Hull KR and St Helens have both announced their 21-man squads for Sunday afternoon’s fixture at the Halliwell Jones Stadium (KO 1:00pm).
Both sides will be fresh from a week off after receiving a bye for the sixth round of the Challenge Cup, while KR also didn’t play the week before in the last round of Super League.
Tony Smith’s side have actually only played once since Super League restart and suffered a 40-10 loss to Warrington, while Saints have picked up three wins from three.
Hull KR
Greg Minikin is available for the Rovers for the first time since the restart, replacing Ben Crooks who will miss six weeks with a calf injury. Former Bradford flyer Ethan Ryan is also included by Tony Smith, as are Matthew Storton and Rob Mulhern.
21-man squads: 1 Adam Quinlan, 3 Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 4 Kane Linnett, 5 Greg Minikin, 7 Jordan Abdull, 8 Rob Mulhern, 9 Matt Parcell, 11 Weller Hauraki, 13 Dean Hadley, 14 Mitch Garbutt, 15 George Lawler, 16 Dan Murray, 19 Will Dagger, 23 Ethan Ryan, 25 Matty Gee, 26 Will Maher, 27 Elliot Minchella, 28 Matthew Storton, 30 Jamie Ellis, 31 Ryan Brierley, 32 Nathaniel Peteru.
St Helens
Tommy Makinson and Mark Percival are out for Kristian Woolf through suspension and injury respectively. Young outside backs Matty Costello and Josh Simm will be competing to replace them, as will Jack Welsby. Dominique Peyroux also returns to the side in place of Joe Batchelor.
21-man squads: 1 Lachlan Coote, 3 Kevin Naiqama, 5 Regan Grace, 6 Jonny Lomax, 6 Theo Fages, 8 Alex Walmsley, 9 James Roby, 11 Zeb Taia, 12 Dominique Peyroux, 13 Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, 14 Morgan Knowles, 15 Matty Lees, 16 Kyle Amor, 17 Jack Ashworth, 19 Aaron Smith, 20 James Bentley, 21 Matty Costello, 22 Jack Welsby, 26 Josh Simm, 27 Lewis Dodd, 32 James Graham.
