Wigan Warriors heavily defeat Warrington Wolves, results, Sam Burgess reaction

Sam Burgess' Vegas headache resurfaced as his Warrington Wolves were thrashed 42-16 by the Wigan Warriors in the opening match of the rugby league quadruple-header at Allegiant Stadium.

The Wolves coach and South Sydney legend arrived in Las Vegas late in the week after he was unable to travel from Britain with the rest of his side last Sunday because of visa issues stemming from three traffic offences in 2021.

Burgess previously admitted he was "pretty nervous" considering how close he came to missing the historic Super League clash, but he would have wanted to be as far away from the Strip as possible at full-time.

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Harry Smith of the Wigan Warriors runs past Jordy Crowther of the Warrington Wolves to score a try. Ezra Shaw via Getty Images

The Wolves were dangerous in the first 20 minutes of the clash before their rivals went on a run of seven unanswered tries.

Warrington was denied the first try of the Vegas extravaganza after an earlier tackle was deemed complete before the ball was stolen.

Toby King crossed the tryline but the video referee soon denied the try after it was deemed that Australian Adam Keighran's ball-carrying arm hit the ground before King stripped the ball and lunged over.

Wigan was subsequently disallowed a try of its own before breaking through and putting the foot down.

Tyler Dupree - the nephew of a Super Bowl winner - Abbas Miski, Bevan French and Harry Smith all ran in tries in the opening half as Wigan set up a 24-nil lead at the main break.

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"They came so close. If they get one early, the game could have been different," Greg Alexander said in commentary for Fox League

"But they missed their chances in the first half and the try just before the break really broke their heart. When you're down four converted tries, it's a challenge."

The Warriors then scored three early tries to start the second half as the encounter turned ugly for Warrington.

"Stop the fight. This Wigan show is so worthy of Vegas ... it's the best going this weekend," Andrew Voss said in commentary for Fox Sports.

In the 65th minute, the Warriors hit the scoreboard through centre Arron Lindop before running in several more consolation tries.

Warrington went on a run of three in a row to reduce the margin from 42 points to 24 but the damage was already done.

The sides exchanged tries in the final five minutes, with Warrington winger Matty Ashton scoring on the full-time siren.

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