Smith shows faith in Evans for opening clash against Cas (From Warrington Guardian)

Tony Smith shows faith in Rhys Evans for Warrington Wolves' opening clash against Castleford Tigers

2:30pm Sunday 3rd February 2013 in Wolves news By Mike Parsons

RHYS Evans keeps his place in Wolves’ starting line-up for the first game of Super League XVIII.

Evans impressed in the 20-0 warm-up win against Wigan Warriors last week, scoring a try as centre to Joel Monaghan.

From the named 19-man squad, Mike Cooper and Paul Wood miss out.

Michael Monaghan starts at hooker ahead of Micky Higham, while Simon Grix gets the nod ahead of Trent Waterhouse in the back row.

Waterhouse, who is on the bench, missed the Wigan game with a dead leg.

Castleford Tigers have got all eight of their new signings in the starting line-up.

Wolves: Brett Hodgson; Joel Monaghan, Rhys Evans, Ryan Atkins, Chris Riley; Lee Briers, Richie Myler; Chris Hill, Michael Monaghan, Adrian Morley, Ben Westwood, Simon Grix, Ben Harrison. Subs: Micky Higham, Garreth Carvell, Trent Waterhouse, Stefan Ratchford.

Tigers: Jordan Tansey; Justin Carney, Michael Shenton, Jake Webster, Richard Owen; Rangi Chase, Jamie Ellis; Keith Mason, Adam Milner, Craig Huby, Lee Gilmour, Weller Hauraki, Oliver Holmes. Subs: Jonathan Walker, Daryl Clark, Nathan Massey, Grant Millington.

Referee: Robert Hicks.