Wigan Warriors 18–26 St Helens — Qualifying Play-off, 2011 Super League Finals Series
18 Sep 2011 · DW Stadium, Wigan · Attendance: 12,893
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Qualifying Play-off, 2011 Super League finals series: Wigan Warriors 18–26 St Helens, at DW Stadium, Wigan on 18 Sep 2011.
Sourcing caveat: Repeated automated fetches of the source scoresheet gave conflicting try counts for Wigan's Sean O'Loughlin (1 or 2 tries) — only the 1-try version reconciles mathematically to the 18-point final score, and is used here; the alternative is noted as unconfirmed rather than silently discarded. St Helens' own Rugby League Project page lists only 3 bench players rather than 4 for this match — confirmed via a second, targeted re-fetch that a 4th name simply isn't present on the source page — recorded here with a 3-name bench rather than a guessed 4th name; the same gap recurs identically in St Helens' following week's Qualifying Semi-Final.
Scorers
| Wigan Warriors | Tries: O'Loughlin; Richards; Tomkins Goals: Richards (3/3 conversions) |
| St Helens | Tries: Wellens; Lomax; McCarthy-Scarsbrook (2) Goals: Foster (5/5 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Wigan Warriors | St Helens | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Tomkins | Fullback | Paul Wellens (c) | 1 |
| 25 | Josh Charnley | Wing | Thomas Makinson | 28 |
| 12 | Joel Tomkins | Centre | Michael Shenton | 3 |
| 4 | George Carmont | Centre | Francis Meli | 5 |
| 5 | Pat Richards | Wing | Jamie Foster | 22 |
| 6 | Paul Deacon | Five-Eighth | Lee Gaskell | 25 |
| 17 | Brett Finch | Halfback | Jonny Lomax | 20 |
| 15 | Jeff Lima | Prop | James Graham (c) | 10 |
| 7 | Thomas Leuluai | Hooker | James Roby | 9 |
| 10 | Andy Coley | Prop | Tony Puletua | 11 |
| 11 | Harrison Hansen | Second Row | Jon Wilkin | 12 |
| 16 | Ryan Hoffman | Second Row | Iosia Soliola | 4 |
| 13 | Sean O'Loughlin (c) | Lock | Paul Clough | 16 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Paul Prescott | Andrew Dixon | 19 | |
| 9 | Mike McIlorum | Scott Moore | 14 | |
| 22 | Liam Farrell | Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook | 15 | |
| 35 | Ben Cross | |||
| Michael Maguire | Coach | Royce Simmons | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Phil Bentham |
Match report
St Helens won 26-18 away at Wigan Warriors' DW Stadium on 18 September 2011 in a Super League Qualifying Play-off, leading 14-6 at half-time to secure 3rd place and home advantage for the Qualifying Semi-Final, denying Wigan their expected home run through the playoffs.