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Huddersfield Giants welcome Warrington on Sunday, looking to secure a top-four spot.
Last Updated: 19/07/09 11:26am
Huddersfield Giants welcome Warrington to the Galpharm Stadium on Sunday, looking to secure a top-four spot heading into the Super League play-offs.
The Giants currently sit third in the standings and come into the game on the back of a 32-16 win at Harlequins.
And, with four of the team's last seven matches against sides in the bottom six, coach Nathan Brown is keen to see his side improve their record in West Yorkshire and claim a fourth consecutive Super League win.
"Our concern is to go out there and put in a really good home performance," Brown said.
"We did okay last time and we had a good win against London early in the year but, apart from that, our home form hasn't been anywhere near as good as our away form."
Prop Paul Jackson and hooker Shaun Lunt have been named in the Giants' 19-man squad, while Martin Aspinwall offers cover in the second row following the return of Lee Mossop to Wigan.
Forwards Jamahl Lolesi and Andy Raleigh are the Giants' only injury absentees.
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Warrington Wolves are locked in the middle of a group of five teams on 20 points, meanwhile.
And coach Tony Smith is drilling into his team the importance of every point in the run-in.
"I think it's going to be very close and some positions are definitely going to be decided by for and against, that's how tight the competition is," Smith said.
"You go out there to try and concede as few points as possible and score as many as you can but I will say that, if you're in a position where you've got the game won and there's an opportunity to either take two points or score more, we're probably in a position where we need to score more. It could be important at the end of the season."
Warrington have boosted their play-off chances with eight wins from their last 11 matches and will be aiming to complete the double over high-flying Huddersfield with a sixth consecutive away success.
Stand-off Lee Briers is back from a four-match absence with a hamstring injury, so Chris Bridge reverts to centre in place of Simon Grix, who is out with a mouth wound.
Jon Clarke skippers the side in the absence of prop Adrian Morley and Brian Carney continues to deputise for injured winger Chris Hicks. Front rower Paul Rauhihi is also back in contention.
Huddersfield squad: B. Hodgson, Aspinwall, Brown, Whaturia, D. Hodgson, Fulton, Robinson, Crabtree, Faiumu, D. Griffin, Wild, Finnigan, P. Jackson, Mason, Lawrence, Moore, Cudjoe, Lunt, Sculthorpe.
Warrington squad: L. Anderson, V. Anderson, Blythe, Bridge, Briers, Carney, Carvell, Clarke, Cooper, Harrison, Johnson, King, Mathers, Mitchell, Monaghan, Rauhihi, Riley, Westwood, Wood.