Rhinos v Hull: Teams

Ruled out: Leuluai is sidelined by an eye injury

Leeds Rhinos will attempt to snap a three-match losing run against in-form Hull FC at Headingley on Friday.

The Rhinos have slipped to eighth in the engage Super League table after defeats to Catalan Dragons, Wigan Warriors and Bradford Bulls in recent weeks.

Head coach Brian McDermott, in his first season in charge, is under pressure to stop the rot but has mixed news on the injury front.

Both Brent Webb and Kylie Leuluai will be missing for the home clash with full-back Webb having failed a fitness test on an ankle knock.

Meanwhile, prop Leuluai is ruled out by an eye injury picked up in the closing minutes of the defeat in Perpignan on July 10 but winger Zak Hardaker is back in contention.

Hardaker is named in an 18-man squad after making good progress in his recovery from an ankle problem. Scrum-half Rob Burrow is also included after serving a one-game ban.

McDermott says a change of attitude is what's required.

Distracted

"We have just got to become a different team," he said.

"I don't think that's such a big task. I'm not talking about how we pass or how we kick, I'm talking about who we are and how we view decisions against us.

"That's the one that has been killing us, we get too easily distracted by things. Our ill-discipline cost us the game against Catalan.

"The team that will play on Friday night will hopefully have a different philosophy towards adversity.''

Hull, who are up to seventh after winning four of their last five, have Sam Obst back from a calf injury.

He has been named in a 19-man squad but could yet be overlooked for a starting role given the impressive performances of stand-in half-backs Richard Horne and Joe Westerman in his absence.

Club captain Craig Fitzgibbon is also poised to return from a shoulder problem that kept him out of the 52-16 victory on Salford on July 8.

Youngster Liam Kent is the man to drop out of the initial 19-man squad from those on duty last time out.

Leeds squad: Ablett, Bailey, Buderus, Burrow, Clarkson, Delaney, Hall, Hardaker, Jones Buchanan, Jones-Bishop, Kirke, Lauitiiti, McGuire, McShane, Peacock, Sinfield, Smith, Webb

Hull squad: T Briscoe, Dowes, Fitzgibbon, Horne, Houghton, Lauaki, Obst, Manu, Moa, O'Meley, Phelps, Radford, Sharp, Tickle, Turner, Washbrook, Westerman, Whiting, Yeaman