{"id":501252,"date":"2026-03-29T05:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T05:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/501252\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T05:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T05:05:07","slug":"wigan-warriors-boss-brutally-honest-verdict-on-huddersfield-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/501252\/","title":{"rendered":"Wigan Warriors boss’ brutally honest verdict on Huddersfield loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wigan boss Matt Peet pulled no punches in his assessment of the Warriors\u2019 shock 34-16 home defeat to Huddersfield, admitting the Giants beat his side \u2018all ends up\u2019.<\/p>\n

Peet\u2019s Warriors had won every game they had played across all competitions in 2026 prior to Saturday afternoon\u2019s surprise reverse, including all five in Super League<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Slow out of the blocks against a Huddersfield side playing their first game since the departure of head coach Luke Robinson, the Cherry and Whites trailed 16-4 at the break.<\/p>\n

And they never recovered in a second half which brought a similar level of performance as the Giants picked up their first victory of the year.<\/p>\n

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\u2018We were poor, Huddersfield were very good and we got exactly what we deserved\u2019<\/p>\n

Speaking to Sky Sports post-match at The Brick Community Stadium, no excuses were made by Peet, whose side last week survived a almighty scare in front of their home fans as they beat newly-promoted York Knights 23-22.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe were poor, Huddersfield were very good and we got exactly what we deserved.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got a lesson in the first half of the York game that you only need to be a little bit off (to be punished).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were hoping to get a more sustained performance than the York one, and we actually got a worse one.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t ever put together good enough defence into attack or vice versa today, we were way off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wigan<\/a>\u2018s next outing brings the Good Friday derby at rivals St Helens, before a Challenge Cup quarter-final tie away at Wakefield Trinity.<\/p>\n

Peet continued: \u201cThey beat us all ends up, physically, on terms of kicking game and I thought they were more intelligent than us.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt times, we were making efforts as individuals and they didn\u2019t do that. They had plan and they stuck to it.<\/p>\n

\u201cCredit to them, they\u2019ve had a tough year and they deserve the win today, 100%.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wigan boss Matt Peet pulled no punches in his assessment of the Warriors\u2019 shock 34-16 home defeat to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[59,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-501252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}