Squad Watch: Super League team news, including TV coverage and kick-off times
Welcome to Squad Watch here on Love Rugby League, your go-to place for the latest Super League team news ahead of every round of action.
Squad Watch is a weekly feature at Love Rugby League in 2024, which includes all the 21-man squads as and when they are announced for every round of fixtures.
Warrington Wolves v Leeds Rhinos (Thursday, 8pm, Sky Sports Action and Super League+)
Warrington boss Sam Burgess makes four changes to his 21-man squad from their victory at home against Huddersfield last Friday night. Lachlan Fitzgibbon, Toby King and Connor Wrench all picked up injuries in that win, and they drop out alongside winger Josh Thewlis (shoulder).
Jordy Crowther is one of the four to come in, returning from an ankle injury. Joe Bullock also returns alongside young duo Cai Taylor-Wray and Max Wood.
Leeds, meanwhile, have appointed Brad Arthur as their new head coach on a deal until the end of the season. He isn’t expected to be in charge on Thursday night, but could take a viewing role at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.
There are two changes to the Rhinos’ squad from their narrow victory at home against London last time out, with Justin Sangare unavailable with a knee injury and Harry Newman absent due to the short turnaround between games. Luis Roberts and Tom Nicholson-Watton replace the pair.
Warrington: Ashton, Bullock, Crowther, Currie, Drinkwater, Dufty, Green, Harrison, Holroyd, Lindop, Musgrove, Nicholson, Powell, Ratchford, Tai, Taylor-Wray, Vaughan, Walker, Whitehead, Williams, Wood
Leeds: Miller, Fusitu’a, Momirovski, Handley, Croft, Frawley, Olędzki, Ackers, Martin, Smith, O’Connor, Lisone, McDonnell, Goudemand, Sinfield, Roberts, Edgell, Nicholson-Watton, McCormack, Littlewood, Eseh
Wigan Warriors v St Helens (Friday, 8pm, Sky Sports Action, Sky Sports Main Event and Super League+)
Wigan saw Mike Cooper forced off in the early stages of their victory against Leigh last Friday night, with the prop failing the HIA which followed. Brad O’Neill was then suspended by the Match Review Panel.
Accordingly, youngsters Jacob Douglas and Taylor Kerr are drafted into Matt Peet’s 21, with the latter named in a senior squad for the first time.
Meanwhile, St Helens could be boosted by the return of key hooker Daryl Clark, who missed out of last week’s defeat to Castleford with a minor injury. However, Saints will again be without key forward Sione Mata’utia whilst experienced utility Moses Mbye misses out through suspension. The club failed in their second appeal against Mbye’s one-match ban, with it being upheld at an operational rules tribunal on Wednesday evening. As a result, youngster Will Roberts completes Paul Wellens’ 21-man squad for the derby, and could make his first team debut if selected.
Wigan: Miski, Keighran, Wardle, Marshall, French, Smith, Havard, Byrne, Farrell, Ellis, Mago, Thompson, Dupree, Hill, Nsemba, Walters, Hampshire, Eckersley, Douglas, Farrimond, Kerr
Saints: Welsby, Blake, Percival, Bennison, Lomax, Dodd, Clark, Lees, Bell, Sironen, Paasi, Delaney, Davies, Royle, Burns, Ritson, Vaughan, Stephens, Cowen, Robertson
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London Broncos v Castleford Tigers (Friday, 8pm, Sky Sports Arena and Super League+)
London – who lost out on golden point at Headingley against Leeds last weekend – make just one change to their squad, with Italy international Jack Campagnolo returning from injury to replace Jordan Williams in Mike Eccles’ 21.
The Broncos take another game on the road on Saturday, with Castleford making the trip to Ebbsfleet United FC’s Kuflink Stadium.
Craig Lingard also makes a single change to his Tigers side from their eye-catching victory at St Helens last time out. Daniel Hindmarsh-Takyi is the player to drop out, with Sam Hall coming back into the fold.
