Two out of three ain't bad. That is the view of Brian Noble after receiving mixed updates on the club's injury front.

Importantly, and the news all Bulls fans wanted to hear, is Iestyn Harris hasn't broken his arm.

Along with Paul Deacon and Paul Johnson, the in-form skipper was a casualty of the Bulls' 38-16 defeat at St Helens on Friday night.

All three came off during the club's first defeat in 19 games, leaving the Odsal chief a worried man over the weekend.

Harris looked the most serious when he slumped away holding his right arm, prompting fears he had suffered a major fracture.

However, Noble allayed those fears, confirming X-rays showed no major damage and the pivotal player - who hasn't missed a match since joining from Cardiff RU in July 2004 - will be fit for the visit of Wigan on Friday.

Paul Deacon was also walloped in his face, causing concerns that he may have endured a painful relapse following those horrific injuries suffered while on Great Britain duty last year.

But he has been given the green light, leaving Johnson as the only negative.

The second-rower, back for the first time after missing two games with a hamstring injury, faces up to another three weeks on the sidelines with a quad problem.

Noble was relatively pleased after seeing a potential disaster avoided. "I'm delighted," he said. "We always have to cope with injuries anyway but there was a danger of having three bad ones there.

"Fortunately, Iestyn hasn't broken anything, he's just got nerve damage to his forearm.

"That's why he couldn't hold the ball properly against Saints but he should be good for Wigan. That's a big plus.

"With Deacs, he's had his face checked and we think he's okay. It kept swelling up all the time and so in the last ten minutes, with the game lost, we decided to look after him a little bit.

"Paul Johnson's the worse with that quad injury. He's got a massive dead leg and could be out for a couple of weeks, maybe three."

Noble was upset his team didn't push on when they were trailing just 16-12 at Knowsley Road, with their hosts down to 12 men at the break.

He accepted Saints deserved the win but has taken issue with the penalty count dished out by referee Ashley Klein - at one point in the first half he handed eight consecutive decisions against the Bulls.

"There was a couple I'll be ringing the officials about," said Noble. "We got done 13-7 on the penalty count but three of those came in the last three minutes. It was 13-4 until he gave us those couple.

"I don't think we are that poorly disciplined a team."