Peet Previews Leeds

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* Matt Peet spoke to the press ahead of Friday night’s Betfred Super League clash against Leeds Rhinos.

* Peet: “We are all very, very aware that this is going to be a tough game because of the quality Leeds have.”

* Tickets for Friday night’s double-header at The Brick Community Stadium can be purchased online HERE.

MATT PEET SPOKE TO THE PRESS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF FRIDAY NIGHT’S BETFRED SUPER LEAGUE CLASH AGAINST LEEDS RHINOS.

The Warriors regained pole position in the Betfred Super League table following a Round 25 win over Hull KR last time out.

Reflecting on the result, Peet said: “It was a fantastic game. The Club put on a good event, pre-match was amazing, both sets of fans delivered, and the match was what we were all after. I would have been pretty proud of the players even if the result didn’t go our way. The players were able to respond to some adversity to play some good rugby and score some excellent tries.”

On improvements to take despite the win, Peet said: “Hull KR’s quality highlighted a few areas we need to be better in, but that’s the good thing about such an intense game. We’ll learn some things from the start of the game and defensively we can be better for sure. We can take positives out of the way we responded to the situation we were in. We continued to play good rugby whilst backing our skill to turn the game.”

On the mentality of his squad, Peet said: “The lads are now very good at handling different situations because they’ve been through so much together. We’ve also got a really good leadership group who are good at managing the ebbs and flows of not just the season, but individual games. If we keep trusting and helping one another out on the field, then we will always have a chance with the ability we have.”

Looking ahead to Friday night’s clash against Leeds Rhinos, Peet said: “I’ve been very impressed with Leeds. Their attitude to defence has certainly improved under Brad [Arthur] and they still have that X Factor with the ball which makes them a really well-balanced team. We are all very, very aware that this is going to be a tough game because of the quality Leeds have.”

On Friday night’s double-header, which also sees Wigan Warriors Women take on Leeds Rhinos Women, Peet said: “Denis and his staff have done a great job this season. Our links with the Women’s team are building all the time and hopefully they’re learning a little bit from us as we are certainly learning from them. It’s great for the Club and great for our supporters who can hopefully come down to watch both games.”

Don’t miss out on a mouth-watering double-header against Leeds Rhinos on Friday night featuring our Women’s (5:30pm K.O.) and Men’s (8pm K.O.) teams. Tickets can be purchased from The Brick Community Stadium Ticket Office and online HERE.

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Betts previews Leeds

* Wigan Warriors Women’s Head Coach previews Friday’s double-header clash against Leeds Rhinos at The Brick Community Stadium.

* Betts: “We’ve learnt some lessons over the last couple of games against them which we’ll be hoping to transfer into the game on Friday night.”

* Tickets for Friday’s game include entry to both Women’s and Men’s fixtures. Get your ticket online HERE.

WIGAN WARRIORS WOMEN’S HEAD COACH PREVIEWS FRIDAY’S DOUBLE-HEADER CLASH AGAINST LEEDS RHINOS AT THE BRICK COMMUNITY STADIUM.

Friday’s fixture will be the Warriors Women’s third double-header fixture of the year at The Brick Community Stadium as both Warriors First Teams welcome Leeds Rhinos. On the ‘big stadium’ experience, Betts said: “We’ve been really lucky this year, we’ve played on some fantastic stadiums this year. It feels like we’ve not been at home much, we’ve only played a couple here at Robin Park but we’ve managed to be on The Brick Community Stadium a couple of times already.

“We’ve played at St Helens, Leeds, York, Huddersfield – all on the main stadiums this year and the girls have really enjoyed that aspect of where the game is going.”

The Warriors enter the fixture in fourth place, but will be hoping for a final round win to bolster their league standings: “We’ve finished fourth the last couple of years, played in semi-finals and just not got there. A big step for this year is to see if we can finish that little bit higher up the table and the game on Friday gives us the chance to do that and push for a third place spot.”

On this week’s opponents Leeds Rhinos, Betts said: “We’ve played Leeds twice this year and both times they’ve managed to get the better of us.

“We’ve learnt some lessons over the last couple of games against them which we’ll be hoping to transfer into the game on Friday night. We’ve come out of a really tough game against York on Sunday but it’s about dusting ourselves down, not changing too much and turning up to perform.”

Betts finished with an update to his squad: “We’ve been lucky over the past few weeks with injuries and managed to get some girls back who are starting to find a bit of form. We have lost Rease Casey through a knee injury for the rest of the year.”

Watch Match Previews in full on Wigan TV HERE. Tickets for Friday’s double-header remain on sale online HERE or from The Brick Community Stadium Ticket Office (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm).

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