Wakefield v Castleford: 21-man squads, injury update and TV details

Wakefield and Castleford have both announced their 21-man squads for Wednesday night’s round 10 West Yorkshire derby at the Mobile Rocket Stadium (KO 7:45pm).

Neither team was affected by last week’s COVID-19 postponements, with Trinity’s three-game winning run ended by a 38-18 loss to Warrington.

The Tigers, meanwhile, were defeated 30-12 by Hull FC but did catch the headlines through 17-year-old debutant Jason Qareqare, who scored a magnificent try after just 45 seconds.

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

Wakefield Trinity

Trinity are boosted by the return of back rower Matty Ashurst from suspension, while utility forward Jordy Crowther is also back in contention after recovering from a foot problem. Chris Green and Innes Senior are the men to drop out, while Josh Eaves, Ryan Hampshire (jaw), Jack Croft (ACL), Alex Walker (back) and Josh Wood (jaw) remain unavailable.

21-man squad: 1 Max Jowitt, 2 Tom Johnstone, 3 Bill Tupou, 4 Reece Lyne, 5 Liam Kay, 6 Jacob Miller, 7 Mason Lino, 8 David Fifita, 9 Kyle Wood, 10 Tinirau Arona, 11 Matty Ashurst, 12 Kelepi Tanginoa, 13 Joe Westerman, 14 Jay Pitts, 15 Eddie Battye, 16 James Batchelor, 19 Jordy Crowther, 20 Joe Arundel, 25 Brad Walker, 26 Yusuf Aydin, 27 Lee Kershaw.

Castleford Tigers

Niall Evalds, Gareth O’Brien and Daniel Smith return for the Tigers, while teenage winger Jason Qareqare is included after starring on debut as a late call-up last week. They replace Adam Milner, James Clare, Lewis Bienek and Brad Graham. Alex Foster keeps his place despite being taken from the field on a stretcher against Hull, however Daryl Powell remains without Jake Trueman, Cheyse Blair, Greg Eden (hamstring), Grant Millington (knee) and Sosaia Feki (achilles).

21-man squad: 1 Niall Evalds, 2 Derrell Olpherts, 3 Peter Mata’utia, 4 Michael Shenton, 7 Danny Richardson, 8 Liam Watts, 9 Paul McShane, 11 Oliver Holmes, 14 Nathan Massey, 15 George Griffin, 17 Alex Foster, 18 Jacques O’Neill, 19 Tyla Hepi, 21 Jesse Sene-Lefao, 22 Daniel Smith, 24 Suaia Matagi, 25 Jordan Turner, 27 Lewis Peachey, 28 Brad Martin, 31 Gareth O’Brien, 33 Jason Qareqare.