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Wigan coach Shaun Wane says Leeds will prove a difficult opponent this weekend despite their poor start to the Super League season.The Warriors have won their opening four matches while the Rhinos, last years treble winners, only picked up their first victory of the campaign against Huddersfield on Sunday.But Wane believes Wigan will have to improve on their early-season displays in Fridays Sky Live showdown at the DW Stadium to reverse last years Grand Final loss to Brian McDermotts side. Speaking to Sky Sports News HQ Wane said: Its a huge game for us. To be honest we have not paid much attention to the Grand Final loss. It could have gone our way in the game but Leeds were quite rightly the worthy winners. Watch highlights from Wigan Warriors 26-25 win over Hull FC in the First Utility Super League. Weve worked really hard - we are four in four this year - but we have not played that well if Im honest and I know we need to improve because Leeds are a fantastic team. They have some real competitors and we need to improve on what we have done so far this year.Its always a real must-watch game for all the viewers so I understand our mentality needs to be absolutely nailed on this weekend to look at challenging Leeds. Wigan captain Sean OLoughlin on the charge against Brisbane When asked about Leeds poor start to the season, Wane, acknowledging the difficulties of motivating a squad of players after such an amazing year, insisted they will be challenging again come the end of the season.I do understand. A couple of years ago we won the double and I know how hard it is to get the players back up. What Leeds did last year was unbelievable to win the treble and all credit goes to them, he added. Anthony Gelling scores a try for Wigan against Salford They lost three key players at the back end and you know theyve struggled to find their form. I have no doubt that theyll be challenging for the Challenge Cup and the Grand Final at the end.They are going through a tough spell at the moment but they have got too many good players in their team to fall back and Im sure theyll find their winning ways very soon... but hopefully not this Friday.Also See:RL on SkyRL fixtures/resultsFollow @SkySportsRLPunditsRugby league oddsWholesale Shoes From China . Haas said he "felt a lot of pain" in his right shoulder when he slammed his racket to the ground in frustration after losing his serve at 3-3 in the first set. Wholesale Shoes Brands .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. http://www.wholesaleshoes.us.org/ . -- San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks was fined $15,570 by the NFL on Wednesday for his hit on Saints quarterback Drew Brees last Sunday. Wholesale China Shoes Free Shipping .J. Ellis hit two-run homers and the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 4-0 Saturday night. Cheap Shoes China Wholesale . -- Whether Jeremy Hill deserves a prominent role in LSUs offence this early in the season is a matter for debate.The late Roger Millward epitomised the sort of play that is in danger of disappearing from the game, says Sky Sports Phil Clarke in this weeks column...The death of a legend is always a time of great sadness, but it should also be a time of great hope and inspiration. Millward was both a great player and a successful coach.If you have the chance, please spend some time and search for footage on the internet which shows just how good a player he was. He was fast, brave, skilful and evasive, but more than anything he was instinctive. He used his eyes and the creative part of his brain to attack his opponents. He set up and scored hundreds of tries by reacting to what was happening around him. The best tries are always the ones that you dont expect to see, and he scored many of those. I hope his legacy can be an inspiration to the next generation of midfield maestros. Phil Clarke on Roger Millward In my opinion, most fans pay to see creativity on a rugby field. They appreciate the brutal battle that takes place in the middle of the pitch, and they dont mind seeing a try from a pre-planned move now and again, but it is magic moments that they talk about on their way home, ones that are totally unrehearsed. These are what makes them return for the next game.I watched a great TED talk recently by Sir Ken Robinson. It posed the question Do schools kill creativity? - he looked at the path all educational systems have gone down over the past 100 years and identified that we have prioritised logical thinking over creativity. WATCH: Super League tries Phil Clarkes top 5 Super League tries from round 13 It is a bit the same in rugby league. The structured play of who stands where, runs into which hole in their opponents defensive line, passes behind which team-mate, its a bit like watching a driverless car.It just does not excite you even though I can see that it efficiently gets you from A to B, or over the tryline. If we are not careful we are in danger of ridding the game of creative thinking by simply focusing on having more attacking numbers than defending ones. As rugby league mourns the death of one of its greatest players, Sky Sports remembers Millwards career in this fascinating interview with Brian Carney Its logical but it doesnt fire the part of the brain that makes you smile or get up out of your seat.ddddddddddddThere is a bigger danger that the shift away from an autonomous thinking in attack will become boring - if it hasnt already. Worse still, we are in danger of damaging young players by encouraging them to copy this style of play.Not all coaches are guilty of it but I worry that we are stifling the talents of more players by getting them to play like robots. The obsession with completion rates discourages players from taking a risk. We need to radically alter that thinking and encourage players not to worry about being wrong and losing the ball, mistakes will happen. Millward lifted the Challenge Cup with Hull KR in 1980 after beating Hull FC 10-5 in the final It seems to me that coaches need to feed the imagination of their players, not just provide a template like a choreographer would do for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Professional sport is about entertaining people and we need to remember that.Roger Millward epitomised the sort of play that I think is in danger of disappearing from the game. The best tries are always the ones that you dont expect to see, and he scored many of those. I hope his legacy can be an inspiration to the next generation of midfield maestros.Also See:Rugby League Set of SixShould Marsh try have stood?PunditsFollow @SkySportsRL ' ' '