Marshall: Everyone did their bit

• Liam Marshall praised the team effort as Wigan got the 30-10 win over St Helens on Friday night.
• “Everyone has done their bit today, you’ll get the lads who are talked about but there’s a lot of the lads who do things that go unnoticed.”
• FT | Wigan Warriors 30-10 St Helens.

Liam Marshall reflected on a ‘significant’ night as Wigan maintained their unbeaten home run in 2022, whilst securing a second-placed finish in Betfred Super League.

“It’s massive,” Marshall said, “I think being a Wigan lad, these are the games you want to play in and want to win. I think this one was even more significant with the things riding on it for them if they’d have won it and securing second place is massive so a good night all-in-all. There’s still things that we can do better, being smarter in certain areas of the game but we got the win and that’s probably all that matters.”

Marshall scored a great solo effort, but also appeared numerous times in defence to deny St Helens: “They’re just part and parcel of the game. I try and do my bit for the team and if the big plays come, they’ll come. Everyone has done their bit today, you’ll get the lads who are talked about but there’s a lot of the lads who do things that go unnoticed so we’re just building as a team. Matt and the Coaching staff will give the praise tomorrow but just a good all round team performance, it’s exciting and will give us a bit of confidence in the back end of the year.”

Marshall praised both sets of fans for making a special atmosphere on Friday night: “A massive thanks to the Wigan fans for turning up as they did, as well as the Saints fans. They made it a great occasion and I think that’s down to the hard work we’ve done on and off the field since the start of pre-season. The first week of pre-season we spoke about re-engaging with the Wigan fans and getting them back on board after a couple of tough seasons but I think they’ve really bought in this year.

“They get the matchday experience with the fan village etcetera, and if we can keep performing on the field that does go a long way but engagement, giving the time of day and making them feel welcome when they’re around the place is good and they got us over the line tonight.”

Finally, the winger spoke about gaining momentum going into the final few games of the year: “Second spot secured is good, we’ve got that home semi final and we can be smart with what we do now, but we also don’t want to lose any momentum. We still need to be hitting some nice form going into those big games against Hull KR, if we’re off it we can easily get turned over so we’ll continue to work hard in training and on the field.”