Giants v Saints: Teams
Huddersfield have turned to their big guns for the visit of St Helens as Super League service resumes this weekend.
Last Updated: 14/05/11 11:54am
Huddersfield coach Nathan Brown has turned to his big guns for the visit of St Helens as Super League service resumes this weekend.
David Faiumu, Luke Robinson, Jermaine McGillvary, Dale Ferguson and Scott Grix, who all sat out last week's Challenge Cup tie at Batley, have been recalled for Saturday's clash at the Galpharm Stadium.
Graeme Horne also returns to the squad after serving a suspension but Brown is without Andy Raleigh, David Fa'alogo, Keith Mason and Jamie Simpson, who are still out with injuries.
The injury problems are more marked, however, for St Helens, who are missing 10 members of their first-team squad.
Chris Flannery and Kyle Eastmond have joined Saints' lengthy casualty list, although full-back Paul Wellens is set to return after missing three games with a heel problem.
Debutants
Coach Royce Simmons' 19-man squad includes Scott Hale, Joe Greenwood and Warren Thompson, who are yet to make their Super League debuts.
The Australian has received some sympathy from compatriot and opposite number Nathan Brown, though the Giants boss admits he still expect Saints to be a tough nut to crack in front of the Sky Sports cameras.
"They will feel like they are going along reasonably well with the other side's that are level on points at the top of the league," he told Huddersfield's official website.
"With the amount of injuries and different situations they have had to cope with its fair to say that Royce (Simmons) has come in and had a good impact.
"Royce has a lot of experience as a coach and St Helens as a club always seem to produce good quality players, when they lose blokes they generally bring in someone of a good standard."
Huddersfield squad: Grix, Lawrence, Cudjoe, Gilmour, Hodgson, Brown, Brough, Crabtree, Robinson, Griffin, O'Donnell, Faiumu, Lunt, Kirmond, Patrick, Horne, McGillvary, Wardle, Ferguson.
St Helens squad: Wellens, Gardner, Shenton, Soliola, Meli, Perry, Roby, Graham, Wilkin, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Ashurst, Magennis, Foster, Armstrong, Ashe, Makinson, Hale, Flannery, Thompson.