SAINTS have announced their squad for Friday’s Carnegie Challenge Cup Fifth Round tie with Oldham.
Tommy Makinson makes his return from injury whilst Anthony Walker is called up after impressing in the under 20s.
Anthony Laffranchi took a knock in the win over Widnes last week and so is unavailable.
The squad is:
1. Paul Wellens, 3. Michael Shenton, 4. Sia Soliola, 5. Francis Meli, 6. Lance Hohaia, 7. Jonny Lomax, 9. James Roby, 10. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, 13. Chris Flannery, 15. Mark Flanagan, 16. Paul Clough, 18. Shaun Magennis, 19. Andrew Dixon, 20. Lee Gaskell, 21. Tommy Makinson, 25. Carl Forster, 26. Josh Jones, 28. Joe Greenwood, 29. Anthony Walker.
Oldham’s Tony Benson will choose from:
1. Miles Greenwood, 2. Mark Brocklehurst, 3. David Cookson, 4. Matt Fogarty, 5. Shaun Robinson, 6. Danny Whitmore, 7. Jamie Dallimore, 8. Chris Clarke, 9. Martin Roden, 10. Jason Boults, 11. Michael Ward, 12. Mark McCully, 13. Valu Bentley, 14. Dave Ellison, 15. Matty Syron, 16. Alex Thompson, 17. Jamie Acton, 18. Liam Gilchrist, 19. Bruce Johnson.
The game kicks off at 8pm and the referee is Ben Thaler.
Ticket details can be found here.
If Saints are successful then they will be in the hat for the quarter-final draw which will take place on BBC Radio 5 Live on Tuesday May 1 at 8.20pm.
Stat Pack:
Oldham are without a Challenge Cup victory over St Helens since 1943 – Saints have won nine of ten Cup meetings between the sides since then, to go with a draw in 1953.
Previous Challenge Cup Meetings:
2002 (Round 4) Oldham 6 St Helens 40
1987 (Round 2) Oldham 14 St Helens 24
1981 (Quarter Final) Oldham 5 St Helens 6
1978 (Round 2) Oldham 11 St Helens 26
1976 (Quarter Final) St Helens 17 Oldham 9
1972 (Round 1) Oldham 6 St Helens 8
1969 (Round 2) Oldham 6 St Helens 15
1959 (Round 1) Oldham 6 St Helens 7
1953 (Round 1, First Leg) St Helens 20 Oldham 4
1953 (Round 1, Second Leg) Oldham 5 St Helens 5
1943 (Round 2, First Leg) Oldham 17 St Helens 12
1943 (Round 2, Second Leg) St Helens 5 Oldham 20
1935 (Round 1) Oldham 3 St Helens 0
1928 (Round 1) Oldham 15 St Helens 5
1923 (Round 2) St Helens 3 Oldham 11
Career Milestones:
ADE GARDNER needs six tries to reach 200 career touchdowns.
Gardner’s total of 194 has been scored as follows: 168 for St Helens (2002-2012), 15 for Barrow (2000-2001), 2 for Great Britain (2006-2007), 2 for England (2008) and 7 for England ‘A’ (2002-2003).
PAUL WELLENS needs four tries to register 200 touchdowns for St Helens.
Wellens has reached his total of 196 in 416 games for the Saints since 1998.
