Wigan Warriors prop Sam Eseh suffers injury setback during loan spell
Wigan Warriors prop Sam Eseh suffered an injury setback just days into his loan spell at Castleford Tigers that saw him ruled out of a potential club debut against London Broncos during Super League Round 9.
The 20-year-old recently made his return to the field for Wigan’s reserves in the 36-6 victory over Castleford, having suffered a hamstring injury during a reserves pre-season match against Huddersfield Giants.
He later linked up with Craig Lingard’s West Yorkshire outfit on a two-week loan deal and was named in the club’s 21-man squad to face London Broncos.
However, the Tigers head coach revealed that the youngster had suffered a slight setback on his hamstring during their captain’s run, with the side having gone on to claim a 40-0 victory at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle against the capital outfit.
Explaining the situation last week, Lingard said: “Unfortunately, he’s just pulled out in the team warm-up.
"He’s going to be missing this week, so that’s a bit of a blow for us.
"We brought him in for a bit of an impact, but unfortunately he’s going to miss out.”
The injury could also potentially see him miss out on their next game against Leigh Leopards, with the Castleford boss continuing: “He’s come back from a hamstring injury and he just felt it cramp up in the team run.
“Another injury could push him back another eight or 10 weeks.
“As staff and talking to Sam as well, the best route is to pull him out of the game (against London Broncos) and we’ll go in with 17 fit blokes.”