Wolves v Dragons: Teams
Catalans Dragons will be at full strength for the first time this year for the semi-final against Warrington on Sunday.
Last Updated: 09/08/10 5:40pm
Catalans Dragons will be at full strength for the first time this year for the Carnegie Challenge Cup semi-final against Warrington.
Australian pair Clint Greenshields, who has yet to appear in the competition, and Casey Maguire are both included after missing last weekend's 24-22 victory over Bradford.
Greenshields, one of seven survivors from the Dragons' 30-8 Cup final defeat at Wembley in 2007, has made only 10 appearances this season but he is still the club's leading tryscorer with nine.
With loose forward Dallas Johnson and veteran prop Jerome Guisset also returning to the side, the Catalans' only absentees will be prop Sebastien Martins and utility man Jean Philippe Baille, both long-term casualties.
"We've got the strongest squad we've had available all season so that's a good sign," said Walters, who arrived back in the south of France on Tuesday after flying back to Australia for his father's funeral.
Fear factor
"I'm just looking for a good performance. We don't want to embarrass ourselves.
"We know Warrington can put points on quickly and that's our fear factor, we need to be able to stay in the game.
"We're pretty excited by it but we're not getting ahead of ourselves. I made the point yesterday to the players about the enormity of the task.
"Although we beat them a few weeks ago, that result is most probably irrelevant. It's a different competition and the make-up of both teams will be different."
Warrington are without injured England internationals Mickey Higham and Chris Bridge, while Simon Grix is sidelined through illness.
Forward Grix is suffering with a severe bout of pneumonia. He fell ill after returning home to England following his side's 29-28 engage Super league defeat to the Dragons in Perpignan on July 24.
Focused
Wolves coach Tony Smith has named Lee Mitchell and Mike Cooper in his 19-man squad for the game at the Stobart Stadium in Widnes.
"They said some time ago they're focusing on the Challenge Cup," said Smith. "I want them to be at their best and I want us to be better.
"That's what rugby league is about. We're not hoping to get them at a bad time.
"I don't think anybody should expect their team to win. That borders on arrogance and that's not what sport is about.
"History shows that anyone who expects to win usually goes out there and gets embarrassed."
"The two key players for them are Casey McGuire and Clint Greenshields. They're very influential and certainly two dangermen. They're good, consistent players who can test any team."
Warrington squad: L. Anderson, V. Anderson, Atkins, Briers, Carvell, Clarke, Cooper, Harrison, Hicks, King, Mathers, Mitchell, Monaghan, Morley, Myler, Riley, Solomona, Westwood, Wood.
Catalans Dragons squad: Greenshields, Bell, Raguin, Sa, Pelo, Bosc, Ferriol, McGuire, Guisset, Elima, Mounis, Johnson, Gossard, Fakir, Walker, Casty, Simon, Sherwin, Carlaw.