Prop Oliver Wilson has completed a two-game ban and is back in Giants’ initial 21-man squad for the Super League rivals round clash.
Half-back Leo Ward has also been drafted in, but Giants remain ravaged by injury and two more players have joined the casualty list with prop Fenton Rogers (ankle) and on-loan Hull KR hooker Bill Leyland (concussion) dropping out from the side beaten by Catalans Dragons last Sunday.
Huddersfield Giants’ 21-man squad: Jacob Gagai, Jake Bibby, Liam Sutcliffe, Sam Halsall, Oliver Wilson, Tom Burgess, Sam Hewitt, Ashton Golding, Joe Greenwood, Thomas Deakin, Elliot Wallis, Leroy Cudjoe, Taane Milne, Aidan McGowan, Jack Billington, Connor Carr, George Flanagan, Jack Bibby, Leo Ward, Max Merta, Jacob Algar.
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— Huddersfield Giants 🐮🔔 (@Giantsrl) April 16, 2025
Leeds Rhinos team news
Rhinos boss Brad Arthur has made one change to the group named ahead of last Thursday’s 28-0 win at Salford Red Devils.
Kallum Watkins – who returned to the club from Salford last week – has been drafted in and is set to make the first appearance of his second spell, 17 years to the day after his Rhinos debut. He replaces Mikolaj Oledzki as the prop serves a one-match ban.
Leeds Rhinos’ 21-man squad: Lachie Miller, Harry Newman, Ash Handley, Ryan Hall, Matt Frawley, Keenan Palasia, James Bentley, James McDonnell, Jarrod O’Connor, Sam Lisone, Morgan Gannon, Cooper Jenkins, Jake Connor, Tom Holroyd, Jack Sinfield, Alfie Edgell, Tom Nicholson-Watton, Riley Lumb, Kallum Watkins, Jack Smith, Presley Cassell.
SQUAD NEWS | Watkins set for second debut 17 years after first appearance.
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— Leeds Rhinos (@leedsrhinos) April 16, 2025
