The fourth round of the Challenge Cup is upon us and most teams have now confirmed their team news as they look to secure a spot in the quarter-finals of the competition.
The squads for Friday night’s games were confirmed yesterday, but six games will be played on Saturday afternoon and we’ve rounded up all the team news so far.
We’ll start with Castleford Tigers, who have named off-season overseas recruit Semi Valemei in a squad for the first time, with the outside back set to make his debut at Wheldon Road against St Helens. Brad Singleton is the man to drop out for Ryan Carr’s side.
Huddersfield Giants have been forced into a number of changes with Matty English and George Flanagan among those to pick up injuries last time out.
They’ve called on a number of reserve players with Alex Chippendale and Roman Sharma among those included in a 19-man squad to face holders Hull KR. Connor Wrench still isn’t considered match fit for the Giants, though.
Rovers have named a strong squad, but Willie Peters can be expected to give at least a couple of fringe players a chance to impress, with the likes of Bill Leyland, Jack Charles and Tom Whitehead included. There’s no Karl Lawton, though, due to suspension.
Hull FC have named an unchanged squad to face Leigh, while the Leopards have named Matt Davis in their squad, despite Lam admitting he was struggling with concussion symptoms earlier this week.
Warrington Wolves boss Sam Burgess looks set to hand a number of youngsters opportunities this week against Goole Vikings at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.
Paul Rowley has made four changes to his St Helens squad, Jacob Host, Nene Macdonald, George Delaney and Joe Shorrocks dropping out through either injury or suspension. Aganatius Paasi, Alfie Sinclair, Chris Matagi and Jake Burns come in.
Below are all the squads to be confirmed at the time of writing.
Challenge Cup squads
York Knights squad to face Keighley: Toa Mata’afa, Ben Jones-Bishop, Sam Wood, Scott Galeano, Ata Hingano, Liam Harris, Jack Martin, Paul McShane, Paul Vaughan, Josh Griffin, Jesse Dee, Denive Balmforth, Xavier Va’a, Justin Sangare, Danny Richardson, Oli Field, Kieran Buchanan, Will Dagger, Nikau Williams, King Vuniyayawa.
Keighley Cougars squad to face York: Ronan Michael, Ben Dean, Alfie Dean, Dylan Proud, Oli Whitford, Brandon Pickersgill, Leo Skerret Evans, Connor Sayner, Dan Parker, Leo Aliyu, Lucas Green, Max Clarke, Oli Burton, Nathan Rushworth, George Flanagan, Izaac Farrall, Jordan Schofield, Dee Foggin Johnston, George Hill, Lachlan Lanskey, Brad Holroyd.
Warrington Wolves squad to face Goole Vikings: Josh Thewlis, Toby King, Albert Hopoate, George Williams, Danny Walker, James Harrison, Sam Powell, Toafofoa Sipley, Jordy Crowther, Ewan Irwin, Leon Hayes, James Bentley, Luke Thomas, Joe Philbin, Max Wood, Josh Smith, Jake Thewlis, Ben Hartill, Ewan Smith, Kelepi Tanginoa, Lachlan Webster
Goole Vikings squad to face Warrington: Harry Aldous, Jack Aldous, Jack Arnold, Connor Barley, Brad Bullock, Tyler Craig, Brett Ferres, Tom Halliday, Jeylan Hodgson, Alex Holdstock, Cooper Howlett, Josh Guzdek, Will Jubb, Harry Medlicott, Jack Miller, Callum Rutland, Andre Savelio, Callum Shaw, Keenen Tomlinson, Shane Tuohey, Liam Watts
Hull KR squad to face Huddersfield: Tom Davies, Peta Hiku, Oliver Gildart, Joe Burgess, Mikey Lewis, Tyrone May, Sauaso Sue, Jez Litten, Tom Amone, Dean Hadley, James Batchelor, Elliot Minchella, Jack Broadbent, Sam Luckley, Jai Whitbread, Rhyse Martin, Jack Brown, Noah Booth, Bill Leyland, Jack Charles, Tom Whitehead.
Huddersfield Giants to face Hull KR: Jacob Gagai, Taane Milne, Tui Lolohea, Tristan Powell, Thomas Burgess, Asher O’Donnell, Fenton Rogers, George King, Kieran Rush, Mathieu Cozza, Jack Billington, Chris Patolo, Jacob Algar, Oliver Russell, Alex Chippendale, Tom Hardy, Zach Brown, Monty Lumb, Roman Sharma.
Leigh Leopards squad to face Hull: Keanan Brand, Tesi Niu, Josh Charnley, Adam Cook, Lachlan Lam, Robbie Mulhern, Frankie Halton, Owen Trout, Isaac Liu, Jacob Alick-Wiencke, Matt Davis, Liam Horne, Innes Senior, Gareth O’Brien, Jack Hughes, Andrew Badrock, Ben McNamara, Louis Brogan, Ryan Brown, Will Brough.
Hull FC squad to face Leigh: Davy Litten, Zak Hardaker, Lewis Martin, Jake Arthur, Aidan Sezer, Amir Bourouh, Harvie Hill, John Asiata, Cade Cust, James Bell, Sam Lisone, Ligi Sao, Tom Briscoe, Yusuf Aydin, Arthur Romano, Connor Bailey, Brad Fash, Logan Moy, Matty Laidlaw, Callum Kemp, Will Kirby.
Castleford Tigers to face St Helens: Semi Valemei, Zac Cini, Darnell McIntosh, Mikaele Ravalawa, Daejarn Asi, Tom Weaver, Renouf Atoni, Liam Hood, George Lawler, Jordan Lane, Joe Stimson, Brock Greacn, Jack Ashworth, Joe Westerman, Chris Atkin, Jason Qareqare, Krystian Mapapalangi, Sam Hall, Jimmy Beckett, Ashton Golding, George Hirst.
St Helens squad to face Castleford: Kyle Feldt, Harry Robertson, Mark Percival, Deon Cross, Tristan Sailor, Daryl Clark, Curtis Sironen, Shane Wright, David Klemmer, Matt Whitley, George Whitby, Jake Wingfield, Agnatius Paasi, Lewis Murphy, Noah Stephens, Jake Burns, Owen Dagnall, Jake Davies, Alfie Sinclair, Jackson Hastings, Chris Matagi.
Oldham squad to face Catalans: Jack Walker, Kieran Dixon, Ben O’Keefe, Ben Davies, Jake Bibby, Morgan Smith, Riley Dean, Jack Ormondroyd, Matty Wildie, Owen Farnworth, Matty Ashurst, Ryan Lannon, Adam Milner, Cole Geyer, Ted Chapelhow, Ewan Moore, Jason Purcell, Tom Nisbet, Josh Drinkwater, Marcus Geener, Sam Littler.
Catalans Dragons squad to face Oldham: Charlie Staines, Solomona Faataape, Toby Sexton, Lewis Dodd, Chris Satae, Alrix Da Costa, Ben Condon, Phoenix Laulu-Togaga’e, Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui, Josh Allen, Romain Navarrete, Harvey Wilson, Kruise Leeming, Zac Lipowicz, Matthieu Laguerre, Josh Simm, Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet, Lenny Marc, Leo Darrelatour, Alexis Lis, Tiaki Chan.
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