Leeds v Wakefield: 21-man squads, injury update and TV details

Leeds and Wakefield have both announced their 21-man squads for Friday night’s round six clash at Emerald Headingley Stadium (KO 7:45pm).

The Rhinos come into the game on the back of five straight defeats, with the most recent being a heart breaking 14-13 loss to Huddersfield two weeks ago.

Trinity are one of just two clubs yet to taste victory so far in 2021 with six losses, including a 28-22 defeat last time they faced Leeds in round one.

The game will be available to watch on Sky Sports Arena, and the Sky Sports YouTube channel for free, with coverage starting from 7:30pm.

Leeds Rhinos

Rhinos captain Luke Gale is back in contention after a month out with a fractured thumb. He replaces young centre Alex Sutcliffe, who has picked up a knee injury. There’s still no Richie Myler (suspended), Zane Tetevano (suspended), Cameron Smith (hamstring), Jack Walker (foot), Harry Newman (leg), Rob Lui (quad), Tom Holroyd (leg) and Callum McLelland (groin).

21-man squad: 2 Tom Briscoe, 4 Konrad Hurrell, 5 Ash Handley, 7 Luke Gale, 8 Mikolaj Oledzki, 9 Kruise Leeming, 10 Matt Prior, 11 Alex Mellor, 12 Rhyse Martin, 14 Brad Dwyer, 15 Liam Sutcliffe, 19 King Vuniyayawa, 20 Bodene Thompson, 22 Sam Walters, 24 Luke Briscoe, 25 James Donaldson, 26 Jarrod O’Connor, 27 Jack Broadbent, 28 Corey Hall, 31 Morgan Gannon, 33 Kyle Eastmond.

Wakefield Trinity

Matty Ashurst returns for Trinity after missing their last four games through injury. He is one of two changes made by Chris Chester, as Brad Walker also comes back into the fold with Bill Tupou and Sam Eseh dropping out. Ryan Hampshire (jaw), Jacob Miller (knee), Tom Johnstone (concussion) and Jack Croft (ACL) remain unavailable.

21-man squad: 1 Max Jowitt, 4 Reece Lyne, 5 Liam Kay, 7 Mason Lino, 8 David Fifita, 9 Kyle Wood, 10 Tinirau Arona, 11 Matty Ashurst, 12 Kelepi Tanginoa, 13 Joe Westerman, 14 Jay Pitts, 15 Eddie Battye, 16 James Batchelor, 17 Chris Green, 18 Innes Senior, 19 Jordy Crowther, 20 Joe Arundel, 25 Brad Walker, 27 Lee Kershaw, 28 Olly Ashall-Bott, 30 Josh Eaves.