Wigan Warriors have been doing it tough with injuries though you wouldn’t have noticed it given their recent form.
There were fears that their injury list could be added to when Jake Wardle collided with the advertising hoarding playing for England but on the club’s website Matt Peet has confirmed that he is okay.
“He’s fine, I think he enjoyed the game, I thought he had some great touches and he took his try really well so we had a little bit of a laugh about it but he’s in good health,” he said on the club’s website.
Peet also revealed that two of Super League’s biggest stars could be back for the games against Leeds Rhinos.
With one being the Challenge Cup tie, it is a worry for the Rhinos: “Nobody else comes back this week but hopefully one of the Leeds games or just beyond that, maybe Magic Weekend for Jai [Field]. Custy [Cade Cust] is hitting the mark as he should be and we’ll be looking to fit him back in around the Challenge Cup game.”
Iain Thornley and Ryan Hampshire have both returned from injury to feature in the squad this week.
On them, Peet said: “I was proud to see Ryan [Hampshire] and the way he played. He’s worked very hard behind the scenes and throwing Iain Thornley into the mix there he had some game time at Barrow but it was good for them both and I thought they both performed really well, especially Iain in the second half.
“It all adds to the competition for places and depth which we are going to need, there’s a massive part of the season yet to come and we’re going to need all of those lads whether it’s in training or on the field in Super League.”
