Warrington Wolves went to Perpignan for the match, and although though they were up for the majority of the first half and faced a man advantage for much the whole second half, they lost 16–10.
Many doubts concerning Warrington under Sam Burgess were raised as a result, but the team has since decisively responded to those inquiries by winning five games in a row, scoring 100 points, and allowing just eight points in their previous two contests. Due to rumours that he would be plucked by an NRL team, Burgess has had to answer to people in Australia who have noticed his outstanding start.
The London Broncos were the opponent for the last two impressive victories for the Wire. This Saturday’s matchup with the Catalans will be much harder, but the winner of the Good Friday derby might see the Wire retake the top spot in the Super League.
Now that Burgess has announced his 21-man roster for the match, the main question mark in recent weeks has been England captain George Williams, who hasn’t seen on the pitch since the team’s victory against Hull KR in the Round Four.
Is George Williams in the Warrington squad?
The squad news is positive news for Warrington fans with George Williams and Josh Drinkwater both returning which will give Sam Burgess a choice of who misses out after Leon Hayes’ impressive performances of late.
Williams will be a lock in the halves providing he is fully fit so there will likely be a call made between the young talented Hayes and the veteran Drinkwater, who formerly played for Catalans Dragons.
Burgess will also have to consider Stefan Ratchford who has been on excellent form and also provides incredible kicking accuracy with the veteran having equalled a world record for most consecutive conversions in the Round Five game against London Broncos.
Matty Nicholson is named in the squad again after making his return last week whilst Rodrick Tai also features after scoring on his debut last week.
Lachlan Fitzgibbon is another major name that will feature after missing recent games with Warrington looking close to full strength for the clash on Saturday afternoon.
As for Catalans, there is no Arthur Mourgue but Tariq Sims and Bailey Sironen return which will create an intriguing battle in the middle of the park between two of the strongest packs in Super League.
Warrington Wolves 21-Man Squad
Matty Ashton
Jordy Crowther
Ben Currie
Josh Drinkwater
Matt Dufty
Lachlan Fitzgibbon
James Harrison
Leon Hayes
Adam Holroyd
Toby King
Zane Musgrove
Matty Nicholson
Joe Philbin
Sam Powell
Stefan Ratchford
Rodrick Tai
Josh Thewlis
Paul Vaughan
Danny Walker
Tom Whitehead
George Williams
Catalans Dragons 21-Man Squad
2. Tom DAVIES
3. Arthur ROMANO
4. Matthieu LAGUERRE
5. Fouad YAHA
7. Théo FAGES
8. Mike McMEEKEN
9. Micky McILORUM
10. Julian BOUSQUET
11. Tariq SIMS
12. Paul SEGUIER
13. Benjamin GARCIA
14. Alrix DA COSTA
15. Bayley SIRONEN
16. Romain NAVARRETE
17. César ROUGE
18. Ugo TISON
20. Chris SATAE
21. Matt IKUVALU
23. Jordan DEZARIA
24. Tom JOHNSTONE
27. Jordan ABDULL
