KURT Gidley will wear the number 1 shirt in his first season with Warrington Wolves.
Other newcomers and their squad numbers are Tom Lineham (2), Jack Hughes (12), Joe Westerman (14), Mitchell Dodds (15) and Benjamin Jullien (29).
Chris Sandow takes over 7, Ben Westwood moves to 13, Rhys Evans to 3 and Matty Russell will be wearing 5.
Interestingly, untried yet at Super League level, Academy players Harvey Livett, a centre, and Morgan Smith, a half back, have been handed 30 and 31 respectively.
While numbers on shirts provide no guarantees of a player's selection or field position, they do give some idea of the coach's thinking at this stage of pre-season.
Wolves squad numbers 2016:
1 Kurt Gidley
2 Tom Lineham
3 Rhys Evans
4 Ryan Atkins
5 Matty Russell
6 Stefan Ratchford
7 Chris Sandow
8 Chris Hill
9 Daryl Clark
10 Ashton Sims
11 Ben Currie
12 Jack Hughes
13 Ben Westwood
14 Joe Westerman
15 Mitchell Dodds
16 Brad Dwyer
17 James Laithwaite
18 George King
19 Ben Harrison
20 Kevin Penny
21 Ben Evans
22 Gene Ormsby
23 Gary Wheeler
24 Toby King
25 Joe Philbin
26 Declan Patton
27 Sam Wilde
28 Jack Johnson
29 Benjamin Jullien
30 Harvey Livett
31 Morgan Smith
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