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Wigan Warriors head coach Adrian Lam will continue to tread carefully with Bevan French but admits he could feature in Thursday’s trip to Leeds Rhinos.

Wigan coach Adrian Lam will specially select a player to mark pacy Wakefield winger Tom Johnstone in the opening match of Super League's Easter programme on Thursday.

Wigan Warriors head coach Adrian Lam admits he is gutted that his side’s Challenge Cup trip to York City Knights will be played behind closed doors.

John Bateman is relishing the challenge of filling Wigan Warriors legend Sean O’Loughlin’s boots at loose forward this season.O’Loughlin made his Wigan debut alongside current Warriors head coach, Adrian Lam, in 2002 and captained his hometown club from 2006 until his retirement at the end of last season.Defeat in the Super League Grand Final against bitter rivals St Helens marked a devastating end to O’Loughlin’s remarkable playing career but he has now joined Lam’s coaching team.His place in the Wigan side will be filled by England star Bateman, who has returned to the DW Stadium on a marquee contract after two seasons in the NRL at Canberra Raiders.Bateman has inherited O’Loughlin’s number 13 jersey, suggesting he will be deployed at

Wigan Warriors head coach Adrian Lam says he has yet to make a final call on who will become the club's next captain.For the first time in 15 years, the Warriors are in the process of selecting a new captain after Sean O'Loughlin called time on his legendary career.It goes without saying that the successful candidate will have big shoes to fill.But Lam's current issue is who replaces O'Loughlin, rather than how they replace him.From the outside looking in there are a number of candidates; Liam Farrell, Thomas Leuluai, John Bateman and Sam Powell are among those who stand out.As of now, no decision has been made."It's a process the club is going through at the moment," Lam said."It's important we get that right, we'll know before round one

direct to your inboxWigan Warriors head coach Adrian Lam has revealed how hellish quarantine saw him develop a close bond to half-back Jackson Hastings.The pair returned to Australia following the Super League season, but Covid restrictions meant they had to go into isolation for 14 days.That saw the pair engage in hours of conversation on a daily basis as they helped one another overcome the challenge of two weeks alone.Lam, Super League's coach of the year in 2020, admitted that Hastings' constant phonecalls helped him through a tedious fortnight in isolation, and had resulted in the pair building a strong connection."It was one of the toughest things I've had to do in my life," he revealed."Jackson was in quarantine too and he can go a