Dragons v Hull: Teams
New signing Jamie Thackray should make his debut for Hull against Catalans Dragons on Saturday.
By Andy Clarke
Last Updated: 30/03/08 6:54pm
Jerome Guisset is back in the Catalans Dragons squad for Saturday's Super League meeting with Hull at Stade Gilbert Brutus.
Guisset has completed a two-match suspension and is joined in the Dragons squad by Olivier Elima, who is set to make his debut for the club.
Coach Mick Potter has opted to rest David Ferriol, who has a slight back strain.
The Dragons are bidding for a fourth straight league win and a fifth in nine games, while injury-hit Hull are hoping not to extend a four-match losing streak which has left them in 11th place.
Aussie absence
The Black and Whites are without the Australian duo of Adam Dykes and Peter Cusack for their trip to south-west France.
Half back Dykes has been ruled out because of a neck injury while prop Cusack's wife is due to give birth over the weekend.
However, coach Peter Sharp is able to call on new signing Jamie Thackray and the fit-again back-row forward Willie Manu.
Richard Horne is back in the squad after a five-month absence with a foot injury and Paul King has escaped suspension for his alleged high tackle on Hull KR's Scott Murrell.
Manu is available after recovering from a broken jaw, but Sharp will make a late decision on whether to play him in Perpignan.
"We'll make a decision on Willie later," Sharp told the club's official website. "It is good to have him in the squad because he can certainly give us some impact."
Catalans Dragons squad: Bosc, Carlaw, Casty, Chan, Croker, Duport, Elima, Fakir, Gorrell, Greenshields, Guisset, Khattabi, Mogg, Mounis, Pelo, Raguin, Stacul, Touxagas, Wilson.
Hull FC squad: Berrigan, Burnett, Byrne, Fellous, Hall, R. Horne, G. Horne, Houghton, King, Lee, Manu, Radford, Raynor, Tony, Tickle, Thackray, Wheeldon, Washbrook, Yeaman.