Team news: Catalans v Warrington (Sat)

Drew Darbyshire

Catalans will welcome back three big guns for Saturday’s showdown with Warrington.

Steve McNamara has made three changes to his Catalans side that lost at Salford last time out. Greg Bird, Kenny Edwards and Samisoni Langi come back into the side.

Matty Smith, Ben Jullien and Lucas Albert drop out for the Dragons.

Warrington coach Steve Price has made two changes to his Warrington outfit that beat Hull FC in the Challenge Cup semi-finals last week. Stefan Ratchford keeps his place in the side after being a late call-up at Bolton, while Sitaleki Akauola also returns.

Josh Charnley [knee] and Lama Tasi miss out for the Wolves.

The televised Super League match takes place at the Stade Gilbert Brutus on Saturday, 5pm (UK time) kick-off.

Drew’s dabble: Tony Gigot is 22/1 to score the game’s first try.

Catalans’ 19-man squad: Tony Gigot, David Mead, Brayden Wiliame, Samisoni Langi, Remi Casty, Micky McIlorum, Kenny Edwards, Ben Garcia, Greg Bird, Julian Bousquet, Mika Simon, Matt Whitley, Alrix Da Costa, Mickael Goudemand, Antoni Maria, Arthur Romano, Fouad Yaha, Sam Kasiano, Sam Tomkins.

Warrington’s 19-man squad: Sitaleki Akauola, Blake Austin, Luther Burrell, Daryl Clark, Jason Clark, Mike Cooper, Ben Currie, Matt Davis, Bryson Goodwin, Chris Hill, Jack Hughes, Toby King, Tom Lineham, Harvey Livett, Jake Mamo, Ben Murdoch-Masila, Dec Patton, Joe Philbin, Stef Ratchford.

Catalans are 11/10 to win the game, while Warrington are EVS to take the two points back to England.


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