Matt Peet provides Willie Isa update as Warriors boss reacts to dominant Challenge Cup triumph
Matt Peet has provided an update on veteran back-rower Willie Isa as Wigan Warriors booked their place in the Challenge Cup semi-finals with a dominant victory over Castleford Tigers.
Isa was stretchered from the field during the opening half of the quarter-final tie with a lower leg injury, requiring oxygen during treatment.
Providing an update on the 35-year-old, Peet could not confirm the precise area of the damage, but commented: “He’ll get an X-ray tonight, but he’s dislocated it and broken it.
“Every time any player leaves the field on a stretcher and on air, and you see from the players around the tackle as well, I think serious would be a fair comment.”
The Warriors head coach admits he was impressed by his side’s start to the clash at the Mend-A-Hose jungle, racing into an early lead through tries from Liam Marshall (2), Brad O’Neill and Bevan French in the opening 20 minutes.
The 20-time cup winners went on to score a total of 12 tries against a depleted Tigers outfit, with Marshall finishing the game with four alongside further scores from Adam Keighran, Abbas Miski (2), Kruise Leeming, Jake Wardle and Tyler Dupree.
“I thought it was a decent performance from us, particularly the start of the game,” Peet continued.
“They may look easy at the end, but you’ve got to get the start right and I thought we were impressive in the early exchanges.
"I was confident that if we got the start right, that we would progress in the competition.”