Manfredi caps comeback with try in Wigan victory

Wigan head coach Adrian Lam was delighted that Dom Manfredi managed to get through the full 80 minutes on his latest long-awaited return from injury.

Manfredi, who scored two tries in Wigan’s Grand Final win in 2018, has been out of action since picking up a knee injury last July.

The 26-year-old has had a tough time with injuries with three serious knee problems in the past four years, but he marked his return with a try as Wigan beat Hull FC.

“We just sung in the dressing room for him,” said Lam. “He’s respected highly by his peers, like no other player at the club I have noticed. They love him. We wanted to pick him last week, but he wasn’t quite mentally right in himself. He wanted to play a reserve game, which we allowed him to do.

“I think that will do his confidence the world of good. His carries are some of the strongest, not only in Super League but in the world.”

Australians Bevan French and Jackson Hastings also crossed for tries. Wigan fought back from 8-0 down to lead 10-8 at the break. And the Warriors ran in three more tries in the second half through Manfredi, Hastings and Willie Isa while Josh Griffin scored for Hull.

Lam revealed George Burgess is close to returning from his niggling injury and if he does not feature against Huddersfield on Sunday, he will be ready for Hull KR.

Hull coach Lee Radford said: “Second half they did a tidy job on us. We made some costly errors and they slowly ground us down.”