Leigh Leopards have had a major injury boost for their clash in the south of France against Catalans Dragons.
Adrian Lam’s side are trying to put their slow start to the season behind them and a victory in Perpignan would mark a third consecutive win and put them well on their way to righting the course.
Injuries to key players have been an obvious reason why Leigh have not been as strong as many expected but they’re slowly getting key players back and today’s team news has confirmed the return of David Armstrong, albeit via the bench, whilst Tesi Niu and Umyla Hanley start.
Armstrong had played 60 minutes for the reserves last week, scoring a try in that game, and he now makes his first senior appearance for the club since June last year.
He’ll line up opposite one of the form full-backs in Super League with Catalans’ Charlie Staines impressing so far since his switch from the NRL.
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Catalans Dragons team news
Captain Benjamin Garcia failed a HIA last week so he drops out alongside Harvey Wilson, who moves to 18th man, as Ben Condon steps up to start in place of Garcia.
Franck Maria also is called up whilst Kruise Leeming drops to the bench with Ugo Tison starting at hooker.
Catalans Dragons XIII: Charlie Staines; Tommy Makinson, Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet, Solomona Faataape, Leo Darrelatour; Toby Sexton, Lewis Dodd; Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui, Ugo Tison, Romain Navarrete; Zac Lipowicz, Ben Condon; Julian Bousquet
Interchanges: Chris Satae, Kruise Leeming, Josh Allen, Franck Maria
Le 𝐗𝐈𝐈𝐈 𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐞́𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 pour affronter Leigh 🐲 pic.twitter.com/bmU7XdcqHe
— Dragons Catalans (@DragonsOfficiel) May 2, 2026
Leigh Leopards team news
Ben McNamara was named to the bench last week but he drops out following his loan move to Bradford Bulls, whilst Robbie Mulhern, who limped off early against Huddersfield, also drops out on account of a calf injury.
AJ Towse also drops out despite scoring twice last week as Adrian Lam welcomes back three key players in his back-line with centres Umyla Hanley and Tesi Niu starting, whilst David Armstrong plays from the bench.
Leigh Leopards XIII: Gareth O’Brien; Innes Senior, Tesi Niu, Umyla Hanley, Josh Charnley; Adam Cook, Lachlan Lam, Joe Ofahengaue, Edwin Ipape, Owen Trout; Frankie Halton, Jacob Alick-Wiencke, Isaac Liu
Interchanges: Louis Brogan, David Armstrong, Liam Horne, Jack Hughes
📰 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 🐆
Your Leopards team for this evening’s clash with Catalans Dragons. pic.twitter.com/w10vNHwzVo— Leigh Leopards (@LeighLeopardsRL) May 2, 2026
