Huddersfield and Catalans have both announced their 21-man squads for Thursday night’s round 12 clash at John Smith’s Stadium (KO 7:45pm).
The Giants have endured two tough defeats since returning from their COVID layoff, going down 17-10 to Hull FC after a one-point loss to Salford.
The Dragons remain at the top of the Super League table, with a 16-6 victory over Castleford at the weekend making it nine wins from ten games this season.
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield welcome back five players in the shape of Jermaine McGillvary, Ricky Leutele, Luke Yates, Kenny Edwards and Chris McQueen, while Sam Wood is named after being a late inclusion last week. Darnell McIntosh (achilles), James Cunningham and Matty English drop out through injury, while Aidan Sezer is also out with a knock. Youngsters Ronan Michael and Will Pryce are also omitted, while Adam O’Brien (shoulder), Michael Lawrence, Jack Cogger (foot) and Joe Wardle remain unavailable.
20-man squad: 1 Ashton Golding, 2 Jermaine McGillvary, 3 Jake Wardle, 4 Ricky Leutele, 6 Lee Gaskell, 8 Luke Yates, 11 Kenny Edwards, 13 Josh Jones, 15 Joe Greenwood, 17 Chris McQueen, 18 Jack Ashworth, 20 Oliver Wilson, 21 Leroy Cudjoe, 22 James Gavet, 23 Oliver Russell, 24 Louis Senior, 25 Owen Trout, 26 Sam Hewitt, 27 Sam Wood, 31 Olly Ashall-Bott.
Catalans Dragons
Catalans make three changes, with England representatives Tom Davies and Sam Tomkins returning alongside captain Benjamin Garcia. They replace Alrix Da Costa (head), Joe Chan and Romain Franco. Arthur Mourgue keeps his place despite a hip concern, however Michael McIlorum, Joel Tomkins (suspended) and Arthur Romano (knee) are still unavailable.
21-man squad: 1 Arthur Mourgue, 2 Tom Davies, 3 Samisoni Langi, 4 Dean Whare, 5 Fouad Yaha, 6 James Maloney, 7 Josh Drinkwater, 8 Gil Dudson, 10 Julian Bousquet, 11 Matt Whitley, 12 Mike McMeeken, 13 Benjamin Garcia, 15 Benjamin Jullien, 16 Paul Seguier, 17 Mickael Goudemand, 18 Lambert Belmas, 20 Matthieu Laguerre, 24 Jason Baitieri, 28 Sam Kasiano, 29 Sam Tomkins, 31 Cesar Rouge.
