Fit-again Bevan French will not go ahead of Jack Farrimond, insists Wigan Warriors coach

French returned from a hamstring injury six weeks earlier than planned, marking his appearance on the hour mark by scoring a try within two minutes after his understudy, Jack Farrimond, had paved the way to victory with two first-half tries.

The 20-year-old Farrimond picked up the prestigious Lance Todd man of the match trophy for his troubles, and Peet stressed he is still the man in charge of the shirt as he shapes up for the remainder of the Super League season.

Peet said: "Jack is the incumbent, he got us here, and we have every confidence in him. Bevan's a very good player to be able to carry on the bench, and I would have been comfortable with him playing for the full 80 minutes.

"I was very confident and I knew that if it didn't go his way it wouldn't be through lack of effort or poor practice. Some weeks he'll turn up like he did today and have the time of his life and other weeks he won't, but we'll stick together and keep working hard.

"Jack killed it and gets the Lance Todd and we managed to get some minutes for Bevan. We're going to need both of them moving forward."

On the decision to recall French after almost three months out with a hamstring problem, Peet said: "We always had this game in mind.

"He had to be ticking the box off along the way in terms of his running and he'd had some follow-up scans and his strength test and all the markers, but physios and the specialists that were monitoring were saying throughout the whole process that this game was very achievable.

"When we were 20 minutes left, I spoke to him and he said 'I don't mind but I'm 100 per cent ready to go. So, I thought he probably wants a beer tonight, doesn't he? I am glad I got him on the field and got to see him. It is quite a nice try."

Peet was also planning a watching brief as far as the post-match celebrations were concerned, happy instead to let his players take centre stage.

"I have always been a bit too old in the teeth. I'm just looking forward to seeing my family and watching these lads rip in," he said. "I hope they go as hard as they can for as long as they possibly can, because they deserve it.

"It is important that they celebrate these moments and I will sit in the corner and enjoy watching them. They have got a great job, these lads, but they also sacrifice a lot and sometimes on some days it doesn't go their way and people put the boot in and they have got to take some criticism on the chin.

"So, when they get these days where they have played that well, I want them to celebrate and enjoy it and get a taste for it."