Hull FC v Huddersfield Giants;
Venue: KC Stadium, Hull
KO: 12:30pm
Referee: T Alibert
Sky Sports 1
Teams;
Hull FC (17 from): Briscoe, Dowes, Fitzgibbon, Gleeson, Horne, Houghton, Lauaki, Manu, Moa, Obst, O'Meley, Phelps, Radford, Sharp, Tickle, Turner, Westerman, Whiting, Yeaman
Huddersfield (17 from): Grix, Lawrence, Cudjoe, Gilmour, Hodgson, Brown, Brough, Crabtree, Robinson, Griffin, Fa'alogo, Faiumu, Lunt, Mason, Raleigh, Kirmond, Patrick, Horne, McGillvary
High flying Huddersfield travel to the east riding of Yorkshire on Sunday to play the in form Hull FC.
Richard Agar has made two changes for the match bringing Sam Obst and Craig Fitzgibbon back into the squad after they sat out last weekend’s Challenge Cup win over Widnes.
David Fa’alogo is back for the Giants! (Woo, I never thought I’d see the day!) Hopefully he will stay fit for the rest of the season; he’s too good a player to be sat on the sidelines. Andy Raleigh is also back in the squad, he likes to make an impression when played, he really wants a certain position in the first team. Luke O’Donnell and Joe Wardle are both still out with their hamstring injuries.
Huddersfield to win, hopefully! Sure to be a good match.
Castleford Tigers v Harlequins RL;
Venue: PROBIZ Coliseum, Castleford (The Jungle)
KO: 15:30
Referee: R Hicks
Teams;
Castleford (17 from): Arundel, Chase, Clark, Dixon, Emmitt, Ferres, Fozzard, Hudson, Isa, Jones, Massey, Mathers, Milner, Orr, Owen, Snitch, Thompson, Walker, Widders
Harlequins (17 from): Ambler, Bailey, Bolger, Burnett, Calderwood, Clubb, Mitchell, Ellis, Gale, Pryce, Koupartisas, Krasniqi, Melling, O'Callaghan, Randall, Riley, Temata, Ward, Wilkes
I hope Castleford never need a one pointer to win a match ever again, that goes for Wakefield too after last week’s fiasco! Castleford are now 6th in the league despite being table toppers earlier on in the season, they seemed to hit a bit of a lull in Super League form over Easter. They haven’t won a Super League match since April 10th.
Harlequins themselves have also topped the Engage Super League table this season, but their decline happened much sooner and they now lie in 11th place. The last time the two sides met Harlequins came back to draw with Castleford 26 all.
Jonathan Walker and Stuart Jones are set to return for Castleford in this match. The former has been out with a knee injury since February.
Chris Riley will make his debut for Harlequins after signing, on loan, from Warrington earlier this week. Karl Pryce and Lee Mitchell are also set to return after being cup tied last weekend. They will be without Luke Dorn and David Howell, however, as they were both injured in last weekend’s game.
Castleford are clearly wanting a big crowd for this match as they have introduced a buy one get one free offer. (Sorry, but by the time this is published that offer will have ended!) I’ve got to go for the Castleford win.
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats v Catalan Dragons;
Venue: The Hearwell Stadium, Wakefield (I have no idea what it’s called these days)
KO: 15:30pm
Referee: T Roby
Teams:
Wakefield (17 from): Blaymire, Murphy, Korkidas, King, Henderson, Morrison, Lee, P. Johnson, Dean, Morton, Mariano, Howarth, Veivers, Davey, Higgins, Wildie, G. Johnson, Amor, McCarthy
Catalan (17 from): Greenshields, Blanch, Sa, Bosc, Dureau, Ferriol, Henderson, Raguin, Mounis, Baile, Millard, Vaccari, Simon, Martins, Fakir, Paea, Baitieri, Pelissier, Pala.
Wakefield’s new owners are certainly flashing the cash! I have seen their little advertisement on ITV1 twice already this afternoon. It is highly amusing and I hope it isn’t just Yorkshire that gets it, otherwise everyone else is missing out on the fun!
John Kear has named Chris Dean, Matt Blaymire, Liam Higgins and Tyrone McCarthy in his squad for this match. The latter two were cup tied so missed last weekend’s challenge cup loss to Castleford. Their new signing Jarrod Hickey will not play as he only landed in the UK on Thursday afternoon; Julien Rinaldi won’t play either due to a shoulder injury.
Catalans are without six players through injury. They are Remi Casty, Ben Farrar, Steve Menzies, Vincent Duport, Cyrille Gossard and newest addition to their list, Cyril Stacul. Clint Greenshields is set to return for the French outfit.
Bradford Bulls v Salford City Reds;
Venue: Grattan Stadium, Bradford (Odsal)
KO: 15:00pm
Referee: R Silverwood
Teams;
Bradford (17 from): Ah Van, Briggs, Burgess, Crookes, Diskin, Elima, Hargreaves, Herbert, Jeffries, Kopczak, Langley, L'Estrange, Lynch, Olbison, Platt, Royston, Sibbit, Sykes, Whitehead
Salford (17 from): Patten, Broughton, Nero, Jewitt, Clay, Ratchford, Holdsworth, Cashmere, Henry, Boyle, Neal, L. Adamson, Anderson, Smith, Sneyd, Gleeson, Sidlow, Paleaaesina, Wild
Both sides got knocked out of the Challenge Cup last weekend after their defeats to Wigan and Hull KR respectively.
Bradford put in a much improved display last weekend after some horrendous performances over the past few weeks. They only lost by four points, to a Wigan team who had numerical advantage for the majority of the game.
The home side will be without Gareth Raynor who was sent off last weekend for a reckless tackle on Wigan’s Sam Tomkins. Paul Sykes and Marc Herbert are both set to return after recovering from their hamstring injuries.
Mark Henry returns for Salford. They’re hoping that they can do the double over Bradford after humiliating them the last time they met in April. They won that match 56-16.
Bradford seem to be back with it at the moment and they’ll have a lot of confidence, despite losing, last weekend. I’ll go with them for the win.
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