SAINTS welcome back Tony Puletua, Sia Soliola, Jamie Foster and James Roby into their 19-man squad for the Qualifying Playoff match at Wigan Warriors.
The quartet return for Sunday’s game with Gary Wheeler the only player omitted from the team that beat Quins last weekend.
He has a quad pull whilst teammate Leon Pryce is also sidelined with the same injury.
Chris Flannery and Kyle Eastmond are also unavailable.
Therefore, the squad is:
1. Paul Wellens, 3. Michael Shenton, 4. Sia Soliola, 5. Francis Meli, 9. James Roby, 10. James Graham, 11. Tony Puletua, 12. Jon Wilkin, 14. Scott Moore, 15. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, 16. Paul Clough, 18. Matty Ashurst, 19. Andrew Dixon, 20. Jonny Lomax, 22. Jamie Foster, 24. Tom Armstrong, 25. Lee Gaskell, 28. Tom Makinson, 29. Scott Hale.
Michael Maguire, Wigan Head Coach, will choose from:
1. Sam Tomkins, 2. Darrell Goulding, 4. George Carmont, 5. Pat Richards, 6. Paul Deacon, 7. Thomas Leuluai, 9. Michael McIlorum, 10. Andy Coley, 11. Harrison Hansen, 12. Joel Tomkins, 13. Sean O’Loughlin, 14. Paul Prescott, 15. Jeff Lima, 16. Ryan Hoffman, 17. Brett Finch, 21. Lee Mossop, 22. Liam Farrell, 25. Josh Charnley, 35. Ben Cross.
The match kicks off at 2.45pm and the referee is Phil Bentham.
If you can’t make the match it will be covered extensively in the Match Centre as well as on Saints’ Official Twitter and Facebook sites.
Stats:
Last Ten Meetings:
St Helens 12, Wigan 18 (CCSF, 6/8/11)
(at Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington)
St Helens 10, Wigan 32 (SLR18, 17/6/11)
Wigan 28, St Helens 24 (SLR11, 22/4/11)
St Helens 16, Wigan 16 (SLR1, 12/2/11)
(at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff)
St Helens 10, Wigan 22 (SLGF, 2/10/10)
(at Old Trafford, Manchester)
Wigan 24, St Helens 26 (SLR18, 20/6/10)
St Helens 10, Wigan 18 (SLR9, 2/4/10)
St Helens 14, Wigan 10 (SLQSF, 3/10/09)
St Helens 10, Wigan 6 (SLR23, 31/7/09)
St Helens 18, Wigan 38 (SLR13, 2/5/09)
(at Murrayfield, Edinburgh)
Previous Play-Off Meetings:
St Helens 10, Wigan 22 (SLGF, 2/10/10)
(at Old Trafford, Manchester)
St Helens 14, Wigan 10 (SLQSF, 3/10/09)
Wigan 18, St Helens 12 (SLEPO, 25/9/04)
Wigan 40, St Helens 24 (SLESF, 3/10/03)
St Helens 24, Wigan 8 (SLFE, 11/10/02)
Wigan 44, St Helens 10 (SLFE, 6/10/01)
St Helens 29, Wigan 16 (SLGF, 14/10/00)
(at Old Trafford, Manchester)
Wigan 16, St Helens 54 (SLQSF, 29/9/00)
Super League Summary:
Wigan won 27 (includes win in 2010 Grand Final & wins in 2001, 2003 and 2004 play-offs)
St Helens won 24 (includes win in 2000 Grand Final & wins in 2000, 2002 and 2009 play-offs)
4 draws
Wigan highest score: 65-12 (A, 1997) (also widest margin)
St Helens highest score: 57-16 (MM, 2008) (also widest margin)
