JOSH Charnley and Sam Tomkins ran in seven tries between them as Wigan thrashed Widnes 62-4 at the DW Stadium.

The Vikings simply had no answer to the home side's sweeping attacking moves in a game that was one-way traffic from the outset.

The only consolation for the travelling Widnes faithful was a 74th minute try from stand-off Lloyd White who scored from close range following a fine Joe Mellor break.

It was one of the few opportunities Denis Betts' men were able to carve out in a match in which their opponents attacking fluency was matched by their vice-like defensive grip.

The writing was on the wall as early as the seventh minute when Wigan demonstrated their ability to get on the outside of the Vikings' defence allowing winger Charnley to race clear before turning the ball inside for Tomkins to cross.

Charnley's first try of his own came on ten minutes and was the start of a rapid-fire hat-trick from the England man.

The Widnes defence was already looking extremely ragged and the Warriors were racking up over a point a minute.

The Vikings carved out one of their few opportunities with the score at 24-0 but the video referee adjudged winger Patrick Ah Van had put a foot in touch before he planted the ball down in the corner.

It was a brief interlude of Widnes ascendancy before normal service was resumed.

On 31 minutes Tomkins regathered his own grubber kick before sliding over to make it 30-0.

Yet another Charnley break led to second row Chris Tuson touching down two minutes later and the first half scoring was completed when Charnley crossed for his fourth try after substitute Scott Taylor had scythed through.

Remarkably, all seven of Wigan's scores in the opening period were scored up their right hand side - Widnes's left.

By way of showing their versatility, the Warriors reversed the pattern in the second half.

Ex-Viking Liam Farrell continued the rout from an Iain Thornley break and a Matty Smith 40/20 set up the position for Pat Richards to bring up the half century as he squeezed in at the left corner despite Paddy Flynn's best efforts.

Referee Mr Roby missed a blatant forward pass in the build up to Thornley's try on 71 minutes but it was one of those nights for Wigan where almost everything they tried paid off.

White's try at least allowed the Vikings to avoid the ignominy of being nilled but it was Tomkins who had the last word when he latched onto a Smith grubber kick to bring the scoring mercifully - from a Widnes perspective - to an end.

Mentions in dispatches to skipper Jon Clarke and loose forward Hep Cahill who never stopped trying in a losing cause.

Phil Joseph also added some much needed vim and vigour when he appeared from the substitutes bench.

But overall Widnes were outclassed and outgunned and coach Betts will be hoping his team's confidence hasn't been too badly affected as they approach a tough Easter schedule.

Wigan: Tomkins; Charnley, Goulding, Thornley, Richards; Green, Smith; Crosby, McIlorum, Flower, Tuson, Farrell, O'Loughlin. Subs: Hughes, Taylor, Tomkins, Burke.

Widnes: Hanbury; Flynn, Dean, Isa, Ah Van; White, Mellor; Cross, Clarke, O'Carroll, Winterstein, Allen, Cahill. Subs: Joseph, Kavanagh, Gerrard, Leuluai.

Referee: Mr T Roby Attendance: 11,904