Team news: Huddersfield v Catalans (Fri)

Drew Darbyshire

Huddersfield will welcome back Suaia Matagi this week, while Matty Smith has been dropped from the Catalans squad.

Simon Woolford has made two changes to his Huddersfield side that eased past Salford last week. Matagi and Dom Young replace the injured Adam O’Brien and Leroy Cudjoe.

Catalans coach Steve McNamara has made one change to his side that hammered Wakefield last time out. Mickael Goudemand replaces Smith.

The Super League match takes place at the John Smith’s Stadium on Friday, 7:45pm kick-off.

Drew’s dabble: Huddersfield are priced at 10/3 to win both halves.

Huddersfield’s 19-man squad: Darnell McIntosh, Jermaine McGillvary, Lee Gaskell, Matt Frawley, Paul Clough, Kruise Leeming, Suaia Matagi, Aaron Murphy, Alex Mellor, Michael Lawrence, Ukuma Ta’ai, Matty English, Jake Wardle, Tom Holmes, Sebastine Ikahihifo, Louis Senior, Innes Senior, Oliver Wilson, Dom Young.

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

The Giants are EVS to claim the win, while the Dragons are priced at 10/11 to take the two points back to France.

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