WARRINGTON Wolves will host local rivals Wigan Warriors on Thursday night at The Halliwell Jones Stadium, kick-off 8pm boosted by the return of full-back Matty Russell to the 19.
The Wolves fell just short in the reverse fixture at the DW Stadium back in April, 30-20 in the Warriors’ favour.
Wigan had a week away from fixtures at the weekend, whereas the Wolves hit some much-needed form against Leigh to book their place in the semi-finals of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup.
Head of coaching and rugby Tony Smith has named a 19-man squad for the clash with Wigan with James Laithwaite the latest player sidelined through injury last week and Ben Currie missing through suspension, after picking up a two match ban after pleading guilty to a Grade C offence of making deliberate contact with the referee during the victory over Leigh.
Youngsters Harvey Livett and Sam Wilde are also added to the squad.
Ben Currie suspended
Wolves Squad: 15 Roy Asotasi, 4 Ryan Atkins, 9 Daryl Clark, 25 Brad Dwyer, 13 Ben Harrison, 8 Chris Hill, 27 George King, 32 Harvey Livettt, 7 Richie Myler, 20 Gareth O’Brien, 22 Gene Ormsby, 29 Declan Patton, 24 Kevin Penny, 26 Joe Philbin, 6 Stefan Ratchford, 1 Matthew Russell, 10 Ashton Sims, 12 Ben Westwood, 31 Sam Wilde
