Wigan trio ruled out for Salford clash
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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