Hull FC beat Wigan to move up to second in Super League
By Rory O'Callaghan
Last Updated: 14/05/16 3:16pm
Hull FC moved up to second place in Super League with a 30-16 victory over Wigan at the DW Stadium on Friday night.
First half tries from Marc Sneyd, Steve Michaels and Scott Taylor had given the visitors a 14 point advantage at half-time.
Wigan fought back in the second half with tries from John Bateman and the returning Sam Tomkins but two scores in three minutes from Jamie Shaul and Fetuli Talanoa were enough to secure an impressive away win for Lee Radford's side.
Hull, fresh off the back of their Challenge Cup victory over St Helens last Sunday, began the match in strong fashion and took just two minutes to go in front through Sneyd, who beat two men to go over in the corner.
The visitors doubled their lead five minutes later after some good work out wide from Leon Pryce. The former Bradford man managed to draw two defenders before expertly feeding Michaels, who finished well in the corner to extend the Black and Whites' advantage.
Wigan had yet to mount a serious attack in their opposition's half and went further behind when Taylor capitalised on a slack Warriors pass to coast in for Hull's third try of the match.
Oliver Gildart provided a moment of individual class ten minutes before the break to go over for the hosts only try of the half.
Shaun Wane will have been disappointed with his side's first half performance, which was littered with handling errors and soft penalties.
However, the Wigan head coach would definitely have been impressed with the response he received after the break.
With Hull down to 12 men, Batemen crossed over for a second Wigan try after beating his man with a well-timed dummy.
Sam Tomkins, returning on his first match for the Warriors since 2013, then powered past Kirk Yeaman to ground against Hull for the second consecutive match.
Wigan looked on course for a remarkable second half comeback but a superb individual try from Shaul completely altered the dynamic of the match.
After receiving a well-time offload, Shaul beat both Tomkins and Josh Charnley to run in his side's fourth from almost 70 metres out.
That score was a sucker-punch for Wigan, who has dominated much of the second period, and the hosts conceded again a minute later when Pryce set up Talanoa in the corner for a spectacular diving finish.
Sneyd then kicked a late penalty to add gloss to a deserved Hull victory.
