Thu. Apr 10th, 2025

Wigan coach not worried about rusty Warriors ahead of World Club Challenge

Wigan Warriors coach Shaun Wane says his team will improve against Cronulla in the World Club Challenge after a rusty 26-16 win over Salford in week one of the Super League.

The Warriors scored all their points in the first half before seeing out a ten point victory.

“I was happy with the win, but there’s lots to work on,” he said.

“We did some good things in the first-half and we never got the ball after that, we both looked rusty at times.

“We’ll need to be a lot better against Cronulla, but we will be a lot better, we just needed to blow the cobwebs off.

“We did some good technical things and then we lost our way a bit when Sam Powell went off, but I needed to rest him.

“But we’ll be okay next week. I’m happy with where we’re at.”

Wane starred for Wigan in 1988 when the Warriors upset Manly-Warringah 8-2.

“It’s a big week, it means a lot – it’s 30 years since I played and it still gets mentioned to me once a week.”

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