DARREN Burns is determined to bury memories of a lost opportunity in the Challenge Cup while there are four Super League points up for grabs this week.

He said: "After losing our last two Super League games over the Easter period we've got to get back into it and win two points at Salford on Saturday.

"Hopefully two or three of the players who missed out through injury against Wigan in the semi-final on Sunday will be back in the team. Some of the players were very close to playing against Wigan but you have to be 100 per cent fit for a semi-final and they weren't.

"But the main thing now is to forget about the Challenge Cup. It's over. We must concentrate on Super League because we had the players last year to reach the top six and we've got to do it again this year."

With Australian Burns being in his final year with Wolves, and leaving Britain all together at the end of the season, his last chance of a Challenge Cup final appearance has passed him by.

Burns, who was playing out of position at centre against Wigan but set up a try for Ben Westwood and scored one himself, said: "Any time you lose a semi-final it is disappointing, regardless of how you play.

"We did have a few injuries but every player gave 100 per cent effort and we have no excuses for blokes missing out. That's an occupational hazzard and teams hardly ever have their full strength side on show. We didn't on Sunday but that's not why we lost.

"We lost because we made some crucial errors. Brett Dallas scored his tries through sheer pace but only because he got the ball through our mistakes. Wigan scored four soft tries through our mistakes.

"And I thought we lacked a bit of flair at times. I think we went into our shell a little bit and sometimes we were afraid to chance our arm. It was the semi-final of the Challenge Cup and it was against Wigan, you have to chance your arm.

"But we seemed happy to take one more run into the big guys instead of trying out wide. We've got quality players out wide with pace. And we've got great half backs in Lee Briers and Nat Wood. Put the ball in their hands and they can create tries from anywhere but I don't think we utilised that option enough on Sunday."

Wolves' head coach Paul Cullen confirmed the plan was not to be conservative against Wigan but to open up play.

He said: "I thought we were very ordinary going forward with the ball and at times very one dimensional.

"The call was to take Wigan on at all costs. In big games players need to open up and expand, and not go into the shell. We had too many doing that."