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Lee Briers is again sidelined but Warrington have been given a double boost ahead of Saturday's clash with Bradford, which is live on Sky Sports.

Stand-off Briers is still not ready to return to action from the ankle injury he picked up in the defeat to Wigan back on February 20.

However there is better news for Wire fans concerning the health of full-back Richie Mathers and scrum-half Richie Myler.

Both players missed last Sunday's convincing home win over Crusaders but have passed fitness tests and are included in Warrington's 19-man squad.

Confidence

Coach Tony Smith will be hoping his side can make it five wins from six outings in Super League this season, though he knows it will not be easy against an in-form Bradford side who ended Wigan's perfect start last week.

"Bradford are in good form and have been playing pretty solid all year," he said on Warrington's official website. "They are gaining some confidence.

"They've got some new players who are settling in well and they are finding some combinations so that makes them very dangerous.

"They will have some confidence after beating the current league leaders last week. They are a dangerous side, with good players and are very well coached. But these are the sorts of challenges we are looking for."

Having started their 2010 campaign with back-to-back defeats, Bradford have since managed to win three on the trot.

They battled back from 20-0 down at half time to triumph over the Warriors last time out, Glenn Hall scoring the winning try in the dying minutes.

Once again coach Steve McNamara has been able to name an unchanged 19-man squad for the sixth successive game.

Sheriffe returns

Winger Rikki Sheriffe could return to the starting line-up after being ruled out of the game against the Warriors due to a hamstring strain.

Michael Platt is nearing a first-team comeback and will play for Bradford's Under-20 side in their game at Warrington on Saturday afternoon.

"On top of the 17 who played against Wigan, Rikki Sheriffe will be available to come back into consideration and Michael Platt is ready now and will play Under 20's this week, which should give us another number potentially for next week," McNamara said.

"I must say we are doing some things right. We do need an element of luck because it is a collision sport - a tough sport - but I must give all credit to our medical staff and our conditioning staff who are doing a great job at the moment, which often goes unnoticed."

Warrington squad: L. Anderson, V. Anderson, Atkins, Bridge, Carvell, Grix, Harrison, Hicks, Higham, King, Mathers, Monaghan, Morley, Myler, Riley, Solomona, Westwood, Williams, Wood.

Bradford squad: Sykes, Langley, Sheriffe, Kopczak, Donaldson, Scruton, Menzies, Kearney, Godwin, L'Estrange, Halley, Nero, Lynch, Reardon, Hall, Crookes, Worrincy, Whitehead, Orford.