Wigan Warriors v Leigh Leopards preview and 21-man squads

WIGAN WARRIORS head coach Matt Peet has made just one change to the 21-man squad that came up against Hull FC last weekend.

Youngster Lukas Mason replaces Kian McDermott for Wigan, whilst Umyla Hanley could make his first appearance this season for Leigh Leopards.

Adrian Lam has also made just one change to the 21-man squad that took on St Helens last week, with Ryan Brown replacing Aaron Pene.

SQUADS

Warriors: 1 Jai Field, 2 Zach Eckersley, 3 Adam Keighran, 5 Liam Marshall, 6 Bevan French, 7 Harry Smith, 8 Ethan Havard, 9 Brad O’Neill, 10 Luke Thompson, 11 Junior Nsemba, 12 Liam Farrell, 13 Kaide Ellis, 14 Sam Walters, 15 Patrick Mago, 17 Oliver Partington, 19 Jack Farrimond, 20 Sam Eseh, 22 Tom Forber, 25 Taylor Kerr, 27 Lukas Mason, 32 Dayon Sambou

Leopards: 2 Keanan Brand, 3 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, 12 Owen Trout, 13 Isaac Liu, 15 Jacob Alick-Wiencke, 16 Matt Davis, 17 Liam Horne, 18 Bailey Hodgson, 19 Innes Senior, 21 Gareth O’Brien, 22 Jack Hughes, 23 Andy Badrock, 28 Ryan Brown

Referee: Liam Moore

STATS

Last ten meetings:
Wigan 18, Leigh 6 (SLSF, 3/10/25)
Leigh 18, Wigan 8 (SLR17, 4/7/25)
Wigan 36, Leigh 28 (SLR11, 16/5/25)
Wigan 0, Leigh 1 (aet) (SLR1, 13/2/25)
Wigan 38, Leigh 0 (SLSF, 5/10/24)
Wigan 28, Leigh 6 (SLR2, 6/8/24)
Wigan 24, Leigh 6 (SLR16, 5/7/24)
Leigh 12, Wigan 40 (SLR7, 4/4/24)
Leigh 6, Wigan 10 (SLR27, 22/9/23)
Wigan 44, Leigh 18 (SLR20, 29/7/23)

Super League summary
Wigan won 15 (includes wins in 2024 and 2025 play-offs)
Leigh won 3
Wigan highest score: 62-6 (H, 2005) (also widest margin)
Leigh highest score: 50-34 (H, 2017) (also widest margin)

LIAM FARRELL needs two tries to reach 150 for Wigan Warriors.
​​​​ – (412 appearances, 2010-2026)

ABBAS MISKI needs three tries to reach 100 for his career.
​​​​ – 63 for Wigan Warriors (2022-2025)
​​​​ – 19 for London Broncos (2021, 2023, loan)
​​​​ – 2 for Manly Sea Eagles (2019-2020)
​​​​ – 13 for Lebanon (2014-2017, 2019, 2022)
​​​​ (0 for Newcastle Thunder, 2022, loan)