Experienced forwards Eorl Crabtree and Chris Bailey are back in the Huddersfield Giants squad for Thursday’s Super League play-off semi-final clash at Wigan Warriors.
The duo were both absent from Huddersfield’s final 19-man squad for last Friday’s heartbreaking 20-16 home defeat to newly-crowned minor champions Leeds Rhinos.
Crabtree had to pull out at the last minute after failing to recover from a troublesome knee knock and was replaced by Josh Johnson, who misses out this week.
And Bailey takes the place of Daniel Smith as the Giants look to secure a victory at the DW Stadium which will earn them a place in the Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford for the first time.
Wigan: Bateman, Bowen, Burgess, Charnley, Clubb, Crosby, C Farrell, L Farrell, Flower, Gildart, Manfredi, McIlorum, Mossop, O’Loughlin, Patrick, Powell, Smith, Tomkins, Williams.
Huddersfield: Grix, McGillvary, Cudjoe, Wardle, Murphy, Brough, Robinson, Crabtree, Huby, Ferres, Hughes, Bailey, Lawrence, Kopczak, Ta’ai, Broughton, Ellis, Connor, Roberts.
