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Hull coach Lee Radford is happy to put his trust in 20-year-old half-back Jordan Abdull as the Black and Whites seek to get back to winning ways on Thursday night. Radfords men must put narrow back-to-back home defeats by Castleford and Wigan behind them when they take on surprise early Super League pace-setters Widnes at the Select Security Stadium, live on Sky Sports 2 HD.They must do so without experienced playmaker Leon Pryce, who is out with a knee injury, but Radford has every confidence in his deputy. Hull-born Abdull caught the eye during 18 Super League appearances in 2015 but has yet to figure so far this season.Every player has a role to play this year, Radford said. Jordans there to slot in when required.Im confident he can do more than a good job there. Hopefully he can continue from where he left off last season. Jordan Abdull will deputise for the injured Leon Pryce Radford has included former New Zealand Test forward Frank Pritchard in his 19-man squad for the round-five clash after he sat out last Fridays last-minute defeat by the Warriors with a shoulder injury.Radford is confident his sides confidence will not have been dented by their agonising recent defeats as they look to repeat their 25-12 victory at the Select Security Stadium in 2015. Hull FC suffered an agonising late loss at home to Wigan last weekend We deserved to get something from the Wigan game, he said. If we can continue to keep scoring like we have been, Ill be happy.Im confident that if we perform in our next game well pick up points. Widnes, who can boast Super Leagues leading tryscorer in Australian winger Corey Thompson with eight touchdowns in his first five games for the club, have a chance to open up a two-point gap at the top of the table.The Vikings, who are without Connor Farrell after he sustained a serious knee injury in the win over Hull KR, are set to recall hooker Aaron Heremaia.Winger Patrick Ah Van is available after recovering from injury and prop Alex Gerrard is in line to make his first appearance of the season. Widnes made it four Super League wins from five with a 30-16 success over Hull KR last Friday Widnes Vikings: Patrick Ah Van, Chris Bridge, Kevin Brown, Hep Cahill, Chris Dean, Gil Dudson, Alex Gerrard, Rhys Hanbury, Aaron Heremaia, Chris Houston, Macgraff Leuluai, Manase Manuokafoa, Stefan Marsh, Joe Mellor, Eamon OCarroll, Charly Runciman, Corey Thompson, Lloyd White, Matt Whitley.Hull FC: Jordan Abdull, Josh Bowden, Gareth Ellis, Chris Green, Danny Houghton, Jack Logan, Sika Manu, Steve Michaels, Mark Minichiello, Curtis Naughton, Frank Pritchard, Jamie Shaul, Marc Sneyd, Fetuli Talanoa, Scott Taylor, Jordan Thompson, Carlos Tuimavave, Danny Washbrook, Liam Watts.Watch Widnes v Hull live on Sky Sports 3 HD on Thursday from 7.30pm. Catch the match for £6.99 on NOW TV. No contract. Discount Basketball Jerseys Throwback . Catch all the action on TSN2 at 11pm et/8pm pt. 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The scientists believe the small earthquake during a Marshawn Lynch touchdown was likely greater than Lynchs famous "beast quake" touchdown run three years ago, which also came against New Orleans during a playoff game.Wigan coach Shaun Wane says Leeds will prove a difficult opponent this weekend despite their poor start to the Super League season. The Warriors have won their opening four matches while the Rhinos, last years treble winners, only picked up their first victory of the campaign against Huddersfield on Sunday.But Wane believes Wigan will have to improve on their early-season displays in Fridays Sky Live showdown at the DW Stadium to reverse last years Grand Final loss to Brian McDermotts side. Speaking to Sky Sports News HQ Wane said: Its a huge game for us. To be honest we have not paid much attention to the Grand Final loss. It could have gone our way in the game but Leeds were quite rightly the worthy winners. Watch highlights from Wigan Warriors 26-25 win over Hull FC in the First Utility Super League. Weve worked really hard - we are four in four this year - but we have not played that well if Im honest and II know we need to improve because Leeds are a fantastic team.dddddddddddd They have some real competitors and we need to improve on what we have done so far this year.Its always a real must-watch game for all the viewers so I understand our mentality needs to be absolutely nailed on this weekend to look at challenging Leeds. Wigan captain Sean OLoughlin on the charge against Brisbane When asked about Leeds poor start to the season, Wane, acknowledging the difficulties of motivating a squad of players after such an amazing year, insisted they will be challenging again come the end of the season.I do understand. A couple of years ago we won the double and I know how hard it is to get the players back up. What Leeds did last year was unbelievable to win the treble and all credit goes to them, he added. Anthony Gelling scores a try for Wigan against Salford They lost three key players at the back end and you know theyve struggled to find their form. I have no doubt that theyll be challenging for the Challenge Cup and the Grand Final at the end.They are going through a tough spell at the moment but they have got too many good players in their team to fall back and Im sure theyll find their winning ways very soon... but hopefully not this Friday. Also See: RL on Sky RL fixtures/results Follow @SkySportsRL Pundits Rugby league odds ' ' '