St Helens coach Craig Richards told BBC Sport:

“First and foremost, congratulations to Wigan I thought they were really good today.

“We didn’t quite nail what we talked about and against a side like Wigan, if you don’t get the detail right, this is what you end up with.

“You’ve got to find energy and the way to find energy is to stick with your system. I think we panicked early doors, we let in a couple of tries that were alien in terms that we would generally make teams work harder.

“This Wigan side is a good side but so are we. We know we are, we just need to be better on the day.”

Wigan Warriors boss Denis Betts told BBC Sport:

“I know the score line looks really strong but it’s a really tough game. Both sides were really competitive, you saw some really talented athletes out there today and I just thought our form is really good.

“I thought Mary Coleman for 70 minutes was the player on the field by a long way. She’s got so much energy. She’s tough to tackle but she’s also quick.

“They were nervous coming into this game. Emotions were running wild but we managed to calm it, we’ve experienced it now, we’ve won a massive game. They can use the skill of the game to push that on again.

“We are not setting any goal or targets but that’s what’s in front of them, to keep getting better.”