Preview: Saints v Rhinos (R27)

St Helens coach Daniel Anderson insists there will be no let-up from his double-chasing team when they take on Leeds Rhinos at Knowsley Road.

The Powergen Challenge Cup winners are almost guaranteed to finish top of the engage Super League but Anderson, who has made a habit of resting players at various times this season, wants his side to take their winning run into the play-offs.

Captain Paul Sculthorpe, who suffered a recurrence of his old knee injury in last Friday?s win over Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, is the only member of their Cup-winning side absent from Anderson?s 18-strong squad.

Prop Nick Fozzard, who picked up a head injury in the same game, misses but centre Willie Talau returns from a hamstring injury and broken nose victim Jon Wilkin is also included.

"We?re not rotating anybody," said Anderson. "We will only rest players carrying injuries as a precaution.

"But we want to take some momentum into the play-offs. We?ve got two big games in a row and I?m really looking forward to them."

Saints, who finish off the regular season with a trip to Warrington Wolves next weekend, have already completed the double over the Rhinos this year but both were close-fought duels.

Leeds returned to form with a 54-16 thrashing of Warrington last week and they could still finish second if they win and Hull lose both their last two matches, which are testing affairs at Warrington and Wigan Warriors.

"It will be a close tussle between two quality sides," predicted Rhinos coach Tony Smith.

"We have come up against Saints twice already this season and both games have been real intense battles with both sets of players producing top quality performances so it should be no different on Saturday."

Smith, still without stand-off Danny McGuire, sticks with the side that beat Warrington, which means there is no place for full-back or winger Lee Smith, who was named in the original squad.

Hooker Matt Diskin makes his 150th appearance.

St Helens 18-man squad: Wellens, Gardner, Lyon, Talau, Meli, Pryce, Long, Cunningham, Cayless, Gilmour, Wilkin, Roby, Bennett, Hooper, P Anderson, V Anderson, Graham, Fa?asavalu.

Leeds Rhinos 18-man squad: Donald, Walker, Senior, Burrow, Bailey, Diskin, Peacock, Lauitiiti, Ellis, Sinfield, Millard, Jones-Buchanan, Scruton, Kirke, Gibson, Tansey, Thackray, Toopi.

Referee: R Silverwood

Source: superleague.co.uk