NAT Wood is in no doubt that Wolves' confidence has been given a tremendous lift ahead of the forthcoming tough run of matches against Hull, St Helens and Wigan Warriors.

And after four wins from Wolves' last five outings, the Australian scrum half and his teammates are hungry for more tastes of the good stuff.

They meet Hull at home on Sunday, kick-off 3pm, after defeating another 'Big Four' side Bradford at The Halliwell Jones Stadium 11 days ago.

Wolves' vice captain said: "We're still a young side (average age 25), and I think a lot of the younger blokes take heart in beating sides like Bradford and then Wakefield away.

"Mentally, it's a big boost for a lot of the young players to know that they were a part of those wins and think that they'd like to be a part of a few more special wins soon.

"And to put three wins together is a massive confidence boost for all of the lads considering the start of the year that we had, which was frustrating with the injuries in the squad."

Wood says the exciting off-loading game Wolves played at Wakefield on Sunday was a sign that players are starting to gel in the team.

He added: "Players are learning what each other is good at and are running off each other well. I think in previous years we probably lacked the anticipation of what a player is going to do in order to run off him, but that's going good.

"Our forwards have been laying the platform really well over the last few weeks.

"I think Chris Leikvoll is playing the best that he has played for us and when you've got players like him, Mark Hilton and Benny Westwood going forward for us I think it lays the platform for good things to happen in the back line."

Wood is one of the players to benefit from that good work of the forwards since his return from five weeks on the sidelines with an injury to his knee, which was heavily strapped at the Atlantic Solutions Stadium.

He has capped some top-drawer performances with tries in each of his last three appearances and is enjoying life again.

Wood said: "I wouldn't say I was depressed, but I was a little frustrated at not being able to play after injury in the third game at Hull.

"To be not playing and to see the side struggling because of injuries to players was quite frustrating for me. I love playing and I would love to play twice a week if I could."

And because he is in the twilight of his career - and a long time retired - Wood wants to play at every opportunity and not be sat on the sidelines because of injury.

He added: "I'm off contract at the end of the year and I don't know what's going to be around the corner, but I want to play for as long as I can.

"I'm 33, but I'm not a busted-up 33, so while I'm still enjoying playing and playing well - and I'm an asset rather than a liability to whatever side I'm in - then I'm going to be doing my best to get on the field as regularly as possible."