JOSH DRINKWATER could have thrown a wobble about being dropped but stayed calm and is now firing up Warrington once again.
The Aussie scrum-half was left out by Sam Burgess after returning from a thigh injury earlier this season.
But when youngster Leon Hayes suffered a horror ankle fracture dislocation, he returned after an eight-game absence in Friday's 24-6 win against Hull.
And Drinkwater, 31, now takes on red-hot Hull KR as Warrington bid to move clear at the top of Super League.
On being axed, the ex-Catalans star said: "It was tough. The injury wasn't great and coming back from that, it was hard to change the team.
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