Castleford v Hull KR: 21-man squads, injury update and TV details

Castleford and Hull KR have both announced their 21-man squads for Monday night’s round six clash at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle (KO 7:45pm).

The Tigers will host fans at their ground for the first time in over a year and come into the game in excellent form, with five wins from their first six games and a Challenge Cup semi-final on the horizon.

Rovers’ last game was a 50-26 defeat to Warrington, however they have claimed scalps over Leeds and Huddersfield.

Castleford Tigers

Tyla Hepi returns for the Tigers after completing his suspension. He is one of two changes made by Daryl Powell, as youngster Sam Hall also comes in, with Liam Watts (suspended) and Grant Millington (knee) dropping out. Cheyse Blair, Greg Eden (hamstring), Sosaia Feki (achilles), Suaia Matagi (calf), Alex Foster (bicep) and Jacques O’Neill remain unavailable.

21-man squad: 1 Niall Evalds, 2 Derrell Olpherts, 3 Peter Mata’utia, 4 Michael Shenton, 6 Jake Trueman, 7 Danny Richardson, 9 Paul McShane, 11 Oliver Holmes, 13 Adam Milner, 14 Nathan Massey, 15 George Griffin, 19 Tyla Hepi, 20 James Clare, 21 Jesse Sene-Lefao, 22 Daniel Smith, 25 Jordan Turner, 26 Lewis Bienek, 27 Lewis Peachey, 28 Brad Martin, 29 Sam Hall, 31 Gareth O’Brien.

Hull Kingston Rovers

Will Maher returns for the Robins after recovering from a niggling hamstring problem. He replaces the in-form Ethan Ryan, who is ruled out with a wrist injury. Albert Vete (hamstring) and Elliot Minchella (knee) remain on the sidelines.

21-man squad: 1 Adam Quinlan, 2 Ben Crooks, 3 Greg Minikin, 4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 5 Ryan Hall, 7 Jordan Abdull, 9 Matt Parcell, 10 Korbin Sims, 11 Brad Takairangi, 12 Kane Linnett, 13 Dean Hadley, 14 Jez Litten, 15 George Lawler, 16 George King, 18 Matty Storton, 19 Will Dagger, 25 Rowan Milnes, 26 Will Maher, 27 Luis Johnson, 28 Muizz Mustapha, 33 Jimmy Keinhorst.