Lancashire and Yorkshire have each been forced into making changes for the second Male Pathways Academy Origin fixture of the season at Sewell Group Craven Park on Saturday week (August 2).
Lancashire, who won the first match of the year 40-22 in April, have been more disrupted, with injuries ruling out the Warrington duo Flynn Holden and Kian Stanton, Oscar Knox of St Helens and Finlay Yeomans of Wigan.
That means a call-up for Sam Hill, the outside back who has impressed at senior level for Salford Red Devils this season, as well as Oliver Polec of St Helens and the Wigan pair Lewis Daniels and Samuel Dickenson.
Yorkshire have been forced to make a single change, with Lewis Jagger of Huddersfield Giants replacing Jacob Hardy of Leeds.
The squads still include a number of players who have made an impact at senior level, including the Warrington Wolves half-back Ewan Irwin for Lancashire, while Yorkshire include Presley Cassell, the loose forward who made an impressive Super League debut for Leeds Rhinos last weekend.
The match kicks off at midday, the first part of an Origin double header followed by a senior Women’s fixture which precedes England’s one-off international against Wales at The Lextan Gnoll in Neath the following Saturday.
Both Origin fixtures will be shown live on the England Rugby League YouTube channel.
Academy Origin 2025, Match 2 – revised squads
Yorkshire
Alfie Lindsay (Castleford Tigers), Lewis Jagger, Archie Sykes (Huddersfield Giants), Callum Kemp (Hull FC), Chris Matagi (St Helens), Dacx Jones-Buchanan (Leeds Rhinos), Daniel Stelfox (Leeds Rhinos), Ellis Lingard (Wakefield Trinity), Frankie Dearlove (Hull KR), George Brown, Harley Thomas, Harry Smith, Jacob Stead, Joe Diskin, Joe Butterfield (all Leeds Rhinos), Lloyd Kemp (Hull FC), Marcus Qareqare, Oscar Brown, Presley Cassell (all Leeds Rhinos), Robbie Brook (Wakefield Trinity), Zak Lloyd (Leeds Rhinos)
Lancashire
Sam Hill (Salford Red Devils), Alfie Tate (St Helens), Billy Keeley (St Helens), Charlie Walker, Daniel Regan, Ewan Irwin (all Warrington Wolves),?George Marsden (Wigan Warriors), Harlen Smith (Wigan Warriors), Jake Ramsden (Warrington Wolves), Lewis Daniels, Samuel Dickenson,?Jaiden Drachenberg (Wigan Warriors), Kian McGann, Oliver Polec (St Helens), Kian Stanton (Warrington Wolves), Lachlan Webster (Warrington Wolves), Matt Evans (St Helens),?Michael Porter (Wigan Warriors), Oliver Garmston (St Helens), Ollie Morgan (Warrington Wolves), Shea O’Connor (Wigan Warriors), Thomas Humphreys (St Helens)
