Huddersfield Giants are ready to get their Under 16s Academy season under way this weekend.

Coaches Lee Charlton and Richard Kelly have named a 19-man squad for Saturday’s trip to face a Wigan Warriors side who are always strong at this level.

The young Giants will be captained by Jon Luke Kirby, while also named in the squad is Jacob Wardle, the younger brother of Huddersfield Super League centre Joe.

Giants Under 16s: Tyllar Mellor, Innes Senior, Jacob Wardle, Jack Richardson, Lewis Fletcher, Ethan Salm, Jake Turner, Jon Luke Kirby, Billy Yarrow, Damian Wood, Sam Hewitt, Reece Boxall-Hunt, Ronan Costello, Ross Whitmore, Jamie Greenwood, Finley Hickey, Tom Hugill, Jack Flynn, Reece Borbely.