3. Kallum Watkins
4. Joel Moon
5. Ryan Hall
6. Danny McGuire
7. Rob Burrow
8. Kylie Leuluai
9. Paul McShane
10. Jamie Peacock
11. Jamie Jones-Buchanan
12. Carl Ablett
13. Kevin Sinfield (c)
14. Stevie Ward
15. Brett Delaney
16. Ryan Bailey
17. Ian Kirke
18. Chris Clarkson
19. Mitch Achurch
21. Richard Moore
25. Joe Vickery

give Richard Moore a go, just for a change. Lets see what he can do

So, you are looking at:

Lomax - Watkins
Gardner - Vickery
Turner - Ablett
Jones - Moon
Meli - Hall
Wheeler - Sinfield
Wilkin - McGuire
Puletua - Leuluai
Roby - Burrow
Laffranchi - Peacock
Soliola - Delaney
Manu - JJB
Flanagan - Ward

LMS - Bailey
Clough - Kirke
Greenwood - Clarkson
Walmsley - Achurch

Walker - McShane
Percival - Moore
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IMO, Leeds edge it because of the Backs. It does all depend on which Leeds team turn up though. The one who want to win, or the one that look like they want to get through another regular season game.

FWIW too, Over the last 3 years the scores between the 2 have been:

24/04/10 - St Helens 41-20 Leeds - SL (11,04icon_cool.gif
03/07/10 - Leeds 28-24 St Helens - SL (17,200)
07/08/10 - Leeds 32-28 St Helens - CCSF (15,265 - Huddersfield)

19/03/11 - Leeds 16-30 St Helens - SL (16,034)
03/06/11 - St Helens 42-16 Leeds - SL (9,062 - Widnes)
08/10/11 - St Helens 16-32 Leeds - SLGF (69,107 - Old Trafford)

25/03/12 - St Helens 46-6 Leeds - SL (15,199)
21/05/12 - Leeds 18-31 St Helens - SL (15,343 - Monday Night)

In that time, 8 games have been played. 6 in the SL, 1 in the Challenge Cup and 1 in the Grand Final.

In SL, Saints have won 5, Leeds Have won 1. Saints have also scored 214 points (36 ppg) where Leeds have only scored 104 (17)

If recent history tells us anything, it is that St Helens could be on for a big win in this game.

Add to that, Leeds haven't won at St Helens since a 14-10 win at Knowsley Road on March 28th, 2008. That is coming up on 5 years (1,798 days) now.

All Leeds need to do is aim for our left edge. We're as weak as water on that side, although Gardner isn't exactly brilliant either.

Hopefully it will be a good game but if you do target our left edge then I can see it being a good game for you only!

Hope Bails clobbers Wilkin again, if he plays.

I hope the changing room cameras are turned off for him.

Bless.

hope it rains

Wilkin at halfback was a bit of a surprise for everyone last week, even if we did know before the game.

However, it was one of those moves that just worked. It put players into positions were for the first time in many years we looked to have a balanced side, with people playing to their strengths.

Lomax had no organising to do.
Wilkin was doing less tackling and giving away less penalties and not having to kick from the 2nd row position gave him more time and space.
Wheeler did ok and backed up well on any breaks.
Flanaghan just tackled and tackled but without the penalties that Wilkin is prone to.
Manu and Sia in the 2nd row gave equal threat either side.

It just worked.

Meli will be the target for Leeds, but winning the forward battle will be the key to getting within range to target Meli. I was very impressed by our tackling last week and if we had held the ball better in the 2nd half we would have scored more.

I seem to remember Wilkin playing half back a few years ago when you knocked us out of the cup at Headingley, he played well that day too, it may have just been as cover for Long/Pryce that day?

Moore will playBMcD

Moore playing suggests to me that Peacock will be having the week off.

achurch & macca to miss out

Depends I imagine on Bailey being fit to play, otherwise you're looking at a 4 prop squad of Leuluai, Kirke, Moore, Achurch........that worries me!

Rumour is young mark Percival to get a start at centre this weekend.

Looks the goods in the youth team but a big test whether it be ablett or moon. Excited to see how he goes.

Coach admits Moore played well against Salford. Did he think Kirke and Achurch went better and therefore selected them ahead of him?