\n However, he insisted the outside-back would be fit for next weekend\u2019s Challenge Cup semi-final against Hull KR, when the Wire squad is set to be further boosted by \u201ca couple\u201d of returns.\n<\/p>\n
\n With Cai Taylor-Wray ruled out for six weeks following ankle surgery, Thewlis had been expected to deputise at full-back but was a surprise absentee from the teamsheet at the Accu Stadium.\n<\/p>\n
\n His absence allowed youngster Lachlan Webster to make his full Super League debut and he impressed during The Wire\u2019s 34-4 Round 10 victory.\n<\/p>\n
\n Burgess expressed his pride in the Warringtonian teenager, who stepped in at late notice after Thewlis hobbled out of Friday\u2019s final training session, but confirmed he expected his more senior star\u2019s absence to be a temporary one.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHe just had a bit of a niggle in training so he wasn\u2019t going to make the game,\u201d Burgess said of Thewlis.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cLachie has been in and around the group but today, he earned a lot of trust as he had a really solid game.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHe took his moments well to get out of the in-goal a couple of times, make his catches and he was sound defensively.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI\u2019m really proud of him \u2013 he did a wonderful job considering he only had half a session of prep.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n When asked whether or not Thewlis was in doubt to face the Robins in Doncaster, Burgess replied: \u201cHe\u2019ll be okay for next week \u2013 it\u2019s been lingering a bit over the last few weeks so the week off will be good for him.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Burgess also confirmed that no fresh injury concerns had been picked up during the win in West Yorkshire, with Luke Thomas confirmed to have passed a late head injury assessment that ended his evening early.\n<\/p>\n
\n And numbers are set to be boosted for the monumental last-four clash, with forward Luke Yates named as a potential returnee.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cEveryone\u2019s come through well, which is good,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWith Luke Thomas, I think it was a mouthguard activation \u2013 that\u2019s what I\u2019ve been told but he\u2019s fine and passed his HIA. It\u2019s just one of those where the mouthguard was flashing.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThere will be a couple of guys back next week \u2013 I\u2019m not sure exactly who but there will be a couple.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cLuke Yates is one who will be a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"However, he insisted the outside-back would be fit for next weekend\u2019s Challenge Cup semi-final against Hull KR, when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-563553","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\/563553","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=563553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}