getting his third late on as the Warriors won 36-22 at The Jungle to move two points clear at the top of the Super League. His display was even more impressive after he was switched from the right wing to full-back early on after Cameron Phelps picked up a leg injury.  

Ancient Loyal And Amos Roberts admits his form in his debut season mirrored that of Wigan Warriors. The Warriors, whose last trophy success was in the 'Kris Radlinski' Challenge Cup final triumph over St Helens in 2002, signed Roberts on a four-year contract from Sydney Roosters 16 months ago. But Wigan could only finish sixth in Brian Noble's final season in charge, despite winger Roberts bagging 12 tries.

It's a long season and we are not getting carried away, but it's so far so good.   -Amos Roberts

 

Nathan Brown's Huddersfield beat Leeds for only the second time in 24 Super League attempts on Sunday after Rhinos replacement Ali Lauittiiti was needlessly dismissed in a 26-20 win.  

Daniel Holdsworth kicked three goals for Salford.  

Wigan bounced back in style from their first defeat of the season with an eight-try 48-24 rout of Hull to consolidate their lead in the Engage Super League. Any fear of a hangover from their second-half collapse at Bradford seven days earlier was removed by the interval, with all the Warriors three-quarters scoring tries in a clinical Friday night display. Hull, who had the chance themselves to go top of the table, were on the back foot from the start as Pat Richards, Darrell Goulding, Martin Gleeson  

Brad Hodge made two key plays to help the Kolkata Knight Riders to an upset 11-run win over the defending champion Dechan Chargers in the opening match of the Indian Premier League in Mumbai. Twenty20 cricket's all-time leading runscorer, Hodge did the damage with the ball on Friday night. With Adam Gilchrist in full flight, the Chargers looked good things to reel in the Knight Riders' 4-161 from their 20 overs.

We spoke as a group that we wanted to do it for ourselves but said let's do it for Martin as well   -Rob Beveridge

 

Wigan bounced back in style from their first defeat of the season with an eight-try 48-24 rout of Hull to consolidate their lead in the Engage Super League. Any fear of a hangover from their second-half collapse at Bradford seven days earlier was removed by the interval, with all the Warriors three-quarters scoring tries in a clinical display. Hull, who had the chance themselves to go top of the table, were on the back foot from the start as Pat Richards, Darrell Goulding, Martin Gleeson and Amos Robe