HARLEQUINS' back row star Lee Hopkins is out of Saturday's clash with Warrington Wolves.

While Quins have good strength in numbers with plenty of competition for places, Lee Hopkins will be out for an unspecified time after suffering a cracked rib in the win against Hull Kingston Rovers at Craven Park at the weekend.

Hopkins was injured late in the game in a tackle that involved KR forward, Michael Vella.

However, Mark McLinden made a successful comeback from injury at the weekend and although feeling a little stiff, has come though his first test unscathed.

Daniel Heckenberg, who missed the KR game with an injured calf, expects to be in contention for Saturday as does Richard Villasanti, who arrived in London early yesterday morning.

Brian McDermott should also have prop forward Karl Temata back for Saturday.

He was one casualty who missed the win at Hull KR after the flu virus swept through the camp last week.

Full back Zebastian Luisi is currently training with the squad although his broken hand is likely to keep him sidelined for another couple of weeks.