Dragons v Hull FC: Teams
Hull FC could welcome back Tom Briscoe following a long-term ankle injury as coach Richard Agar looks to ring the changes.
Last Updated: 15/08/09 11:48am
Catalans welcome back captain Greg Bird from suspension as the French side look to continue their hot streak.
Full-back Clint Greenshields is also back after a shoulder problem but Thomas Bosc (shoulder) and Jason Croker are missing through injury.
Coach Kevin Walters believes his side must the take points against Hull to keep alive their hopes of the reaching the play-offs.
The Dragons have won five of their last seven games and the momentum could carry them into post-season action, but Walters says they need to continue to pick up points.
"There is no room for error now. I think whoever loses this game will find their play-off hopes are not looking so good," he said.
"Hull are pretty determined to keep their dreams alive, as we are with ours."
Hull FC could welcome back Tom Briscoe following a long-term ankle injury as coach Richard Agar looks to ring the changes.
Agar's team were hammered 24-0 at home to Huddersfield in their last Super League outing and he has Kirk Yeaman and Richard Whiting available again after they missed the Giants game despite being named in the original 19.
Yeaman is set to make his 200th appearance in Black and White, while Paul King (250) and Lee Radford (300) are also poised to reach personal milestones.
Ewan Dowes could also return from injury but Jamie Thackray remains sidelined with a hamstring injury while Richard Horne and Epalahame Lauaki are also out.
Danny Washbrook was set to return but has not made the trip to France as he and his partner are awaiting the birth of their first child.
Agar admits they only have an outside chance of reaching the play-offs now.
"We are outside bets now and it is important for us we finish as well as we can - that means winning as many as we can," he said.
"Catalans will see this as a game they can't afford to lose, a little like ourselves.
"They are making a fightback now, getting a bit of form and fitness and they have had one or two good results in the last couple of months."
Catalans Dragons squad: Baile, Bentley, Bird, Carlaw, Casty, Duport, Elima, Fakir, Ferriol, Gossard, Greenshields, Guisset, McGuire, Mogg, Mounis, Pelo, Raguin, Ryles, Stacul.
Hull squad: Tansey, Raynor, Calderwood, Yeaman, Briscoe, Berrigan, Houghton, Hall, Whiting, Dowes, Radford, Tickle, Manu, G. Horne, King, Burnett, Lee, Moa, Cordoba.