Wigan Warriors head coach Adrian Lam will continue to tread carefully over the fitness of Zak Hardaker as he bids to recover from a bulging disc.
The full-back has not played since being sent off in the 48-0 defeat at Catalans Dragons on May 29. That earned him a two-match ban but a worrying neck injury has sidelined him and required that Hardaker rest for at least four weeks.
Lam said: “Zak’s got a bulging disc, so he’s had a needle in there to help settle that. “He can’t come back and do any contact training until that bulging disc subsides a certain distance in the back of his neck. “That’s where that sits.
It’s meant to be a four-week lay-off for any contact at all and I think we're into week two and a half now. “After that he will get
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