Kristian Woolf has named his 21 man squad for our season opener against Salford Red Devils at the Totally Wicked Stadium on Friday, kick off 7:45pm.
It is a strong squad with all players who were named prior to the win over London in Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook’s Testimonial game included again.
Kyle Amor is now also named in the provisional squad despite missing LMS’s Testimonial clash through injury. Matty Costello is another who is included as is Joe Batchelor and young half back Lewis Dodd.
Tommy Makinson, Morgan Knowles and James Roby are all still recovering from off-season surgery and, as expected, miss out.
Woolf said yesterday he is excited to lead Saints out as Head Coach on Friday. You can watch the full interview on Saints TV here.
SAINTS 21 MAN SQUAD*
1. Lachlan Coote, 3. Kevin Naiqama, 4. Mark Percival, 5. Regan Grace, 6. Jonny Lomax, 7. Theo Fages, 8. Alex Walmsley, 10. Luke Thompson, 11. Zeb Taia, 12. Dom Peyroux, 13. LMS, 15. Matty Lees, 16. Kyle Amor, 17. Jack Ashworth, 18. Joseph Paulo, 19. Aaron Smith, 20. James Bentley, 21, Matty Costello, 22. Jack Welsby, 23. Joe Batchelor, 27. Lewis Dodd.
SALFORD 21 MAN SQUAD*
1. Niall Evalds, 3. Kris Welham, 4. Dan Sarginson, 5. Krisnan Inu, 6. Tui Lolohea, 7. Kevin Brown, 8. Lee Mossop, 9. Joey Lussick. 10. Gil Dudson, 12. Pauli Pauli, 13. Tyrone McCarthy, 14. Sabastine Ikahihifo, 15. Adam Walker, 16. Greg Burke, 17. Luke Yates, 18. Chris Atkin, 19. Mark Flanagan, 20. Josh Johnson, 21. James Greenwood, 22. Rhys Williams, 23. Ken Sio.
*Teams are now required to name a 21-man squad rather than a squad of 19. Any player from outside that 21 who is then called into the team’s 17-player match-day squad, means the team will lose one of the eight interchanges permitted for all fixtures in the Betfred Super League, Championship, League 1, the Coral Challenge Cup and the AB Sundecks 1895 Cup.
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