"I think Kris Radlinski as well as Andy Farrell went through the same problem, " he said.
Andy Farrell's try in the corner seemed to have sealed victory but Yachvili's long-range effort won it.
Sinfield converted all five Rhinos tries to surpass Wigan's Andy Farrell's 1999 record of scoring in 48 successive rounds.
The international career of Saracens centre Andy Farrell is now almost certainly over after his omission from the squad.
Wigan had gone into the interval trailing by six points, despite opening the scoring with an Andy Farrell penalty .
The rout included three outstanding tries in just seven minutes, orchestrated by skipper Andy Farrell who was in blistering form.
Wigan skipper Andy Farrell, who kicked seven goals, was delighted his team were able to recover from their sticky start.
For Wigan, skipper Andy Farrell stroked five goals as Adrian Lam, Brett Dallas, Terry Newton and Stephen Wild crossed for tries.
The pair were both denied the chance to prove their recovery from long-term injuries, but Lawrence Dallaglio and Andy Farrell are both included.
However, the Warriors are believed to have earmarked Williams as a possible replacement for Andy Farrell, who is likely to switch to rugby union.
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Burgess became Great Britain's youngest forward since Andy Farrell when he made a try-scoring debut in the home series against New Zealand in 2007.
Full-back Josh Lewsey and centre Andy Farrell, both part of the World Cup squad, have been dropped while Tom Croft and Danny Cipriani are included.
Vainikolo was stretchered off with a suspected Achilles injury after 30 minutes, following Saracens centre and fellow rugby league convert Andy Farrell to the sidelines.
Eventually the scores were locked on 26-26 as Wigan captain Andy Farrell missed a chance to edge his side back in front with seven minutes left.
London Irish welcomed back England fly-half Shane Geraghty, though Mike Catt and Andy Farrell were still injured, but the 20-year-old endured a torrid return from the Six Nations.
But the visitors responded with their second try when a wonderful bullet pass from Andy Farrell found Cato on the left wing to touch down on 64 minutes.
We go into Saturday's quarter-final without the injured Andy Farrell.
After winning quick ball off the top at a line-out they fired it into midfield and Andy Farrell, captaining Saracens for the first time, crashed it up the middle.
The defeat ended a miserable week for Saracens, who have become embroiled in a club v country row over which position former Great Britain rugby league captain Andy Farrell should play.
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Alternatively, Ashton might decide to start with Mike Catt or Andy Farrell at number 10, with the other playing centre, although he would then have no back-up fly-half cover on the bench.
Saracens lost centre Andy Farrell and full-back Brent Russell before the break but it did not seem to affect them as they were almost handed a try following a moment of madness from Hook.
England's injury crisis forced them to select veteran centre Mike Catt at fly-half against South Africa, with a brief to share the duties with rugby league convert Andy Farrell, who was named as the goal-kicker.
Burgess, who is now expected to win his second cap at the KC Stadium, was the youngest player to make his Great Britain debut since Andy Farrell in 1993 and emulated the Wigan great by scoring a try.
That was extinguished when debutant Liam Farrell, cousin of former Great Britain skipper Andy, muscled his way over for the Warriors.
Henson's fellow second-half substitute Andy Saull scored the only try of the game, teenage stand-off Owen Farrell kicking Sarries' other eight points.
Saracens increased their lead four minutes after the break, with Farrell this time kicking a 40-yard penalty and five minutes later he struck again after Andy Powell was caught offside.
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