Super League Rival Round: This week’s squad news

Drew Darbyshire

Here are the 21-man squads for this weekend’s ‘Rival Round’ in Super League…

Leeds v Huddersfield (Thursday, 7:45pm)

Lee Gaskell returns for Huddersfield

Leeds coach Richard Agar has been forced into changes for Thursday’s match, with Luke Gale and Konrad Hurrell unlikely to play any further part this season due to injury. Matt Prior is still unavailable due to Covid but King Vuniyayawa and Callum McLelland are back for the Rhinos.

Lee Gaskell returns for Huddersfield, with Will Pryce, Jack Cogger and Olly Russell also being named.

Leeds: T Briscoe, Newman, Hurrell, Handley, Lui, Leeming, Tetevano, Dwyer, Myler, Smith, Holroyd, Vuniyayawa, Thompson, Walters, McLelland, L Briscoe, Donaldson, O’Connor, Hall, Edwards, Gannon.

Huddersfield: Golding, Jake Wardle, Gaskell, Yates, Jones, English, Greenwood, Cogger, Wilson, Cudjoe, Rusell, Senior, Trout, Wood, Hewitt, Ashall-Bott, Pryce, Peteru, Peats, Roby.

Warrington v Catalans (Thursday, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Arena)

Warrington captain Jack Hughes is set to return

Warrington captain Jack Hughes and Daryl Clark both return having served one-match suspensions.

Catalans will welcome back forward Benjamin Jullien, who has received the green light from the medical staff and is cleared to return.

Warrington: Akauola, Ashton, Austin, Charnley, D Clark, Cooper, Currie, Davis, Hill, Hughes, King, Lineham, Mamo Mulhern, Philbin, Ratchford, Thewlis, Walker, Widdop, Williams, Wrench.

Catalans: Mourgue, Davies, Langi, Whare, Yaha, Maloney, Drinkwater, Dudson, McIlorum, Bousquet, McMeeken, Jullien, Goudemand, Laguerre, Le Cam, Cozza, Chan, Kasiano, S Tomkins, Dezaria, Rouge.

Wigan v St Helens (Friday, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Arena)

Morgan Knowles returns for St Helens

Wigan coach Adrian Lam has made two changes to last week’s squad. Ollie Partington and Sam Halsall come in for Sam Powell (HIA) and Umyla Hanley.

Morgan Knowles returns for St Helens this week but they will be without winger Tommy Makinson, who will start serving his two-match ban.

Wigan: Hardaker, Gildart, Marshall, Field, Bullock, Isa, Farrell, Bateman, Partington, Smithies, Clubb, Byrne, Smith, Havard, Bibby, Clark, Shorrocks, Pearce-Paul, Halsall, Hastings, Bourouh.

St Helens: Coote, Naiqama, Percival, Grace, Lomax, Walmsley, Roby, Lees, Thompson, Bentley, Knowles, Mata’utia, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Amor, Paasi, Welsby, Smith, Batchelor, Dodd, Simm, Wingfield.

Hull v Hull KR (Saturday, 3pm, Sky Sports Action)

Hull: TBA

Hull KR: TBA

Castleford v Wakefield (Saturday, 7pm)

Castleford: TBA

Wakefield: TBA

Leigh v Salford (Sunday, 4:30pm)

Leigh: TBA

Salford: TBA