Saints v Hull FC: Teams
St Helens will make a late check on Michael Shenton's fitness, while Hull are confident Kirk Yeaman will be cleared to play.
Last Updated: 30/06/11 2:16pm
St Helens will make a late check on England centre Michael Shenton's fitness ahead of Friday's Super League showdown with Hull FC.
Shenton has been selected in coach Royce Simmons' 19-man squad but is still being troubled by an ankle injury that forced him out last week's 35-28 defeat at Warrington.
Prop Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook serves a one-match suspension after being found guilty by the Rugby Football League's disciplinary committee of a high shot on Wolves skipper Adrian Morley, but second rower Matty Ashurst is recalled by Simmons.
Hull supremo Richard Agar has named Kirk Yeaman in his 19-man squad despite the Great Britain centre suffering an epileptic fit at half-time in Sunday's 52-18 triumph at Wakefield.
Agar is confident Yeaman will be cleared to play, but has 18-year-old winger Reece Lynn acting as cover if Yeaman - who is Super League's leading tryscorer this season with 18 touchdowns - becomes a late withdrawal.
"Kirk is fine," Agar stated. "He was good pretty much on Monday and he's trained great.
"We've a duty of care to get one or two things checked out and we're waiting for the guys who have tested him out this week to give him the all-clear.
"But he's in good health and it's not fazed him one little bit. He simply wants the fuss to go away and get on with his job now, which is credit to him because it was undoubtedly a fairly dramatic episode for everybody concerned."
Black and Whites skipper Craig Fitzgibbon could return after missing that success with a shoulder problem, but Agar has no fresh injury concerns to deal with.
Hull are on a three-game winning streak and will look to take that good form into Friday's meeting at the Stobart Stadium.
Saints squad: Wellens, Shenton, Soliola, Meli, Eastmond, Perry, Roby, Graham, Puletua, Wilkin, Flannery, Moore, Ashurst, Dixon, Lomax, Magennis, Foster, Gaskell, Makinson.
Hull FC squad: T. Briscoe, Dowes, Fitzgibbon, Horne, Houghton, Lauaki, Lyne, Manu, Moa, Obst, O'Meley, Phelps, Radford, Tickle, Turner, Washbrook, Westerman, Whiting, Yeaman.
