Jai Field is not in Wigan Warriors side for tonight’s clash against Warrington Wolves with concerns rising that he is the latest Wigan man to suffer an injury.
Wigan have picked up plenty of big injuries in recent weeks with Junior Nsemba and Jack Farrimond the latest, the latter possibly missing for up to three months.
However, Field now also misses out as their spine continues to be ripped up with Adam Keighran set to play in the halves tonight whilst youngster Josh Cartwright starts at full-back.
Warrington also have plenty of injuries but they’ve seen some key players return for tonight’s match, whilst Huddersfield Giants and Bradford Bulls have also confirmed their team news.
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Wigan Warriors v Warrington Wolves
Matt Peet has opted to play Adam Keighran in the halves and that means more trust in youth with the aforementioned Cartwright at full-back whilst George O’Loughlin starts in the centres.
Austin Daniel starts on the wing in place of the injured Nathan Lowe whilst Lukas Mason gets a start after Junior Nsemba suffered a hamstring injury in the win over St Helens.
There is one boost in that Luke Thompson is back but he starts on the bench alongside Patrick Mago, Taylor Kerr and Shea O’Connor.
Warrington are also forced into a number of changes with one of those being Sam Powell dropping out after last week’s ban, however, there are some key returnees.
Toby King and Toff Sipley return to the squad with Lachlan Webster moving to full-back as Ewan Irwin returns to the halves, something that has seen Marc Sneyd drop out of the squad.
Luke Thomas starts as James Harrison moves into the second row and the suspended Powell is replaced by young talent Ben Hartill.
Wigan Warriors XIII: Josh Cartwright, Austin Daniel, Jake Wardle, George O’Loughlin, Zach Eckersley, Adam Keighran, Harry Smith, Ethan Havard, Brad O’Neill, Kian McDermott, Lukas Mason, Oliver Partington, Kaide Ellis
Interchanges: Taylor Kerr, Patrick Mago, Luke Thompson, Shea O’Connor
Warrington Wolves XIII: Lachlan Webster, Albert Hopoate, Toby King, Josh Smith, Matty Ashton, Ewan Irwin, Leon Hayes, Liam Byrne, Danny Walker, Luke Thomas, James Harrison, James Bentley, Ben Currie
Interchanges: Ben Hartill, Toff Sipley, Kelepi Tanginoa, Max Wood
Huddersfield Giants v Bradford Bulls
Huddersfield saw both Asher O’Donnell (ankle) and Chris Patolo (HIA) drop out of their 21-man squad but George Flanagan Jr also drops out though it’s unclear if that’s due to injury or because he has been dropped.
Tanguy Zenon is another back line casualty as Jacob Gagai replaces him whilst Niall Evalds takes the helm at full-back. Matty English and Sam Hewitt replace O’Donnell and Patolo.
Bradford also make changes as Eliot Peposhi, Leon Ruan, Luke Hooley and Mitch Souter all drop out of the squad.
Dan Russell and Zac Fulton step into the second-row as starter whilst Loghan Lewis and Riley Dean are named on the bench, with Hooley dropping to 18th man.
Huddersfield Giants XIII: Niall Evalds, Adam Swift, Connor Wrench, Jacob Gagai, Taane Milne, Tui Lolohea, Oliver Russell, Tristan Powell, Zac Woolford, Fenton Rogers, Sam Hewitt, Zane Dunford, Harry Rushton
Interchanges: Matty English, Joe Greenwood, Cole Geyer, Mathieu Cozza
Bradford Bulls XIII: Caleb Aekins, Connor Wynne, Guy Armitage, Waqa Blake, Ethan Ryan, Jayden Nikorima, Chris Atkin, Ryan Sutton, Andy Ackers, Eribe Doro, Dan Russell, Zac Fulton, Joe Mellor
Interchanges: Ebon Scurr, Jack Ormondroyd, Loghan Lewis, Riley Dean
