Leeds Rhinos' hopes of muscling in on the post-season play-offs are effectively over after Wigan dealt a 50-0 humiliation at Headingley which sent the visitors soaring back to the Super League summit.
Jake Wardle charged over for a hat-trick and Harry Smith nailed seven of nine conversions as Matt Peet's team fired a warning to their title rivals with a stunning display against their woeful hosts.The Rhinos may have made a habit of late-season surges but it is now surely beyond them as they must win their last two games - improbable on this evidence - as well as relying on unlikely collapses by both of the teams immediately above them.
Wigan doubled their lead shortly after when extensive video replays over-ruled referee Jack Smith's initial decision not to award a try, with Liam Farrell deemed not to have touched a Smith kick before Jai Field grounded the loose ball.There were no arguments about Wigan's third in the 34th minute, when Wardle finished off a series of crisp passes out left by finding Liam Marshall who sped over unchallenged in the corner.
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