STEVE Price says he is very wary of the threat posed by Hull Kingston Rovers' vaunted left edge during Friday's play-off eliminator.
However, he is confident his side's right-edge defence will be able to handle whatever is thrown at them.
While top try scorer Ryan Hall misses the game through injury, the likes of skipper Shaun Kenny-Dowall, powerful second rower Kane Linnett and key half-back Jordan Abdull still lurk on Rovers' strike edge.
The likes of Shaun Kenny-Dowall and Kane Linnett lurk on the Hull KR left edge. Picture by SWPix.com
Led by former Wire head coach Tony Smith, Rovers are also Super League's most prolific offloaders and only Price's side and Catalans Dragons average more points per game.
"They’re number one in the competition in offloads and they like to express themselves," Price said.
"Any team that’s still alive has an opportunity to do something special.
"They play a free-flowing, expansive game of football at times. They’ve had a couple of injuries of late but whoever they put in, they’re going to be desperate.
"Anyone who plays semi-final football is always in with a fighting chance.
"They’re a big threat – they’ve scored a number of tries down that left side – but I’ve got the utmost confidence in what we do defensively.
"We’ve been quite good in that respect throughout the season.
"It makes for a good challenge and these championship rounds in what we play rugby for."
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