It took the gloss off a superb start by Quins, who led after just three minutes when debutant Chris Bailey released Gale with a superb pass and the stand-off raced half the length of the field to touch down.
Stand-off Danny Orr set up half-back partner Brad Davis and prop Dean Sampson also went over for the Tigers, but in the end Wigan were worthy winners of a superbly entertaining match.
The Aussies, breaking at will, were on the front foot again when stand-off Thurston burst through before streaking half the length of the pitch.
Bosc's second goal made it 12-4 and England would have been even further behind at half-time had the stand-off been able to land a 50m penalty.
The Dragons, who had Raguin sin-binned seven minutes into the second half, conceded further tries to stand-off Ryan McGoldrick and Adam Fletcher to put their lead at risk but Mounis came to their rescue with his late try.
Salford gathered themselves and hit back as scrum-half Martin Crompton and stand-off Darren Brown found an inspired vein of form.
The stand-off shrugged off four defenders inside his own half before bursting into open space and spreading the ball for Willie Talau, whose inside pass found Meli in the corner for a simple score.
Wales led 9-6 at half time on an occasion made memorable by a post-haka stand-off, but the visitors hit back after the break to win 29-9.
Leeds also lost Hall with a dead leg, while Bulls stand-off Ben Jeffries was helped off in the second half after taking a heavy blow to the head but, in an ill-tempered West Yorkshire derby, tensions again boiled over at the end when punches were traded between both sets of players.
Stand-off Michael Witt scored 15 of his side's 19 points, running in two first-half tries, as well as kicking a drop goal and three conversions.
Stand-off Brown surged through, before Hodgson breezed in for the easiest of touchdowns, both converted by scrum-half Danny Brough.
While Sharples took the plaudits for plundering the points with his four tries in the second half he himself was heaping praise on stand-off Nicky Robinson.
Without the injured Kyle Eastmond, as expected, Matty Smith took over at scrum-half for Saints, with Jon Wilkin at stand-off.
The absences forced coach Mick Potter to name rookie debutant Lee Gaskell, 19, at stand-off, with Jon Wilkin back in the side at scrum-half alongside him after a 12-match injury absence.
Inept handling hampered the home side's efforts before the break but teenage stand-off Richard Horne sparked the fightback just two minutes into the second half when he skipped past veteran Daryl Powell for his side's first try.
With Kevin Brown dominant at stand-off, Graeme Horne put the visitors three scores clear early in the second half.
Stand-off Paul Cooke scored one try and set up three more as Rovers dominated the second half.
Tom Smith (33) and Paul Horton (29) got Lancashire's reply off to a rapid start, bringing up their half-century opening stand in just seven overs, but they fell to Brown and Harris respectively, with Stephen Moore departing soon after.
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.
Springbok fly-half Morne Steyn gave his side hope with a third penalty but Lions stand-off Stephen Jones kept the home side at bay with two kicks of his own, and Odwa Ndungane's late disallowed try for a foot in touch compounded South Africa's misery.
The September bond future added a half point to stand at session highs of 123-22 ahead of lunchtime shaving four pips off the 10-year yield to 2.96% and leaving it within a couple of basis points of the lowest since early December.
Strauss struck nine fours off 88 balls in an accomplished half century as he and Bell shared a second-wicket stand of 114.
Mr Paisley, and the half of Mr Trimble's party that opposed the peace agreement, hoped that the marching stand-off would, in effect, force Tony Blair to renegotiate the peace deal.
Both reached their half-centuries after tea, Malan off 94 balls and Strauss 98, only for their stand to end when the England skipper was bowled trying to slog sweep Dalrymple.
An injury to stand-off Ben Jeffries did not help the Wildcats' cause and they were to concede two more tries in the first half, with Cudjoe finishing off some good work from Whatuira and Grix touching down in the corner.
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