DARYL Clark has called on his Wolves teammates to treat each of their remaining Super League games “like cup finals.”

With five games remaining until the competition splits, The Wire are in danger of finishing outside the top eight and leaving their top-flight status at risk.

Their fight for survival comes as a stark contrast to 2016, a season in which they contested both major finals and won the League Leaders’ Shield.

Such is their situation, Clark admits Wolves cannot afford to drop any further points.

However, he also feels the fight to finish inside the top eight is still wide open and a sequence of wins would put The Wire in the driving seat, starting with Saturday’s game against fellow strugglers Catalans.

“Saturday is a massive game for us if we want to finish in that top eight, we can’t get away from that,” he said.

“I don’t think anybody outside the top five is safe at the moment so there is everything to play for.”

“It’s really close for the Middle 8s at the moments, two or three wins in a row could get you back into the top eight.

“Having said that, there’s not long left and we really cannot afford to be dropping any more points.

“We cannot lose another game. We’ve got to treat every game like a final.”

Clark was part of the Wolves side that fell agonisingly short of a place in the Challenge Cup semi finals on Saturday as they lost 27-26 to neighbours Wigan.

Despite the result, the 24-year-old feels the team’s performance was “a step in the right direction” and says they can take confidence from it into their remaining games.

The hooker also called on his teammates to stick together as “drifting apart” would make their problems worse.

“We know we’re underachieving. It’s just as hard for us to be a part of as it is for the fans to watch,” he said.

“The only way we can get through it is sticking together. If we start to drift apart, things will only get worse.

“We’ve been trying to put what happened on Saturday behind us and start fresh.

“We felt like we had more than enough chances to win it but made too many errors early on that gave us a bit too much to do.”

“We had a team huddle on the pitch after the game and the senior guys were speaking up to say it was a much better team performance than we’ve been serving up recently.

“We feel like it’s a step in the right direction. Even though we lost, it’s given us something to build on so we can look to finish the season strongly.”

Clark has featured in 15 of Wolves’ 21 games in all competitions in 2017 and has missed games through injury and suspension during the campaign.

However, the England international says he is fighting fit and ready to end the season on a high.

Clark also hopes finishing the campaign in good form will put him in the thoughts of England coach Wayne Bennett for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand during the off-season.

“Luckily I’ve not had any major injuries, it’s just been niggly stuff that has kept me out for a few weeks at a time,” he said.

“I feel pretty good physically at the moment, hopefully it will stay that way.

“The World Cup is something you want to be a part of obviously, but your club form needs to be right to get in.”