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Matt Peet reveals names of Wigan Warriors stars to feature in pre-season friendly

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Wigan Warriors head coach Matt Peet has previewed his side’s upcoming friendly against Oldham and revealed which certain players will start.

It will be the first pre-season fixture for both sides although Oldham had been slated to face local rivals Rochdale Hornets last weekend before the game was cancelled due to the weather.

For Wigan, it will be the first of two pre-season games with the second coming against Leeds Rhinos in Ash Handley’s testimonial a week later at Headingley.

Wigan head coach Matt Peet has spoken on the importance of this first test, doing a joint interview with Oldham head coach Sean Long on the Championship club’s YouTube channel.

“It’s important. It’s another step in the journey to the start of the season,” Peet explained with Wigan’s first competitive game not coming until Round Three of the Challenge Cup in early February.

Peet continued, explaining: “I think the lads will be delighted that there is a game this weekend, particularly some of the younger lads who have been in since early November and worked really hard and they’re here to play rugby at the end of the day.”

Wigan Warriors to name strong squad to face Oldham

The quadruple winners head to Boundary Park for the fixture this weekend with the match signifying the two club’s partnership according to Peet.

He revealed: “It’s big for us, we look forward to it and I think it’s a good step in the right direction for our partnership with Oldham. There’s a lot to look forward to.”

He also underpinned just how important it is to have games in order to be able to know how and what to improve and target in training.

“You kind of find out where you are up to,” he said.

“Some of it will be good and some not so good but you’ve got something to work on for the following week, whereas sometimes in pre-season you’re just coaching by numbers and guessing a little bit.”

Perhaps most interesting to many Wigan Warriors and Oldham fans is just what sort of lineup Peet will name and it sounds like it will be a strong one, especially in the forward pack.

Peet revealed: “I’ve had a chat with Sean about the team. The starting pack will be particularly experienced so the likes of Tyler Dupree, Kruise Leeming, Liam Byrne, Sam Walters, George (Hirst) will play and some other young forwards – Harvie Hill is in there.

“The backs will be a little bit less experienced but still with some first-team games under their belt.

“What you’ll find is that some of the lads at the weekend whose names you don’rt know, a couple of years ago that was someone like Junior Nsemba so it’s a chance to see hopefully the next crop.”

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