However, head coach Sam Burgess has again stopped short of confirming whether or not full-back Matt Dufty would be one of them.
The Australian was stood down for Friday’s defeat to Wigan Warriors for disciplinary reasons having missed a training session and while he initially said to Sky Sports that his absence would just be temporary, Burgess then rowed back slightly when speaking to the written media post-match.
He said a final decision would be made on Monday but in his weekly press conference this afternoon, he remained coy on whether or not Dufty would feature.
“I said by close of business on Monday,” he said, tongue-in-cheek.
“He’s certainly in my mind.”
Stefan Ratchford deputised at full-back on Friday even though usual understudy Cai Taylor-Wray had been included in the 21-man squad as he made his return from a torn hamstring.
A further hint about Dufty’s possible return could be found in Burgess’ assertion that Taylor-Wray’s first game since April will come this weekend, but for the reserves in their trip to Wigan on Saturday.
The Wire boss confirmed scrum-half Leon Hayes will also continue his comeback in that game in what will be a potential glimpse at the long-term future of the Warrington creative spine.
“He’ll play in the reserves this week,” Burgess said of Taylor-Wray.
“He’s been training with us for the past couple of weeks and he’s ready to play, but he needs a bit of time on the field so he’ll be out there on Saturday. It will be good to see him play again.
“Leon will be playing as well so it will be nice to see those two combine, with Ewan Irwin in there as well.”
Cai Taylor-Wray will make his return from a torn hamstring in the reserves on Saturday (Image: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com) Two players who are available to Burgess again are centre Connor Wrench and second-rower Adam Holroyd, the latter having missed several weeks with a hamstring injury.
Holroyd has not featured since the Round 14 defeat at Leeds Rhinos while Wrench missed Friday’s loss under concussion protocol having failed a head injury assessment during the Round 20 defeat at Leigh Leopards.
As well as having those two players back in contention, Burgess went on to say there were “a few changes possible” when it comes to team selection against Les Dracs.
“We’ll get a couple of boys back into contention – Connor Wrench is available again, as is Adam Holroyd which is nice to see,” Burgess said.
“They’ve both trained okay so we’ll see how the team looks later in the week.
“Performances have been okay, but we haven’t been getting the results so there’s a few changes possible.”
Adam Holroyd is in contention to return from a two-month injury lay-off this weekend (Image: Olly Hassell/SWpix.com)
Two players who will not be coming into the side, however, are forwards James Harrison and Jordy Crowther.
Burgess has now officially confirmed that Crowther’s season is over as a result of the elbow injury he suffered at Castleford Tigers in Round 19 but he insists he remains committed to getting Harrison, who has a shoulder problem, back into the team before the end of the year as he aims to put himself in the frame for the season-ending Ashes series.
“Jordy Crowther is out for the year – he’s had surgery on his elbow so he’ll be back next year,” he said.
“We’re still a bit “wait and see” with Jimmy – he’s not done too much since he got injured.
“He’s trying to get back on the field before the end of the season – he wants to keep playing and he’s probably got his eyes on things at the end of the year, so we’ll give him every opportunity with that.
“He certainly won’t be anywhere near in the next week or so.”