Sam Powell
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 6:43 pm
It seems to me that our regular no 9 doesn't get his share of the credit and praise for the way Wigan are playing at the moment.
The opening game saw him KO'd on 22 min. We had looked a bit rusty for the opening few minutes but slowly began to assert ourselves until Sam was injured. Thereafter we looked a bit clunky, even though we managed a win against the remaining 12 of the Wire. Then a loss away to Cas, which sadly I couldn't make, but watched on Wigan TV. Again, rather clunky and a frustrating number of penalties.
Winning ways again against Toronto, though we still looked rather wooden.
Then Sam returns and we have a good win against Hull, and a magnificent one away to Huddersfield.
Yes of course in the last game we can rightly praise Liam Marshall for his hat-trick (especially no. 2), Hastings and then Smith in the halves.And the forwards for giving us a platform from which to attack, and to defend our line. But the combination from hooker to halves is vital for a good game, both attack and defence.
Sam made many good metres from dummy half, kicked a 40-20 which led us to the first try in the second half, and in defence effected many good tackles.
The plaudits regularly go to the wings, the halves, and the forwards.
But in my opinion Sam isn't mentioned so often as he should be. He is having a great season so far and boy did we miss him when he wasn't there. Give him plenty man of steel points, he's earned them.
The opening game saw him KO'd on 22 min. We had looked a bit rusty for the opening few minutes but slowly began to assert ourselves until Sam was injured. Thereafter we looked a bit clunky, even though we managed a win against the remaining 12 of the Wire. Then a loss away to Cas, which sadly I couldn't make, but watched on Wigan TV. Again, rather clunky and a frustrating number of penalties.
Winning ways again against Toronto, though we still looked rather wooden.
Then Sam returns and we have a good win against Hull, and a magnificent one away to Huddersfield.
Yes of course in the last game we can rightly praise Liam Marshall for his hat-trick (especially no. 2), Hastings and then Smith in the halves.And the forwards for giving us a platform from which to attack, and to defend our line. But the combination from hooker to halves is vital for a good game, both attack and defence.
Sam made many good metres from dummy half, kicked a 40-20 which led us to the first try in the second half, and in defence effected many good tackles.
The plaudits regularly go to the wings, the halves, and the forwards.
But in my opinion Sam isn't mentioned so often as he should be. He is having a great season so far and boy did we miss him when he wasn't there. Give him plenty man of steel points, he's earned them.