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

St Helens and Catalans have both announced their 21-man squads for Saturday afternoon’s round 18 clash at the Totally Wicked Stadium (KO 2:30pm).

Saints returned to action on Monday for the first time since their Challenge Cup Final triumph in mid-July, notching a convincing 42-10 win over Hull FC.

They currently sit in second behind Super League leaders the Dragons, whose 23-16 victory over Hull KR means they last tasted defeat in the league back in April – over 100 days ago – having gone 12 matches unbeaten since.

The game will be available to watch live on Sky Sports Arena, with coverage starting from 2:00pm.

St Helens

Regan Grace, Agnatius Paasi and Josh Simm all return after missing out against Hull, while youngster Sam Royle is also recalled. They replace Josh Eaves and Matty Foster, who have re-joined Leigh on loan, and Matty Lees, who is ruled out through COVID-19 protocols. Theo Fages (shoulder), James Bentley (leg) and Jake Wingfield (shoulder) remain unavailable.

21-man squad: 1 Lachlan Coote, 2 Tom Makinson, 3 Kevin Naiqama, 4 Mark Percival, 5 Regan Grace, 6 Jonny Lomax, 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.

Catalans Dragons

Josh Drinkwater and Sam Kasiano both picked up injuries against Hull KR, joining Benjamin Garcia (arm), Jason Baitieri (knock), Arthur Romano (knee), Tom Davies, Julian Bousquet and Matt Whitley on the sidelines. In their places, youngsters Jordan Dezaria, Matthieu Laguerre and Mathieu Cozza are back in contention.

21-man squad: 1 Arthur Mourgue, 3 Samisoni Langi, 4 Dean Whare, 5 Fouad Yaha, 6 James Maloney, 8 Gil Dudson, 9 Michael McIlorum, 12 Mike McMeeken, 14 Alrix Da Costa, 15 Benjamin Jullien, 16 Paul Seguier, 17 Mickael Goudemand, 20 Matthieu Laguerre, 21 Corentin Le Cam, 22 Joel Tomkins, 23 Mathieu Cozza,  27 Joe Chan, 29 Sam Tomkins, 30 Jordan Dezaria, 31 Cesar Rouge, 32 Romain Franco.