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

Wigan and Castleford have both announced their 21-man squads for Thursday evening’s round four clash at the DW Stadium (KO 6:00pm).

Both sides come into the game unbeaten in all competitions.

The Warriors have claimed wins over Leigh, Wakefield and, most recently, Leeds in the league, as well as beating York 26-0 in the Challenge Cup.

The Tigers’ opening three games were fairly tight encounters, with narrow victories over Warrington and Leeds before a golden point 33-32 win over Hull KR in the Challenge Cup.

They’ll have plenty of confidence, though, after beating Leigh by a blow out score of 52-16 last week.

The game will be available to watch for free for season ticket holders via the Our League app.

Wigan Warriors

There’s one change for the Warriors, with Liam Byrne returning from suspension in place of Sam Halsall. Thomas Leuluai is included despite struggling with a sternum problem, however Dom Manfredi (thumb), Liam Marshall (ACL), Jai Field (hamstring) and Oliver Gildart (groin) remain unavailable. Jackson Hastings is in line to play his first Warriors game since the announcement that he will leave to return to the NRL with Wests Tigers at the end of the season.

21-man squad: 1 Bevan French, 3 Zak Hardaker, 7 Thomas Leuluai, 8 Brad Singleton, 9 Sam Powell, 10 Joe Bullock, 11 Willie Isa, 12 Liam Farrell, 13 John Bateman, 14 Ollie Partington, 15 Morgan Smithies, 17 Tony Clubb, 19 Liam Byrne, 20 Harry Smith, 21 Ethan Havard, 22 Jake Bibby, 23 Mitch Clark, 25 Joe Shorrocks, 29 James McDonnell, 30 Umyla Hanley, 31 Jackson Hastings.

Castleford Tigers

Danny Richardson returns after missing out last week, while young forward Brad Martin also comes into the side. They replace the suspended Jesse Sene-Lefao and Gareth O’Brien, who picked up a leg injury. Sosaia Feki (achilles), Suaia Matagi (calf), James Clare (knee), Alex Foster (bicep) and Jacques O’Neill are all still out.

21-man squad: 1 Niall Evalds, 2 Derrell Olpherts, 3 Peter Mata’utia, 4 Michael Shenton, 6 Jake Trueman, 7 Danny Richardson, 8 Liam Watts, 9 Paul McShane, 10 Grant Millington, 11 Oliver Holmes, 12 Cheyse Blair, 13 Adam Milner, 14 Nathan Massey, 15 George Griffin, 19 Tyla Hepi, 22 Daniel Smith, 23 Greg Eden, 25 Jordan Turner, 26 Lewis Bienek, 28 Brad Martin, 29 Sam Hall.