The squads have now been released for this week’s two Round 4 Betfred Super League games that are due to be played on Thursday, and all ten clubs’ squads reveal a considerable degree of stability compared to the squads that were announced for Round 3, with both Leeds Rhinos and Wakefield Trinity making the most squad changes, with four each in their 21-man squads.
Wigan Warriors make only one squad change, with the previously suspended Liam Byrne replacing Sam Halsall, with Wigan coach Adrian Lam facing the dilemma of how to accommodate Bevan French and Zak Hardaker, both potential fullbacks, in his matchday squad. Last week French was in the 21-man squad, but was left out of the 17 that played Leeds Rhinos.
Castleford will be without the suspended Jesse Sene-Lefao and Gareth O’Brien, who failed a head injury assessment after coming off the field against Leigh Centurions last Friday. But Danny Richardson makes a return to the squad and coach Daryl Powell brings in Brad Martin, who made his debut for the Tigers against Hull Kingston Rovers last October.
On the same night Huddersfield Giants take on St Helens in a game to be televised by Sky Sports, and Giants coach Ian Watson makes no changes to the 21-man squad he named against Hull Kingston Rovers last week.
St Helens coach Kristian Woolf is forced into making one change, with winger Tommy Makinson dropping out with a foot injury, to be replaced by Sione Mata’utia, who has recovered from the head injury he sustained in St Helens’ Challenge Cup defeat of Leeds Rhinos. Mark Percival is again included in the squad and could make his return to action against the Giants.
Brad Takairangi looks certain to make his debut for Hull Kingston Rovers on Friday, with Korbin Sims (HIA) and Mikey Lewis (suspended) missing from the squad.
Leeds coach Richard Agar brings back Konrad Hurrell, Ash Handley, Richie Myler and King Vuniyayawa from injury to a much-strengthened squad.
Salford coach Richard Marshall brings back Krisnan Inu, Greg Burke and James Greenwood (the latter after suspension) but he will be without Andy Ackers (suspended), Kallum Watkins and Elijah Taylor.
Leigh will be missing Joe Mellor, Nathaniel Peteru and Adam Sidlow this week, but there is a recall for Nathan Mason and Anthony Gelling stands by to make his Leigh debut.
Hull FC recall Ligi Sao into their squad, and he replaces young prop forward Jack Brown, who is serving a one-match suspension.
Wakefield coach Chris Chester is able to bring fullback Max Jowitt into his squad as well as winger Liam Kay, forward Kelepi Tanginoa and newcomer Sam Eseh, but he will be without captain Jacob Miller, who has suffered a medial ligament injury and will be out for between four and six weeks.
For Saturday’s game in France, Catalans Dragons coach Steve McNamara makes one change, bringing in Jordan Dezaria for Lambert Belmas, while Warrington Wolves coach Steve Price has stuck with the same 21 players who were in the squad for last week’s game against Hull FC.
