Bradford Bulls welcome back overseas forward as Leigh Leopards dealt double centre boost

Leigh Leopards and Bradford Bulls have confirmed their squads ahead of Sunday’s Las Vegas dress rehearsal.

Set to be played at Odsal, a venue quite different to that of Allegiant Stadium, the Bulls and Leopards will go at it for two valuable competition points, and it’s hard to predict who will come out on top.

The 21-man squads don’t give any further indication of that answer, with both sides fielding strong sides, though there are still a fair number of injury concerns for each team.

Starting with the home side, Bradford’s Jayden Okunbor remains out after his season was said to be potentially over. Jayden Nikorima is named after being labelled ’50-50′ by boss Kurt Haggerty earlier this week.

Jamie Gill drops out of the side, with Phoenix Steinwede a welcome return. The Asutralian made just two appearances before suffering a long-term injury over the Easter period.

For Leigh, centre pairing Tesi Niu and Umyla Hanley are named after recovering from injury. Keanan Brand remains absent. With only 19 players named last week, the duo are the only two changes to Adrian Lam’s side.

Bradford Bulls: Andy Ackers, Caleb Aekins, Guy Armitage, Chris Atkin, Waqa Blake, Ed Chamberlain, Riley Dean, Eribe Doro, Zac Fulton, Will Gardiner, Luke Hooley, Joe Mellor, Jayden Nikorima, Eliot Peposhi, Dan Russell, Ebon Scurr, Ethan Ryan, Phoenix Steinwede,Mitch Souter, Ryan Sutton, Connor Wynne

Leigh Leopards: David Armstrong, Tesi Niu, Umyla Hanley, Josh Charnley, Adam Cook, Lachlan Lam, Joe Ofahengaue, Edwin Ipape, Robbie Mulhern, Frankie Halton, Isaac Liu, Aaron Pene, Jacob Alick-Wiencke, Matt Davis, Liam Horne, Bailey Hodgson, Innes Senior, Gareth O’Brien, Jack Hughes, Louis Brogan, Ryan Brown

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