Wigan Warriors suffer Liam Marshall injury blow in Warrington Wolves defeat as coach provides latest
Wigan Warriors winger Liam Marshall will go for scans on a hamstring injury he suffered in Friday night’s defeat at Warrington Wolves.
The 29-year-old lasted just 11 minutes at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, pulling up and clutching his hamstring following a tackle.
Marshall tried to play on for a couple of minutes and even took in another carry from the backfield after initially signalling to the bench that he needed to be withdrawn, before eventually succumbing to the injury and playing no further part.
"It’s his hammy, so he’ll need a scan, but there’s not much more to say at the moment,” said Peet after his side’s 23-6 defeat.
"We know we’re light in certain positions at the moment, and we’ve already got a few lads playing out of position.
"You work on a plan in training in attack and defence to try to execute the best you can, and then that (Marshall’s injury) is a bit of a hand grenade, but we have to deal with it the best we can."
Peet has opted to carry a back on the bench in recent weeks, mainly young fullback Noah Hodkinson, who has been unused on some occasions, given he has mainly been there as cover to the backline – but Peet chose not to at Warrington.
Taylor Kerr, Sam Eseh, Patrick Mago and Kian McDermott were the quartet named on the bench for the Round Nine clash, with Kerr replacing Marshall, which saw Adam Keighran revert to centre, Liam Farrell shift to left centre, and Jake Wardle going out to the left wing.
“We considered it (having a back on the bench) again, I knew that was a frailty of our bench, but then Taylor covers a few positions – dummy half, loose forward, half,” Peet continued.
"Ollie Partington is playing out of position in the back-row and I thought he was excellent, so it’s the luck of the draw, isn’t it? We go with a forward, and we could’ve done with a back.
"I thought Jake was looking dangerous in the centre for the little time he had. It’s just the way it goes sometimes.
"I thought effort-wise, there’ll be moments there in attack and defence where he isn’t a natural winger, and Faz (Farrell) isn’t a natural centre, so I feel like you can see why some of those things aren’t as fluent as they should be. In attack and defence, some of the tries they scored down that edge in the second half were good play from Warrington, but we’re probably a little bit green in those positions.”
Meanwhile, the Warriors had 19-year-old Kerr, who is primarily a loose forward, playing 70 minutes in the halves alongside 20-year-old Jack Farrimond in the absence of Bevan French (hamstring) and Harry Smith (suspended).
"There was a lot of that in terms of people stepping up and showing a lot of grit and determination,” Peet continued.
"But we probably just lacked a bit of cohesion, which would lead to execution, which in turn, would make everything else that bit easier. Considering how disjointed we were at times with the ball, I thought the way they stuck at it and made it a game towards the backend is something we can probably build on moving forward.”