Wakefield Trinity and Huddersfield Giants have named their sides for this afternoon’s Super League clash, with a number of changes made.
Trinity go into this game looking to go fourth in the league, after St Helens jumped above them following their victory over Bradford Bulls last night.
Daryl Powell’s side has a number of key players unavailable, particularly in their back line, so they will be relying on their ever-so-dominant pack to carry them up the field and get them into good-ball opportunities.
With York beating Castleford on Friday night, Huddersfield are now four points adrift from the rest of the competition. Whilst extremely unlikely, a win at Belle Vue later today would see them halve that gap and would lead to an even more significant game against the Knights at Magic Weekend.
Wakefield Trinity v Huddersfield Giants Team News
Wakefield have made two changes to the side that beat Hull FC last week, though their starting 13 is completely unchanged.
The only switches see Caius Faatili drop out for Tray Lolesio, whilst last week’s debutant Kian McGann misses out and Will Tate re-joins the 17.
Huddersfield make three changes, with the key returnee being Adam Swift, who plays his first game under new boss Jim Lenihan.
He starts on the wing with loanee Lee Kershaw dropping out, whilst Kieran Rush starts at hooker in place of Zac Woolford, who is out through HIA protocols.
A switch on the bench sees George King return in place of Tom Burgess.
Wakefield:Â Max Jowitt, Josh Rourke, Cam Scott, Jay Pitts, Tom Johnstone, Jake Trueman, Jack Sinfield, Mike McMeeken, Tyson Smoothy, Ky Rodwell, Seth Nikotemo, Isaiah Vagana, Jazz Tevaga
Bench:Â Caleb Hamlin-Uele, Harvey Smith, Tray Lolesio, Will Tate
Huddersfield Giants: George Flanagan Jr, Adam Swift, Lewis Jagger, Jacob Gagai, Taane Milne, Tui Lolohea, Oliver Russell, Chris Patolo, Kieran Rush, Fenton Rogers, Asher O’Donnell, Zane Dunford, Tristan Powell
Bench: George King, Matty English, Mathieu Cozza, Cole Geyer
