Wigan coach demands improvement against Leeds
Thursday 9 July 2015 11:35, UK
Wigan head coach Shaun Wane has called on his team to repeat their Magic Weekend win over Leeds when the two sides meet on Thursday night.
Wigan welcome the top-of-the-table Rhinos in the Sky Live clash to the DW Stadium with Wane wanting the Warriors to put recent inconsistent performances behind them.
The hosts go into the game on the back of a 17-6 defeat to Warrington while Leeds are on a high following the 46-18 victory over St Helens at Headingley
Wane told Sky Sports News HQ: "Leeds are the best team in the competition so training is a little bit more intense and the lads are ready for it, they have trained really well this week and they know it is going to be a really huge game for us.
"Recently we have been inconsistent, I am not happy with the way we are playing.
"They've done some good things in games and have also done some poor things at certain times so I just want to find that consistency in our performance.
"We turned up at the Magic Weekend (victory) against Leeds and I am hoping for the same sort of attitude this week."
Wigan's squad has been boosted by the return to training of several key players including talisman and captain Sean O'Loughlin.
He could be included in Wane's plans and the Wigan boss added: "Lockers (O'Loughlin) is going to train today and Tony Clubb, Josh Charnley and John Bateman are all back in with us and we are looking ok.
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"It's a huge game for the club and we want to finish as high up in the competition as we can and these are the games we need to be winning
"This game is massive for us. We really badly wanted to win against Warrington last week and now we are up against the best team in the competition.
"They were unbelievable against St Helens last weekend and are a very, very talented team with some great individuals. We need to be at our best to have a chance to win this game."
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