The Lowdown: St Helens (A)

All the information you need ahead of our trip to the Champions tonight

The Brief

Huddersfield Giants travel to St Helens tonight, hoping to bounce back after their 42-10 defeat to Wigan last time out. They will be hoping to better last year's visits to the Totally Wicked, having lost twice at the home of the Champions in 2019. Huddersfield have refreshed their side after last week, with Suaia Matagi suspended and Louis Senior brought out of the team, and will be looking to bring the two points back to Yorkshire. 

The Teams

Polar Bear for a Polar Bear... ❄

The Sinners to take on the Saints ⬇ pic.twitter.com/80rJbpGLsZ
— Huddersfield Giants (@Giantsrl) March 4, 2020

🔴 SAINTS NAME 21 MAN SQUAD ⚪

📜 Saints full back Lachlan Coote is named in the Saints' 21 man squad for this Friday's clash with @Giantsrl after missing the last four matches due to injury. 🔥

Young centre @JoshSimm01 is the other inclusion. 👇https://t.co/mxRXdtXZRl
— St.Helens R.F.C. (@Saints1890) March 4, 2020

The Opposition

St Helens were truly outstanding in 2019, and have changed dramatically in some ways, but not at all in other ways in 2020. Coach Justin Holbrook has departed, with former Tonga coach Kristian Woolf coming in to the top job, but the squad has changed little from the 2019 vintage. 

The Saints are led by full-back Lachlan Coote, supported by a spine of James Roby, Theo Fages and Jonny Lomax, while they have size in the pack with arguably the forward-pack of the season last time out featuring Alex Walmsley and Luke Thompson. Watch out for 2018 Golden Boot winner Tommy Makinson too. 

GiantsTV Matchup of the Game

Jonny Lomax and Lee Gaskell. Two of the 🐐s in @SuperLeague, according to @BigEorl

Check out the #PreMatchShow on GiantsTV now 👉 https://t.co/whps5YktdI pic.twitter.com/Ml77MOo9BD
— Huddersfield Giants (@Giantsrl) March 6, 2020

Press Preview: Simon Woolford and Michael Lawrence

💬@m_lawrence90: "We wanted to put on a show for the fans, we were disappointed with the manner of the defeat"

Catch the full #PressPreview in association with LA Brook now! 👉 https://t.co/whps5YktdI pic.twitter.com/cJPMQLvj8X
— Huddersfield Giants (@Giantsrl) March 6, 2020

💬 Woolford talks in our #PressPreview sponsored by LA Brook

Catch it in full on GiantsTV 👉 https://t.co/whps5YktdI pic.twitter.com/5UouUQ0iga

— Huddersfield Giants (@Giantsrl) March 6, 2020