Warrington v Wakefield: Super League preview
By PA Sport
Last Updated: 26/02/16 7:41pm
Wakefield have been boosted by the return of Nick Scruton ahead of their Super League clash at Warrington on Friday.
Scruton comes in for Bill Tupou while Anthony Walker replaces Scott Anderson, who was injured during their win against Hull KR last weekend.
"It is great to have Nick Scruton back especially with his experience, he will be captaining the side on Friday night," said head coach Brian Smith.
"It gives us an extra boost on top of the boost from last weekend when we got the win. Last weekend was a hard fought under difficult circumstances with the weather however we conceded 15 penalties in that one game so we need to make sure they are not repeated on Friday."
Smith, who will play against younger brother Tony, condemned the fixture planners as he is hoping to avoid a repeat of his club's Super League record-equalling 88-0 defeat at Warrington last season.
The unbeaten Wolves, who had no fixture last weekend, are playing on Friday to give themselves a bigger turnaround for their next match next Thursday, but the Wildcats have had just four days between games.
"That's great for Warrington but not very good at all for us," Smith said.
"My question is what's best thing for the game? Do you really want to give one team that many advantages and potentially have a blow-out scoreline?
"It happens way too often, we're the meat in the sandwich this time."
Warrington: Ryan Atkins, Daryl Clark, Jordan Cox, Ben Currie, Brad Dwyer, Rhys Evans, Kurt Gidley, Chris Hill, Jack Hughes, Benjamin Jullien, George King, Tom Lineham, Kevin Penny, Matty Russell, Chris Sandow, Ashton Sims, Joe Westerman, Gary Wheeler, Joe Philbin.
Wakefield: Chris Annakin, Tinirau Arona, Joe Arundel, Matty Ashurst, Anthony England, Liam Finn, Craig Hall, Stuart Howarth, Ben Jones-Bishop, Tom Johnstone, Reece Lyne, Jacob Miller, Jon Molloy, Nick Scruton, Mickael Simon, Michael Sio, Anthony Tupou, Jason Walton, Anthony Walker.