WHILE Warrington Wolves will be looking to gain a lift from Matt Dufty making his home debut, Toulouse Olympique could have key playmaker Tony Gigot back in their side for tonight’s crunch clash at The Halliwell Jones Stadium, kick-off 8pm.

Gigot, the Lance Todd Trophy winner as man of the match when Catalans Dragons defeated The Wire in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley in 2018, is a tricky customer to deal with and would enhance Toulouse in the halves alongside Australian mid-season signing Corey Norman.

“He’s an experienced player. Gigot sees things quite well. He’s got an eye for little trick kicks, he’s got an eye for space with his passing game and he’s dangerous in that way,” said Wolves head coach Daryl Powell.

“If you try to get into him quick, it doesn’t take him long to spot where the weakness is in the defensive line so he’s a talented player.

“On the other side, there’s some weaknesses to his game that you can isolate, but he is experienced, he’s been around, he’s played at a high level, he’s played in big games, so he does give them a fair bit in that regard.”

Powell agreed that Toulouse can be an awkward side to play against.

The Wire won at their place in Round Three but much has changed since in terms of the players now representing the sides.

“I think with some of the personnel they have in the team, they’re awkward to play against,” said Powell.

“Some of their players are unconventional, people like Tony Gigot. They’ve got little tricks in the game and do things a little bit differently. They can almost take the odds to certain things, they can play a risky game.

“You have to just make sure you’re concentrated. And to be honest Wigan showed us a bit of that last week with some of the players they’ve got.

“So you’re on high alert when they play the game a certain way and we need to be really good defensively, which I thought we were for large parts last week.

“I think there was a lot of evidence that that was a really tough game last week and we need to play at that level again and consistently for 80 minutes.

“This game means a lot to both teams. We’ve got to play our game. We’ve got to get wrapped up in how we want to play the game. Worry about how individuals are playing, how our performance looks, because if we get that right then I’d be massively confident we can get what we want.

“Everyone understands the significance of the game. We’ve just got to play the game and not what it means, that’s the most important thing.”