Wigan Warriors v Castleford Tigers
Thursday 6.00pm
Warriors: 1 Bevan French, 3 Zak Hardaker, 7 Thomas Leuluai, 8 Brad Singleton, 9 Sam Powell, 10 Joe Bullock, 11 Willie Isa, 12 Liam Farrell, 13 John Bateman, 14 Oliver Partington, 15 Morgan Smithies, 17 Tony Clubb, 19 Liam Byrne, 20 Harry Smith, 21 Ethan Havard, 22 Jake Bibby, 23 Mitch Clark, 25 Joe Shorrocks, 29 James McDonnell, 30 Umyla Hanley, 31 Jackson Hastings
Outs: 28 Sam Halsall,
Ins: Liam Byrne
Tigers: 1 Niall Evalds, 2 Derrell Olpherts, 3 Peter Mata’utia, 4 Michael Shenton, 6 Jake Trueman, 7 Danny Richardson, 8 Liam Watts, 9 Paul McShane, 10 Grant Millington, 11 Oliver Holmes, 12 Cheyse Blair, 13 Adam Milner, 14 Nathan Massey, 15 George Griffin, 19 Tyla Hepi, 22 Daniel Smith, 23 Greg Eden, 25 Jordan Turner, 26 Lewis Bienek, 29 Sam Hall
Outs: 21 Jesse Sene-Lefao, , 31 Gareth O’Brien
Ins: 7 Danny Richardson, 28 Brad Martin
Huddersfield Giants v St Helens
Thursday 7.45pm
Giants: 2 Jermaine McGillvary, 3 Jake Wardle, 5 Darnell McIntosh, 6 Lee Gaskell, 7 Aidan Sezer, 8 Luke Yates, 9 Adam O’Brien, 10 Michael Lawrence, 11 Kenny Edwards, 13 Josh Jones, 14 Matty English, 16 Jack Cogger, 17 Chris McQueen, 18 Jack Ashworth, 19 James Cunningham, 20 Oliver Wilson, 21 Leroy Cudjoe, 22 James Gavet, 24 Louis Senior, 27 Sam Wood, Ronan Michael
Outs: None
Ins: None
Saints: 1 Lachlan Coote, 3 Kevin Naiqama, 4 Mark Percival, 5 Regan Grace, 6 Jonny Lomax, 7 Theo Fages, 8 Alex Walmsley, 9 James Roby, 11 Joel Thompson, 12 James Bentley, 14 Sione Mata’utia, 15 Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, 16 Kyle Amor, 17 Agnatius Paasi, 18 Jack Welsby, 19 Aaron Smith, 20 Joe Batchelor, 21 Lewis Dodd, 23 Jake Wingfield, 25 Dan Norman, 26 Tom Nisbet
Outs: 2 Tommy Makinson
Ins: 14 Sione Mata’utia
Hull Kingston Rovers v Leeds Rhinos
Friday, 6.00pm
Rovers: 1 Adam Quinlan, 2 Ben Crooks, 3 Greg Minikin, 4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 5 Ryan Hall, 7 Jordan Abdull, 8 Albert Vete, 9 Matt Parcell, 11 Brad Takairangi, 12 Kane Linnett, 13 Dean Hadley, 14 Jez Litten, 15 George Lawler, 16 George King, 18 Matty Storton, 19 Will Dagger,23 Ethan Ryan, 25 Rowan Milnes, 27 Luis Johnson, 28 Muizz Mustapha, 33 Jimmy Keinhorst
Outs: 10 Korbin Sims, 20 Mikey Lewis
Ins: 11 Brad Takairangi, 18 Matty Storton, 19 Will Dagger,
Rhinos: 2 Tom Briscoe, 4 Konrad Hurrell, 5 Ash Handley, 8 Mikolaj Oledzki, 9 Kruise Leeming, 10 Matt Prior, 11 Alex Mellor, 12 Rhyse Martin, 14 Brad Dwyer, 16 Richie Myler, 17 Cameron Smith, 19 King Vuniyayawa, 20 Bodene Thompson, 21 Alex Sutcliffe, 22 Sam Walters, 24 Luke Briscoe, 25 James Donaldson, 26 Jarrod O’Connor, 27 Jack Broadbent, 31 Morgan Gannon, 33 Kyle Eastmond
Outs: 13 Zane Tetevano, 15 Liam Sutcliffe, 28 Corey Hall, 30 Levi Edwards
Ins: 4 Konrad Hurrell, 5 Ash Handley, 16 Richie Myler, 19 King Vuniyayawa
Salford Red Devils v Leigh Centurions
Friday 6.00pm
Red Devils: 1 Morgan Esacre, 2 Ken Sio, 4 Krisnan Inu, 6 Tui Lolohea, 7 Kevin Brown, 8 Lee Mossop, 10 Sebastine Ikahihifo, 12 Pauli Pauli, 15 Ollie Roberts, 16 Greg Burke, 17 Josh Johnson, 18 Chris Atkin, 19 Elliot Kear, 20 Harvey Livett, 21 James Greenwood, 22 Rhys Williams, 24 Matthew Costello, 25 Jack Ormondroyd , 26 Jack Wells, 28 Darcy Lussick, 29 Dec Patton.
