Salford v Warrington: 21-man squads, injury update and TV details

Salford and Warrington have both announced their 21-man squads for Thursday night’s round eight fixture at the AJ Bell Stadium (KO 7:45pm).

The Red Devils came ever so close to a second win of the season last week, leading Wigan on two separate occasions before a late Jackson Hastings confirmed a 17-16 defeat.

The Wolves have lost just once in their last eight games in all competitions, including a convincing 38-14 victory over Castleford last Saturday, which saw Gareth Widdop score a hat-trick.

The game will be available to watch live on Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports Arena, with coverage starting from 7:00pm.

Salford Red Devils

Pauli Pauli is one of three changes made by Richard Marshall, after picking up a one-match ban for dangerous contact against Wigan. Danny Addy also drops out, as does the departing Elliot Kear. Oliver Roberts and Sam Luckley both return to the squad, while young hooker Connor Aspey is named for the first time this season. Joe Burgess is again in line to make his Salford debut, fittness permitting, while Kevin Brown (lower limb), Matty Costello (shoulder), Andy Ackers (head), Dan Sarginson (suspended), Krisnan Inu and Josh Johnson remain out.

21-man squad: 1 Morgan Escare, 2 Ken Sio, 3 Kallum Watkins, 5 Joe Burgess, 6 Tui Lolohea, 8 Lee Mossop, 10 Sebastine Ikahihifo, 11 Ryan Lannon, 13 Elijah Taylor, 15 Oliver Roberts, 16 Greg Burke, 18 Chris Atkin, 20 Harvey Livett, 21 James Greenwood, 22 Rhys Williams, 25 Jack Ormondroyd, 26 Jack Wells, 27 Sam Luckley, 28 Darcy Lussick, 29 Dec Patton, 30 Connor Aspey.

Warrington Wolves

Warrington make one change, with Sitaleki Akauola returning in place of youngster Jacob Gannon. Greg Inglis is still missing with a hamstring problem, while Matty Ashton (ankle) and Eribe Doro (suspended) remain unavailable.

21-man squad: 1 Stefan Ratchford, 2 Tom Lineham, 4 Toby King, 5 Josh Charnley, 6 Blake Austin, 7 Gareth Widdop, 8 Chris Hill, 9 Daryl Clark, 10 Mike Cooper, 11 Ben Currie, 12 Jack Hughes, 13 Joe Philbin, 14 Jason Clark, 15 Matt Davis, 16 Danny Walker, 18 Jake Mamo, 19 Rob Mulhern, 20 Sitaleki Akauola, 21 Rob Butler, 23 Josh Thewlis, 28 Nathan Roebuck.