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King: Set to return for Wolves

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Warrington will be looking to register their first win over St Helens since 2001 when the two local rivals do battle on Saturday night.

The Wolves go into the fixture off the back of a disappointing away loss to bottom club Catalans Dragons at Stade Aime Giral last Saturday.

Paul Wood and Louis Anderson both missed the defeat due to injury but have been named in Tony Smith's 19-man squad.

Wood, who played in Warrington's last victory over Saints at their old Wilderspool ground, expects to play despite a torn quad muscle.

"I got a small tear in my quad and so I missed the game against Catalans," he said. "I was just advised to rest and then it'd take 10-12 days to fully heal.

"Hopefully I'll be fit for Saints. It's going to be a massive game with a good atmosphere at a packed-out stadium."

King returns

Matt King was rested for the trip to Perpignan but is expected to return to the centres. Young hooker Tyrone McCarthy misses out on a place in the squad.

St Helens are hoping to welcome back Keiron Cunningham; the former Great Britain hooker has missed the last five Super League games with a toe injury.

Chris Flannery, who has shaken off a calf strain, and Andrew Dixon are also named in coach Mick Potter's 19-man party.

Although both Kyle Eastmond and Gary Wheeler are making good progress from ankle and hamstring injuries respectively, neither is in contention to feature this weekend at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.

Matt Gidley is another absentee, the centre not being risked due to a quad injury ahead of the Carnegie Challenge Cup semi-final against Leeds next weekend.

Another victory over the Wolves would move Saints level with their opponents in the engage Super League table - they won the corresponding fixture 40-24 last season.

Warrington squad: L. Anderson, V. Anderson, Atkins, Briers, Carvell, Clarke, Grix, Harrison, Hicks, King, Mathers, Mitchell, Monaghan, Morley, Myler, Riley, Solomona, Westwood, Wood.

St. Helens squad: Wellens, Gardner, Meli, Pryce, Cunningham, Graham, Puletua, Wilkin, Flannery, Roby, Hargreaves, Moore, Clough, Ashurst, Dixon, Emmitt, Magennis, Foster, Gaskell.