Super League 2021: This week’s squad news
Here are the 21-man squads for this week’s Super League fixtures…
Warrington v Wigan (Wednesday, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Arena)
Warrington: Akauola, Austin, D Clark, J Clark, Cooper, Currie, Davis, Doro, Hill, Hughes, King, Lineham, Longstaff, Mamo, Mulhern, Philbin, Ratchford, Thewlis, Walker, Wrench.
Wigan: Gildart, Marshall, Leuluai, Singleton, Powell, Bullock, Isa, Farrell, Bateman, Partington, Clubb, Byrne, Smith, Havard, Bibby, Clark, Shorrocks, Pearce-Paul, Halsall, Hastings, Bourouh.
Catalans v Wakefield (Thursday, 6:15pm)
Catalans: Mourgue, Davies, Langi, Whare, Yaha, Maloney, Drinkwater, Dudson, McIlorum, Bousquet, Whitley, Da Costa, Jullien, Seguier, Goudemand, Le Cam, J Tomkins, Chan, Kasiano, S Tomkins, Rouge.
Wakefield: Jowitt, Lyne, Kay, Miller, Lino, Fifita, Wood, Arona, Ashurst, Tanginoa, Battye, Batchelor, Green, Senior, Arundel, B Walker, Aydin, Kershaw, Hampshire.
Hull v Leeds (Thursday, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Arena)
Hull: Faraimo, Tuimavave, Fonua, Reynolds, Sneyd, Houghton, Satae, Ma’u, Sao, Johnstone, Cator, Lane, Fash, McNamara, Brown, Swift, Bowden, Wynne, Scott, Vulikijapani, Logan.
Leeds: T Briscoe, Newman, Hurrell, Handley, Gale, Oledzki, Leeming, Prior, Mellor, Martin, Tetevano, Dwyer, Myler, Smith, Holroyd, Vuniyayawa, Walters, McLelland, L Briscoe, Donaldson, O’Connor.
Wigan v Leigh (Sunday, 3pm)
Wigan: Gildart, Leuluai, Singleton, Powell, Bullock, Isa, Farrell, Bateman, Partington, Clubb, Byrne, Smith, Bibby, Clark, Shorrocks, Pearce-Paul, Halsall, Hanley, Hastings, Bourouh, O’Neill.
Leigh: Russell, Thornley, Sa’u, Mellor, Hood, Ioane, Hellewell, Thompson, Wildie, Gerrard, Ellis, Gee, Mason, Sidlow, Mullen, Brand, Elliot, Butler, Ashworth.
Leeds v Warrington (Sunday, 7:30pm, Sky Sports Arena)
Leeds: T Briscoe, Newman, Hurrell, Handley, Gale, Oledzki, Leeming, Prior, Martin, Tetevano, Dwyer, L Sutcliffe, Myler, Smith, Holroyd, Vuniyayawa, Thompson, L Briscoe, Donaldson, O’Connor, Gannon.
Warrington: Akauola, Ashton, Austin, Charnley, D Clark, Cooper, Currie, Davis, Doro, Hill, Hughes, King, Lineham, Longstaff, Mamo, Mulhern, Ratchford, Thewlis, Walker, Williams, Wrench.
In other Super League news, promotion and relegation to and from the top flight is still set to go ahead at the end of the season.
There has been some conjecture over whether the goal posts will once again be moved, including an erroneous report by the BBC on their live Challenge Cup final coverage that relegation will not take place this year.
But officials from the RFL and Super League have confirmed to us that there have been no formal discussions around removing relegation.
An RFL spokesperson said: “There is no change – it’s still one up, one down.
“There has been acknowledgement from Super League, and an emphasis from us, that Championship clubs can’t be blamed (for the impact of COVID) and that promotion can’t be affected.”