St Helens remain without a number of key players for their clash with Leeds Rhinos - including captain James Roby. Super League's all-time leading appearance maker has been left out of the squad for a second week running following the club's World Club Challenge success.
He's one of four senior players not included. Joe Batchelor has an ankle injury while Will Hopoate and Agnatius Paasi remain absent after missing the win over Castleford Tigers on Sunday. However, Curtis Sironen has recovered from illness to feature in the match.
They host a Rhinos side winless after two rounds and that has lost twelve straight games against the Super League champions. The last time the Rhinos defeated Saints was almost five years ago when they won 28-20.
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It will be the first meeting between the two teams since the Super League Grand Final last year, when Saints won an unprecedented fourth straight title.
St Helens' 21-man squad to face Leeds Rhinos: Welsby, Makinson, Percival, Bennison, Lomax, Dodd, Walmsley, Lees, Mata'utia, Knowles, Lussick, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Sironen, Wingfield, Bell, Norman, Davies, Royle, Hurrell, Ritson, Delaney.
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