WEMBLEY bound Wigan Warriors produced an almost ideal performance for coach John Monie.

The game's most successful coach was delighted with the way his side overcame a powerful London Broncos to book another return to the Silk Cut Challenge Cup Final.

"It was great defence and when the time was right we played some sparkling rugby league, possibly a little bit too much for my liking towards the end, but the players wanted to entertain the fans," he said.

"I was very pleased with the approach to our defensive game and Henry Paul gave some quick ball to our backs. It was terrific to play like that in a semi-final.

"I didn't think we could stop their big guys in the middle of the park, but we did as good a job defensively as anyone can do. It put us on the back foot but it was break even in the middle of the park.

"I thought we were in control. We established early what we wanted to do and then we took some chances and executed the plays, that was all I could ask of them coaching wise."

Monie admitted he had stressed the opposition's strengths in the run-up to the game to guard his players against complacency.

"It seemed during the week I was the only person in the North of England who was worried. That made me a little jumpy."

Skipper Andy Farrell was delighted to be returning to Wembley after a couple of lean years.

"It's fantastic to be going back. It is everybody's dream and I know the Australian lads are very excited about it. That was why they came over here and they have helped us a lot. Their enthusiasm to get to Wembley has rubbed off on us. There are also a lot of young lads who have never played at Wembley so that also gave us a lift.

"To not go for two years was very disappointing but we knew before we went out today we didn't want to mess up. It is so pleasing to produce such good form and we just hope we can keep it going and put on a good performance at Wembley."

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