Warrington are set to play against a weakened Wakefield outfit in round six of the 2022 Super League season. Warrington are coming into this game from a 28-2 defeat on Friday night in the hands of three-peat champions St Helens, with Wakefield coming from a massive victory vs newly promoted side Toulouse Olympique on Friday Night to kick start their 2022 season. Warrington were victorious in their opening three fixtures against Leeds, Castleford and Toulouse, for it to go back to square one as they took their foot off the gas in their next two games resulting in defeats against Catalan Dragons and St Helens. Wakefield on the other hand are coming into this game on channel 4 with only the one win against Toulouse and four defeats, however they have looked really dominated in their losses against Catalan, St Helens, Leeds and Hull FC. They are arguable the best team to play against Saints so far this year with only getting beat by 16 points against the reigning champions.
Warrington will come into this game with absentees of Josh Charnley still serving his ban, Robbie Mulhern following the concussion protocols and Joe Bullock being left out of the side. However, possibly the wire fans will be able to finally see new signing Billy Magoulias after him being sidelined since he joined the club from Cronulla hoping to bring that play movement across from his time over in the NRL, The Greek international made 16 appearances for NRL side Cronulla Sharks with winning five games and 11 losses. Wakefield on the other-hand will be without three notable absentees of ex-Warrington winger Tom Lineham, Bill Tupou and Max Jowitt. Jacob Miller also returns to the fold after being out of last weeks 18-6 win over 12th place Toulouse Olympique due to the new concussion protocols in place.
Players to watch:
In the Warrington side, you have several players that you can keep a close eye on, however you can't look passed in-form stand off, George Williams. George, coming from Canberra Raiders in the NRL in the middle of last season making a straight impact into that Warrington team making eight appearances in that 2021 season and scoring three and converting three drop goals against Leeds Rhinos and Salford Red Devils. The 27 year old has two tries so far this season with three assists and making 490 meters.
On the other-hand, the player to look out for in the Wakefield team is world class winger, Tom Johnstone. Johnstone, has had a hard time so far in his career with the amount of injuries he has picked up, but that is not getting the 26 year old spirts damper as he sets his eyes are completing a full-season and getting Wakefield back up in that league table with them finishing the bottom two the last couple of seasons. Tom, has played all games so far this season and scoring in all them games taking his tally to five tries. He has also been influential in getting them up the pitch with running 761 meters and his average gain being 10.01.
Prediction:
Warrington by 14.
21 Man squads for both teams:
Warrington's - Matty Ashton, Rob Butler, Daryl Clark, Jason Clark, Mike Cooper, Ben Currie, Jack Darbyshire, Matt Davis, Riley Dean, Oliver Holmes, Jack Hughes, Toby King, Ellis Longstaff, Billy Magoulias, Peter Mata'utia, Joe Philbin, Stefan Ratchford, Josh Thewlis, Danny Walker, Gareth Widdop, George Williams.
Wakefield's- Tom Johnstone, Reece Lyne, Jacob Miller, Mason Lino, Eddie Battye, Liam Hood, Tinirau Arona, Matty Ashurst, Kelepi Tanginoa, Jay Pitts, Jordy Crowther, Jai Whitbread, James Batchelor, Liam Kay, Jack Croft, Brad Walker, Yusef Aydin, Harry Bowes, Corey Hall, Morgan Escare, David Fifita.
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