Leeds v St Helens: Squads Announced

Leeds and St Helens have both announced their 21-man squads for Sunday evening’s fixture at Emerald Headingley Stadium (KO 6:30pm).

Both sides kicked off the season restart with a win, with Saints thrashing Catalans 34-6 and the Rhinos clinching a golden point victory over Huddersfield.

Leeds currently lead the Super League table on eight points and could put themselves two points clear with a win, while the visitors will be looking to break into the top four.

Leeds Rhinos

There are two big misses for Richard Agar’s side, with Konrad Hurrell and James Donaldson ruled out through injury. Donaldosn suffered a back fracture against Huddersfield and will be out for six weeks, while Hurrell sustained a hamstring strain. They have been replaced by Rhys Evans and young outside back Jack Broadbent.

21-man squad: 2 Tom Briscoe, 3 Harry Newman, 5 Ash Handley, 6 Rob Lui, 7 Luke Gale, 8 Ava Seumanufagai, 9 Kruise Leeming, 10 Matt Prior, 11 Alex Mellor, 12 Rhyse Martin, 14 Brad Dwyer, 16 Richie Myler, 17 Adam Cuthbertson, 19 Mikolaj Oledzki, 21 Rhys Evans, 22 Cameron Smith, 23 Callum McLelland, 24 Luke Briscoe, 26 Alex Sutcliffe, 28 Tom Holroyd, 34 Jack Broadbent.

St Helens

Saints name the same squad that eased past Catalans last week. Matty Lees and Dominique Peyroux missed the game but are expected to feature on Sunday.

21-man squad: 1 Lachlan Coote, 2 Tom Makinson, 3 Kevin Naiqama, 4 Mark Percival, 5 Regan Grace, 6 Jonny Lomax, 7 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, 19 Aaron Smith, 20 James Bentley, 22 Jack Welsby, 23 Joe Batchelor, 27 Lewis Dodd, 32 James Graham.