Steve PICKERSGILL [
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Wed April 4, 2012
Widnes Vikings have suffered a double blow ahead of Thursday's derby at Warrington Wolves with the loss of Shaun Briscoe and Steve Pickersgill to injury.
Full-back Briscoe, one of the club's flagship winter signings, faces six weeks out after suffering a groin injury in Saturday's 76-6 Stobart Super League thrashing at Catalan Dragons.
Former Warrington forward Pickersgill will be missing for three to four weeks after twisting his ankle in the same match, the Vikings have confirmed.
They join Jon Clarke on the sidelines but the veteran hooker, another former Wolves player, hopes to return from ankle and groin problems against Bradford Bulls on Easter Monday.
Promoted Widnes, who are currently bottom of the table, have already lost Anthony Watts and Ben Kavanagh for the season.
Coach Denis Betts said: "It doesn't look great at times.
"And the hardest thing is that when we suffer injuries and want to bring players through - I see a group of talented kids but with no training age.
"Sides like Warrington, Wigan and St Helens have had full-time academies for a number of years.
"They have 19-year-olds who have been professionals for three years.
"I look and see kids who have six months under their belt, or some of the kids who are still at school and not full-time.
"To pitch them in at this level would be dangerous."
Warrington have decided to rest experienced forwards Adrian Morley and Michael Monaghan for the Vikings' visit to the Halliwell Jones Stadium.
The Wolves travel to France to face Catalan on Monday and coach Tony Smith wants to rotate players.
Smith said: "Hopefully we will play as few players twice over the weekend as possible. That's the ambition.
"It's not quite possible for the full squad - some players will have to double up - but we want to do that as least as possible.
"We are trying to look after them for the long term. We had no intention of playing some of our older brigade twice over Easter. We have got a big enough squad."
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 2012 Stobart Super League
Widnes Vikings
10 games; [View] Round 1 [03 Feb 12] L 14-32 v Wakefield (H). [BE]
[View] Round 4 [26 Feb 12] L 16-44 v Leeds (H). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [04 Mar 12] L 0-36 v Hull KR (A). [BE]
[View] Round 6 [11 Mar 12] W 37-36 v Wigan (H). [PR]
[View] Round 7 [18 Mar 12] L 10-58 v Hull FC (A). [PR]
[View] Round 8 [25 Mar 12] W 38-30 v London (H). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [31 Mar 12] L 6-76 v Catalans (A). [BE]
[View] Round 12 [20 Apr 12] L 0-62 v St Helens (A). [PR]
[View] Round 13 [07 May 12] L 12-36 v Castleford (A). [BE]
[View] Round 14 [20 May 12] L 34-42 v Catalans (H). [PR]
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2009 engage English Super League
Warrington Wolves
4 games; [View] Round 3 [27 Feb 09] L 22-48 v Wakefield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 4 [08 Mar 09] L 14-20 v Leeds (H). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [14 Mar 09] L 8-60 v Harlequins (A). [BE]
[View] Round 24 [14 Aug 09] L 16-36 v Wigan (A). [BE]
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2008 engage English Super League
Warrington Wolves
7 games; [View] Round 1 [08 Feb 08] W 32-20 v Hull FC (H). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [08 Mar 08] W 32-20 v Wigan (H). [BE]
[View] Round 6 [16 Mar 08] L 10-23 v Bradford (A). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [21 Mar 08] W 30-14 v Huddersfield (H). [BE]
[View] Round 8 [24 Mar 08] W 34-31 v Castleford (A). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [29 Mar 08] L 6-8 v Harlequins (H). [BE]
[View] Round 10 [06 Apr 08] L 2-16 v Wakefield (A). [BE]
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2007 engage English Super League
Warrington Wolves
12 games; [View] Round 2 [18 Feb 07] L 20-36 v Bradford (H). [BE]
[View] Round 3 [25 Feb 07] W 25-24 v Hull FC (H). [BE]
[View] Round 4 [03 Mar 07] W 19-12 v Harlequins (A). [BE]
[View] Round 8 [06 Apr 07] W 34-32 v Salford City (A). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [09 Apr 07] L 18-26 v Huddersfield (H). [PR]
[View] Round 10 [15 Apr 07] L 10-52 v Leeds (H). [BE]
[View] Round 12 [29 Apr 07] L 24-36 v Bradford (A). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [01 Jun 07] L 26-42 v Leeds (A). [BE]
[View] Round 23 [12 Aug 07] L 14-46 v Hull FC (A). [BE]
[View] Round 24 [19 Aug 07] W 22-18 v Catalans (H). [BE]
[View] Round 25 [31 Aug 07] L 22-34 v Huddersfield (H). [BE]
[View] Round 26 [07 Sep 07] L 16-36 v St Helens (A). [BE]
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2006 engage English Super League
Warrington Wolves
8 games; [View] Round 7 [26 Mar 06] W 22-21 v Wakefield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 15 [28 May 06] W 46-28 v Castleford (H). [BE]
[View] Round 17 [18 Jun 06] L 16-17 v Wakefield (H). [BE]
[View] Round 18 [23 Jun 06] L 12-30 v Wigan (A). [BE]
[View] Round 19 [02 Jul 06] L 26-52 v Castleford (A). [BE]
[View] Round 20 [09 Jul 06] W 30-26 v Huddersfield (H). [BE]
[View] Finals Week One [22 Sep 06] W 18-17 v Leeds (A). [BE]
[View] Finals Week Two [30 Sep 06] L 24-40 v Bradford (A). [BE]
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2005 English Super League
Warrington Wolves
6 games; [View] Round 5 [11 Mar 05] L 6-38 v Rhinos (A). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [25 Mar 05] L 10-42 v Salford (A). [BE]
[View] Round 8 [29 Mar 05] W 44-12 v Widnes (H). [BE]
[View] Round 10 [17 Apr 05] W 40-28 v Wildcats (A). [BE]
[View] Round 20 [09 Jul 05] L 17-36 v Wigan (A). [BE]
[View] Round 22 [23 Jul 05] L 22-46 v Rhinos (H). [BE]
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