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Wigan second-rower Ben Flower is fit to face Catalan on Sunday as coach Shaun Wane names an unchanged 19-man squad.
Last Updated: 02/03/12 4:32pm
Wigan second-rower Ben Flower is fit to face Catalan on Sunday as coach Shaun Wane names an unchanged 19-man squad for the visit of the Dragons.
Flower was named in the squad for last week's win at Castleford only to pull out with a rib injury.
That problem has cleared up, and Flower takes his place in a squad also featuring Darrell Goulding and Thomas Leuluai, who suffered minor knocks at the Probiz Coliseum.
The Warriors have won three straight after their surprise defeat by Huddersfield on opening weekend, while the Dragons boast the Super League's only 100 per cent winning record.
Wane is in no doubt about the size of the task facing his side, telling the club's official website: "The Catalans are a well-coached team, they have some big men and some really skillful players and we need to be at our best...
"I am looking forward to it, it is a big test for us. The Leeds game was a test and we came out well from that one and this weekend is another good test.
"Last year the Catalans came across and beat Warrington and then beat us which was a sickener, we didn't turn up that day. We did beat them in the play-offs and I am showing clips of that game where we ripped in defensively and we need to make sure we do that again."
New Zealand Test second-rower Louis Anderson returns to the Dragons' squad and replaces Ben Fisher in the only change to the 19 on duty for last week's comeback win at St Helens.
Wigan squad: Tomkins, Charnley, Goulding, Richards, Finch, Leuluai, McIlorum, Mossop, Hansen, Hock, O'Loughlin, Lima, Farrell, Tuson, Lauaki, Flower, Gelling, Mellor, Hughes.
Catalan squad: Greenshields,Blanch, Pryce, Sa, Bosc, Dureau, Ferriol, Henderson, Casty, Menzies, Anderson, Mounis, Raguin, Baile, Millard, Fakir, Paea, Baitieri, Duport.