{"id":672800,"date":"2026-07-04T03:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/672800\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T03:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:59:16","slug":"warrington-wolves-hoping-to-finally-land-some-injury-luck-as-sam-burgess-assesses-magic-weekend-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/672800\/","title":{"rendered":"Warrington Wolves hoping to finally land some injury luck as Sam Burgess assesses Magic Weekend clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sam Burgess is looking forward to seeing how his young Warrington Wolves side will fare in a new environment at Super League Magic Weekend.<\/p>\n

Warrington have put a strong focus on their youth and academy system over the last few years and it\u2019s a good job as they\u2019re having to rely on plenty of their young guns given their current injury issues.<\/p>\n

For many of those young talents, Saturday\u2019s game at Super League Magic Weekend will mark the biggest occasion of their career to date with well over 30,000 expected at Everton\u2019s Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Asked by BBC Radio Merseyside<\/a> about that prospect and how he thinks his players will fare, Burgess responded: \u201cWe\u2019ll see on Saturday, I think it\u2019s important that we understand the occasion, it\u2019s going to be a little bit different, but once they cross over the white line, it\u2019s business as usual.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the same game, same rules, same field, so just try and manage all the exterior emotions, and bottle those up so they\u2019re ready for you on the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their opponents Leigh have had their own fair share of injuries but seem to be coming out the other side and that was something Burgess made note of when previewing the Leopards.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re very ambitious. Playing consistently, I\u2019d say. They\u2019ve had their injury troubles at the start of the year, and they seem to be in a better bill of health at the moment and playing consistent, they\u2019ve got a lot of threat all over the field, so it\u2019s going to be a great challenge for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Warrington Wolves ready for next challenges of injury-hit season<\/p>\n

Like Leigh, Warrington are coming off the back of a strong win but it was a costly one as they lost Arron Lindop, Josh Thewlis and Jordy Crowther to injuries<\/a>, however, Burgess was keen to praise the Wolves\u2019 adversity.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cTo lose three guys, two outside backs, it\u2019s hard to manage over there, and players totally out of position so it\u2019s a very enjoyable win in terms of being able to work together and get the job done.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was ugly at times, but we kept turning up, and it\u2019s required. Those games are very important, it doesn\u2019t really matter how you win at times, you might as well get the job done. We\u2019re happy with that, it\u2019ll be a different task for us Saturday, and we\u2019ll need to be a little bit better.\u201d<\/p>\n

That game against Catalans was part of a packed summer schedule that sees Wire take on plenty of the top challengers and when asked about just how tough that proposition is, Burgess admitted it\u2019s simply about one game at a time given how frequent injuries have been.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got Leigh this week and then we\u2019ll tackle the following game the week after, because, again, we\u2019ve seen how much the team changes, we\u2019ve seen how many things you\u2019ve got to manage, so there\u2019s no point in getting too far ahead of yourselves,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll manage this period, as we\u2019ve always done in my time here. We\u2019ll get on with the job, we\u2019ll make no excuses and we\u2019ll compete hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

On that mentality of adapting, Burgess was keen to state that he\u2019d rather have the same squad though he admitted: \u201cThat\u2019s just not the real world. It\u2019s a collision sport, and injuries are part of it, so I think that\u2019s why over the course of a season, being the most consistent team, being able to say it\u2019s a great achievement, and it\u2019s extremely hard to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are ebbs and flows during the season you have to manage, and you need a bit of luck along the way, we\u2019re just hoping that comes our way soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

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