London: Walker, Kershaw, Bassett, Macani, Campagnolo, Meadows, Butler, Davis, Bienek, Lovell, Natoli, Parata, Stock, Adebiyi, Waine, Kennedy, Leyland, Storey, Rourke, Jones, Tison
Castleford: Hooley, Senior, Miller, Watts, Lawler, El-Zakhem, Mellor, Westerman, Horne, Griffin, Milnes, S Hall, Mustapha, Qareqare, Robb, Kibula, Hill, Johnson, Hoy, C Hall, English
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Hull FC v Hull KR (Saturday, 3pm, Sky Sports Arena and Super League+)
Hull FC coach Simon Grix has made three changes to his squad that was named for last week’s defeat at Salford. Davy Litten, Harvey Barron and Jack Charles replace Danny Houghton (calf), Zach Jebson and loanee Ben Reynolds, who has now left the club.
Hull KR coach Willie Peters, meanwhile, has made one change to his squad, with key prop Sam Luckley ruled out through concussion protocol. However, Oliver Gildart returns to the 21-man squad and will be in line to return after recovering from a knee injury.
Hull FC: Tuimavave, Sutcliffe, Trueman, Ese’ese, Sao, Fash, Lane, Smith, Gardiner, Litten, Barron, Martin, Balmforth, Laidlaw, Walker, Moy, Charles, Briscoe, Aydin, Chan, Kirby
Hull KR: Hiku, Evalds, Opacic, Gildart, Hall, Lewis, Sue, Litten, King, Hadley, Minchella, Parcell, Whitbread, Storton, Tanginoa, May, Fishwick, Burgess, Broadbent, Brown, Richardson
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Leigh Leopards v Huddersfield Giants (Saturday, 3pm, Sky Sports Mix and Super League+)
Leigh lost out at Wigan last Friday night, and as they return to the LSV for the first time in over a month, boss Adrian Lam makes one change to his squad.
That change is an enforced one with winger Josh Charnley picking up a rib cartilage issue which forced him off against his former club last week. He drops out for the visit of Huddersfield, with Tom Nisbet coming into the 21 in his place.
The Giants will be without hooker Tom Deakin and prop Seb Ikahihifo after the pair failed HIAs in their defeat at Warrington.
The duo are replaced by youngsters Darius Carter and Fenton Rogers.
Leigh: O’Brien, Hardaker, Leutele, Moylan, Lam, Amone, Ipape, Mulhern, O’Donnell, Hughes, Asiata, Norman, Davis, Halton, Trout, Chamberlain, Hanley, Nisbet, Dwyer, McIntosh, Pene
Huddersfield: Connor, Bibby, Lolohea, Clune, Hill, Milner, Greenwood, Hewitt, Yates, Golding, Rushton, Wilson, Wallis, Livett, Halsall, Rogers, Salabio, Billington, McGowan, Savelio, Carter
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Catalans Dragons v Salford Red Devils (Saturday, 5:30pm, Sky Sports Arena & Super League+)
Catalans boss Steve McNamara has made three changes to his side following last week’s win at Hull KR.
Fouad Yaha, Micky McIlorum and Loan Castano come back into the squad, replacing Jordan Abdull, Franck Maria and Yacine Ben Abdeslem.
Salford – who narrowly beat Hull FC on home soil last Sunday – have been boosted by the return of Nene Macdonald.
The Papua New Guinea international is available again after a muscle issue, and he replaces young prop Jamie Pye in Paul Rowley’s squad.
Catalans: Mourgue, Davies, Romano, Laguerre, Yaha, Fages, McIlorum, Bousquet, Sims, Seguier, Garcia, Da Costa, Sironen, Navarrete, Rouge, Satae, Ikuvalu, Dezaria, Johnstone, Castano, Aispuro-Bichet
Salford: Brierley, Ryan, Macdonald, Cross, Sneyd, Singleton, Bourouh, Vuniyayawa, Stone, Watkins, Partington, Atkin, Wright, Shorrocks, Hankinson, Mellor, Connell, Dudson, Wilson, Lewis
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