ST Helens could welcome one of their key men back into contention for their trip to Warrington Wolves on Saturday.

Full-back Jack Welsby, who has not played since suffering a hamstring injury against Leigh Leopards in Round 19, has been named in Paul Wellens’ 21-man squad for the trip to The Halliwell Jones Stadium.

Welsby’s inclusion in place of youngster Leon Cowan is the only change to the Saints 21, which is still missing several key players.

Daryl Clark, Curtis Sironen, Lewis Dodd, James Bell and Mark Percival are among the injury absentees, while Tommy Makinson misses out through suspension.

St Helens 21-man squad to face Warrington Wolves, Super League Round 25

Jack Welsby, Waqa Blake, Jon Bennison, Jonny Lomax, Alex Walmsley, Matty Lees, Sione Mata’utia, Joe Batchelor, Morgan Knowles, Moses Mbye, Agnatius Paasi, Matt Whitley, George Delaney, Ben Davies, Sam Royle, Jake Burns, Tee Ritson, Jonny Vaughan, Noah Stephens, Harry Robertson, George Whitby

Paul Wellens on Warrington Wolves test

Wellens concedes that The Wire will be seen as favourites for Saturday’s game in the eyes of many having already beaten them twice in 2024.

However, he insists his patched-up side will make the short trip to The Halliwell Jones Stadium with “a tough mindset” while aiming to nullify “the number of threats” he says their hosts possess.

“Some people will see them as favourites and that Warrington will be a difficult place to go, with them having already beaten us twice this year,” he told our sister paper The St Helens Star.

“It is a tough game for us but we are going there with a tough mindset of what we need to do to win the game.”

“Warrington have a number of threats – they are a dangerous team – particularly off the back of ruck speed and that is where the likes of George Williams comes into the game really effectively and with Matt Dufty out they now have Cai Taylor-Wray has been doing a great job there.

“They have strike in the three-quarters, players like Matt Ashton, Toby King, Josh Thewlis and Rodrick Tai playing well – they have strike all over the field and we’ll have to work hard to nullify that.”