Wigan Warriors vs Leigh Leopards Preview & Prediction | 2025 Super League | Regular Season
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The 2025 Super League season gets underway with defending champions Wigan Warriors hosting Leigh Leopards in front of a bumper crowd
Start date/time: Thursday 13th February, 2025, UK – 8:00pm / US ET – 3:00pm / US PT – 12:00pm
How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports / US – Fox Sports
How to watch online: UK – Sky Go & BBC platforms & Super League+ / US – Fox Sports platforms & Super League+
Wigan Warriors Team News: Peet’s men without a couple of players
Wigan Warriors coach Matt Peet will be without forward Ethan Havard and long-term absentee Brad O’Neill for this opening match but he still has a wealth of options at his disposal for this curtain-raiser on home soil.
Squad: Jai Field, Abbas Miski, Adam Keighran, Jake Wardle, Liam Marshall, Bevan French, Harry Smith, Luke Thompson, Junior Nsemba, Liam Farrell, Kaide Ellis, Patrick Mago, Liam Byrne, Kruise Leeming, Tyler Dupree, Harvie Hill, Sam Walters, Zach Eckersley, Tom Forber, Jack Farrimond, Harvey Makin
Leigh Leopards Team News: Winger Darnell McIntosh misses out
Leigh Leopards kick off their 2025 Super League campaign without one of their first-choice wingers as Darnell McIntosh is absent through injury so misses out. Bailey Hodgson or Keanan Brand will likely replace him in what will otherwise be a strong line-up.
Squad: David Armstrong, Tesi Niu, Umyla Hanley, Josh Charnley, Gareth O’Brien, Lachlan Lam, Owen Trout, Edwin Ipape, Robbie Mulhern, Frankie Halton, Jack Hughes, Isaac Liu, Aaron Pene, Alec Tuitavake, Matt Davis, Brad Dwyer, Keanan Brand, Louis Brogan, Ethan O’Neill, Andy Badrock, Bailey Hodgson
Wigan Warriors vs Leigh Leopards Prediction
The atmosphere will be superb as a near sell-out crowd will be firmly behind defending champions Wigan Warriors as they meet local rivals Leigh Leopards to kick off the 2025 Super League season.
The start of this match will likely be full of big hits and have a real intensity around it, but the huge support for the Warriors and their sheer quality will get them suitably motivated to produce and hit the ground running.
We expect it to be close early on but the Warriors simply have too much quality and depth for the Leopards. We can see the Warriors covering the spread here and consider them -13.5 points.
Wigan Warriors vs Leigh Leopards Tip: Wigan Warriors -13.5 points
