Grace back in Saints squad for cup clash with Whitehaven

Regan Grace is named in the 21 man squad for the first time this season as boss Kristian Woolf prepares his team for Saturday's Betfred Challenge Cup clash with Whitehaven live on the Sportsman.com at 2pm.

Grace features for the first time after surgery on a bicep injury in the off-season. Joe Batchelor also returns to the squad after missing the defeat in France due to the concussion protocols.

Josh Simm misses out given Grace’s return as does Matty Lees who picked up an injury against Toulouse. Woolf was hopeful Lees would be fit enough to play, but he hasn’t recovered in time.

The boss also praised James Bell after his impressive showing at Leigh on dual-registration, but Woolf admitted yesterday he did return with a slight shoulder injury and that is the reason he misses Saturday’s Challenge Cup clash.

On Bell, Woolf told saintsrlfc.com: “With a number of injuries in the squad, Saturday’s Challenge Cup game would have been the perfect opportunity for Bell to make his debut for us, but unfortunately that can’t happen this week.”

Will Hopoate, Alex Walmsley and Sione Mata’utia are still out through injury with the boss also shedding light on the former in yesterday’s weekly press conference.

The match is live on the Sportsman.com where you can watch for FREE, but you will be able to follow all the updates in our Match Centre here and our social media accounts.

SAINTS SQUAD

1, Jack Welsby, 2, Tommy Makinson, 4. Mark Percival, 5. Regan Grace, 6. Jonny Lomax, 7. Lewis Dodd, 9. James Roby, 12. Joe Batchelor, 13. Morgan Knowles, 14. Joey Lussick, 15. LMS, 16. Curtis Sironen, 17. Agnatius Paasi, 18. Kyle Amor, 19. Jake Wingfield, 22. Ben Davies, 23. Konrad Hurrell, 24. Dan Norman, 26. Sam Royle, 27. Jon Bennison, 28. Lewis Baxter.

WHITEHAVEN SQUAD

1 Geronimo Doyle

2 Dave Eccleston

4 Will Evans

5 Andrew Bulman

6 Karl Dixon (C)

7 Nikau Williams

8 Liam McAvoy

9 Callum Phillips (VC)

10 Tom Walker

11 Ryan King

12 Liam Cooper

13 Dion Aiye

15 Connor Holliday

16 Tom Wilkinson

17 Andrew Dawson

18 Guy Graham

19 Jake Moore

20 Jake Bradley

22 Josh Martin

23 Alex Bishop

28 Karl Olstrom

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