WARRINGTON Wolves have suffered a double injury blow ahead of Friday’s crunch game at Hull FC.
Young second rower Ben Currie will be out for between six-nine months after tearing knee ligaments, while influential half-back Kurt Gidley will also be missing with a tight hamstring.
In naming his 19 man squad to travel to Hull for the game which will decided the league leaders shield, head coach Tony Smith has confirmed Currie, who tore his ACL during the defeat to Wigan, faces 6-9 months on the sidelines.
Meanwhile Gidley who has been playing with a broken eye socket since the Challenge Cup final defeat, will also be missing with a tight hamstring.
With Chris Sandow still missing with a hamstring injury, Stefan Ratchford looks set to move up from full-back to partner Declan Patton at half back, meaning a return to the 19 for Tom Lineham.
It is the fourth meeting between the two sides this season, Hull having picked up a narrow win in the previous three.
The League Leaders Shield is still to play for this time out with the Wolves currently just one point ahead at the top of the table.
Morgan Smith has also been drafte dinto the 19 along with Lineham.
Kurt Gidley
Wolves Squad
4 Ryan Atkins; 9 Daryl Clark; 16 Brad Dwyer; 3 Rhys Evans; 8 Chris Hill; 12 Jack Hughes; 29 Benjamin Jullien; 18 George King; 24 Toby King; 2 Tom Lineham; 26 Declan Patton; 20 Kevin Penny; 25 Joe Philbin; 6 Stefan Ratchford; 5 Matty Russell; 10 Ashton Sims; 31 Morgan Smith; 14 Joe Westerman; 27 Sam Wilde
