Warrington Wolves face newly-promoted York Knights this Friday night in our first away trip of 2026.

The Knights were one of three promoted teams this year under the expansion to 14 teams and Friday's game will be the first meeting between the sides in the competition.

In fact the last time the sides met was the Challenge Cup in 2009, where the Wire won **-** in the 3rd Round.

Sam Burgess' side will be looking to maintain our unbeaten start, with York having also impressed with two wins from the opening three rounds.

SQUAD NEWS

An unchanged 21-man squad has been named for Friday night's visit to York Knights.

The Wire are looking to make it three wins on the bounce to start the season against the newly promoted side who have won two of their opening three games.

Warrington Wolves 21-man squad: Cai Taylor Wray, Josh Thewlis, Toby King, Albert Hopoate, George Williams, Marc Sneyd, Luke Yates, Danny Walker, James Harrison, Sam Stone, Ben Currie, Sam Powell, Toafofoa Sipley, Liam Byrne, Jordy Crowther, Ewan Irwin, Joe Philbin, Josh Smith, Jake Thewlis, Ewan Smith, Kelepi Tanginoa.

Match Preview | York v Warrington