WARRINGTON Wolves boss Tony Smith and centre Ryan Atkins will both be hoping to celebrate career milestones when they visit Bradford Bull’s at Odsal on Saturday, kick off 5.45pm.
Atkins needs one try for a career 100 tries, while Smith will be in charge of the Wolves for the 100th time.
Influential hooker Michael Monaghan will be missing after undergoing knee surgery on Monday but Mickey Higham is set to return after recovering from an elbow injury picked up during the opening day draw at Hull. Simon Grix also returns from a knee injury picked up at Huddersfield.
The Wolves go into this weekend’s fixture against Bradford sitting top of the table having picked up three wins and a draw from their opening four rounds.
The Bulls have won two of their opening four and will go into Saturday’s game on the back of a 36-18 win over Wakefield Wildcats last weekend.
The Wolves’ came away with a 58-14 win over Bradford from their trip to Odsal last year before backing that up with a 64-6 victory at home.
Wolves 19-man Squad
4 Ryan Atkins 18 Matty Blythe 3 Chris Bridge 6 Lee Briers 10 Garreth Carvell 17 Mike Cooper 15 Simon Grix 14 Mickey Higham 20 Chris Hill 1 Brett Hodgson 21 Tyrone McCarthy 5 Joel Monaghan 8 Adrian Morley 7 Richie Myler 19 Stefan Ratchford 2 Chris Riley 11 Trent Waterhouse 12 Ben Westwood 16 Paul Wood
