Wildcats v Dragons - Teams
Wakefield coach John Kear is expected to make just one change to his side for Tuesday's clash with Les Catalans at Belle Vue.
Last Updated: 01/07/08 2:39pm
Wakefield coach John Kear is expected to make just one change to his side for Tuesday's clash with Les Catalans at Belle Vue.
Prop Ricky Bibey is set to come in for Adam Watene, who has a knee injury.
The Wildcats, who lost 28-20 in Perpignan in March, will be aiming for a fourth successive win to lift them back into fourth place, just three points behind their high-flying visitors.
All nine Catalans players involved in France's 56-8 defeat by England in Toulouse on Friday have been included in coach Mick Potter's initial 19-man squad for the match, which was put back three days because of the international.
Potter will assess the fitness of half-back Thomas Bosc (hip), former Wakefield forward Olivier Elima (hamstring) and prop Remi Casty (knee), who all picked up knocks in the 10-try hammering by England, before finalising his line-up.
The Dragons are without second rower Jason Croker - at 35 the oldest man in Super League - and prop Jerome Guisset, who both have hamstring problems, but have David Ferriol and Australian hooker Aaron Gorrell available.
The Perpignan team have won all four games in the absence of Ferriol and Gorrell and Potter insists there will be no automatic return for the front-row pair.
"Gorrell's shoulder is just about right now but it's trying to find him a slot in the team with Casey (McGuire) going so well," he said.
Croker, Guisset and winger Dimitri Pelo, who missed both the France game and Catalans' last match with an ankle injury, have all stayed behind in Perpignan but could be fit for Sunday's game at Hull and Quintilla is on stand-by to make his Super League debut.
Wakefield squad: Blaymire, Blanch, Martin, Atkins, Rooney, Brough, Drew, Sculthorpe, MacGillivray, Demetriou, Obst , Bibey, Henderson, Wilkes, Gleeson, Golden, Moore, Bibb, Pitts
Catalans Dragons squad: Bosc, Carlaw, Casty, Chan, Ferriol, Duport, Elima, Fakir, Greenshields, Gorrell, Khattabi, McGuire, Mogg, Mounis, Murphy, Stacul, Raguin, Touxagas, Wilson