Catalans v St Helens: Super League Grand Final squads locked in
The 21-man squads for Saturday’s Super League Grand Final are locked in.
Catalans coach Steve McNamara has named an unchanged squad to the one that beat Hull KR in the semi-finals. Steve Prescott Man of Steel Sam Tomkins expects to play at Old Trafford but will not train in the build up to the game.
Ben Jullien, Matthieu Laguerre, Jordan Dezaria and Tomkins didn’t feature for the Dragons in Perpignan last week.
St Helens coach Kristian Woolf has also named the same 21-man squad who defeated Leeds in the Super League semi-finals last week. Joel Thompson, Aaron Smith, Jake Wingfield and Ben Davies didn’t make the matchday squad last time out.
Catalans: Arthur Mourgue, Tom Davies, Samisoni Langi, Dean Whare, Fouad Yaha, James Maloney, Josh Drinkwater, Gil Dudson, Micky McIlorum, Julian Bousquet, Matt Whitley, Mike McMeeken, Ben Garcia, Ben Jullien, Mickael Goudemand, Matthieu Laguerre, Joel Tomkins, Joe Chan, Sam Kasiano, Sam Tomkins, Jordan Dezaria.
St Helens: Lachlan Coote, Tommy Makinson, Kevin Naiqama, Mark Percival, Regan Grace, Jonny Lomax, Alex Walmsley, James Roby, Matty Lees, Joel Thompson, Morgan Knowles, Sione Mata’utia, Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Kyle Amor, Agnatius Paasi, Jack Welsby, Aaron Smith, Joe Batchelor, Lewis Dodd, Jake Wingfield, Ben Davies.
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