Match Preview: Salford Red Devils

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In association with Davanti Tyres, here is everything you need to know ahead of Wigan Warriors’ Betfred Challenge Cup Sixth Round game against Salford Red Devils.

Wigan Warriors welcome Salford Red Devils to the DW Stadium for the Cherry & Whites Sixth Round Betfred Challenge Cup game on Friday 25th March (7:35pm K.O.)

Campaign so far

The Warriors and the Red Devils both entered the competition at the sixth round stage as Super League Clubs. Both sides come into the tie off the back of wins in league competition, after Wigan saw off Castleford Tigers and Salford took the two-points against Leeds.

Team News

Peet named an unchanged 21-player squad from the one named against Castleford last week. Though Peet has confirmed that Jake Bibby is likely to return to the starting line-up after missing out through illness last week.

Injury News

Iain Thornley continues his recovery from a grade two syndesmosis sustained Hull KR in Round 1, but has been putting in the hard work alongside the team this week. Peet is confident that both Iain Thornley and Bevan French are nearing a return to the side with the Easter period approaching.

Wigan Warriors squad to face Salford Red Devils:

Matt Peet has named his Cherry and Whites squad for Friday’s Challenge Cup fixture.


2 Jake Bibby
3Zak Hardaker
5 Liam Marshall
6 Cade Cust
7 Thomas Leuluai
9Sam Powell
10 Patrick Mago
11 Willie Isa
12 Liam Farrell
13 John Bateman
14 Morgan Smithies
16 Harry Smith
17 Oliver Partington
19 Ethan Havard
20 Liam Byrne
21 Kai Pearce-Paul
24 Abbas Miski
25 Sam Halsall
28 Brad O’Neill

Opposition

Salford Red Devils Head Coach Paul Rowley also named his side for the fixture on Wednesday afternoon.

Brierley,
Lafai,
Burgess,
Croft,
Sneyd,
Akauola,
Ackers,
Burke,
Greenwood,
Taylor,
Addy,
Lannon,
Atkin,
Ormondroyd,
Wells,
Johnson,
Williams,
Costello,
Cross,
Gerrard.

Coach Quotes

Speaking to the press ahead of Friday’s match, Matt Peet said: “One thing we know is that all the trophies we won was one game at a time, one trophy at a time and that’s the approach we’re taking. We draw inspiration from our history but the fact is we need to get our performance right, our processes right and we’re up against a good team who won’t be bothered how many Challenge Cups Wigan have won.”

He added: On whether the team feels any pressure this week, he said: “I think there’s pressure to play well every week, one way or another. Last week it was pressure to see how we responded after France, this week it’s pressure to progress in the Challenge Cup and the exciting thing this week is it’s do or die and both teams will be desperate to win.”

Read more from Matt Peet ahead of the game in his full preview HERE. https://www.wiganwarriors.com/


Match officials

The man in the middle on Thursday evening will be Robert Hicks.

Ticket prices

The prices for tickets are as follows:

South Stand:

Season Ticket Holders – from £5
General sale – from £8
East and West Stands:

Season Ticket Holders – from £8
General sale – from £10
Pay on the day

Tickets will also be available to buy all day on Friday. The DW Stadium Ticket Office – located in the North West corner of the stadium – will be open all the way up to kick off at 7:35pm.

Please note the DW Stadium is now a cashless stadium and card payments only will be received. Pay on the gate is not available; tickets must be bought in advance at the DW Stadium Ticket Office to gain entry to the stadium. All food and drink inside the concourses are card only, though programme and golden gamble sellers outside the ground still require cash payment.

Car Parks

Card payments are now accepted on all of our car parks, the charges remain the same (£5.00 per car/£10 per minibus/£20 per coach on Car Park 1, and Cars £5.00 on Car Parks 3 & 4). Seasonal passes are still available at the ticket office. Card payments on the car parks are the preferred method of payment.

How to buy

You can buy tickets in either of these three ways:

Buy online by clicking HERE.

Call the DW Stadium Ticket Office on 01942 311111 (open 9am-5pm Mon-Fri).
Visit the DW Stadium Ticket Office in person (open 9am-5pm Mon-Fri).
In case you missed it, tickets for our Round 7 game against Hull FC later in March are now also on general sale. Click HERE for more info.

Around the ground

Our Robin Park Arena Fan Village is back open again this week! Open from 6pm, you can make the most of your match day experience with somewhere to relax before the game with live entertainment, Q&As with first team players and plenty of food and drink stalls. The fan village will also re-open after the final whistle for you to meet up and analyse the game with family and friends – right up until 11pm! For more information on our fan village, click HERE.

Don’t forget that the South Stand Bar inside the DW Stadium will be open from 6:30pm onwards. The bar is free entry for everyone. Fans can go into the bar prior to or after the game. Please note that the bar is not open at half time.

Our official Club store is also open on matchday, where you get your hands on our Home, Away and Third Kits, Hummel training range, accessories as well as your matchday programme. The Club store is open up until kick off and will reopen on the full time hooter. This week you can also benefit from our fantastic 20% saving offer on our 2022 Hummel training range when you buy any two items (Offer ends midnight 25/03/22).


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