RICHIE Myler knows Wolves must swing the momentum in their favour on Friday if they are to make a Grand Final return.

Warrington suffered a Wigan fight-back at Old Trafford last year, a game Myler limped through with a broken ankle, while the reigning champions performed a similar trick in the side’s last meeting.

The scrum half has shaken off an injury-hit 15 months and now wants to go one step further than last year.

“It’s part and parcel of our sport,” he explained. “It’s that physical you get injured. Unfortunately we had a run of four or five people going down at the same time (in the Grand Final).

“One or two you can probably cope with but when it gets to three or four it gets a bit tougher. That aside, Wigan threw everything at us and were good enough to get on top.

“They did the same in that last league game. You’re seeing a lot in these play-offs, over here and in the NRL, that the momentum swing in games has been a lot.

“It’s being aware of that and when you play Wigan at Wigan, it’s a massive game. You’ve got to be on your mettle and all 17 blokes have got to play well.”

The ex-Salford and Widnes man struggled with ankle and shoulder injuries earlier in the campaign, and admits it needed a run in the side to see him return to form.

“It has been a frustrating year since the final when I broke my ankle,” said Myler. “It took a little bit longer than what I had hoped.

“I’ve managed to put a run of games together lately and – touch wood – it’s going ok. Playing in my position, in my role it’s the sharpness you lack and the game nous.

“You can be fit enough and do as much as you want in the gym, but it’s that game awareness and game sharpness that takes a bit of time to get back.”

Myler has spent the last five games in the halves alongside Gareth O’Brien, a player he feels is enjoying his best season to date.

“It does help when you get that continuity and you get a couple of games together,” he added. “I think it’s great for him. I think he’s played his best rugby this year and he’s really took that role on.

“If any one of the 17 plays well and does their job well it helps the individuals. It’s good when you get continuity.”

Myler says it was always going to take time for Wolves to find form this season after losing several ex - perienced figures, but believes it needed the whole squad to step up.

“It was always going to take time,” added the 24-year-old. “It wasn’t going to take one or two of us to do it – it was going to take a collective group effort.

“You look at the players that we lost last year, their experience and games. Briersy was a tremendous player for us, phenomenal, however we also had Brett Hodgson, Adrian Morley and Garreth Carvell.

“Those kind of senior players played a massive role in the way we went about things. So we also lost that, which has been a big factor and that’s taken time to get over.

“We’re now in a position that players have stepped up and that’s what it needed.”

Now he hopes that the current Wolves crop can reach the club’s third Grand Final on the bounce.

“We knew finishing fifth we had a tough run in the play-offs,” he said.

“We’re still playing, we spoke about still being involved at this time of year. We’re among the top four in the competition – so it’s all down to Friday.”