Round 10 Preview

This weekend's fixtures will see five games live on Sky Sports hosted at the home of Warrington Wolves, Halliwell Jones Stadium. 

There's been a late fixture change due to three positive Covid tests at Catalans Dragons, with Castleford Tigers taking their place to face Wigan Warriors. 

Saturday 29 August

Wigan Warriors vs Castleford Tigers (16:15)

Adrian Lam and Wigan have come back from lockdown winning two games out of two, a one-point victory against Wakefield and then a more convincing win against Leeds. 

Liam Farrell and Liam Marshall have both made over 300 metres since the return to play, while, youngster Harry Smith has shown his quality in the halves.

Castleford have lost both of their games since lockdown. A poor performance against Catalans was followed up by a gritty defensive performance against St Helens. However, Saints won the game 10-0. 

Wigan Warriors: Zak Hardaker, Liam Marshall, Chris Hankinson, Bevan French, Tommy Leuluai, Sam Powell, George Burgess, Willie Isa, Liam Farrell, Ben Flower, Joe Greenwood, Morgan Smithies, Joe Bullock, Liam Byrne, Dom Manfredi, Jake Bibby, Harry Smith, Ethan Havard, Jackson Hastings, Amir Bourouh, Joe Shorrocks.

Castleford Tigers: Derrell Olpherts, Michael Shenton, Jake Trueman, Danny Richardson, Liam Watts, Paul McShane, Grant Millington, Oliver Holmes, Mike McMeeken, Adam Milner, Nathan Massey, Jesse Sene-Lefao, George Griffin, Alex Foster, Daniel Smith, Junior Moors, James Clare, Jacques O’Neill, Tyla Hepi, Calum Turner, Gareth O’Brien.

Referee: James Child

Leeds Rhinos vs Salford Red Devils (18:30)

Leeds Rhinos have played three games since lockdown with their first game a one-point victory courtesy of a Luke Gale drop goal. While, they lost the following two games against Saints and Wigan. 

Salford have only played one game but it was a significant victory over Hull FC, Ken Sio and Rhys Williams both scored two tries apiece as Ian Watson's side won 54-18.

Leeds Rhinos: Tom Briscoe, Harry Newman, Konrad Hurrell, Ash Handley, Rob Lui, Luke Gale, Ava Seumanufagai, Kruise Leeming, Matt Prior, Rhyse Martin, Brad Dwyer, Liam Sutcliffe, Richie Myler, Adam Cuthbertson, Mikolaj Oledzki, Bodene Thompson, Rhys Evans, Callum McLelland, Luke Briscoe, Alex Sutcliffe, Tom Holroyd.

Salford Red Devils: Niall Evalds, Ed Chamberlain, Kris Welham, Tui Lolohea, Kevin Brown, Joey Lussick, Gil Dudson, Ryan Lannon, Pauli Pauli, Tyrone McCarthy, Sebastine Ikahihifo, Greg Burke, Luke Yates, Chris Atkin, Mark Flanagan, Josh Johnson, James Greenwood,  Rhys Williams, Ken Sio, Elliot Kear, Andy Ackers.

Referee: Liam Moore 

Sunday 30 August

Hull KR vs St Helens (13:00)

Tony Smith's Hull KR have lost both of their games since lockdown, two tough encounters against Wigan and Warrington. This week, KR's chairman, Neil Hudgell announced that he would step down from his role at the club in December. 

Saints will play their fourth game since lockdown and will look to make it four wins out of four. They've only conceded six points in those three games and they beat Catalans in their first game back. Since then they've nilled both Leeds and Castleford. 

Regan Grace is set to make his 100th St Helens appearance, with hooker, James Roby two tries away from 100 Super League tries. 

KR's Kyle Trout could make his 200th career appearance. 

Hull KR: Jordan Abdull, Ryan Brierley, William Dagger, Jamie Ellis, Mitch Garbutt, Matty Gee, Dean Hadley, Weller Hauraki, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, George Lawler, Kane Linnett, Will Maher,  Elliot Minchella, Greg Minikin, Robbie Mulhern,  Dan Murray, Matt Parcell, Nathaniel Peteru, Adam Quinlan, Ethan Ryan, Matthew Storton.

St Helens: Lachlan Coote, Kevin Naiqama, Regan Grace, Jonny Lomax, Theo Fages, Alex Walmsley, James Roby, Zeb Taia, Dom Peyroux, LMS, Morgan Knowles, Matty Lees, Kyle Amor, Jack Ashworth, Aaron Smith, James Bentley, Matty Costello, Jack Welsby, Josh Simm, Lewis Dodd, James Graham.

Referee: Scott Mikalauskas

Huddersfield Giants vs Hull FC (16:15)

Andy Last had a forgetful first game in charge at Hull FC after they lost to Salford. 

Since then the club had their Super League fixture postponed against Castleford due to 12 positive coronavirus cases at the club. 

Their rivals this weekend, Huddersfield Giants have put in some positive performances since lockdown, however, they lost both fixtures by one point.

Lee Gaskell is one appearance away from his 200th career appearance with 80 of those coming with the Giants.

Albert Kelly could make his 100th Super League appearance, whilst teammates Jamie Shaul and Adam Swift are one try away from their 100th career try. 

Huddersfield Giants: Ashton Golding, Jermaine McGillvary, Jake Wardle, Jordan Turner, Darnell McIntosh, Aidan Sezer, James Gavet, Adam O'Brien, Suaia Matagi, Kenny Edwards, Michael Lawrence, Matty English, Oliver Wilson, Leroy Cudjoe, Tom Holmes Oliver Russell, Louis Senior, Sam Hewitt, Sam Wood, Reiss Butterworth, Owen Trout

Hull FC: Jamie Shaul, Bureta Faraimo, Carlos Tuimavave, Josh Griffin, Adam Swift, Marc Sneyd, Danny Houghton, Chris Satae, Manu Ma’u, Albert Kelly, Joe Cator, Jordan Johnstone, Brad Fash, Jordan Lane, Mahe Fonua, Kieran Buchanan, Gareth Ellis, Jack Brown, Ratu Naulago, Charlie Patterson Lund, Ben McNamara.

Referee: Chris Kendall

Warrington Wolves vs Wakefield Trinity (18:30)

Warrington will look to make it five wins in a row as they return to the Halliwell Jones. 

They've won both of their games after lockdown - a 40-10 victory against Hull KR and one point victory over Giants.

Chris Chester's Wakefield have lost three games in a row. Two of those losses by one point, however, their most recent loss was 58-0 demolition against Catalans.

Jacob Miller is one appearance from his 150th Wakefield appearance.

Warrington Wolves: Matty Ashton, Blake Austin, Keanan Brand, Josh Charnley, Daryl Clark, Jason Clark, Mike Cooper, Ben Currie, Matt Davis, Chris Hill, Jack Hughes, Samy Kibula, Toby King, Leilani Latu, Tom Lineham, Jake Mamo, Joe Philbin, Stefan Ratchford, Josh Thewlis, Danny Walker, Gareth Widdop.

Wakefield Trinity: Tinirau Arona, Matty Ashurst, Yusuf Aydin, Connor Bailey, James Batchelor, Jack Croft, Jordan Crowther, Tony Gigot, Chris Green, Ryan Hampshire, Max Jowitt, Danny Kirmond, Craig Kopczak, Jacob Miller, Romain Navarrete, Innes Senior, Kelepi Tanginoa, Bill Tupou, Joe Westerman, Josh Wood, Kyle Wood.

Referee: Marcus Griffiths