Wigan trio ruled out for Salford clash

Drew Darbyshire

Wigan Warriors will be without Sean O’Loughlin, Joe Burgess and John Bateman for Friday’s trip to Salford Red Devils.

O’Loughlin has a calf injury while Burgess picked up a knock to the thigh in the pre-season game against Leigh Centurions. Bateman has yet to return to full training following a hand injury picked up while playing for England at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

Warriors head coach Shaun Wane could hand Gabe Hamlin his competitive debut while the returning Dan Sarginson is also in the squad.

Jack Littlejohn is poised to make his Super League debut for Ian Watson’s Red Devils after his arrival from Wests Tigers.

Ryan Lannon will serve the last game of his three-match suspension while Manu Vatuvei misses out after picking up a serious Achilles injury midweek.

The game takes place at the AJ Bell Stadium on Friday, 7:30pm kick-off.

Red Devils 19-man squad:

1 Gareth O’Brien

2 Greg Johnson

3 Kris Welham

4 Junior Sa’u

5 Niall Evalds

6 Robert Lui

7 Jack Littlejohn

8 Craig Kopczak

9 Logan Tomkins

10 George Griffin

11 Josh Jones

12 Weller Hauraki ©

13 Mark Flanagan

14 Lama Tasi

16 Luke Burgess

17 Tyrone McCarthy

19 Josh Wood

23 Lee Mossop

24 Jake Bibby

Warriors 19-man squad:

1 Sam Tomkins

2 Tom Davies

3 Dan Sarginson

4 Oliver Gildart

6 George Williams

7 Sam Powell

8 Tony Clubb

9 Tommy Leuluai

10 Ben Flower

11 Joel Tomkins

12 Liam Farrell

15 Ryan Sutton

16 Frank-Paul Nuuausala

17 Taulima Tautai

19 Willie Isa

20 Morgan Escaré

22 Liam Marshall

28 Liam Forsyth

30 Gabe Hamlin

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