Josh’s nasty twist

OLD PALS WERE OUT TO BULLY ME

JOSH CHARNLEY has accused his ex-Wigan team-mates of being disrespectful.

The Warrington star said he was angry when one tried to twist the ankle he has problems with.

And he admits he got wound up by their “niggling” in the Magic Weekend clash 10 days ago, the first time he has faced his old club.

His comments set up a tasty rematch when the two sides meet again in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals on Saturday.

But Charnley, back in league after an 18-month spell in union with Sale, insists he will try and handle it better this time.

He said: “There were a few things I did not really like about that ®Êby JULIE STOTT game against Wigan. There was niggling and one of the lads tried twisting the ankle which I’ve had problems with.

“Little things like that got me and I thought there was no respect.

Enemies

“It wound me up and I got carried away a little bit – and that’s not me really.

“I do not know if they were doing it on purpose or it could just be me overthinking things.

“It’s one of those things. When the whistle goes, you want to take each others’ heads off.

“You are enemies on the pitch but I’m still mates with them all off it. I just thought it was a little bit disrespectful, that’s all.

“But we’ve got the cup game now and revenge is sweet. I just need to focus on doing the right thing for Warrington.”

Wigan won the Magic Weekend clash 38-10, ending a run of 10 successive wins in the league and cup for the Wolves.

Warrington also performed badly in the first half of last Friday’s home game against Hull before going on to win 30-12.

And Charnley, 26, admits they need to be bang on song to knock his old club out of the cup.

He said: “We need to fight fire with fire and have a good start. Wigan bullied us last time and we can’t let that happen again.”