The Sharks became the first NRL side since Manly in 2012 to come home empty handed after going down 22-6 in London.

“It was a tough, solid game,” Gallen said.

“I thought we had the better of it early but we didn’t make them pay. Giving away an intercept on third tackle, turning the ball over and letting them off.”

The Sharks have had some disruptions after claiming their maiden premiership including the loss of star fullback Ben Barba.

Add in the retirement of hooker Michael Ennis, as well as the unavailability of Valentine Holmes, and the Sharks’ stocks start to look skinny.

 “This was our first game, Wigan have played two trial games and a competition game,” Gallen said.

"To be honest, we had three sessions as a team. We had a really good pre-season up to a month ago, then we hit some hurdles.

“We lost three of our outside backs to injury. We had the Nines, the All Stars where we had the biggest representation, then we had a trial.

“They are well and truly into their season we’re not. But that has got nothing to do with the result today. We play them again in two or three weeks time, who knows?”