Wakefield Trinity's Craig Huby targeting victory to celebrate milestone

By The Newsroom
Published 28th Apr 2017, 05:55 BST
Updated 9th May 2017, 18:53 BST
Craig Huby.Craig Huby.
Craig Huby.
A WIN over Catalans Dragons this weekend would be the perfect way for Wakefield Trinity prop Craig Huby to celebrate his 300th career appearance.

The 30-year-old, who made his debut for Castleford Tigers aged 16 in 2003, remains confident Trinity can hang on to a place in Betfred Super League’s all-important top-eight, despite a recent run of defeats.

Huby has played 11 games for Wakefield this year after 47 as a Huddersfield Giants player in 2015-2016 and 241 with Tigers from 2003-2014.

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His milestone match is set to come after a tough period of three games in nine days.

Scott Grix.Scott Grix.
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And Huby admitted to being “mentally and physically drained”.

But with Catalans being among Wakefield’s main rivals in the race to the top-eight he knows Trinity will have to dig deep on Sunday afternoon.

“We are on the back of three tough defeats,” Huby said. “We had three really tough teams to come up against and the boys dug in in every game, bar the first half against Cas.