LEIGH LEOPARDS will be without ten first-teamers for Friday’s home clash against Catalans Dragons.
Bailey Hodgson (knee), Joe Ofahengaue (calf) and Matt Davis (head) all left the field early in Leigh’s 54-0 drubbing by Wigan Warriors last weekend – and all three will miss this fixture.
Meanwhile, Catalans boss Joel Tomkins has rung the changes following the dismal loss to St Helens.
Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet, Tevita Satae, Léo Darrélatour and Lenny Marc replace Benjamin Garcia, Alexis Lis, Matty Russell and Josh Simm in the squad.
SQUADS
Leopards: 2 Keanan Brand, 3 Tesi Niu, 5 Josh Charnley, 6 Adam Cook, 7 Lachlan Lam, 10 Robbie Mulhern, 11 Frankie Halton, 12 Owen Trout, 13 Isaac Liu, 15 Jacob Alick-Wiencke, 17 Liam Horne, 19 Innes Senior, 20 AJ Towse, 21 Gareth O’Brien, 22 Jack Hughes, 23 Andy Badrock, 24 Ben McNamara, 25 Louis Brogan, 28 Ryan Brown, 29 Will Brough
Dragons: 1 Charlie Staines, 2 Tommy Makinson, 3 Nick Cotric, 4 Solomona Faataape, 6 Toby Sexton, 7 Lewis Dodd, 8 Chris Satae, 9 Alrix Da Costa 12 Ben Condon, 14 Phoenix Laulu-Togaga’e, 15 Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui, 16 Josh Allen, 17 Romain Navarrete, 18 Harvey Wilson, 19 Kruise Leeming, 20 Zac Lipowicz, 21 Matthieu Laguerre, 24 Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet, 25 Lenny Marc, Léo Darrélatour, 31 Tiaki Chan
Referee: Marcus Griffiths
STATS
Last ten meetings:
Catalans Dragons 12, Leigh 26 (SLR15, 21/6/25)
Catalans Dragons 24, Leigh 26 (SLR10, 3/5/25)
(at St James’ Park, Newcastle)
Leigh 34, Catalans Dragons 6 (SLR3, 28/2/25)
Catalans Dragons 2, Leigh 10 (SLR14, 15/6/24)
Leigh 30, Catalans Dragons 2 (SLR9, 26/4/24)
Leigh 14, Catalans Dragons 30 (SLR22, 19/8/23)
Catalans Dragons 38, Leigh 30 (SLR16, 24/6/23)
Catalans Dragons 14, Leigh 6 (SLR2, 25/2/23)
Catalans Dragons 64, Leigh 0 (SLR22, 30/8/21)
Leigh 30, Catalans Dragons 36 (SLR9, 12/6/21)
Super League summary
Leigh won 5
Catalans won 7
Leigh highest winning score: 34-6 (H, 2025) (Widest margin: 30-2, H, 2024; 34-6, H, 2025)
Catalans highest score: 64-0 (H, 2021) (also widest margin)