Leeds Rhinos v St Helens

ENGAGE SUPER LEAGUE
Venue: Headingley Carnegie Date: Saturday, 19 March Kick-off: 1745 GMT
Coverage: Updates on BBC Radio 5 Live & the BBC Sport website, highlights on the Super League Show. Live on Sky Sports 1 and HD1.

Leeds will be without Ben Jones-Bishop, who has been ruled out for four months with a shoulder injury.

Dual-registered outside back Zak Hardaker is called up as replacement while scrum-half Rob Burrow is set to make his 300th appearance for Rhinos.

Saints utility back Gary Wheeler returns after a successful comeback with the reserves last week.

Tony Puletua and Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook are both named in the squad but are serious doubts for the match.

St Helens coach Royce Simmons told BBC Radio Merseyside:
“Leeds have a very quick side, they have the ability to score tries from 18 metres out and they have the pace to go the whole way.

“Our forwards carried the ball very well in the second half last week and made a lot of metres, but it’s just our execution from our forwards to our outside backs.

“We’ve missed a lot of opportunities this season and if we’d have taken the right options we could have scored another 10 or 15 tries.”

Leeds: Webb, Smith, Senior, Hall, Burrow, Buderus, Jones-Buchanan, Ablett, Sinfield, Lauitiiti, Cross, Kirke, Burgess, Watkins, Hauraki, Clarkson, Pitts, McShane, Hardaker.

St Helens: Wellens, Gardner, Shenton, Meli, Perry, Roby, Graham, Puletua, Flannery, Moore, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Clough, Wheeler, Ashurst, Dixon, Lomax, Magennis, Foster, Gaskell.