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Leeds Rhinos v Warrington Wolves predicted line-ups as Sam Burgess forced into reshuffle

by
Sam Cook
June 14, 2025

Leeds Rhinos take on Warrington Wolves today a week after Wire’s Challenge Cup defeat and we’ve predicted how each side could line up.

It was heartbreak at Wembley for Warrington Wolves and they face a tough test now on their return to Super League with Brad Arthur’s side in fine form and looking to strengthen their grip on third.

Whilst selection choices will be very tough for Burgess on account of the reshuffle he’s forced into given Matt Dufty’s injury, they’ll also be very hard for Arthur given how many viable starters he has in the forward pack.

Though predicting which players will be rested and which are given a shout is tough, we’ve put together our predicted line-ups for Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves.

How Leeds Rhinos could line up against Warrington

The backs effectively pick themselves at the moment, especially now that Brad Arthur has opted to start leaving Matt Frawley out of the 21-man squad. He previously conceded that as a mistake, stating that he had Jack Sinfield as cover there anyway.

Sinfield has been a utility off the bench lately but with Andy Ackers back from injury, we’ve opted with the England international meaning Sinfield misses out.

Into the forward pack and we’ve got Tom Holroyd and Cooper Jenkins both missing out with Morgan Gannon, Cameron Smith and Sam Lisone the bench options.

That means a start out of loose forward for Kallum Watkins on his 400th career appearance.

Leeds Rhinos XIII: Lachie Miller, Ryan Hall, Harry Newman, Ash Handley, Riley Lumb; Brodie Croft, Jake Connor; Mikolaj Oledzki, Jarrod O’Connor, Keenan Palasia; James McDonnell, James Bentley, Kallum Watkins

Interchanges: Sam Lisone, Cameron Smith, Morgan Gannon, Andy Ackers

Leeds Rhinos have named their 21 man squad to face Warrington this Saturday at AMT Headingley, kick off 5.30pm.
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— Leeds Rhinos (@leedsrhinos) June 12, 2025

How Warrington Wolves could line up against Leeds

Sam Burgess confirmed that Matt Dufty will be out for “at least two weeks” after requiring surgery on his fractured eye socket that saw him leave the field early against Hull KR.

Stefan Ratchford could be the man to deputise at full-back and that’s not the only possible change in the backline. We’ve predicted a Connor Wrench recall with young Arron Lindop taken out of the firing line and given some rest.

The forward pack looks set to be the same as at Wembley though Max Wood and Dan Russell could both be afford chances off the bench after missing out.

Warrington Wolves XIII: Stefan Ratchford; Josh Thewlis, Rodrick Tai, Toby King, Connor Wrench; George Williams, Marc Sneyd; Paul Vaughan, Sam Powell, Luke Yates; Adam Holroyd, Lachlan Fitzgibbon, Ben Currie

Interchanges: James Harrison, Joe Philbin, Max Wood, Dan Russell