Hull FC v Hull KR

ENGAGE SUPER LEAGUE
Venue: KC Stadium Date: Friday 22 April Kick-off: 1215 BST
Coverage: Updates on BBC Radio 5 Live, Radio Humberside & the BBC Sport website, highlights on the Super League Show. Live on Sky Sports 1 & HD.

Hull FC give a debut to ex-Wigan centre Martin Gleeson, their latest signing, while his old St Helens team-mate Sean Long could return from a two-match ban.

Winger Will Sharp takes over from Reece Lyne and second rower Willie Manu returns in place of Lee Radford.

Hull KR have deregistered reported rugby union target Willie Mason to bring back Michael Dobson after injury.

The Aussie scrum-half has been badly missed since picking up an ankle injury just two games into the season.

But he has returned ahead of schedule, having initially been ruled out for 10 weeks.

And Rovers coach Justin Morgan hopes Dobson can click straight back into the form he showed in orchestrating Rovers’ 34-22 Magic Weekend win over Hull at the Millennium Stadium on the first Sunday of the season in February.

Rovers have won just twice since to stand level on six points with the Black and Whites going into the busy Easter programme.

Morgan’s men have also won two of their last three visits to the KC Stadium, the most recent of them a 21-4 walloping in last season’s play-offs in September.

Winger Peter Fox is also recalled to Morgan’s 19, following the loss of Liam Colbon with a hamstring injury and teenage full-back Louis Sheriff stands by to make his debut.

Hull FC coach Richard Agar:

“It’s probably fair to say we’re both desperate for the points. As the clock ticks towards the halfway point, it’s imperative we start collecting more victories.

“I was reasonably happy with our form over the last four or five weeks, but it was a setback last weekend and we’ve got to show a response. In previous weeks it might have been a bit of a selection headache, but a few players let themselves down in France.

“They really ask questions of your defensive line and they’ve got a very good kicking game. If Michael Dobson does take his place in the team he will certainly add to that, but they have got enough creative players in their team to pose a threat.”

Hull FC (from): T Briscoe, Dowes, Fitzgibbon, Gleeson, Horne, Houghton, Lauaki, Long, Manu, Moa, Obst , O’Meley, Phelps, Sharp, Tickle, Turner, Westerman, Whiting, Yeaman.

Hull KR (from): Cook, Cockayne, Clinton, Dobson, Fisher, Galea, Green, Fox, Hodgson, Latus, Lovegrove, Murrell, Netherton, Sheriff, Taylor, Vella, Webster, Welham, Watts.