Castleford v Catalans: Squads Announced

Castleford and Catalans have both announced their 21-man squads for Saturday afternoon’s fixture at Emerald Headingley Stadium (KO 4:15pm).

The Tigers return to action for the first time since Super League’s suspension, while the Dragons will be looking to bounce back after a heavy defeat to St Helens in last week’s restart game.

Castleford Tigers

As revealed yesterday, Daryl Powell will be without Daniel Smith, Jesse Sene-Lefao, Cheyse Blair and Liam Watts through injury. Sosaia Feki is also missing. Alex Foster comes into the squad, and could make his first appearance of the season. Greg Eden and Bailey Hodgson are also pushing to get into the side.

21-man squad: 2 Derrell Olpherts, 3 Peter Mata’utia, 4 Michael Shenton, 6 Jake Trueman, 7 Danny Richardson, 9 Paul McShane, 10 Grant Millington, 11 Oliver Holmes, 12 Mike McMeeken, 13 Adam Milner, 14 Nathan Massey, 16 George Griffin, 17 Alex Foster, 20 Junior Moors, 21 James Clare, 22 Jacques O’Neill, 24 Tyla Hepi, 25 Greg Eden, 26 Calum Turner, 27 Lewis Peachey, 33 Bailey Hodgson.

Catalans Dragons

Steve McNamara has been forced into one change, as Micky McIlorum is out injured, with Mickael Goudemand coming in to replace him. The Dragons still remain without Sam Tomkins through suspension, as well as David Mead, Lewis Tierney and Mika Simon through injury.

21-man squad: 3 Samisoni Langi, 4 Israel Folau, 5 Fouad Yaha, 6 James Maloney, 7 Josh Drinkwater, 8 Remi Casty, 10 Sam Moa, 11 Matt Whitley, 12 Joel Tomkins, 13 Benjamin Garcia, 14 Julian Bousquet, 16 Tom Davies, 17 Benjamin Jullien, 18 Alrix Da Costa, 19 Mickael Goudemand, 20 Lucas Albert, 22 Arthur Romano, 23 Antoni Maria, 24 Jason Baitieri, 25 Arthur Mourgue, 28 Sam Kasiano.