Wigan Warriors surge up table 'nothing to do with me', laughs Liam Farrell
The second row was a big miss earlier in the season, when he was ruled out for 15 matches with a pectoral muscle tear sustained in the World Club Challenge against Sydney Roosters back in February.
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Hide AdSince then a run of nine wins from 10 matches has seen the Warriors climb level with second-placed Warrington – and looking the team most likely to topple League Leaders’ Shield winners St Helens.
“Honestly, I just think it was a massive coincidence!” laughed Farrell.
“We did start performing in the Hull KR away game, we scraped a win by a single point, and it’s all stemmed from there.
“Week on week, there’s been gradual improvement, and the coaches have been pushing a lot of things on to us that have made us better.
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Hide Ad“Fortunately enough for me, I rejoined the squad at the right time, where everything was starting to come together.
“It’s nice to hear plaudits, but you don’t listen to stuff like that – or your head would start to get a little bit big!”
Farrell has also brought something extra to the table on top of his usual quality and experience – a fantastic return of eight tries from his 12 matches played.
“The tries are coming thick and fast at the moment – and it’s more of a surprise to me than anyone!” he smiled.
“I’ll obviously take them all day long, wherever I can, because I know they can soon dry up as a back-rower.”