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Adrian Lam has named a strong Wigan Warriors side to take on Leeds Rhinos in this evening’s Super League play-off eliminator.

Adrian Lam has rested a number of players for the club’s match with Catalans. Liam Farrell, Sam Powell and John Bateman have not been risked ahead of next week’s play-off clash. They join Brad Singleton, Morgan Smithies and Liam Marshall on the list of absentees tonight, with Lam taking no risks at all ahead before next week’s match, which will be against the winners of tonight’s game between Leeds Rhinos and Hull KR. It means Tony Clubb is given a final home appearance before he retires which the recently recalled James McDonnell also gets an opportunity to impress in the back-row. Joe Shorrocks deputises at hooker in the absence of Powell and Joe Bullock starts in place of Singleton.

Adrian Lam has kept his Wigan Warriors changes to a minimum ahead of their trip to Castleford Tigers on Monday.

Wigan Warriors welcome Jai Field and Brad Singleton back into their starting line-up for tonight’s clash with Leeds Rhinos.

Adrian Lam has only been able to name a 19-man squad for this Wednesday’s clash with Leeds Rhinos.

Adrian Lam hailed his Wigan Warriors youngsters after another confidence building win over Huddersfield Giants.

Wigan Warriors edged their way beyond a resolute and stubborn Castleford Tigers on Thursday evening to maintain their unbeaten start to the season.

A young Wigan Warriors side came up short at the AJ Bell Stadium as they lost 20-6 to Salford Red Devils.Sam Powell scored Wigan’s only try of the game, powering over in the first half, but the Warriors were powerless to prevent Salford touching down on four occasions, through Kallum Watkins, Ken Sio, Morgan Escare and Krisnan Inu, to seal a deserved victory.Here’s a look at the talking points to emerge from the contest.The youngster was given the nod in the absence of both Jai Field and Jackson Hastings and he was the man asked to pull all the strings for the Cherry and Whites.Smith has less than 20 top flight appearances to his name, but impressed regularly when called upon last season and was given the opportunity to showcase his

Throughout the off-season, Wigan Warriors fans have racked their brains wondering how Adrian Lam will get all of his stars in the same team.Somehow, Lam will need to get Bevan French, Jai Field, Jackson Hastings, Thomas Leuluai, Sam Powell and Harry Smith all in the same 17 and, in an ideal world, on the pitch at the same time.In theory, it seems practically impossible to get such a wealth of talent all on the field at once.Lam agrees.

Wigan Warriors head coach Adrian Lam says he has yet to make a final call on who will become the club's next captain.For the first time in 15 years, the Warriors are in the process of selecting a new captain after Sean O'Loughlin called time on his legendary career.It goes without saying that the successful candidate will have big shoes to fill.But Lam's current issue is who replaces O'Loughlin, rather than how they replace him.From the outside looking in there are a number of candidates; Liam Farrell, Thomas Leuluai, John Bateman and Sam Powell are among those who stand out.As of now, no decision has been made."It's a process the club is going through at the moment," Lam said."It's important we get that right, we'll know before round one