Wigan Warriors boss Matt Peet has paid tribute to retiring captain Liam Farrell who is pulling the curtain down on a trophy-laden 16-year playing spell at the club.
The 36-year-old announced he will retire at the end of the season after spending his entire club career with his hometown side since making his debut in 2010.
Farrell has won six Super Leagues, five League Leaders’ Shields, five Challenge Cups and the World Club Challenge on two occasions with the Cherry and Whites as they aim to seal another League Leaders’ Shield title when they host Catalans Dragons on Friday night.
“It’s been a privilege to work with him. To watch his career develop and how he conducts himself on the field,” Peet told Radio Manchester.
“I’ve always thought that Liam has moments in big games because of the sacrifices he makes and the way that he trains. He really does have a relentless attitude to his training.
“He trains when he shouldn’t be. I remember one off-season when it was way off the time when the lads were due back in pre-season but we had an early morning start with some of our academy recruits.
“It was still dark on a winter morning, it was about 6am and Faz [Farrell] was running ten 600’s [metres] on the track at Robin Park [Wigan’s training ground] in the dark. I remember saying to the lads ‘listen I was going to talk to you but just look outside – that’s your club captain’.”