John Bateman hit the nail on the head earlier this week. Asked to sum up what makes a Wigan-St Helens derby so special, the Warriors and England forward was unequivocal. “You just want to take someone’s head off don’t you?” said Bateman. “Anything Wigan-Saints, you want to get stuck in, rip in and hopefully get the win. “We’re looking forward to getting out there and getting amongst it.
We’ve got to turn up physical, minute one to minute 80. “We’ve got to get into them and make sure they know we’re there, we need to be on. “Every individual needs to be on.
This is massive for us.” Taking a backward step is something that Bateman does not recognise and tonight’s clash between arguably the fiercest rivals in British rugby league will not be
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