After defeating Hull FC 40-0 in an impressive display, Wigan Warriors head coach Matt Peet reflected on the win speaking to the club’s official website.
He said: “There was a lot of positive things as far as a pre-season game. The score looks comfortable now but you all saw, in the first half especially and even in the second half there were bouts where we were defending under pressure.
“[There were] A number of repeat sets, drop outs and six again calls so we were stretched in all sorts of ways but I thought the way we were able to come out of those periods, turn defence into attack and build our game was a particularly pleasing aspect.”
On his teams resilience, he added: “There was a period at the start of the game where we defended for large parts on our goal line. Hull are a very powerful team, they’ve got a good offload game and strong ball carriers so we had to be very physical. It was a good test of our fitness and organisation defensively, so to come out the other side of that is really positive – for this time of year it was an ideal kind of game.”
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Peet praised the young wingers who featured in the game: “Both our wingers are young lads who are going to be ready, they’re the next in the backline this year. We want to give Zach [Eckersley] and Jacob [Douglas] more opportunities so I think they showed today that they are more than up to it.”
This is because Liam Marshall was absent after the passing of his mother. The Warriors wore black armbands in tribute to Liam Marshall’s mum Debbie, who sadly passed away yesterday: “It’s a very emotional week for the Club,” Peet said.
“Marshy is the heartbeat of the team and what he has been through this week with the birth of his baby daughter and then to lose his mum Debbie, who was one of the team as well.
“We’re all around for Liam and the rest of his family at this sad time.”
This comes as Wigan Today also report that Peet revealed that Sam Walters would miss the start of the season.
Drafted in to replace Kai Pearce-Paul this is of course a blow ahead of the new season.
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