{"id":379991,"date":"2025-12-30T08:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/379991\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T08:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:08:09","slug":"denis-betts-hails-brilliant-departing-wigan-warriors-duo-total-rugby-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/379991\/","title":{"rendered":"Denis Betts hails \u2018brilliant\u2019 departing Wigan Warriors duo \u2013 Total Rugby League"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WIGAN WARRIORS coach Denis Betts hailed the efforts of departing Australians Shaniah Power and Emily Veivers who, after helping the Warriors claim a clean sweep last season, have decided to return to the NRLW.<\/p>\n

The boss confirmed the departures after the club\u2019s double signing of Kelsey Gentles and Bethan Dainton in November.<\/p>\n

While delighted with his replacement forwards, Betts knows that Power and Veivers brought something special to his team which will be missed going into 2026.<\/p>\n

Power scored seven tries in 16 appearances for Wigan, with Veivers crossing for four tries in eleven games, most of them from the bench before suffering a broken arm during the Challenge Cup final in June.<\/p>\n

She returned to fitness in time for the final four games of the season.<\/p>\n

Power\u2019s sister Tiana, the Wigan centre, has also returned to Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were brilliant,\u201d said Betts of the pack pair.<\/p>\n

\u201cUntil she got injured, Emily was outstanding, but then had to sit things out for a while.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe healed very well though and did what she had to do to get back for the final month of the season and forced herself back into a side playing really, really well.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was good for the for the group and gave us some real momentum. You always want you team to get a little bit better and, the previous year, our bench never really gave us a boost, but this year it did and made us better.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what Emily did. It wasn\u2019t about her starting every week, it was about making us better and she did that massively whenever she come on the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cShaniah was a big-game player. When you look at all the big games we had \u2013 especially in the last month of the season \u2013 she was unlucky not to win player of the match in both the Grand Final and the semi-final a couple of weeks before that.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was just such a great player for us in those games and brought loads of experience to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout the year she was a really positive influence in the team and a great girl to be around.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose two, along with Tiana, were outstanding for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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