Leeds Rhinos v Warrington Wolves preview and 21-man squads

TWO settled line-ups are likely to battle it out in the final game of Super League’s 30th anniversary round.

Leeds Rhinos face Warrington Wolves on Sunday in a repeat fixture from that opening weekend of the rebranded competition, which Wire won 22-18 at Headingley.

Brad Arthur’s current Leeds side shows just one change from last Sunday’s defeat at Hull FC, with Presley Cassell replacing Ben Littlewood.

Sam Burgess, meanwhile, has named the exact same 21-man Warrington squad as he did ahead of their home thrashing of Castleford Tigers last Saturday.

SQUADS

Rhinos: 1 Lachlan Miller, 2 Maika Sivo, 3 Harry Newman, 4 Ash Handley, 5 Ryan Hall, 6 Brodie Croft, 7 Jake Connor, 8 Mikolaj Oledzki, 9 Jarrod O’Connor, 10 Tom Holroyd, 11 Kallum Watkins, 12 James McDonnell, 13 Keenan Palasia, 14 Chris Hankinson, 15 Cooper Jenkins, 16 Ethan O’Neill, 17 Cameron Smith, 19 Jeremiah Mata’utia, 20 Presley Cassell, 23 Danny Levi, 33 Jack Bird

Wolves: 2 Josh Thewlis, 3 Toby King, 4 Albert Hopoate, 5 Matty Ashton, 6 George Williams, 7 Marc Sneyd, 8 Luke Yates, 9 Danny Walker, 10 James Harrison, 12 Sam Stone, 13 Ben Currie, 14 Sam Powell, 16 Liam Byrne, 17 Jordan Crowther, 18 Ewan Irwin, 21 Luke Thomas, 22 Joe Philbin, 25 Max Wood, 26 Josh Smith, 34 Kelepi Tanginoa, 35 Lachlan Webster

Referee: Jack Smith

STATS

Last ten meetings:
Leeds 36, Warrington 12 (SLR14, 14/6/25)
Warrington 16, Leeds 14 (SLR6, 28/3/25)
Leeds 6, Warrington 24 (SLR22, 17/8/24)
(at Elland Road, Leeds)
Warrington 30, Leeds 18 (SLR17, 11/7/24)
Leeds 8, Warrington 34 (SLR7, 5/4/24)
Leeds 24, Warrington 22 (SLR22, 20/8/23)
Warrington 6, Leeds 22 (SLR17, 29/6/23)
Warrington 42, Leeds 10 (SLR1, 16/2/23)
Leeds 24, Warrington 18 (SLR24, 19/8/22)
Warrington 4, Leeds 40 (SLR14, 3/6/22)

Super League summary
Leeds won 41 (includes win in 2012 Grand Final & 2011 play-offs)
Warrington won 30 (includes wins in 2006 and 2013 play-offs)
1 draw
Leeds highest score: 54-16 (H, 2006) (Widest margin: 52-10, A, 2007)
Warrington highest score: 52-18 (H, 2016) (Widest margin: 42-6, A, 2011)

JAKE CONNOR needs seven points to reach 1,000 for his career.
– 261 for Leeds Rhinos (2025-2026)
– 273 for Huddersfield Giants (2013-2016, 2023-2024)
– 417 for Hull FC (2017-2022)
– 4 for Oldham (2015, dual-registration)
– 4 for Batley Bulldogs (2014, loan)
– 34 for England (2018)
(0 for Combined Nations All Stars, 2021)
(0 for Great Britain, 2019)

RYAN HALL needs one try to reach 250 for Leeds Rhinos.
​- (363 appearances, 2007-2018, 2025-2026)

ASH HANDLEY needs 12 points to reach 500 (Super League).
– 488 for Leeds Rhinos (2014-2026)
(including play-offs & Super League Super 8s)

JAMES HARRISON needs one appearance to reach 200 for his career.
​ – 85 for Warrington Wolves (2022-2026)
​ – 47 for Featherstone Rovers (2019-2021)
​ – 4 for Leeds Rhinos (2020, loan)
​ – 58 for Batley Bulldogs (2016-2018)
​ – 3 for Oxford (2016, loan)
​ – 2 for England (2023-2024)

MATTY ASHTON needs one appearance to reach 100 (Super League).
– 99 for Warrington Wolves (2020-2026)
(including play-offs & Super League Super 8s)

MARC SNEYD needs one field goal to reach 50 (Super League).
– 1 for Warrington Wolves (2025-2026)
– 13 for Salford Red Devils (2010-2013, 2022-2025)
– 33 for Hull FC (2015-2021)
– 2 for Castleford Tigers (2014, loan)
(including play-offs & Super League Super 8s)

Only Lee Briers (70) has more field goals in the competition than Sneyd, with Danny Brough (32), Matty Smith (32) and Kevin Sinfield (31) making up the rest of the top five in the list of Super League’s all-time leaders.