Anyone who was not familiar with the concept of Scorigami before the 2025 Betfred Super League opener will know all about it now.
Conceived by sports journalist Jon Bois, it was originally designed as the art of building scores in the NFL that had never happened previously, but the concept can easily be extended to other sports.
On Thursday night, Wigan Warriors and Leigh Leopards served up a couple of Super League firsts in terms of the score as the visitors triumphed 1-0 in golden point at the Brick Community Stadium.
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For starters, it was the first time a game in Super League had finished scoreless after 80 minutes since the competition kicked off in 1996.
Gareth O’Brien’s 83rd-minute drop goal, securing Leigh’s first win away to Wigan in 42 years, ensured it was the first time a solitary one-pointer proved the difference between two teams in Super League’s 30-season history as well.
Via the Rugby League Record Keepers Club, the 0-0 scoreline after 80 minutes marked the first professional game since Cumbrian rivals Whitehaven and Workington Town battled out a scoreless draw at the Recreation Ground in December 1993.
It was Wigan’s first scoreless draw since a 0-0 with Castleford in January 1974, which coincidentally was the last time a match in rugby league’s top flight finished without a point on either side.
The final score was the first 1-0 in British professional rugby league since Barrow beat Hull KR at Craven Park in October 1994 courtesy of a Mike Kavanagh drop goal.
You have to go back even further to find a game with a similar result in Australia’s leading competition, when Newtown Jets beat St George Dragons in the old NSWRL Premiership in May 1973.
On that day, Ken Wilson’s one-pointer at the SCG sealed victory for the Jets in a match where his team-mate John Bonham missed four kicks at goal, and Dragons duo John Chapman and Billy Smith missed three and one apiece, according to Rugby League Project’s database.
Furthermore, it was only the third match in Super League history to finish without a try being scored.
The first came in June 2007 when two penalties from Jon Wilshere and a drop goal from Luke Robinson helped Salford, then under the City Reds moniker, see off Harlequins RL 5-2.
The other came just three years ago in June as well, as Stefan Ratchford kicked two penalties in a 4-0 win for Warrington Wolves over Hull FC.
And, perhaps most notably, it was also the first occasion a competitive match which had gone to golden point in either the NRL or British professional game had finished 1-0.
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