EVERY member of the Warrington Wolves first-team squad is available as they prepare to return to Super League action.
However, interim head coach Gary Chambers has confirmed prop Sam Kasiano will not be involved against Leeds Rhinos at Headingley on Sunday.
The clash with Catalans Dragons saw winger Matty Ashton and prop Joe Bullock sit the game out to rest knocks and niggles, although Chambers said both would have been able to play had they been desperate.
A fortnight on, both are ready to return and with no fresh injuries to report, The Wire are pretty much at full strength.
In saying that, Chambers has hinted that there will be more rotation of the team’s middle-unit players and on that front, Kasiano will not be part of the 17 this week.
He also did not rule out further changes to the team that takes the field for Sunday's Round 22 clash.
"If I needed to call on anyone, they would be okay to play. That’s probably the best way of putting it," Chambers told his pre-match press conference this afternoon.
"We won’t play Sam Kasiano this week to freshen him up a bit and there may be a couple of other things we change around. It’s a matter of waiting to see how people pull up on Friday."
On Kasiano, he added: "We’ll take him off his feet and get him into some watt bike work.
"He’s got a few bumps and bruises and we need to look after him.
"Because we’ve got numbers, what I’d like to do is rotate a couple of forwards at a time so that they’re fresh.
"They’d be in for a week and out for a week, then when it gets to the real business end of the season, we’ve kept everyone fit and pushing against each other.
"Nick (Murphy, physio) and the medical team have done fantastic, as has Ade Gardner and his team in getting them all fit.
"They’ve been freshened up so Rich Marshall and Martin Gleeson can put the finishing touches on what we’re trying to do as we look to kick on."
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