Giants v Wolves: Teams
Huddersfield head coach Nathan Brown has named an unchanged squad to face Warrington Wolves in Super League action on Sunday.
By Rachel Griffiths
Last Updated: 26/02/10 4:41pm
Huddersfield head coach Nathan Brown has named an unchanged squad to face Warrington Wolves in Super League action on Sunday.
After a fortnight on the road the Giants return home to the Galpharm Stadium, and Brown has kept faith in the line-up that pummelled Hull KR 30-0 last weekend.
Like Huddersfield, Wolves have made an impressive start to the season with two league victories from three, and Brown is expecting a testing encounter.
"They made some good additions in the off-season and each player looks like they have added something different to their side," Brown told the Giants' official website.
"I'm sure Tony (Smith) will have spent a lot of time in pre-season moulding the team into the style he would like, not only on the skill and structure side but also physically.
"They are clearly a quality opposition and are going really well but we know that if we can keep improving and working on the areas we have identified then we will be in with a shot this week."
Confident
Brown is confident his side can build on their display against Hull, and revealed he is pleased with the improved fitness in the squad.
"We have had some good sessions this week, the guys have worked hard and they seem like they recovered from Sunday's game pretty well," he added.
"There has been plenty of effort and plenty of energy and that's always a key thing for us. There's no doubt that our fitness levels are pretty reasonable at the moment, the guys are recovering well from games and their bodies are starting to adapt to the rigours of playing week in week out again."
Warrington coach Tony Smith has made two changes to the squad to make the trip to Huddersfield, with Chris Hicks and Alex Thompson added to the line-up.
For winger Hicks it marks his first squad place of the season following his recovery from a pre-season operation.
Lee Briers and Chris Bridge are unavailable after suffering injuries in the Wolves' 22-20 defeat against current league leaders Wigan last weekend.
Wolves will no doubt be looking to return to their winning ways after seeing off Harlequins and Castleford in their opening fixtures.
Huddersfield squad: B. Hodgson, Cudjoe, Lolesi, Whaturia, D. Hodgson, Brown, Robinson, Crabtree, Lunt, Gilmour, Fa'alogo, Raleigh, D. Griffin, Lawrence, Faiumu, Grix, Aspinwall, Patrick, Horne.
Warrington squad: L. Anderson, V. Anderson, Atkins, Bridge, Carvell, Grix, Harrison, Hicks, Higham, King, Mathers, Monaghan, Morley, Myler, Riley, Solomona, Thompson, Westwood, Wood.