TOULOUSE OLYMPIQUE will be without star fullback Olly Ashall-Bott for Friday’s visit of Leeds Rhinos.
Sylvain Houles’ squad shows two changes, with Thomas Lacans and Mathieu Pons coming in and Baptiste Rodriguez also missing out.
Meanwhile, Leeds head coach Brad Arthur has named an unchanged 21-man squad from the one that beat St Helens last Thursday.
He’s already confirmed that Jack Bird will return only as 18th man.
SQUADS
Olympique: 2 Paul Ulberg, 5 Benjamin Laguerre, 6 Thomas Lacans, 7 Jake Shorrocks, 9 Brendan Hands, 10 James Roumanos, 12 Mathieu Jussaume, 13 Anthony Marion, 15 Joe Cator, 16 Joe Bretherton, 17 Rob Butler, 20 AJ Wallace, 21 Ellis Gillam, 22 Henry O’Kane, 25 Luke Polselli, 27 Hugo Garrigues, 28 Mathieu Pons, 29 César Rougé, 30 Tiaki Chan, 39 Ethan Quai-Ward, 40 John Toleafoa
Rhinos: 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, 17 Cameron Smith, 20 Presley Cassell, 22 Riley Lumb, 23 Danny Levi, 26 Tom Nicholson-Watton, 28 Fergus McCormack, 33 Jack Bird
Referee: Liam Moore
STATS
All previous meetings:
Toulouse 20, Leeds 6 (SLR19, 16/7/22)
Leeds 25, Toulouse 14 (SLR10, 22/4/22)
Leeds 48, Toulouse 22 (S8Q-R1, 11/8/18)
Leeds 56, Toulouse 18 (CCSF, 31/7/05)
(at Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield)
Super League summary
Toulouse won 1
Leeds won 1
Toulouse highest score: 20-6 (H, 2022) (also widest margin)
Leeds highest score: 25-14 (H, 2022) (also widest margin)
ANTHONY MARION needs one appearance to reach 250 for his career.
– 242 for Toulouse Olympique (2016-2019, 2021-2026 – British game only)
– 7 for France (2018, 2021-2025)
ASH HANDLEY needs two tries to reach 150 for his career.
– 137 for Leeds Rhinos (2014-2026)
– 6 for Featherstone Rovers (2016-2018, loan/dual-registration)
– 5 for England (2021, 2023-2024)
(0 for England Knights, 2018)
ASH HANDLEY needs four points to reach 500 (Super League).
– 496 for Leeds Rhinos (2014-2026)
(including play-offs & Super League Super 8s)