Huddersfield Giants vs St Helens: Challenge Cup team news
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By Sky Sports Rugby League
Last Updated: 12/05/19 7:47pm
James Roby is eager to secure a return to Wembley Stadium for St Helens, 11 years after being part of the club's last appearance in the Coral Challenge Cup final.
Roby and his team-mates head to Huddersfield Giants for their sixth-round tie on Sunday evening, which is live on Sky Sports Arena.
The hooker is the only member of the current Saints squad to have tasted success in the competition, having been part of the team which won three finals in a row in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Last year saw St Helens fall just short of a Wembley return when they were beaten in the semi-finals by eventual winners Catalans Dragons and Roby is keen to ensure they go at least one better this year.
"I have nothing but fond memories of going to Wembley and playing in the Challenge Cups," Roby said.
"I have been fortunate earlier on in my career to win three Challenge Cups back to back so I realise, since we have not been to Wembley for quite a while now, how lucky I was.
"It is definitely a great experience and I am trying my best to stress to some of the lads how important it is and the sacrifices that we make on a day-to-day basis, and how worth it they are when you get to Wembley like that."
Aaron Smith, who signed a new contract with St Helens earlier this week, comes into head coach Justin Holbrook's 19-man squad in place of Jack Welsby after missing last Sunday's 42-26 win away to Hull Kingston Rovers.
However, the Super League leaders are still without Luke Thompson, Mark Percival and Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook due to injury.
Meanwhile, Huddersfield stand-off Lee Gaskell is back in the Giants' 19-man squad to face his hometown club.
Giants head coach Simon Woolford has Joe Wardle and Matty English available again too after they missed the narrow defeat to Wakefield Trinity in Super League last week due to concussion protocols.
Huddersfield and St Helens have already met once in the league this season, with Saints running out 40-12 winners at the John Smith's Stadium in March.
St Helens 19-man squad: Jonny Lomax, Tommy Makinson, Kevin Naiqama, Regan Grace, Theo Fages, Danny Richardson, Alex Walmsley, James Roby, Zeb Taia, Joseph Paulo, Morgan Knowles, Kyle Amor, Dom Peyroux, Adam Swift, Matty Lees, Jack Ashworth, Aaron Smith, Lachlan Coote, Matty Costello
Huddersfield Giants 19-man squad: Darnell McIntosh, Jermaine McGillvary, Jordan Turner, Lee Gaskell, Matt Frawley, Paul Clough, Kruise Leeming, Suaia Matagi, Aaron Murphy, Alex Mellor, Adam O'Brien, Oliver Roberts, Ukuma Ta'ai, Matty English, Oliver Russell, Sam Hewitt, Louis Senior, Innes Senior, Joe Wardle