Wildcats v Tigers: Teams
Castleford have Richie Mathers, Steve Snitch and Ryan Hudson back from injury for Saturday's derby against Wakefield.
Last Updated: 20/08/11 8:03pm
Props Liam Higgins and Jarrad Hickey return as Wakefield Wildcats bid to end a run of seven straight defeats against local rivals Castleford Tigers on Saturday.
But the Wildcats are without five players - Aaron Murphy (wrist), Josh Griffin (knee), Matt Blaymire (knee), Luke George (ankle) and Frankie Mariano (ankle) - due to injury.
Ryan Tongia is set to continue after making his debut in last week's 66-12 defeat at Warrington Wolves.
Castleford are boosted by the return to fitness of Richie Mathers, Steve Snitch and Ryan Hudson.
Full-back Mathers and back rower Snitch have not played since the Tigers' last Super League victory, a 26-20 success at Crusaders on July 16.
Hooker Hudson missed last week's 56-0 loss to Leeds after hurting himself in the Challenge Cup semi-final between the two sides, which the Rhinos won in extra time.
Youngsters Joe Arundel, Greg Eden and Daryl Clark are the three to make way in coach Terry Matterson's initial 19-man squad.
Vital
Matterson is calling on his seventh-placed side to "stop feeling sorry for themselves" after conceding 102 points in their last two league matches and suffering a heartbreaking cup loss to Leeds.
With their last two regular fixtures against Hull and Hull KR - the teams just below them in the table - Matterson knows a win against bottom-of-the-table Wakefield is vital to maintaining their play-off position.
"We strung together three wins so we had some momentum and we got knocked about," he said.
"We have to get over that. We have given ourselves a good opportunity to play some semi-final football and it would be a shame to see it go out of the window because of the Challenge Cup defeat.
"The challenge is to put that behind us. We can keep feeling sorry for ourselves or we can get back to what we've been doing that has put us in this position."
Wildcats squad: Korkidas, Rinaldi, Henderson, Morrison, Lee, Tony, Smith, P. Johnson, Dean, Morton, Gledhill, Howarth, Veivers, Higgins, Wildie, Amor, Hickey, Tadulala, Tongia
Tigers squad: Mathers, Youngquest, Owen, Chase, Orr, Hudson, Snitch, Jones, Milner, Isa, Aspinwall, Massey, Thompson, McGoldrick, Holmes, Widders, J. Davies, Parker, B. Davies
