WARRINGTON’S captain fantastic Adrian Morley hopes to be making his 400th appearance at club level as the Wolves prepare to tackle Huddersfield Giants tomorrow, Saturday, in round 3 of Stobart Super League XVII, kick off 4.45pm.
The Galpharm Stadium will be getting ready to rumble as Giant’s fans’ favourite Eorl Crabtree is set to celebrate his 300th appearance.
Both Props have already had some notably clashes in the past and tomorrow is unlikely to any different with both teams competing for top spot.
Last season the Wolves and Giants won two games apiece and this weekend’s game has all the ingredients of being another close encounter with Huddersfield looking to continue their winning run of the opening two rounds.
Wolves’ head of coaching and rugby Tony Smith has named an unchanged squad for this week’s fixture.
Morley (pictured in action against the Giants at Wembley) has represented four clubs during is career starting out at Leeds in 1994 notching up 149 appearances before moving down under to play for Sydney Roosters totalling 114 appearances over six years.
His brief return to England saw him play six games for Bradford before returning for a final year with the Roosters. Adrian signed for Warrington in 2007 and his 131st appearance for the Wolves will mark his 400th appearance at club level.
He is set to start his testimonial next month.
Wolves’ 19-man Squad
4 Ryan Atkins 18 Matty Blythe 3 Chris Bridge 6 Lee Briers 10 Garreth Carvell 17 Mike Cooper 23 Rhys Evans 15 Simon Grix 13 Ben Harrison 20 Chris Hill 5 Joel Monaghan 9 Michael Monaghan 8 Adrian Morley 7 Richie Myler 19 Stefan Ratchford 2 Chris Riley 11 Trent Waterhouse 12 Ben Westwood 16 Paul Wood
Morley set to clock up Giant feat!
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