Outs: 3 Kallum Watkins, 9 Andy Ackers, 13 Elijah Taylor,
Ins: 4 Krisnan Inu, 16 Greg Burke, 21 James Greenwood
Centurions: 1 Ryan Brierley, 2 Matty Russell, 3 Iain Thornley, 5 Lewis Tierney, 8 Ben Flower, 9 Liam Hood, 10 Mark Ioane, 11 Ben Hellewell, 12 Jordan Thompson, 13 James Bell, 15 Alex Gerrard, 18 Matty Gee, 19 Nathan Mason, 21 Tyrone McCarthy, 22 Craig Mullen, 24 Keanan Brand, 26 Nathan Peats, 29 Ben Reynolds, 31 Josh Simm, 32 Anthony Gelling
Outs: 7 Joe Mellor, 16 Nathaniel Peteru, 20 Adam Sidlow
Ins: 19 Nathan Mason, 32 Anthony Gelling
Hull FC v Wakefield Trinity
Friday 7.45pm
Hull: 1 Jake Connor, 2 Bureta Faraimo, 3 Carlos Tuimavave, 4 Josh Griffin, 5 Mahe Fonua, 7 Marc Sneyd, 8 Scott Taylor, 9 Danny Houghton, 10 Tevita Satae, 11 Andre Savelio, 13 Ligi Sao, 14 Jordan Johnstone, 15 Joe Cator, 16 Jordan Lane, 17 Brad Fash, 19 Ben McNamara, 21 Adam Swift, 22 Josh Bowden, 24 Cameron Scott, 26 Jude Ferreira, 27 Mitieli Vulikijapani
Outs: 20 Jack Brown,
Ins: Ligi Sao,
Trinity: 1 Max Jowitt, 4 Reece Lyne, 5 Liam Kay, 6 Jacob Miller, 7 Mason Lino, 8 David Fifita, 9 Kyle Wood, 10 Tinirau Arona, 12 Kelepi Tanginoa, 13 Joe Westerman, 14 Jay Pitts, 15 Eddie Battye, 16 James Batchelor, 17 Chris Green, 18 Innes Senior, 19 Jordan Crowther, 20 Joe Arundel, 24 Jack Croft, 25 Brad Walker, 27 Lee Kershaw, 29 Ryan Hampshire,
Outs: 6 Jacob Miller, 23 Josh Wood, 32 Ollie Greensmith, 34 Dane Windrow
Ins: 1 Max Jowitt, 5 Liam Kay, 12 Kelepi Tanginoa, 35 Sam Eseh
Catalans Dragons v Warrington Wolves
Saturday, 17.00 (UK time)
Dragons: 1 Arthur Mourgue, 2 Tom Davies, 3 Samisoni Langi, 4 Dean Whare, 5 Fouad Yaha, 6 James Maloney, 7 Josh Drinkwater, 8 Gil Dudson, 9 Micky McIlorum, 10 Julian Bousquet, 11 Matt Whitley, 12 Mike McMeeken, 13 Benjamin Garcia, 14 Alrix Da Costa, 15 Benjamin Jullien, 16 Paul Seguier, 20 Matthieu Laguerre, 24 Jason Baitieri, 28 Sam Kasiano, 29 Sam Tomkins, 30 Jordan Dezaria
Outs: 18 Lambert Belmas,
Ins: 30 Jordan Dezaria
Wolves: 1 Stefan Ratchford, 4 Toby King, 5 Josh Charnley, 6 Blake Austin, 7 Gareth Widdop, 8 Chris Hill, 9 Daryl Clark, 10 Mike Cooper, 11 Ben Currie, 12 Jack Hughes, 13 Joe Philbin, 14 Jason Clark, 15 Matt Davis, 16 Danny Walker, 17 Matty Ashton, 18 Rob Butler, 19 Robbie Mulhern, 20 Sitaleki Akauola, 21 Jake Mamo, 23 Josh Thewlis, 27 Connor Wrench.
Outs: None
Ins: None
