LEIGH LEOPARDS have named first-choice centres Tesi Niu and Umyla Hanley in their 21-man squad for Sunday’s trip to Bradford Bulls.

Niu (calf) and Hanley (groin) were not expected back so soon and head coach Adrian Lam did not commit either way in his pre-match press conference as to whether they would feature.

Leigh otherwise name the same 19 players selected in a truncated squad ahead of last Friday’s victory at Castleford Tigers, with Owen Trout missing a third straight game for personal reasons.

Bradford, meanwhile, make just one change as Phoenix Steinwede makes his own premature return to contention from an ankle injury.

The Australian forward, who has only played twice since signing in March, replaces Jamie Gill, who has suffered a knee injury.

SQUADS

Bulls: 1 Caleb Aekins, 4 Waqa Blake, 5 Ethan Ryan, 6 Jayden Nikorima, 8 Ryan Sutton, 9 Andy Ackers, 11 Dan Russell, 12 Zac Fulton, 13 Joe Mellor, 14 Mitch Souter, 15 Eribe Doro, 16 Ebon Scurr, 17 Ed Chamberlain, 19 Will Gardiner, 22 Luke Hooley, 23 Connor Wynne, 24 Guy Armitage, 25 Eliot Peposhi, 32 Chris Atkin, 34 Phoenix Steinwede, 38 Riley Dean

Leopards: 1 David Armstrong, 2 Tesi Niu, 4 Umyla Hanley, 5 Josh Charnley, 6 Adam Cook, 7 Lachlan Lam, 8 Joe Ofahengaue, 9 Edwin Ipape, 10 Robbie Mulhern, 11 Frankie Halton, 13 Isaac Liu, 14 Aaron Pene, 15 Jacob Alick-Wiencke, 16 Matt Davis, 17 Liam Horne, 18 Bailey Hodgson, 19 Innes Senior, 21 Gareth O’Brien, 22 Jack Hughes, 25 Louis Brogan, 28 Ryan Brown

Referee: Jack Smith

STATS

Last ten meetings:
Bradford 6, Leigh 56 (ChR17, 3/7/22)
Bradford 16, Leigh 20 (CCR5, 14/3/22)
Leigh 38, Bradford 4 (ChR3, 14/2/22)
Leigh 52, Bradford 20 (ChR17, 16/6/19)
Bradford 26, Leigh 12 (ChR8, 24/3/19)
Leigh 22, Bradford 20 (ChR20, 3/7/16)
Bradford 20, Leigh 24 (ChR15, 28/5/16)
(at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool)
Bradford 32, Leigh 32 (ChR4, 28/2/16)
Leigh 16, Bradford 32 (S8Q-R6, 19/9/15)
Bradford 36, Leigh 36 (ChR22, 19/7/15)

Super League summary
Bradford won 2
Leigh won 0
Bradford highest score: 58-12 (H, 2005) (also widest margin)
Leigh highest losing score: 12-58 (A, 2005)

ETHAN RYAN needs three tries to reach 100 for Bradford Bulls.
​- (111 appearances, 2016-2019, 2026)

WAQA BLAKE needs three tries to reach 100 for his career.
– 21 for Bradford Bulls (2025-2026)
– 11 for St Helens (2024)
– 28 for Parramatta Eels (2019-2023)
– 34 for Penrith Panthers (2015-2019)
– 3 for Fiji (2017, 2022-2024)
(0 for NSW City (2015)

OWEN TROUT needs one appearance to reach 150 for his career.
– 74 for Leigh Leopards (2024-2026)
– 54 for Huddersfield Giants (2020-2023)
– 15 for Dewsbury Rams (2019, loan)
– 1 for Featherstone Rovers (2019, dual-registration)
– 3 for Leeds Rhinos (2019)
– 1 for England (2025)
– 1 for England Knights (2022)

TESI NIU needs one appearance to reach 100 for his career.
– 40 for Leigh Leopards (2025-2026)
– 24 for Dolphins (2023-2024)
– 32 for Brisbane Broncos (2020-2022)
– 3 for Tonga (2019, 2022)

Leigh Leopards’ JOSH CHARNLEY needs two tries to draw level with Leeds Rhinos’ RYAN HALL as Super League’s all-time leader.
Ryan Hall 271
Josh Charnley 269
Danny McGuire 247
Tommy Makinson 205
Keith Senior 199
Paul Wellens 199
Jermaine McGillvary 196
Ryan Atkins 186
Tom Briscoe 178
Leon Pryce 173