Wakefield duo Arona and Walton hit with suspensions following St Helens incidents

Swift was carried from the field on a stretcher following Arona’s tackle, which occurred just six minutes into last Friday’s game and angered Saints coach Keiron Cunningham, who is set to lose the player for at least two months with an ankle injury.

Arona was charged by the Rugby Football League’s match-review panel with a grade B offence and he was fined £300 and given the maximum punishment for such an offence when he appeared in front of a disciplinary tribunal.

Wakefield will also be without centre or second rower Jason Walton for his side’s trip to Hull FC on Friday after being handed a one-match ban.

Walton was charged by the match-review panel with a dangerous throw on St Helens captain Jon Wilkin during the game at Langtree Park.

He was eligible to submit an early-guilty plea to the grade B offence and, after admitting his guilt, was given the minimum suspension.

Leigh have extended the contract of head coach Neil Jukes just six weeks into the job.

Jukes was promoted after the shock resignation of Paul Rowley and has signed a new deal which will keep him at the Leigh Sports Village until the end of 2018.