St Helens and Hull FC have both announced their 21-man squads for Friday night’s round eight clash at the Totally Wicked Stadium (KO 7:45pm).
Saints saw their eight-game unbeaten run end last week, losing 20-16 to Catalans in Perpignan despite a late fightback.
FC also fell victim to the Dragons two weeks ago with a 27-10 defeat, but bounced back on Sunday with a gutsy 18-12 win over Leeds.
The game will be available to watch on Sky Sports Arena, with coverage starting at 7:30pm.
St Helens
Kristian Woolf makes one change, with Regan Grace dropping out with a head knock. He is replaced by young back rower Sam Royle, who is called up for the first time. Tommy Makinson (foot), James Bentley (leg), Matty Lees (leg) and Jake Wingfield (shoulder) remain unavailable.
21-man squad: 1 Lachlan Coote, 3 Kevin Naiqama, 4 Mark Percival, 6 Jonny Lomax, 7 Theo Fages, 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, 29 Ben Davies, 30 Sam Royle.
Hull FC
FC also make one change, with Josh Bowden returning from an elbow injury which has kept him out of the Black and Whites’ last four games. He replaces Connor Wynne, with Scott Taylor (foot), Masi Matongo (knee) and Jamie Shaul (ACL) still out injured.
21-man squad: 1 Jake Connor, 2 Bureta Faraimo, 3 Carlos Tuimavave, 4 Josh Griffin, 5 Mahe Fonua, 6 Josh Reynolds, 7 Marc Sneyd, 9 Danny Houghton, 10 Chris Satae, 11 Andre Savelio, 12 Manu Ma’u, 13 Ligi Sao, 14 Jordan Johnstone, 15 Joe Cator, 16 Jordan Lane, 17 Brad Fash, 19 Ben McNamara, 20 Jack Brown, 21 Adam Swift, 22 Josh Bowden, 24 Cameron Scott.
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