The team news is in ahead of this evening’s Betfred Super League Round 3 clash against York Knights, in association with Steve Hodgins Plumbing, Heating & Electrical.
The Black & Whites face the newly promoted side from North Yorkshire at the MKM Stadium for the first time in Super League, with FC aiming to make it back-to-back home wins at the start of the campaign.
John Cartwright has made three changes to the side that was named against Wigan last week; Will Pryce (ACL) and Joe Batchelor (calf) drop out through injury, and are replaced by John Asiata, who makes his long-awaited return from injury from the bench, and Jake Arthur who makes his league debut starting in the halves.
Zak Hardaker also returns after recovering from a dead leg, replacing Callum Kemp.
Herman Ese’ese (Achilles) and James Bell (knee) continue their respective recoveries from injury, while young squad members Ryan Westerman (foot) and Roman Dawson (knee) are also unavailable.
Starting XIII:
3 – Davy Litten
2 – Harvey Barron
4 – Zak Hardaker
21 – Arthur Romano
5 – Lewis Martin
6 – Jake Arthur
7 – Aidan Sezer
17 – Liam Knight
9 – Amir Bourouh
10 – Harvie Hill
22 – Connor Bailey
12 – Jed Cartwright
20 – Yusuf Aydin
Interchange:
13 – John Asiata
14 – Cade Cust
16 – Sam Lisone
23 – Brad Fash
The 18th Man:
25 – Matty Laidlaw
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