Wakefield Trinity's ex-Leeds Rhinos man Jack Sinfield hailed for 'bravery' after injury setback revealed
Wakefield Trinity’s former Leeds Rhinos half-back Jack Sinfield has been hailed for his bravery after playing through the pain barrier.
Sinfield, 21, joined Trinity from Leeds in pre-season and has made seven Betfred Super League appearances this year, but didn’t feature in last Friday’s 40-22 defeat at his previous club, when he was 18th man. Coach Daryl Powell instead opted to bring back first-choice scrum-half Mason Lino following two games on the casualty list.
“I just felt it was the right time,” the coach said of that selection decision. “Mason has been injured and he comes back into the team.
“Jack has been playing with a fractured sternum so he has done a pretty good job, he has been pretty brave. Hopefully it will heal pretty quickly. We don’t have a game this weekend so hopefully he’ll be right after that, then I have got a call to make on the halves.”
Powell stressed he believes Sinfield will become a first-choice play-maker for Trinity. “We have signed Jack to be a long-term half for us,” he added. “There is some learning to be done along the way and I think he has done a pretty good job with us.
“The key for me is what the team needs and making sure Jack is growing and developing and gets enough opportunity to do that. But obviously we need to be winning games as well. We have lost our last two now so our next two games are pretty pivotal for our season, I think.”