Bradford v Leeds: Teams
Leeds Rhinos are without second rower Eric Anselme for Friday's engage Super League visit to Bradford Bulls.
Last Updated: 23/05/08 4:49pm
Leeds Rhinos are without second rower Eric Anselme for Friday's engage Super League visit to Bradford Bulls.
Anselme is going home to play for Albi in the French Cup final, which is part of his loan agreement.
The Frenchman, who has scored tries in each of his first two matches since arriving in Leeds, is replaced in Brian McClennan's 19-man squad by Luke Burgess, the older brother of Bradford's Sam.
Bradford are boosted by the return to fitness of Joe Vagana and Shontayne Hape.
Prop Vagana has missed the last 12 games due to a broken arm, while centre Hape has overcome the knee strain that kept him out of last weekend's win at Castleford.
Hape is likely to go straight back into the starting line-up to replace Chris Nero, who is sidelined for at least six weeks after fracturing his collarbone against Castleford.
Wayne Godwin also misses out due to a groin problem and Matt James is omitted from the 19-man squad to accomodate Vagana.
Bradford squad: Semi Tadulala, Jamie Langley, Dave Halley, JoeVagana, Paul Sykes, Glenn Morrison, Iestyn Harris, Andy Lynch, James Evans, Craig Kopczak, David Solomona, Paul Deacon, Sam Burgess, Michael Platt, Ben Jeffries, Tame Tupou, Simon Finnigan, Terry Newton, Shontayne Hape
Leeds squad: Brent Webb, Scott Donald, Keith Senior, Lee Smith, Danny McGuire, Rob Burrow, Kylie Leuluai, Matt Diskin, Jamie Peacock, Gareth Ellis, Kevin Sinfield (capt), Ali Lauitiiti, Ryan Bailey, Nick Scruton, Carl Ablett, Jordan Tansey, Ryan Hall, Luke Burgess, Simon Worrall