{"id":588573,"date":"2026-05-17T06:57:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/588573\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T06:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:57:32","slug":"squad-news-newcastle-thunder-1895-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/588573\/","title":{"rendered":"Squad news: Newcastle Thunder (1895 Cup)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Allan Coleman has named his squad ahead of Widnes Vikings\u2019 1895 Cup quarter-final clash with Newcastle Thunder at Robin Park Arena on Sunday afternoon (3pm kick-off).<\/p>\n<p>There are three changes from last weekend\u2019s victory away at Salford.<\/p>\n<p>Max Roberts and Nick Gregson return to the line-up, alongside Liam Bent.<\/p>\n<p>They replace Mike Butt, Jay Chapelhow and Ryan Brown, who returns to Leigh Leopards following his one-week loan.<\/p>\n<p>Robin Park Arena has a capacity of 1,000, and supporters are advised to secure tickets early to avoid disappointment. This will be a\u00a0TICKET ONLY EVENT, with all tickets needing to be purchased in advance.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be purchased via our website or directly at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/widnesvikings.co.uk\/thunder\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">widnesvikings.co.uk\/thunder<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our official 2026 squad news partner is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorpoint.co.uk\/stores\/widnes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Motorpoint Widnes<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Vikings 21-man squad vs Newcastle (H)<\/p>\n<p>3 Jack Owens (Sponsored by Teeling Management)<\/p>\n<p>4 Joe Edge (Sponsored by Teeling Management)<\/p>\n<p>5 Ryan Ince (Sponsored by Teeling Management)<\/p>\n<p>6 Joe Lyons (Sponsored by Widiots Events)<\/p>\n<p>7 Tom Gilmore (Sponsored by The Hollins Family)<\/p>\n<p>8 Dan Murray (Sponsored by KJ Plumbing &amp; Heating Cheshire LTD)<\/p>\n<p>9 Jordan Johnstone (Sponsored by DMR Motors)<\/p>\n<p>10 Liam Bent (Sponsored by Harold Prescott &amp; Sons)<\/p>\n<p>11 Sam Wilde (Sponsored by Jeannie\u2019s Away Travel)<\/p>\n<p>12 Max Roberts (Sponsored by Widiots Events)<\/p>\n<p>13 Nick Gregson (Sponsored by DMR Motors)<\/p>\n<p>14 Matty Fozard (Sponsored by Emris Services)<\/p>\n<p>15 Lewis Hall (Sponsored by Base Brands)<\/p>\n<p>16 Danny Langtree (Sponsored by The Morton Family)<\/p>\n<p>18 Morgan McWhirter (Sponsored by Widnes Vikings Diehards)<\/p>\n<p>20 Jack Billington (Sponsored by Vikings Away Travel @ The Village Club)<\/p>\n<p>23 Nathan Connell (Sponsored by West End Motors)<\/p>\n<p>24 Frank Sergent (Sponsored by Car Spa \u2013 Mobile Valeting)<\/p>\n<p>25 Kieran Taylor (Sponsored by Moorfield Under 10s)<\/p>\n<p>26 Leon Hayes (Sponsored by Roger Reeves and Joe Lloyd)<\/p>\n<p>28 Jack Houghton (Sponsored by The Dyas Family)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Allan Coleman has named his squad ahead of Widnes Vikings\u2019 1895 Cup quarter-final clash with Newcastle Thunder at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-588573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}