French polish shines for Wigan after injury fears

BEVAN FRENCH shrugged off a late injury scare to score two scintillating tries and help sendWigan back to the top of Super League.

The Australian full-back, right, was a doubt for the game with knee and back issues.

But he recovered to twice show blistering speed and awareness to finish off clever kicks.

Wigan coach Adrian Lam said: “Not too many people knew that he was 50/50 for playing today.

“I’m really pleased that he got the medical

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treatment from our physio and that lifted the spirits of everyone on the bus.”

TheWarriors led 12-4 at the break with Liam Farrell crashing over for the opening try – his 100th for the club. Leeds hit back through

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Briscoe but Lam’s side took control with a stunning try on half-time that was finished off by French. Wigan looked in command when more superb handling resulted in Zak Hardaker putting Dom Manfredi in at the corner. Leeds closed the gap to six points through Liam Sutcliffe but Luke Gale was sin-binned, and, moments later, Jake Bibby sealed victory.