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There is all to play for at Belle Vue on Sunday when seventh-placed Wakefield entertain Huddersfield.
Last Updated: 13/06/08 3:20pm
There is all to play for at Belle Vue on Sunday when seventh-placed Wakefield entertain Huddersfield.
The Wildcats will want the two points to maintain their bid for the play-offs, while tenth-placed Giants are desperate to win to pull away from the bottom.
Last season, Huddersfield beat Wakefield on each occasion they met, but the Wildcats exacted revenge in the only meeting this term, a narrow 18-16 victory at The Galpharm Stadium back in April
After an absence of nine games, centre Jason Demetriou could return - and is likely to be on the bench - following surgery on a serious neck injury.
Hooker Brad Drew missed the win at Castleford due to a family bereavement but is now set to play against his former club.
USA captain Matt Petersen, recently signed from Gold Coast, is set to join his new team-mates soon.
Giant leap
Huddersfield have won only once in their last six games and are now under the caretaker charge of Paul Anderson and Kieron Purtill.
Most defeats have been narrow in that run, although they were thrashed 48-0 by the Catalans Dragons in their last game - a result that led to the departure of coach Jon Sharp.
They have a near full-strength squad to pick from available after Stephen Jones (wrist) successfully came through a run-out for the reserves.
Former Wigan and Salford utility back David Hodgson (knee) is their only absentee.
Wakefield squad: Blaymire, Blanch, Martin, Atkins, Rooney, Brough, Drew, Sculthorpe, MacGillivray, Demetriou, Obst , Bibey, Henderson, Wilkes, Gleeson, Grix, Golden, Moore, Bibb.
Huddersfield squad: Thorman, Aspinwall, Elford, Whaturia, Brown, Robinson, Crabtree, Skandalis, Lolesi, Raleigh, Wild, Jones, Jackson, Snitch, Griffin, Hudson, Cudjoe, Jensen, Kirmond.