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Super League Leaders' Shield winners Wigan will hope to end the regular season on a high when they host Bradford.
Last Updated: 04/09/10 10:00am
Engage Super League Leaders' Shield winners Wigan will hope to end the regular season on a high when they host Bradford on Friday.
The Warriors will be presented with the shield after the contest with the Bulls at the DW Stadium having secured top spot with a 38-18 win against Hull KR last time out.
And their squad has been bolstered by players returning for the contest, with prop Stuart Fielden available again after serving a suspension.
Centres Martin Gleeson and George Carmont, hooker Michael McIlorum and prop Paul Prescott are also in contention for a place in the side after various injuries.
Coach Michael Maguire is keen to secure another victory and head into the all-important play-offs full of confidence.
Great situation
"It is a great situation to be in to have players back fit at this time of year," he told his club's official website.
"Friday is an important game, our last before the play-offs where we are looking to continue to build momentum."
Bradford ended a dismal run of 12 straight defeats with a home victory over Wakefield in their last match and will look to spoil the Warriors' party.
Caretaker coach Lee St Hilaire makes only one change to his 19-man squad for the clash, with Stuart Reardon coming in for full-back Dave Halley, who is awaiting the results of a scan on a knee problem he pickled up during the Carnegie Floodlit Nines last Wednesday.
The Bulls' barren streak has ensured they will not reach the play-offs this year but St Hilaire remains adamant that his side will be fully motivated on Friday.
"We just want to try and finish the season on a high and try and play well. We know Wigan have won the Shield but we can't be too focused on them," he told the Bulls' official website.
"What they do on the day is up to them; we will just go out try to play well and enjoy ourselves."
Wigan squad: Gleeson, Carmont, Richards, S. Tomkins, Leuluai, Fielden, Riddell, Coley, J. Tomkins, S. O'Loughlin, Prescott, McIlorum, Paleaaesina, Deacon, Goulding, Farrell, Marsh, Tuson, Charnley.
Bradford squad: Sykes, Scruton, Sheriffe, Kopczak, Kearney, Lynch, Menzies, Addy, Godwin, L'Estrange, Reardon, Crookes, Platt, Olbison, Hall, Langley, Worrincy, Whitehead, Finigan.