Leeds Rhinos v Wakefield Trinity Wildcats: Super League preview
Last Updated: 05/04/15 5:34pm
Leeds expect to have skipper Kevin Sinfield back for Monday’s Super League game against Wakefield at Headingley.
Sinfield, who is set to switch codes to rugby union at the end of the season, has missed the last three matches with a hamstring injury.
Young full-back Ashton Golding replaces Josh Walters, who is recovering from an ankle injury he suffered while playing for the Hunslet Hawks.
The Rhinos, who won 26-12 at Castleford on Good Friday, are seeking a fourth straight win to consolidate their lead at the top of the table.
Centre Dean Collis and prop Mickael Simon have joined Wakefield's lengthy injury list, leaving coach James Webster struggling to field a team.
Jordan Crowther, Jordan Hand and Pita Godinet are expected to come into the side as the Wildcats bid to end their six-match losing run and move off the bottom of the table.
The Wildcats, who have not won at Headingley since 2007, were without 12 senior players for their recent game at Wigan and, although three returned for Thursday's home defeat by Catalans Dragons, their injury worries worsened, with Collis among the casualties after undergoing emergency surgery for a ruptured testicle.
"We picked up another three or four injuries," Webster said. "Has a club ever not fielded a team? We're close to that situation. Monday's going to be a hard job for us, mentally and physically."
Leeds: Hardaker, Watkins, Moon, Hall, McGuire, Burrow, Aiton, Peacock, Ablett, Sinfield, Ward, Delaney, Achurch, Cuthbertson, Sutcliffe, Singleton, Yates, Golding, Handley.
Wakefield: Arundel, Crowther, Godinet, Griffin, Hall, Hand, Kirmond, Lauitiiti, McShane, Miller, Owen, Ryan, Riley, Sammut, Scruton, D Smith, T Smith, Trout, Washbrook.