Team news: Huddersfield v Leeds (Fri)

Drew Darbyshire 01 Aug 2019 10:43 AM

Richie Myler will return for Leeds when they local rivals Huddersfield on Friday night.

Leeds interim coach Richard Agar has made just one change to his side that lost to Hull FC a fortnight ago. Myler replaces youngster Callum McLelland.

Simon Woolford has made two changes to his Huddersfield that beat Hull KR last time out. Olly Russell and Oliver Roberts come in for Tom Holmes and Sebastine Ikahihifo.

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

Drew’s dabble: Harry Newman is priced at 14/1 to score the game’s opener against his hometown club Huddersfield.

Huddersfield’s 19-man squad: Darnell McIntosh, Jermaine McGillvary, Lee Gaskell, Matt Frawley, Kruise Leeming, Suaia Matagi, Aaron Murphy, Alex Mellor, Michael Lawrence, Adam O’Brien, Oliver Roberts, Ukuma Ta’ai, Matty English, Jake Wardle, Olly Russell, Adam Walne, Louis Senior, Innes Senior, Oliver Wilson.

Leeds’ 19-man squad: Jack Walker, Tom Briscoe, Konrad Hurrell, Ash Handley, Richie Myler, Adam Cuthbertson, Brad Singleton, Trent Merrin, Brad Dwyer, Liam Sutcliffe, Brett Ferres, Nathaniel Peteru, Cameron Smith, James Donaldson, Harry Newman, Ava Seumanufagai, Shaun Lunt, Robert Lui, Rhyse Martin.

Huddersfield are priced at 10/11 to claim the bragging rights, while Leeds are EVS to win.