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Super League preview: Bradford Bulls v Leeds Rhinos

Bradford are able to call on centre Matty Blythe for the West Yorkshire derby against Leeds Rhinos at Odsal.

Matty Blythe: Back after missing eight matches through injury

Blythe has been absent for eight weeks with ankle and back problems but returns to the fold with Adrian Purtell moving to the wing. Michael Platt misses out but second rower John Bateman is expected to recover from a wrist injury sustained in Sunday's defeat at Warrington.

Francis Cummings says "I possible know how certain individuals play at Leeds but that can be a negative because I know just how good they are!! The makeup of the team is different to when I was there and how they play has changed and it could scare me to death!!

It's a Derby game and we know what it can bring. Over the years it has swung from Bradford to Leeds and back to Bradford and then Leeds again but the atmosphere has always been great, whether at Murrayfield, the Millennium or Old Trafford but the best atmosphere I ever played in was here in 1999 when the were over 24,000 in the ground and although Leeds lost that game, it was a special occasion and I hope we can go some way to creating that special atmosphere again on Friday."

Leeds welcome back Ryan Bailey who has not played since being sent off in the win at Catalan Dragons but comes back into the 19 man squad in place of Stevie Ward, who has been ruled out for up to four months with a shoulder injury.

Kevin Sinfield will be making his 450th appearance for the Rhinos having last week kicked his 1,500 goal for the club since his debut in August 1997. Also Leeds are without second rower Stevie Ward, who dislocated his shoulder in last Sunday's win at Hull KR.

Bradford squad: Donaldson, Sidlow, Kearney, Manuokafoa, Gale, Kear, Scruton, Bateman, L'Estrange, Purtell, Lulia, Whitehead, Diskin, Sammut, Addy, Olbison, Walker, Blythe, Evans.

Leeds squad: Hardaker, Watkins, Moon, Hall, McGuire, Burrow, Leuluai, McShane, Peacock, Jones-Buchanan, Ablett, Sinfield, Delaney, Bailey, Kirke, Clarkson, Achurch, Singleton, Sutcliffe

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