Luke Gale has returned to the Bulls squad for Friday’s trip to Wigan after missing the defeat to Warrington on Sunday due to a family bereavement.

The playmaker’s mother passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning but he looks certain to make an immediate return to the starting line-up at the DW Stadium.

Chev Walker is hoping to shake off a knock at the weekend and Oliver Roberts returns after a knock to his knee sustained playing for the Academy last Thursday.

But Jarrod Sammut, Jamie Langley, Tom Olbison and Brett Kearney all miss out again through injury.

Bulls squad: James Donaldson, Oliver Roberts, Chev Walker, Adam Sidlow, Luke Gale, Elliot Kear, Nick Scruton, John Bateman, Heath L’Estrange, Michael Platt, Keith Lulia, Adrian Purtell, Adam O’Brien, Manase Manuokafoa, Danny Addy, Jamie Foster, Matt Diskin, Matty Blythe, Ben Evans