When Warrington Wolves boss Daryl Powell named his 21-man squad for the visit of Huddersfield Giants to the Halliwell Jones Stadium, there was one glaring omission.
That was halfback Gareth Widdop. With Jack Hughes already confirmed to be out for four months with a shoulder injury and Stefan Ratchford missing, too, the last thing Powell needed was for Widdop to be out.
Against Hull FC, Ratchford and Widdop suffered injuries with scans revealing quad (Ratchford) and glute (Widdop) damage which will see both of them miss a couple of weeks’ worth of action.
It does, however, mean that halfback Riley Dean will get his chance alongside England halfback George Williams.
21-man squads
Warrington Wolves
2 Josh Charnley
3 Peter Mata’utia
4 Toby King
5 Matty Ashton
6 Gareth Widdop
7 George Williams
8 Joe Philbin
9 Daryl Clark
10 Mike Cooper
11 Ben Currie
12 Oliver Holmes
14 Jason Clark
15 Joe Bullock
16 Danny Walker
18 Billy Magoulias
19 Rob Mulhern
22 Josh Thewlis
23 Connor Wrench
24 Ellis Longstaff
25 Ellis Robson
27 Riley Dean
Huddersfield Giants
2 Jermaine McGillvary
3 Jake Wardle
4 Ricky Leutele
5 Ashton Golding
6 Tui Lolohea
8 Chris Hill
9 Danny Levi
10 Michael Lawrence
11 Josh Jones
13 Luke Yates
15 Joe Greenwood
16 Jack Cogger
20 Oliver Wilson
21 Leroy Cudjoe
22 Louis Senior
23 Olly Russell
24 Oliver Roberts
25 Innes Senior
26 Nathan Mason
27 Jack Ashworth
29 Sam Hewitt
