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