Saints v Hull FC: Teams
St Helens welcome back Sean Long from injury as they look to cement their position at the top of the engage Super League.
Last Updated: 12/04/09 3:22pm
St Helens welcome back Sean Long from injury as they look to cement their new position at the top of the engage Super League.
Long has missed the last three matches with a thigh strain but his return means Leon Pryce can revert to stand-off with Jon Wilkin back in the pack.
Saints ground out a 19-12 victory at Wigan on Thursday to go two points clear with Leeds suffering a shock defeat against Bradford.
And they will be buoyed by the appearance of full-back Paul Wellens, who required stitches to a cut mouth suffered at the JJB Stadium.
However, prop forward Jason Cayless is out injured and back-rower Chris Flannery is on compassionate leave.
Hull are poised to hand new signing Stuart Reardon a place on the bench just days after he was released by Warrington.
The former Great Britain international trained with his new team-mates for the first time on Sunday after being named in the initial 19-man squad.
Chris Thorman is set to switch to full-back in place of the axed Craig Hall, with Danny Washbrook taking over at stand-off and Richard Horne moving to scrum-half.
Tom Briscoe is out with an ankle injury while Tongan prop Sam Moa stands by to replace Peter Cusack, who has a knee injury.
St Helens squad: Wellens, Gardner, Gidley, Meli, Pryce, Long, Cunningham, Graham, Gilmour, Wilkin, Roby, Hargreaves, Puletua, Clough, Eastmond, Dean, Fa'asavalu, Ashurst, Emmitt.
Hull FC squad: Calderwood, G. Horne, Yeaman, R. Horne, Thorman, Dowes, Berrigan, Radford, Tickle, Manu, Whiting, Washbrook, Thackray, King, Lee, Moa, Houghton, Maloney, Reardon.
