Round 8 preview

7 Aug 2020

Round 8 preview

This weekend sees a full round of Betfred Super games live on Sky Sports and we've got the team news for you ahead of some big games....

Castleford Tigers v Catalans Dragons (4:15pm, 8 Aug)

Daryl Powell's team will be hoping they can pick up where they left off in the last Super League game before lockdown when the turned over St Helens at home. Whilst the Dragons will be hoping Headingley has a better outcome in store for them this weekend, having been punished 34-6 by St Helens last weekend.

Castleford Tigers: James Clare, Greg Eden, Alex Foster, George Griffin, Tyla Hepi, Bailey Hodgson, Oliver Holmes, Nathan Massey, Peter Mata'utia, Mike McMeeken, Paul McShane, Grant Millington, Adam Milner, Junior Moors, Jacques O'Neill, Derrell Olpherts, Lewis Peachey, Danny Richardson, Michael Shenton, Jacob Trueman, Calum Turner

Catalans Dragons: Lucas Albert, Jason Baitieri, Julian Bousquet, Remi Casty, Alrix Costa, Tom Davies, Josh Drinkwater, Israel Folau, Benjamin Garcia, Mickael Goudemand, Benjamin Jullien, Sam Kasiano, Samisoni Langi, James Maloney, Antoni Maria, Sam Moa, Arthur Mourgue, Arthur Romano, Joel Tomkins, Matt Whitley, Fouad Yaha

Warrington Wolves v Hull KR (6:30pm, 8 Aug) 

A first outings for both teams this weekend and Tony Smith will be looking for a change in Rovers form post-lockdown having gone into the hiatus on a run of five consecutive defeats. Steve Price on the other hand will be hoping his Warrington players can pick up exactly where they left off having finished with back to back wins over Castleford and Hull FC.

Warrington Wolves: Sitaleki Akauola, Matthew Ashton, Blake Austin, Luther Burrell, Josh Charnley, Daryl Clark, Jason Clark, Mike Cooper, Ben Currie, Matt Davis, Anthony Gelling, Chris Hill, Jack Hughes, Samuel Kibula, Toby King, Tom Lineham, Jake Mamo, Joe Philbin, Stefan Ratchford, Danny Walker, Gareth Widdop

Hull KR: Jordan Abdull, Ryan Brierley, Ben Crooks, Will Dagger, Jamie Ellis, Mitch Garbutt, Matty Gee, Dean Hadley, Weller Hauraki, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, George Lawler, Kane Linnett, Jez Litten, Will Maher, Elliot Minchella, Daniel Murray, Matt Parcell, Nathaniel Peteru, Adam Quinlan, Matthew Storton, Kyle Trout

Salford Red Devils v Hull FC (1pm, 9 Aug)

Andy Last will take charge of his first Hull FC game this weekend, following the dramatic sacking of Lee Radford after the Black & Whites defeat to Warrington on 12 March. Ian Watson will be hoping the break has rejuvenated his Red Devils as they current languish in 10th place with just one win from their first six games. 

Salford Red Devils: Chris Atkin, Niall Evalds, Mark Flanagan, James Greenwood, Sebastine Ikahihifo, Josh Johnson, Connor Jones, Elliot Kear, Ryan Lannon, Tuimoala Lolohea, Joey Lussick, Tyrone McCarthy, Lee Mossop, Jack Ormondroyd, Pauli Pauli, Daniel Sarginson, Ken Sio, Kris Welham, Rhys Williams, Luke Yates

Hull FC: Josh Bowden, Joe Cator, Jake Connor, Gareth Ellis, Bureta Faraimo, Brad Fash, Mahe Fonua, Josh Griffin, Danny Houghton, Jordan Johnstone, Josh Jones, Albert Kelly, Jordan Lane, Manu Ma'u, Ratu Naulago, Ligi Sao, Tevita Satae, Andre Savelio, Jamie Shaul, Marc Sneyd, Carlos Tuimavave

Wakefield Trinity v Wigan Warriors (3:15pm, 9 Aug)

Adrian Lam will be keen to see his Warriors team return to winning ways and retake the top spot in the table from the Rhinos. Whilst the lockdown break as allowed a few injured bodies time to recuperate, the restart has come slightly too soon for Oliver Gildart. Chris Chester has brought in Liam Kay (Toronto Wolfpack) and Tony Gigot (unattached) during lockdown and he will be hoping can bring a spark Trinity's attack.

Wakefield Trinity: Tinirau Arona, Ryan Atkins, Yusuf Aydin, James Batchelor, David Fifita, Tony Gigot, Tom Johnstone, Max Jowitt, Liam Kay, Danny Kirmond, Craig Kopczak, Reece Lyne, Jacob Miller, Romain Navarrete, Jay Pitts, Adam Tangata, Kelepi Tanginoa, Bill Tupou, Joe Westerman, Josh Wood, Kyle Wood

Wigan Warriors: Jake Bibby, Joe Bullock, George Burgess, Joe Burgess, Liam Byrne, Mitch Clark, Liam Farrell, Bevan French, Joe Greenwood, Chris Hankinson, Jackson Hastings, Joseph Havard, Willie Isa, Thomas Leuluai, Dominic Manfredi, Liam Marshall, Sean O'Loughlin, Sam Powell, Harry Smith, Morgan Smithies

Leeds Rhinos v St Helens (6:30pm, 9 Aug)

Both teams featured last weekend and came away with victories, so who will keep their unbeaten record, post-lockdown intact? Richard Agar's team are currently sitting at the top of the table and are on a run of five consecutive victories. Kristian Woolf will expect his team to make it two from two in the new normal as they look to bounce back from an indifferent start the season pre-lockdown.

Leeds Rhinos: Luke Briscoe, Tom Briscoe, Jack Broadbent, Adam Cuthbertson, Brad Dwyer, Rhys Evans, Luke Gale, Ash Handley, Tom Holroyd, Kruise Leeming, Robert Lui, Rhyse Martin, Callum McLelland, Alex Mellor, Richie Myler, Harry Newman, MIkolaj Oledzki, Matt Prior, Ava Seumanufagai, Cameron Smith, Alex Sutcliffe

St Helens: Kyle Amor, Joe Batchelor, James Bentley, Lachlan Coote, Lewis Dodd, Theo Fages, Regan Grace, James Graham, Morgan Knowles, Matthew Lees, Jonny Lomax, Thomas Makinson, Louis McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Kevin Naiqama, Mark Percival, Dominque Peyroux, James Roby, Aaron Smith, Zeb Taia, Alex Walmsley, Jack Welsby