Castleford Tigers news: 21-man squad named for Super League round 1 v Wigan Warriors
Castleford Tigers’ squad has been named for their round one clash with Wigan Warriors on Sunday.
Coach Ryan Carr, who will be making his Betfred Super League debut as a head-coach, has announced an unchanged 21 from last Saturday’s 14-0 Challenge Cup win at Doncaster.
Tigers are without Semi Valemei, Zac Cini, Louis Senior and Cain Robb because of injury and Jack Ashworth is serving a suspension picked up last year when he was a Hull FC player.
Wigan boss Matt Peet has made one change to the squad named ahead of last week’s Cup win at Rochdale Hornets with England half-back Harry Smith returning from injury to replace Taylor Kerr.
Tigers’ 21-man squad is: Blake Taaffe, Darnell McIntosh, Mikaele Ravalawa, Daejarn Asi, Tom Weaver, Renouf Atoni, Liam Hood, George Lawler, Jordan Lane, Alex Mellor, Joe Stimson, Brock Greacen, Joe Westerman, Chris Atkin, Fletcher Rooney, Brad Singleton, Jason Qareqare, Krystian Mapapalangi, Jenson Windley, Sam Hall, Jimmy Beckett.
Wigan’s 21 is: Jai Field, Zach Eckersley, Adam Keighran, Jake Wardle, Liam Marshall, Bevan French, Harry Smith, Ethan Havard, Brad O’Neill, Luke Thompson, Junior Nsemba, Liam Farrell, Kaide Ellis, Sam Walters, Patrick Mago, Ollie Partington, Jack Farrimond, Sam Eseh, Tom Forber, Kian McDermott, Dayon Sambou.