Wigan 0 Blackburn 2
Andy Cole's double ended Wigan's Worthington Cup dream in front of a record 16,922 crowd at the JJB Stadium.
Cole hammered a 16th minute opener past John Filan and rounded off a fine performance with his second 10 minutes from time.
Wigan pressed for the equaliser in the second half, with Stig Inge Bjornebye hacking a corner off the goal line and Brad Friedel making brilliant saves to deny Neil Roberts and substitute Gary Teale.
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Wigan pressed, with Teale causing plenty of problems down the right but they could not find a way through.
Wigan's stadium-record 16,922 crowd roared them onto the finish but Rovers coasted.
With five minutes left they substituted Cole and Yorke but by then they were home and dry.