Wane in upbeat mood

The Warriors were beaten 20-16 by the Giants, also at home, in Wane's first competitive match in charge since succeeding Michael Maguire.

But Wane said: "I am quite happy. Obviously Liam Farrell is suspended, so there will be one change there, but apart from that, no.

"I know we can perform better than we did last weekend. We weren't at our best but we still only lost by four points and scored three tries to three. It is not so bad."

Wane expects Farrell to learn from his one-match ban for a dangerous tackle.

The 21-year-old back-rower must sit out this weekend's clash with the champions after he submitted an early guilty plea after being charged by the Rugby Football League following a tackle on Leroy Cudjoe during Sunday's loss to Huddersfield.

Wane said: "I think it is more clumsy than anything else, there is definitely no malice there. He is not that sort of player.

No stress

"From how we practise our contact, Liam went out of the system a bit there but that is just not him.

"I have no stress about it, it is a complete one-off. It has never happened before and it probably won't again. It is one of those things and we will learn from it."

Farrell, a substitute against Huddersfield, might have been in contention to start but Wane says his plans are not disrupted.

He said: "He is suspended so I am not thinking about that now. He's gone. we'll look at him coming in again the week after."

Wane also confirmed that centre George Carmont will be out for four weeks after he suffered a broken thumb against Huddersfield.