LEIGH Leopards have confirmed a 22-man squad to face Warrington Wolves in the Ben Currie Testimonial game at The Halliwell Jones Stadium on Saturday, kick-off 5.30pm.
It includes seven former Wire players and two born in the town, while Papua New Guinea international hooker Edwin Ipape is set for a run after missing the 14-12 win against Leeds Rhinos last month.
Josh Charnley, Robbie Mulhearn, Jack Hughes, Oliver Holmes, Matt Davis and Jacob Gannon all featured for The Wire in 2022, while another ex-Wolves player named in the match squad Gareth O'Brien and Ed Chamberlain both hail from Warrington.
Joe Mellor, another who is Warrington born, and Keanan Brand, another signed by Leigh from The Wire, are not selected.
The players named by Adrian Lam, in squad number order, are:
Zak Hardaker
Tom Briscoe
Ed Chamberlain
Ricky Leutele
Josh Charnley
Lachlan Lam
Tom Amone
Edwin Ipape
Robbie Mulhearn
Joe Wardle
Jack Hughes
John Asiata
Ben Nakubuwai
Ben Reynolds
Oliver Holmes
Gareth O'Brien
Matt Davis
Aaron Smith
Jacob Jones
Tom Nisbet
Jacob Gannon
Umyla Hanley
Warrington Wolves have named their starting team and six subs:
Matt Dufty; Matty Russell, Stefan Ratchford, Peter Mata’utia, Matty Ashton; George Williams, Josh Drinkwater; Gil Dudson, Danny Walker, Paul Vaughan, Matty Nicholson, Ben Currie, Josh McGuire.
Subs: Josh Thewlis, James Harrison, Daryl Clark, Sam Kasiano, Tom Mikaele, Greg Minikin
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