{"id":170319,"date":"2025-09-30T11:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/170319\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:59:09","slug":"wigan-warriors-v-leigh-leopards-early-team-news-with-three-ruled-out-and-disciplinary-boost-for-visitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/170319\/","title":{"rendered":"Wigan Warriors v Leigh Leopards early team news with three ruled out and disciplinary boost for visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wigan Warriors and Leigh Leopards meet in a Super League semi-final for the second year in a row and the early team news is in with both sides boasting very healthy squads for this time of the year.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a massive boost that will hopefully only add to the spectacle with the first round of play-off games setting the bar high for entertainment levels.<\/p>\n

Obviously, Wigan had a bye on account of their top two finish but third-placed Leigh put on a show as they dominated Wakefield Trinity on Friday night, running out as 26-10 winners<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That scoreline probably didn\u2019t do Leigh justice but the performance itself will have certainly caught Wigan\u2019s eye with Matt Peet\u2019s side not likely to have as an easy a task as they did last year.<\/p>\n

Wigan Warriors warned ahead of Leigh Leopards clash as pundit makes early pick<\/a><\/p>\n

Leigh folded on the big stage in 2024 as they lost 38-0 to a brilliant Warriors side, however, the Leopards have since beaten Wigan twice, including in Wigan in their famous 1-0 round one win.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll take huge encouragement from that, as well as the fact their team is in good nick and ahead of any pressers or team news, we\u2019ve assessed what each squad could look like.<\/p>\n

Serious About Rugby League has launched a brand new podcast which can be watched in full on our\u00a0YouTube channel here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wigan Warriors team news<\/p>\n

Wigan Warriors are the healthiest that they\u2019ve been all season with Matt Peet only recently able to name all of his top 13 squad players for the first time in months.<\/p>\n

Any injury concerns for Luke Thompson, Adam Keighran or Abbas Miski have been put to bed of late, whilst Bevan French is also back to his brilliant best.<\/p>\n

Keighran and Miski both played in the round 27 win over Leeds Rhinos<\/a> meaning Zach Eckersley missed out, with Matt Peet admitting that was through no fault of his own.<\/p>\n

The only player Wigan will be without is Tom Forber who is recovering from a dislocated wrist but with Brad O\u2019Neill and Kruise Leeming available, the Warriors will be fine out of dummy-half.<\/p>\n

Leigh Leopards team news<\/p>\n

Leigh, whilst very healthy, are a little worse for wear than their hosts Wigan and admittedly, they maybe don\u2019t have quite the same squad depth.<\/p>\n

That said, they\u2019ve got a very strong squad and that was evidenced by the fact Ethan O\u2019Neill was only named 18th man on Friday night<\/a>. He has been struggling with injury of late but it\u2019s believed he\u2019s recovered and that the form of those ahead may have sidelined him.<\/p>\n

Two men who are out are Louis Brogan and David Armstrong but both have been long-term absentees and won\u2019t return until next year, with Armstrong potentially not back until April or even May after his ACL injury.<\/p>\n

The biggest boost for Leigh this week isn\u2019t the fact they came through unscathed against Wakefield in terms of injury but in terms of disciplinary with Edwin Ipape one charge away from a ban, whilst Lachlan Lam was also placed on report in that game.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s been passed to the RFL Compliance unit with both Leigh and Wakefield invited to present evidence<\/a> relating to the \u2018unacceptable language\u2019 allegation made against him. Should anything come to light then Lam may face an Operational Rules Tribunal but that won\u2019t be until at least next week, meaning he\u2019s available to face Wigan Warriors.<\/p>\n

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