Super League Grand Final 2013: Warrington Wolves 16 Wigan Warriors 30: match report It was a game that veered between the satisfyingly and worryingly concussive. In many ways, the tone of the match was set within two minutes of kick-off, at the end of which Wigan stand-off Blake Green was laid out cold on the turf, victim of a naughty clout in the face by Ben Westwood while both were grappling on the ground. An oxygen mask was produced, and after a nervous couple of minutes, Green came to and clambered groggily to his feet, a manly-looking gash under his eye. Westwood was put on report by referee Richard Silverwood, but allowed to stay on the pitch. It was decision with repercussions. Meanwhile, the early openings were falling to Wigan. Darrell Goulding's pass to Josh Charnley was cut out when they had a man over. Green, by now fully compos mentis again, brought the cherry-and-white half of the stadium to its feet with a magnificent 40/20. Nothing came of it, though, which was characteristic of an opening quarter full of promise but only one score, Pat Richards" coolly-taken two-pointer from around 40 metres. But Warrington had weathered the early storm, and now began to assert themselves. Every so often, whatever the sport, a team simply clicks. Their movements appear choreographed, their understanding almost telepathic. Gaps simply open up, as if bidden. For the next 15 minutes, this was the state of sporting nirvana that descended on Warrington, quite without warning. Perhaps it was arrival of talisman Adrian Morley, who regally sauntered on after around 20-minutes, the oldest player ever to appear in a grand final. Now 36 and playing his last game for Warrington before moving back to his hometown club of Salford, Morley spent much of the rest of the half prowling with intent, like a grizzly bear sidling unnoticed through a packed nightclub. It was Joel Monaghan who scored the first try of the match, outleaping Richards after a teasing kick from Richie Myler, getting his fingertips to the ball, and gratefully clutching the rebound in front of ecstatic primrose-and-blue-clad fans. Stefan Ratchford, the man anointed to step into Brett Hodgson's sizeable shoes, missed the conversion. Ratchford was soon to get an opportunity to redeem himself. Rocked onto their heels, Wigan went missing in action once again. Mike Cooper did the initial legwork, three men required to bring him down just short of the line. Micky Higham gathered at dummy-half and offloaded to Simon Grix, who hurled himself into the gap to complete the score. Ratchford slotted home the extras to put Warrington 10-2 ahead. By the time the roguish Westwood had charged over for another converted try, Wigan coach Shaun Wane looked like a man who has just opened his daughter's mobile phone bill. Curiously, Warrington's purple patch dissipated as quickly as it had assembled. After a seven-minute stoppage for an injury to Joel Monaghan, it was Wigan who recovered their composure the quicker. From the restart, Darrell Goulding, who in truth had enjoyed a fairly mediocre half to that point, gathered Tomkins" pass in the corner and simply willed himself over the line. The score was 16-6 at halfway. Wane has never been the sort of coach to mince his words, and it is likely that he delivered more than a few home truths at the break. In any case, Wigan emerged for the second half with renewed vigour and discipline, narrowing the gap to just four points after Michael McIlorum broke free of the clutches of Briers to score. McIlorum's next intervention was almost as important, a brilliant tap-tackle on Grix that led, seconds later, to Josh Charnley going over after scooping up Goulding's grubbing kick. With 14 minutes to go Green ran straight through a chasm in the Warrington defence to give Wigan a two-score cushion. There was a certain symmetry in the fact that Green ended up picking up the Harry Sunderland trophy as man of the match. Richards" late score merely rubbed salt into Warrington's 58-year-old wounds. Their long title wait continues. Warrington: Ratchford, Riley, Bridge, Atkins, J Monaghan, Briers, Myler; Wood, Higham, Hill, Westwood, Grix, Harrison. Interchange: Morley, M Monaghan, Carvell, Cooper. Wigan: S Tomkins, Charnley, Goulding, Thornley, Richards, Green, Smith; Dudson, McIlorum, Mossop, Hansen, Farrell, O'Loughlin. Interchange: Hughes, Flower, Taylor, Crosby. Referee: R Silverwood (Mirfield).