Wigan coach Shaun Wane has paid tribute to Dan Sarginson after the former Gold Coast Titans centre took the field less than a week after the death of his brother.
News broke at the weekend that his brother had died in Norway, but Sarginson wanted to play in his honour against Wakefield and had the backing of his coach and teammates as they scored a 25-10 win.
"It was a huge effort for him to play," said Wane. "I've spoken to him all week, I spoke to him when he was in Norway and he never had any consideration for himself. He just wanted to do what was right for his team.
"It was tough for Dan and his family, but we dedicated that win to him."
Wane admitted he was happy to be unbeaten in the Super 8s but was not entirely happy with the performance.
"I'm not delighted. I'm happy we have won the game. I'm happy with the win considering the emotion, the emotion of winning against St Helens and for what has happened with Dan. It's been a very emotional week for everybody.
"It looked like two teams who had had a tight turnaround, we couldn't get any momentum.
"We are just happy to get the win. Everything considered I'm happy but not ecstatic."
Wakefield coach Chris Chester admitted his team were their own worst enemy.
"We were ill disciplined. I thought it was a real tough penalty count against us tonight. Quite a lot of them were penalties, but there were some real tough ones," he said.
"We were our own worst enemy tonight. Our discipline wasn't good enough."
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