Hull FC host St Helens in Super League tonight and the team news is in with both coaches forced into changes through injury.
The Black and Whites are without star man John Asiata after the brutal hamstring injury that he sustained in the derby against Hull KR, whilst St Helens also suffered a double blow that day as Lewis Murphy dislocated his elbow and Jake Wingfield saw his season end with an ACL rupture.
Both clubs have plenty of other injuries and you have to wonder how a XIII made up of the two clubs’ casualty lists would fare, given how many prominent players are currently sidelined.
Pre-match talk has been consumed by John Cartwright’s explosive press conference in which he addressed the fact he will leave the club at the end of the year, a decision he claimed was not mutual, but now he and Paul Rowley have whittled down their 21-man squads ahead of tonight’s game.
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Hull FC team news
Loanee Harry Newman is thrust straight into the action with the Leeds Rhinos man named in the centres alongside Davy Litten with regular centre Zak Hardaker shifted into the second-row with both Jed Cartwright and Joe Batchelor out injured.
James Bell moves to loose forward to fill the John Asiata role whilst Yusuf Aydin (foot) and Brad Fash (head) return to the team on the bench, with Fash making his 200th club appearance.
Hull FC XIII: Logan Moy; Tom Briscoe, Harry Newman, Davy Litten, Lewis Martin; Cade Cust, Aidan Sezer; Harvie Hill, Amir Bourouh, Ligi Sao; Connor Bailey, Zak Hardaker; James Bell
Interchanges: Yusuf Aydin, Brad Fash, Matty Laidlaw, Sam Lisone
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St Helens team news
Jake Wingfield (ACL) and Lewis Murphy (elbow) drop out and are replaced by Jake Davies and Owen Dagnall in the starting XIII.
Captain Matty Lees makes his return from injury via the bench where there’s a mix of youth and experience as Alex Walmsley joins Lees, as well as prop Noah Stephens and young hooker Tom Humphreys.
Jonny Lomax remains absent despite being named in the 21-man squad so it is once again George Whitby who partners Jackson Hastings in the halves, with Harry Robertson playing in the centres.
St Helens XIII: Tristan Sailor; Kyle Felt, Deon Cross, Harry Robertson, Owen Dagnall; George Whitby, Jackson Hastings; George Delaney, Daryl Clark, David Klemmer; Matt Whitley, Jake Davies; Joe Shorrocks
Interchanges: Alex Walmsley, Matty Lees, Noah Stephens, Tom Humphreys
😇 Here is how St.Helens lineup for tonight’s Super League clash against Hull FC!
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