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<\/p>\nAn injury update on Warrington Wolves ahead of the Challenge Cup semi-finals.<\/p>\n
17:28, 05 May 2026Updated 17:31, 05 May 2026<\/p>\n
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Warrington Wolves head coach Sam Burgess.(Image: SW PIX)<\/p>\n
Sam Burgess has offered a cautious update on Warrington Wolves\u2019 injury situation ahead of their Challenge Cup semi-final against Hull KR, with key players still in contention.<\/p>\n
Josh Thewlis and Luke Yates could mark their returns for Sunday\u2019s trip to Doncaster\u2019s Eco-Power Stadium – although Burgess admits the pair \u201chave a bit to get through\u201d in order to prove match fitness.<\/p>\n
Forward Yates has been missing through a neck injury, while Lachlan Webster debuted at full-back against Huddersfield Giants in the absence of Thewlis, and the long-term blow to Cai Taylor-Wray. Outside-back Thewlis was described to have a “niggle” post-match.<\/p>\n
Captain George Williams (neck) and forward James Harrison (ankle) remain sidelined, while Toafofoa Sipley made a successful return against Huddersfield Giants.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve not really done too much this week so we don\u2019t have a clear idea yet,\u201d Burgess said when asked about the health of his squad.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s probably not as positive as we thought it would be towards the back end of last week, but we\u2019ve still got four or five days to go so we\u2019ll get a clearer idea as we go on.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlayers like Josh Thewlis and Luke Yates are still in with a shout, but they\u2019ve got a bit to get through first.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn these games, it\u2019s important that the players are ready to perform. It\u2019s not just about getting to the starting line.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe good thing is that we\u2019ve got some young lads in there who are ready to go if needed. We\u2019ll prep both ways and we\u2019ll see a bit later in the week.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An injury update on Warrington Wolves ahead of the Challenge Cup semi-finals. 17:28, 05 May 2026Updated 17:31, 05…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-568003","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\/568003","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=568003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}