Hadley picked up an injury on Thursday night while in action for Hull KR
Hull KR’s Dean Hadley.
Hull KR man Dean Hadley is facing a race against time to prove his fitness ahead of the Challenge Cup final on Saturday.
Hadley picked up a hamstring injury in the closing stages of last Thursday’s clash with Wigan Warriors and he could be seem limping out of the action.
The versatile forward has played all but one game this season, despite picking up a facial injury in the World Club Challenge and it’s not an exaggeration to say he is absolutely pivotal to what the Robins do under Willie Peters, particularly with his energy and tenacity in defence.
Peters hasn’t ruled Hadley out of the game, but a decision won’t be made on that front until the very last minute, it seems.
“Dean has got his scan back so there is something on the scan sadly,” Peters said at the Challenge Cup press conference in Manchester on Tuesday. “He didn’t train with us yesterday.
“We’ll just probably give him a look and a bit of time and see whether he’s going to be okay. We’ve got Jordan Dezaria and we’ve got Jack Brown ready to go.
“It’s one of those tough decisions but Dean is obviously important to us. He’s helped build the success at the club and put us in the position we are now.
“He’s such an important part of what we do. We’d like to think whether it was Dean or anyone, they’d get the same treatment in terms of getting scanned, see what it is and see where it’s at.
“But obviously it’s a massive game. Whether he gets there or not, I’m not sure, we’ll have to wait and see towards the back end of the week. But we’re going to give him as long as we can because he’s so important to us.
“We don’t want to run any risks as such, they all have to go through the right protocols to get there. But he’s not there yet. We’re going to wait, that’s why it’ll be last minute before we make that decision.”
Peters confirmed that Karl Lawton will be fit enough to play after suffering a rib injury last week against the Warriors and while Jai Whitbread’s groin has been cleared, his partner is close to giving birth.