Hastings can’t wait to play in front of the
IAN Watson believes his Huddersfield Giants side will relish facing a rugby league legend tonight.
In the first Betfred Super League match to be played in front of fans for 14 months, the Claret and Gold visit Warrington.
And in the Wire ranks will be Australia and Queensland legend Greg Inglis.
The 34-year-old came out of retirement to sign a one-year deal with the Wolves. And he has hit the ground running, scoring a try on his debut against Hull KR.
WIGAN half-back Jackson Hastings is relishing the prospect of being booed once more as Super League prepares for the return of fans.
Along with the rest of British sport, Super League was
But rather than being over-awed by facing the NRL Grand Final winner, Watson feels his players will enjoy it.
“When you come up against halted in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and, since resuming five months later, all matches have been played behind closed doors.
With restrictions eased from today as part of Government plans to gradually bring the country out of lockdown, all but one of the six round-six fixtures have been pushed back from the weekend to enable clubs to play in front of limited crowds.
Hastings, one of the game’s entertainers, is excited by the opportunity to play in front of an audience at the Leigh Sports Village, even though it will be made up of around 2,000 partisan Centurions fans.
“It’s going to be a bit weird actually because we’re used to no-one being able to boo you or chant your name or sing,” said the 25-year-old Australian, who was named Man of Steel at the end of his first season in Super League in 2019.
“That’s the one thing that I love about this country and the sport inside of it, the fans and how passionate they are and how they get involved in the game.
“In Australia it’s a completely different atmosphere, so for me to come over from that side of the world and play in front of these sort of fans is great.