Castleford and Salford have both announced their 21-man squads for Saturday evening’s Challenge Cup quarter-final clash at Emerald Headingley Stadium (KO 5:30pm).
The two sides met in Super League last week, with the Tigers claiming a fairly convincing 28-18 victory to make five wins from six games in all competitions so far in 2021.
In contrast, the Red Devils have struggled somewhat, claiming only two wins in total, one of which was a 68-4 demolition of Widnes in the third round of the Cup.
The game will be available to watch on BBC Two, with coverage starting from 5:10pm.
Castleford Tigers
James Clare is in contention for the first time this season as one of three changes made by Daryl Powell. He is joined in the squad by Daniel Smith and Jordan Turner, with Cheyse Blair, Greg Eden (hamstring) and Sam Hall dropping out. There’s still no Tyla Hepi (suspended), Sosaia Feki (achilles), Suaia Matagi (calf), Alex Foster (bicep) and Jacques O’Neill.
21-man squad: 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, 13 Adam Milner, 14 Nathan Massey, 15 George Griffin, 20 James Clare, 21 Jesse Sene-Lefao, 22 Daniel Smith, 25 Jordan Turner, 26 Lewis Bienek, 27 Lewis Peachey, 28 Brad Martin, 31 Gareth O’Brien.
Salford Red Devils
There’s four changes for the Red Devils, with Dan Sarginson, Elijah Taylor, Ryan Lannon and Dec Patton all returning from injury. They replace Andy Ackers (ankle), Krisnan Inu, Morgan Escare and Josh Johnson. Jack Wells, Matty Costello and Joe Burgess (ankle) remain unavailable.
21-man squad: 2 Ken Sio, 3 Kallum Watkins, 6 Tui Lolohea, 7 Kevin Brown, 8 Lee Mossop, 10 Sebastine Ikahihifo, 11 Ryan Lannon, 12 Pauli Pauli, 13 Elijah Taylor, 14 Danny Addy, 15 Oliver Roberts, 16 Greg Burke, 18 Chris Atkin, 19 Elliot Kear, 20 Harvey Livett, 21 James Greenwood, 22 Rhys Williams, 23 Dan Sarginson, 25 Jack Ormondroyd, 28 Darcy Lussick, 29 Dec Patton.
