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Time is running out for Leeds Rhinos to force their way into the play-offs and on the back of a loss to Salford Red Devils, they now come up against reigning champions Wigan Warriors.
START DATE/TIME: UK – Saturday 10th August, 2024 – 3:00pm / AUS – Sunday 11th August, 2024 – 12:00am / US EST – 10:00am / US PST – 7:00am
HOW TO WATCH ON TV: UK – This match will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Action / AUS – This match will be broadcast live on Fox League / US – This match will be broadcast live on Fox Sports
HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: UK – This match will be streamed on SuperLeague+ and SkyGo / AUS – This match will be streamed on Kayo Sports / US – This match will be streamed on SuperLeague+
LEEDS RHINOS FORM: LEEDS LOSE AGAINST TOP SIX RIVALS
In what could well prove to be a season-defining defeat, Leeds were beaten by Salford Red Devils last week. They are still four points outside of the top six but they are running out of matches in their quest to overhaul at least one of the teams above them.
LAST FIVE: WLLWL
WIGAN WARRIORS FORM: CHAMPIONS GO BACK-TO-BACK
It has been a good week for Wigan so far with the reigning champions defeating Leigh Leopards in their rearranged game on Tuesday. They were comfortable victors in that contest and will hope to earn a third win in just over a week in this clash.
LAST FIVE: WLLWW
LEEDS RHINOS TEAM NEWS: OLEDZKI AND SMITH MISSING
Two big absentees for Leeds with Mikolaj Oledzki forced to sit out with a rib injury while Cameron Smith has been handed a one-match suspension. In better news for interim head coach Brad Arthur, winger David Fusitu’a is back.
21-MAN SQUAD: Miller, Fusitu’a, Newman, Momirovski, Handley, Croft, Frawley, Ackers, Bentley, Martin, O’Connor, Lisone, McDonnell, Sangare, Goudemand, Sinfield, Donaldson, Johnson, Edgell, Nicholson-Watton, Littlewood
WIGAN WARRIORS TEAM NEWS: FIELD SET TO RETURN
It’s an unchanged 21 for Matt Peet but he is likely to make at least one change for their third game in quick succession with Jai Field set to come back into the side after he was rested against the Leopards.
21-MAN SQUAD: Field, Miski, Keighran, Wardle, Marshall, Smith, Havard, Byrne, Farrell, Ellis, Mago, Thompson, Leeming, Dupree, Hill, Nsemba, Walters, Hampshire, Eckersely, Douglas, Farrimond
LEEDS RHINOS VS WIGAN WARRIORS PREDICTION
Wigan Warriors returned to the summit in Super League with a straightforward success against rivals Leigh Leopards during the week. They now come up against a Leeds Rhinos side that desperately need a win to stay in touch with the teams above them but they do not appear to have the quality to topple the Warriors and the away side should prove to be too good again, even if they are a bit off it physically.
LEEDS RHINOS VS WIGAN WARRIORS TIP: WIGAN WARRIORS TO WIN