Bulls teenager Alex Wilkinson is in line for his first senior start of the season at Wakefield tomorrow night.

The 18-year-old has been added to the squad, and is poised to solve a mini injury crisis in the three-quarters with Michael Withers, Tevita Vaikona and long-term casualty Nathan McAvoy all sidelined.

Wilkinson's only other outing this season came as a substitute against St Helens in the Bulls' opening Super League clash, but he has been in fine form with the Alliance side.

The Oldham-product was handed his first team debut last season, making two starts and another two as a substitute, scoring one try.

Fellow youngster Rob Parker is also included the squad as coach Brian Noble looks to get through a testing pre-Challenge Cup final period which also includes a crunch clash with Wigan at Valley Parade on Easter Monday and a visit to much-improved Hull six days before the big Twick-enham date.

Meanwhile, Withers has described his chances of facing Saints as "very slim".

The Aussie broke a bone in his left hand five minutes from the end of Sunday's win over London and has been told by a specialist he is likely to be out for six weeks.

"It's a matter of waiting for the swelling to go down and seeing how quickly it heals, but it doesn't look very good at this stage. It would be a massive blow not to be involved, but it's done now and I just have to get on with it. I just want to get back on the field as quickly as possible."