Warrington Wolves v Leigh Leopards’ Challenge Cup team news with Marc Sneyd call made

Warrington Wolves take on Leigh Leopards in the second men’s Challenge Cup semi-final and both coaches have now confirmed their teams.

Sam Burgess and Adrian Lam both have headaches due to injuries with Burgess certain to miss both George Williams and Danny Walker, with the pair of England internationals both going under the knife for ankle and knee issues.

Marc Sneyd has also missed out recently due to a fractured jaw but was named in the 21-man squad giving Wire fans hope, whilst Leigh also saw the likes of David Armstrong recalled to their 21-man squad.

These sides met recently in Super League with the Leopards winning that one in Rivals Round as part of their recent streak of five consecutive wins, some very strong form especially when compared to Warrington’s three losses in the past four.

Despite that, Warrington head into today’s clash as favourites with the bookmakers with the Wolves looking to return to the Challenge Cup Final after losing out to Wigan Warriors last year.

Hull KR await the winners after defeating Catalans yesterday, and now the Warrington and Leigh squads are in.

Warrington Wolves team news

Sneyd has been named in the halves alongside fellow veteran Stefan Ratchford, meaning Oli Leyland drops out. Sneyd and Ratchford played together over a decade ago for Salford and the pair now bid to make a Challenge Cup Final.

Arron Lindop drops to the bench as Toby King returns with the youngster the only back on a bench otherwise made up of powerful forwards.

Lachlan Fitzgibbon has overcome whatever niggle saw him miss out in the second half against Wigan as Sam Burgess names an unchanged forward pack. Zane Musgrove is the man to drop from the bench to 18th man.

Warrington Wolves XIII: Matt Dufty; Josh Thewlis, Rodrick Tai, Toby King, Matty Ashton; Stefan Ratchford, Marc Sneyd; Paul Vaughan, Sam Powell, Luke Yates; Adam Holroyd, Lachlan Fitzgibbon, Ben Currie

Interchanges: Joe Philbin, Jordy Crowther, Arron Lindop, James Harrison

📋 Team News for this afternoon’s semi final

Marc Sneyd, Matty Ashton and Toby King all return to the starting line-up 🐺 pic.twitter.com/85hZ1eW2SN

— Warrington Wolves (@WarringtonRLFC) May 11, 2025

Leigh Leopards team news

The major news for Leigh is that both David Armstrong and Gaz O’Brien are back in the squad along with Umyla Hanley as the Leopards receive some key boosts.

Last week’s debutant Joe Ofahengaue drops to the bench with Jack Hughes another to return to the squad.

Magic Weekend stars Bailey Hodgson and Ben McNamara drop to the bench with Adrian Lam naming three backs to the interchange bench, in stark contrast to his counterpart.

Leigh Leopards XIII: David Armstrong; Darnell McIntosh, Tesi Niu, Umyla Hanley, Josh Charnley; Gaz O’Brien, Lachlan Lam; Robbie Mulhern, Edwin Ipape, Owen Trout; Jack Hughes, Ethan O’Neill, Isaac Liu

Interchanges: Matty Davis, Joe Ofahengaue, Bailey Hodgson, Ben McNamara

📰 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 🐆

Your Leopards team for today’s Challenge Cup Semi Final against @WarringtonRLFC #betheroar pic.twitter.com/DMFxYy5rVV

— Leigh Leopards (@LeighLeopardsRL) May 11, 2025