{"id":455634,"date":"2026-03-03T17:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/455634\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T17:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:14:10","slug":"wigan-warriors-dealt-massive-jai-field-blow-as-star-undergoes-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/455634\/","title":{"rendered":"Wigan Warriors dealt massive Jai Field blow as star undergoes surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/OH8_5767.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Wigan Warriors have been dealt a major blow with star full-back Jai Field admitted to hospital and having undergone surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Field has been electric in the first three rounds of Super League with the 2025 Dream Team full-back already racking up four tries, four assists and a whopping 517 metres.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s now been confirmed that he will not play this weekend against Toulouse Olympique, or in fact for the next few weeks after Field was admitted to hospital with appendicitis.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from Wigan confirmed the news with Field having already undergone surgery and now expected to be sidelined for four to six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The club\u2019s statement confirmed: \u201cWigan Warriors can report that fullback Jai Field was admitted to hospital yesterday and was diagnosed with appendicitis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 28-year-old underwent surgery yesterday afternoon and is expected to be out of action for four to six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are confident that Jai will make a full and speedy recovery and our thoughts and best wishes are with him at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How big a loss is Jai Field for Wigan Warriors?<\/p>\n<p>The aforementioned stats explain a lot in that Field has the most try contributions in Super League this season, whilst only Catalans\u2019 Charlie Staines has more metres than the Wigan man.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not simply his production that Wigan will miss but how he acts as a dual threat alongside Bevan French. Moreover, the full-back\u2019s defensive qualities are often overlooked with Field very adept at try-saving tackles.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Peet will now face a dilemma regarding how best to replace Field though Wigan will know that what the Australian offers cannot truly be replicated. Should he miss just four weeks then he will be back available for the Good Friday derby against St Helens, however, a six-week lay-off likely makes Castleford Tigers the target.<\/p>\n<p>Hull KR\u2019s nightmare, Leeds Rhinos\u2019 dominance and possible Hull FC signings \u2013 <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vY3kCuQyYDI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Click here to watch the latest episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83e\udd15 Wigan Warriors can report that fullback Jai Field was admitted to hospital yesterday diagnosed with appendicitis and is expected to be out of action for four to six weeks.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWRL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#WWRL<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4ynN6LXn4P\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/4ynN6LXn4P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wigan Warriors \ud83c\udf52\u26aa\ufe0f (@WiganWarriorsRL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WiganWarriorsRL\/status\/2028772442085220704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768085712_213_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wigan Warriors have been dealt a major blow with star full-back Jai Field admitted to hospital and having&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-455634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}