By leedsrhinos.biz
December 23 2008

The back to back engage Super League Champions will be taking on a much stronger side in the upcoming Cravendale Boxing Day Festive Challenge, at the Headingley Carnegie Stadium. The Rhinos line up contains only six players of which played in the Super League competition last season - Ryan Hall, Danny Allan, Kallum Watkins, Luke Burgess

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..repeated: The back to back engage Super League Champions will be taking on a much stronger side in the upcoming Cravendale Boxing Day Festive Challenge, at the Headingley Carnegie Stadium. 

The Rhinos line up contains only six players of which played in the Super League competition last season - Ryan Hall, Danny Allan, Kallum Watkins, Luke Burgess, Joe Chandler and on loan from Hull FC, Jodi Broughton. The England World Cup Leeds players are yet to return to training at Kirkstall, whilst Matt Diskin, Ryan Bailey, Carl Ablett and Ian Kirke will not be able to play due to injuries they picked up last season. 

The squad will mostly be made up of players from the clubs academy rankings, and reserve sides. But the French players, which are on trial with the club, will be taking part. Here are the names to look out for: Mathieu Mayans, Amar Sabri, Unaloto Lamelangi and Mohamed Tamghart. New signing from Salford City Reds, Luke Ambler is also on the team sheet. 

The Wildcats squad is much more experienced. Matt Blaymire, Tony Martin, Ryan Atkins, Aaron Murphy, Jamie Rooney, Sam Obst, Ricky Bibey, Brad Drew, Kyle Bibb, Jay Pitts, Dale Ferguson and Richard Moore all played in the senior side last year.

Leeds Rhinos: Hall, Collins, Mayans, K Watkins, Broughton, Allan, Sabri, Burgess, McShane, Lamelangi, Clarkson, Chandler, Manning. Subs Ratu, Tamghart, Ambler, Hardbottle, Brown.

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats: Blaymire, Walmsley, Martin, Atkins, Murphy, Rooney, Obst, Bibey, Drew, Bibb, Pitts, Snitch, Ferguson. Subs Morton, Davey, Moore, Walker, Annakin.

Tickets are still available for this clash, and will be available on the gate.