This week’s Super League squad news: Grace, Lui, Hardaker, Field & Brown to return
Here are the 21-man squads for this week’s fixtures in Super League…
Leeds v Castleford (Friday, 7:45pm)
Leeds half-back Rob Lui could make a return this Friday after being named in Richard Agar’s 21-man squad. Lui replaces prop Mikolaj Oledzki, who has been ruled out with a toe injury.
Castleford coach Daryl Powell has welcomed back a number of senior players, while Jimmy Keinhorst continues his loan spell with the Tigers. Captain Michael Shenton misses out after suffering a facial injury in the loss to Huddersfield last time out.
Leeds: T Briscoe, Newman, Hurrell, Handley, Lui, Gale, Leeming, Prior, Martin, Tetevano, Dwyer, L Sutcliffe, Myler, Smith, Holroyd, Vuniyayawa, Thompson, L Briscoe, Donaldson, O’Connor, Gannon.
Castleford: Evalds, Olpherts, Mata’utia, Richardson, McShane, Millington, Holmes, Milner, Massey, Foster, Hepi, Clare, Sene-Lefao, Smith, Eden, Matagi, Turner, Bienek, Graham, O’Brien, Keinhorst.
Wigan v Salford (Friday, 7:45pm)
Wigan coach Adrian Lam has made five changes to his side that beat Leigh on Sunday. Jai Field is included for the first time since round one after suffering a hamstring injury against Leigh in March. Zak Hardaker (neck), Morgan Smithies (ankle), Ethan Havard (hip) and Liam Marshall (HIA) also return from their injuries.
Kevin Brown is back for Salford this week along with former New Zealand international Elijah Taylor. Ellis Robson and Nathan Roebuck – both on loan from Warrington – could also feature.
Wigan: Hardaker, Gildart, Marshall, Field, Powell, Bullock, Isa, Bateman, Smithies, Clubb, Byrne, Smith, Havard, Bibby, Clark, Shorrocks, Pearce-Paul, Halsall, Hanley, Hastings, Bourouh.
Salford: Burgess, Lolohea, Brown, Mossop, Ackers, Pauli, Taylor, Addy, Johnson, Atkin, Livett, Williams, Sarginson, Costello, Ormondroyd, Luckley, Patton, Aspey, Hingano, Roebuck, Robson.
St Helens v Catalans (Saturday, 2:30pm, Sky Sports Arena)
St Helens have been boosted by the return of Regan Grace and Agnatius Paasi, with young centre Josh Simm also coming back into the fray. Prop Matty Lees misses out due to concussion protocols.
Matthieu Laguerre, Mathieu Cozza and Jordan Dezaria are back in the Catalans squad. The Dragons will be without half-back Josh Drinkwater and prop Sam Kasiano this week due to injuries picked up in their win at Hull KR last time out.
St Helens: Coote, Makinson, Naiqama, Percival, Grace, Lomax, Walmsley, Roby, Thompson, Knowles, Mata’utia, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Amor, Paasi, Welsby, Smith, Batchelor, Dodd, Simm, Norman, Royle.
Catalans: Mourgue, Langi, Whare, Yaha, Maloney, Dudson, McIlorum, McMeeken, Da Costa, Jullien, Seguier, Goudemand, Laguerre, Le Cam, J Tomkins, Dezaria, Rouge, Franco.
Huddersfield v Wakefield (Sunday, 3pm)
Forward pair Josh Jones and Joe Greenwood are back in the Huddersfield squad.
Wakefield coach Chris Chester will welcome Tom Johnstone and Joe Westerman back to his side this week.
Huddersfield: Golding, McGillvary, Jake Wardle, Yates, Jones, English, Greenwood, McQueen, Wilson, Cudjoe, Russell, Senior, Trout, Wood, Hewitt, Ashall-Bott, Pryce, Peteru, Peats, Roby.
Wakefield: Jowitt, Johnstone, Lyne, Kay, Miller, Lino, Fifita, Wood, Arona, Ashurst, Tanginoa, Westerman, Battye, Batchelor, Green, Senior, Arundel, Walker, Aydin, Hampshire.
Warrington v Hull (Sunday, 3pm)
Jack Hughes and Daryl Clark are serving one-match suspensions, but Joe Philbin returns to the Warrington squad. New recruit George Williams is in line to make his home debut for the Wolves.
Jamie Shaul is included in the Hull squad after 10 months on the sidelines.
Warrington: Akauola, Ashton, Austin, Charnley, Cooper, Currie, Davis, Doro, Hill, King, Lineham, Longstaff, Mamo, Mulhern, Philbin, Ratchford, Thewlis, Walker, Williams, Wrench.
Hull: Faraimo, Tuimavave, Fonua, Reynolds, Sneyd, Houghton, Satae, Ma’u, Sao, Cator, Lane, Fash, McNamara, Brown, Swift, Bowden, Scott, Ferreira, Vulikijapani, Shaul.
Leigh v Hull KR (Sunday, 6:30pm, Sky Sports Arena)
Leigh forward James Bell is back after serving suspension, while Rob Butler and Jack Ashworth begin their suspensions following their derby clash at Wigan. Ben Flower returns to the frame after injury and new recruit Jack Logan is also included.
Hull KR full-back Adam Quinlan is out of the squad and will miss the rest of the season due to a shoulder injury.
Leigh: Russell, Thornley, Sa’u, Mellor, Flower, Hood, Ioane, Hellewell, Thompson, Bell, Gerrard, Ellis, Gee, Mason, Sidlow, Mullen, Brand, Elliot, Eaves, Foster, Logan.
Hull KR: Crooks, Minikin, Kenny-Dowall, Hall, Vete, Parcell, Sims, Takairangi, Linnett, Hadley, Litten, Lawler, King, Storton, Lewis, Keyes, Milnes, Maher, Johnson, Mustapha, Tate.