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SW PIX & VPA (Super BBC SPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR League Photographers). 1994 All rights reserved: No part of this publication may be reproduced in any way or by any means without the KENNY-STERLING SHIELD WINNERS permission of the club. 2018 WARRIOR - 03 CHAIRMAN Good evening and welcome to tonight’s game against After a great start, perhaps we can get back to praising our Wakefield Trinity. game rather than continuing the self-flagellation which only I would like to send my best wishes to Robert Elstone who rugby league seems capable of. A closer look at other left his role as executive chairman of Super League at the sports and their distress on the field and off, as reported start of March, a job he filled for almost three years. His particularly in The Times on Wednesday, might bring us passion for rugby league has always been clear and I thank back to reality and self-pride in our game and in Super him for his hard work and commitment to the success of League. Super League. The gutsy victory over Leigh was overshadowed by the I would also like to pay tribute to Dr Chris Brookes who is hamstring injury to debutant Jai Field which sees him ruled celebrating his out of action for 25th year “Last week’s start was a gritty beginning five months. working in We are delighted to rugby league. to the new season with a tight Wigan win welcome Jackson Chris has been Hastings and an invaluable against local rivals, Leigh Centurions. ” Bevan French back member of the into the Wigan Wigan club since 2007, looking after the wellbeing of the camp after their delayed arrival from Australia. With Covid- first team squad as chief medical officer. It has been a 19 lockdown and closure of Robin Park Arena due to a pleasure working alongside Chris since I took over at Wigan Covid outbreak in February, we felt it right to allow them and I would like to thank him for his outstanding work and both to follow tailored training programmes whilst spending contribution to the sport and to Wigan Warriors. Long may time with their families Down Under. I look forward to seeing his time continue working within rugby league and for them both back on the field very soon. Wigan. Finally, I would like to welcome our friends from Wakefield, Last week’s start was a gritty beginning to the new season Michael Carter and John Minards, to our unusual ‘home with a tight Wigan win against local rivals, Leigh Centurions. venue’ of the Totally Wicked Stadium for what should be Round 1 is always a great occasion but still strange to see another tough game. no spectators in the stands. It was a game for the neutral and for Leigh in much of the game, but it provided good Ian Lenagan, spectator excitement on television, as did some exciting Chairman - Wigan Warriors games over a weekend of rugby league. WARRIOR - 05 ADRIAN LAM Looking back on the Leigh game, how do you reflect on it for five months plus. It’s sad news for the club, Jai and his now? family and we’ve just got to make sure we get around him and Obviously, we all wanted to play well, and I guess every club help him through this process. It’ll go fast and he’ll be back in Super League wants that first round to be a great soon enough. performance but the reality of it is – it hardly ever happens. I thought we were very patchy throughout the whole game. We Have you got more options this week? Does Jackson made a lot of errors compounded with the fact we had to do a Hastings come back into the mix? fair bit of defence. We put ourselves under pressure at the Yes, we will take him into consideration. He’s ready to go. He start of the game, but the great part about it and what makes adds a different dimension to us. Wakefield are a good side me most proud about the performance is that we found a way and we’ve got our hands full, so the more senior players to win throughout all of those circumstances. coming back into our team the better. Do you have to allow for players being out of position and Another boost on the horizon with Bevan French being getting used to that, which was further compounded with back in the country… the loss of Jai Field? It’s the same process with Bevan as it was with Jackson. We Yes, that’s exactly what happens. When you’re playing have to make sure he fits back in training-wise and is back someone out of position and there were three or four players around the team for a certain amount of time. We have to out of position themselves and then you lose a winger – it’s make sure he is ready to play welfare-wise, get all his testing difficult for the whole team. It turns your substitutions into done and then he’ll be good to go. It’s great he’s back in the chaos, and it takes a little while to get it right. I thought we country now. rallied really well, and we had a resilience – we kept our composure. We went in at half-time, had a good chat, came Wakefield up next, what did you learn about them at the back out and we dominated the second half. weekend? Wakefield played some great rugby against Leeds. They are a What is the update on Jai Field? club that have recruited quite heavily and really well. They look Sadly, we’ve got the news that it’s as worse as it gets. He’s fit, they look strong and they’re playing an attacking brand of had a complete tear of the hamstring and he’s going to be out rugby, so there’s a fair bit of challenge for us to defend that. WARRIOR - 07 Editor’s Comment. PROGRAMME EDITOR DAVE KUZIO IS DELIGHTED TO BE BACK AND EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT A FAN OF CHOPPING AND CHANGING THE RULES, HE BELIEVES THERE SHOULD BE ONE MAJOR ALTERATION TO THIS GREAT GAME. First of all, how good is it to be back? I won’t dwell on the I think the rule should be changed that both teams get a point final game of last season, as I know I am not the only for taking the game to Golden Point and then an extra point is person associated with this great club to have not given to the winner. The match winner will then be rewarded watched the Grand Final back again. Just thinking about it with two points, while the loser gets a point for their efforts.