Niall Evalds is absent from the Castleford Tigers 21-man squad for the West Yorkshire club’s home game against St Helens on Friday night.
It will be the third match in nine days for the Tigers on Friday night, and Lee Radford has made just two changes to the squad that was declared for Easter Monday’s derby victory over Leeds Rhinos.
George Lawler is back following his three-match penalty notice and will be raring to go after missing the Easter weekend action, and Greg Eden who was not selected for Monday’s match is back in the fold after securing his 100th Castleford try against Wakefield last Thursday.
Niall Evalds steps out of the squad following an injury picked up in the clash the Rhinos which is currently being assessed.
Castleford have won three league matches in a row and have won their last three home matches too and have an aim of finishing the Easter campaign strong with a third win in just nine days.
The three times in a row champion side St Helens are in firing form, after their shock defeat to Toulouse in March they are now on a five-match winning run, the most recent two of which have come over Wigan and Huddersfield during the Easter Weekend.
The squad in full:
2 Derrell Olpherts
4 Jake Mamo
6 Jake Trueman
8 Liam Watts
9 Paul McShane
10 George Lawler
11 Kenny Edwards
12 Adam Milner
13 Joe Westerman
14 Nathan Massey
15 George Griffin
17 Mahe Fonua
19 Tyla Hepi
20 James Clare
22 Daniel Smith
24 Cheyse Blair
25 Suaia Matagi
28 Brad Martin
31 Gareth O’Brien
33 Jason Qareqare
