Wigan hooker Kruise Leeming, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra:
“What a night, what an occasion for us.
“I know the scoreline blew out a little bit there but we’ve worked so hard as a team to get to this point and we deserve to enjoy this.
“It’s not about any individual game, it’s about the highs and lows and the rollercoaster we’ve been on.
“We’ve been fantastic in areas and there are areas to improve, but everything came together tonight. I know they were low on players and we get that, but we still had to go out and play our opposition and I thought we did that.”
Wigan coach Matt Peet, speaking to BBC Radio Manchester:
“It does say a lot about where we’re at in terms of consistency. It gives us a home semi-final and the players can enjoy the moment. We will celebrate and then next week we’ll start up again.
“We’ve always been a pretty consistent club, the trophies and the performances of the players speak for themselves. This team continues the attitude of winning, enjoying rugby and entertaining the fans.”
Salford head coach Paul Rowley, speaking to BBC Radio Manchester:
“We picked a young, inexperienced side to face the world champions. They approached that with excitement and enthusiasm, and I thought they displayed that in bucketloads.
“I thought the youngsters, in particular, were fantastic and competed for everything, clearly playing against a superior team in Wigan. I’m very proud of them.
“My objective is to have a fit squad going into the big games, the play-off games, and, in that respect, we were able to do that by utilising the squad and the youngsters.”
