WOLVES could have Australian back rower Trent Waterhouse back in their side for the visit of champions Wigan on Thursday night.

Tony Smith has included him and Rhys Evans, who scored four tries in the round four tie at London Broncos, in the preparation squad along with the 17 players who did the job against Salford on Friday.

Wolves: 10 Roy Asotasi, 4 Ryan Atkins, 3 Chris Bridge, 25 Ben Evans, 18 Rhys Evans 13 Simon Grix, 9 Micky Higham, 8 Chris Hill, 23 James Laithwaite, 5 Joel Monaghan, 14 Michael Monaghan, 7 Richie Myler, 20 Gareth O’Brien, 29 Gene Ormsby, 6 Stefan Ratchford, 21Glenn Riley, 1 Matthew Russell, 11 Trent Waterhouse, 12 Ben Westwood.

The big news from the Wigan camp is that influential England loose forward Sean O’Loughlin is missing from their 19.

Warriors: 25 John Bateman, 1 Matty Bowen, 32 Joe Burgess, 2 Josh Charnley, 24 Tony Clubb, 17 Dom Crosby, 12 Liam Farrell, 10 Ben Flower, 5 Anthony Gelling, 3 Darrell Goulding, 6 Blake Green, 14 Jack Hughes, 28 Jordan James, 22 Eddy Pettybourne, 7 Matty Smith, 8 Scott Taylor, 4 Iain Thornley, 15 Logan Tomkins, 27 George Williams.