Huddersfield Giants host Catalans Dragons as they seek their first win of the Super League season and the team news is now in.
Injuries have plagued Huddersfield and that has seen them struggle in the early exchanges of the season, losing all six Super League games so far, including to struggling Salford.
It’s not been much better for Catalans who have won just twice in the competition, however, they have made their way to the Challenge Cup semi-finals with victories in that competition helping them find some winning form.
A win against the injury-affected Huddersfield will be all that Les Dracs expect but they’re not without their own issues, notably the absence of Sam Tomkins who picked up a knock in his 400th career game last Friday.
With both matchday squads confirmed, here is the team news for Super League Round Seven’s clash between Huddersfield Giants and Catalans Dragons.
Huddersfield Giants team news
Jacob Gagai is the latest spine player to move about with the full-back thrust into the halves meaning that young back Aidan McGowan switches from the wing to full-back.
Connor Carr earns a start on the wing as a result whilst LIam Sutcliffe moves back into the centres alongside Jake Bibby, with NRL recruit Taane Milne on the bench and likely to be utilised in the second-row.
New loan signing Bill Leyland starts on the bench with Ash Golding retaining the hooking role in a pack anchored by captain Leroy Cudjoe.
Huddersfield Giants XIII: Aidan McGowan, Connor Carr, Jake Bibby, Liam Sutcliffe, Sam Halsall, George Flanagan Jr, Jacob Gagai, Tom Burgess, Ash Golding, Fenton Rogers, Sam Hewitt, Joe Greenwood, Leroy Cudjoe
Interchanges: Bill Leyland, Taane Milne, Jack Billington, Jack Bibby
Your Giants team to take on @DragonsOfficiel this afternoon ↘️#Since1895 pic.twitter.com/xNA9Hvm3x7
— Huddersfield Giants 🐮🔔 (@Giantsrl) April 13, 2025
Catalans Dragons team news
With Sam Tomkins out, young playmaker Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet starts at full-back with Luke Keary and Theo Fages in the halves.
Leo Darrelatour gets a Super League debut on the wing after the injury to Nick Cotric whilst Benjamin Garcia moves to prop in a pack that misses the suspended Elliott Whitehead.
Matthieu Laguerre is the back option on the bench but Catalans look set to overpower the Giants given their three hulking forwards among the interchanges in Satae, Bousquet and Seguier.
Catalans Dragons XIII: Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet, Tommy Makinson, Arthur Romano, Reimis Smith, Leo Darrelatour, Luke Keary, Theo Fages, Benjamin Garcia, Alrix Da Costa, Tevita Pangai Jr, Tariq Sims, Bayley Sironen, Oliver Partington
Interchanges: Paul Seguier, Chris Satae, Julian Bousquet, Matthieu Laguerre
📋 Le 𝐗𝐈𝐈𝐈 𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐞́𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 de Steve McNamara pour affronter Huddersfield. pic.twitter.com/ViAV2A9Oqs
— Dragons Catalans (@DragonsOfficiel) April 13, 2025
