Thompson: I’m loving it
- Luke Thompson praised the ‘resilience’ of the Warriors to come from behind to defeat Salford Red Devils.
- Thompson: “Regardless of the sin-binning we kept working hard and turning up for each other to turn them away which in the end got us the win.”
- Watch post-match reaction with Matt Peet and Bevan French on Wigan TV HERE.
Luke Thompson praised the ‘resilience’ of the Warriors to come from behind to win against salford red devils.
The Warriors fought back to defeat the Red Devils at the Salford Community Stadium to continue their winning start to the Betfred Super League season.
Reflecting on the win, Thompson said: “It was a tough battle out there which we knew it would be. Salford’s always a tough place to come and they’ve got a good side at the minute who have started the season really well.
“We weren’t at our best tonight and showed some rust off the back of a short turnaround but I’m really happy that we’ve managed to come away with the two points.”
Speaking on the character of the side, who scored twice in the final five minutes with 12-men to take the two points, Thompson said: “We showed a lot of resilience in that second half, especially towards the end when we spent a lot of it defending our own line. Regardless of the sin-binning we kept working hard and turning up for each other to turn them away which in the end got us the win.”
For a second week running Thompson was voted as the Fans Man of the Match, after an impressive performance saw the forward record 122 metres and 36 tackles in the victory at the Salford Community Stadium.
On recent performances, Thompson said: “I’ve gained consistency over the last few weeks after what wasn’t an ideal debut at Castleford, but since coming back it’s been about building week-to-week. I still have a lot more improvements in me so I need to keep working hard in training in order to get better each week.”
On settling in to the Club, Thompson added: “I’m loving it here, especially if we can keep chalking off these wins. Training’s been good and there’s a great group of lads here which makes coming to work everyday enjoyable.”
Praising the supporters, Thompson said: “The fans have been awesome and it was great to hear them behind us once again tonight. They sold out London last weekend and turned up again in their numbers tonight. Hopefully we can put in another performance next week in front of our home fans at the DW before going into Good Friday.”
Full highlights of the win are available to watch on Wigan TV HERE.
Luke Thompson is sponsored by Cadena Global
