{"id":509872,"date":"2026-04-03T00:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T00:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/509872\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T00:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T00:49:13","slug":"wakefield-trinity-boss-shares-squad-fitness-update-as-key-omission-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/509872\/","title":{"rendered":"Wakefield Trinity boss shares squad fitness update as key omission explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wakefield Trinity head coach Daryl Powell has offered insight into the fitness of his squad and explained why one key player didn\u2019t feature last week.<\/p>\n

Powell<\/a> has plenty of experience in West Yorkshire derbies given his previous roles as coach at Leeds Rhinos and Castleford Tigers, and he\u2019s made a strong start to such games as Wakefield Trinity boss.<\/p>\n

The Trin won two of their three games against Castleford last year, however, they did lose when playing at the Tigers\u2019 home, where Sunday\u2019s game is.<\/p>\n

One major positive for Powell is that Wakefield are relatively healthy but the head coach did admit that two unnamed players had picked up knocks in training.<\/p>\n

Asked how his squad, which will be named at midday on Friday, could look, Powell said:\u00a0 \u201cPretty much the same, I had a couple of boys just got slightly hurt in training today, I don\u2019t think they\u2019re too bad, they\u2019re just knocks, so we\u2019ll check on them before we name the squad.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not too far off, we didn\u2019t pick up anything from last week\u2019s game, so we\u2019re fortunate there. We won\u2019t be too dissimilar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wakefield Trinity boss challenges forward to bounce back<\/p>\n

Despite Super League being in an apparent injury crisis, Wakefield are one of the lesser-impacted clubs and for Powell, that means taking advantage of their health and depth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you look across quite a few teams and there\u2019s a number of players missing, and we\u2019ve been fortunate there, touch wood it continues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have seasons like this where you don\u2019t get too much and you never know what\u2019s around the corner, but you just make hay while the sun shines I think is important.\u201d<\/p>\n

One man who did miss out last week in the win over York Knights<\/a> was second-rower Seth Nikotemo but Powell confirmed there was no injury there, revealing that to be a decision made on form as he challenged the forward to bounce back.<\/p>\n

Powell explained: \u201cI felt like there were a couple of areas in Seth\u2019s game that he just needed to tidy up, and we\u2019d had Matty Storton.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf people are playing well, then there\u2019s a fair chance they\u2019re going to keep their spot but if they do drop off a little bit then while we are healthy it\u2019s easy to then slot somebody back in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the challenge there is for players to be consistent across their time on the field. That was Seth\u2019s (situation), I just felt like he needed to tidy a few bits up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Willie Peters, Brad Arthur\u2019s Leeds Rhinos future, RTS and Rivals Round previewed \u2013 Click here to watch the latest episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show<\/a><\/p>\n

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