Wakefield Trinity have lost Jack Sinfield to a failed Head Injury Assessment (HIA) for the next two games, with replacement Myles Lawford set to make his Super League debut against Hull KR this weekend.<\/p>\n
Sinfield played and starred in the big Magic Weekend victory over Castleford Tigers at Hill Dickinson Stadium, but delayed symptoms that emerged post-game eventually confirmed a failed HIA.<\/p>\n
It is a blow for Sinfield and Wakefield, who are still without Mason Lino to a calf injury, leaving them unable to select two of their three first-choice halfbacks.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe got a knock during the game that didn\u2019t come to light until afterwards. He\u2019s on a stand down and will miss this game and because of the timescales, Bradford as well. Disappointed for Jack, he\u2019s got back in the team and I feel like he was playing well and doing some great things.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it\u2019s a long season and an opportunity for Myles (Lawford) to come in potentially I suppose.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lawford\u2019s time to shine<\/p>\n
Powell went on to confirm that Lawford would play. The 22-year-old joined Wakefield Trinity from Bradford Bulls in 2024 but has yet to make his Super League debut, instead plying his trade in the Championship. He has played twelve times for Halifax this season but will now get his shot against the Super League champions. He is the son of former Leeds Rhinos halfback, Dean.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019ll play at some point. I actually spoke to him three weeks ago and gave him real positive feedback. He\u2019s been playing for Halifax and reserves. He had an ACL last year, which is pretty tough for any player. I think he\u2019s grown immeasurably this year, he\u2019 physically grown, he\u2019s never going to be the tallest player, there\u2019s nothing you can do about the height you\u2019re given but he\u2019s brave both sides of the ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been causing our first-team players, weekly, difficulty with his speed and I feel like defensively I went to watch him play Hull last week for our deserves and he was physically really strong and committed to what he\u2019s doing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis opportunity has come along and it\u2019s great when someone gets their debut, other players revel in that and they\u2019re looking forward to seeing what he can do. It\u2019s a reward for perseverance and dedication. For halfbacks it\u2019s such a tough journey because you\u2019re never the biggest on the field, you\u2019re the creative player and you get targeted by big back-rowers and they\u2019ve got to really work hard to get through that and learn some lessons. Throw an ACL into that and it becomes doubly difficult.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019s done a great job, he\u2019s had to be all of those things and more with that injury and he\u2019s got himself to a place now where he deserves an opportunity in Super League and it\u2019s down to Myles to show what he can do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Powell confirmed Corey Hall has a chance of returning to action against Bradford Bulls next week, while Mason Lino and Oli Pratt are a little further behind that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wakefield Trinity have lost Jack Sinfield to a failed Head Injury Assessment (HIA) for the next two games,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-684349","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\/684349","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=684349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}