Warrington v Huddersfield: Squads Announced

Warrington and Huddersfield have both announced their 21-man squads for Friday evening’s Super League fixture at the Totally Wicked Stadium (KO 5:30pm).

The sides will now face each other after their original games were cancelled due to Covid-19 and injury issues stemming from their respective opponents.

The Wolves were meant to play Salford, however the Red Devils forfeited due to only having 13 available players, while the Giants’ clash with Castleford is off after the Tigers returned 12 positive coronavirus results.

The match will be Warrington’s first in over two weeks, after a bye round and a cancelled game against Catalans, while Huddersfield will be looking to get out of their recent rut, after losing their last three games.

Warrington Wolves

Several players are set to return for the Wolves, including Blake Austin, Ben Murdoch-Masila and Mike Cooper. There’s still no Jake Mamo through injury, while Tom Lineham and Sitaleki Akauola remain suspended. Youngsters Ellis Robson, who recently signed a new deal with the club, Josh Thewlis and Nathan Roebuck are all included.

21-man squad: 1 Stefan Ratchford, 3 Anthony Gelling, 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 Ben Murdoch-Masila, 14 Jason Clark, 15 Joe Philbin, 19 Matt Davis, 20 Danny Walker, 21 Dec Patton, 22 Luis Johnson, 27 Ellis Robson, 28 Nathan Roebuck, 29 Josh Thewlis.

Huddersfield Giants

Wing duo Jermaine McGillvary and Darnell McIntosh both return after missing the Giants’ clash with Trinity last time out. They replace Louis Senior and young Irish prop Ronan Michael. Oliver Russell is the other change, coming in for Tom Holmes.

21-man squad: 1 Ashton Golding, 2 Jermaine McGillvary, 3 Jake Wardle, 4 Jordan Turner, 5 Darnell McIntosh, 6 Lee Gaskell, 7 Aidan Sezer, 8 James Gavet, 10 Suaia Matagi, 11 Kenny Edwards, 12 Joe Wardle, 13 Michael Lawrence, 14 Matty English, 15 Oliver Wilson, 17 Ukuma Ta’ai, 21 Leroy Cudjoe, 23 Oliver Russell, 26 Sam Hewitt, 27 Sam Wood, 34 Chris McQueen, 37 Brandon Moore.