St Helens v Catalans: Squads Announced

St Helens and Catalans have both announced their 21-man squads for Sunday afternoon’s restart fixture at Emerald Headingley Stadium (KO 4:15pm).

Saints were actually the last team to play a Super League game 18 weeks ago when they lost to Castleford, before the season was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sunday will mark the return of rugby league in the UK, however, with games played behind closed doors and numerous safety precautions put in place to ensure the safety of players, staff and match officials.

St Helens

Kristian Woolf includes new signing James Graham in his 21-man squad, with the England prop set to make his second Saints debut. Mark Percival is also included after recovering from shoulder surgery but Joseph Paulo misses out with a minor muscle injury.

21-man squad: 1 Lachlan Coote, 2 Tommy 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 Dom Peyroux, 13 LMS, 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.

Catalans Dragons

Steve McNamara has a few notable absentees for the clash at Headingley with Sam Tomkins still suspended, while David Mead, Lewis Tierney and Mika Simon are all out injured.

21-man squad: 3 Samisoni Langi, 4 Israel Folau, 5 Fouad Yaha, 6 James Maloney, 7 Josh Drinkwater, 8 Rémi Casty, 9 Micky McIlorum, 10 Sam Moa, 11 Matt Whitley, 12 Joel Tomkins, 13 Benjamin Garcia, 14 Julian Bousquet, 16 Tom Davies, 17 Benjamin Jullien, 18 Alrix Da Costa, 20 Lucas Albert, 22 Arthur Romano, 23 Antoni Maria, 24 Jason Baitieri, 25 Arthur Mourgue, 28 Sam Kasiano.