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Wakefield will be without winger Matt Peterson for the visit of St Helens due to a rib cartilage injury.
Last Updated: 01/08/08 2:37pm
Wakefield will be without winger Matt Peterson for the visit of St Helens. The Australian has a rib cartilage injury and is set to be out a month.
Wildcats stand-off Jamie Rooney, who was dropped for last weekend's Challenge Cup semi-final defeat by Hull, has a viral infection this week and also misses out.
Coach John Kear is likely to continue with the half-back partnership of Danny Brough and Brad Drew for the visit of the leaders, as he bids to launch a late run into the play-offs.
St Helens captain Paul Sculthorpe has been named in the visitors' squad after overcoming a hamstring injury, although scrum-half Sean Long is rested for the trip across the Pennines.
Prop Nick Fozzard remains a long-term absentee but 19-year-old forward Jacob Emmit is included in coach Daniel Anderson's squad.
Wakefield squad: Blaymire, Blanch, Atkins, Reilly, Brough, Drew, Sculthorpe, Ferres, MacGillivray, Demetriou, Obst , Bibey,
Henderson, Wilkes, Gleeson, Leo-Latu, Grix, Golden, Moore.
St Helens squad: Wellens, Gardner, Gidley, Talau, Meli, Pryce, Cunningham, Cayless, Gilmour, Wilkin, Sculthorpe, Roby, Flannery, Graham, Hargreaves, Clough, Eastmond, Thompson, Emmitt.