Hull FC v St Helens: 21-man squads, injury update and TV details

Hull FC and St Helens have both announced their 21-man squads for Saturday afternoon’s Challenge Cup semi-final at Leigh Sports Village (KO 2:30pm).

The Black and Whites have only reached this stage once since their back-to-back Cup victories in 2016 and 2017, losing to eventual winners Warrington two years ago.

It was Saints who the Wolves defeated at Wembley that year, before they were knocked out at the quarter-final stage by the same opposition the season after.

These two sides got a glimpse of what each other have to offer when they met in Super League last week, with St Helens coming away with a convincing 34-16 win.

The game will be available to watch live on BBC One, with coverage starting at 2:00pm.

Hull FC

FC are dealt the blow of Joe Cator being unavailable after he left the field last week with a calf strain. He is replaced by young fullback Connor Wynne. Brett Hodgson remains without Scott Taylor (foot), Masi Matongo (knee) and Jamie Shaul (ACL) through injury.

21-man squad: 1 Jake Connor, 2 Bureta Faraimo, 3 Carlos Tuimavave, 4 Josh Griffin, 5 Mahe Fonua, 6 Josh Reynolds, 7 Marc Sneyd, 9 Danny Houghton, 10 Chris Satae, 11 Andre Savelio, 12 Manu Ma’u, 13 Ligi Sao, 14 Jordan Johnstone, 16 Jordan Lane, 17 Brad Fash, 19 Ben McNamara, 20 Jack Brown, 21 Adam Swift, 22 Josh Bowden, 23 Connor Wynne, 24 Cameron Scott.

St Helens

Tommy Makinson and Regan Grace are back in contention for St Helens after recovering from respective foot and head injuries. They replace Mark Percival, who misses out with a hamstring issue, and Ben Davies. Agnatius Paasi retains his place despite leaving the field last week with a leg problem, while James Bentley (leg), Matty Lees (leg) and Jake Wingfield (shoulder) are still unavailable.

21-man squad: 1 Lachlan Coote, 2 Tom Makinson, 3 Kevin Naiqama, 5 Regan Grace, 6 Jonny Lomax, 7 Theo Fages, 8 Alex Walmsley, 9 James Roby, 11 Joel Thompson, 13 Morgan Knowles, 14 Sione Mata’utia, 15 Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, 16 Kyle Amor, 17 Agnatius Paasi, 18 Jack Welsby, 19 Aaron Smith, 20 Joe Batchelor, 21 Lewis Dodd, 22 Josh Simm, 25 Dan Norman, 30 Sam Royle.