Saints have announced their 19 man squad for Fridays taming of the Tigers.

Jon Wilkin returns from suspension replacing Kyle Amor in the 19 man squad who misses out through injury

The players currently not available for selection are LMS, Kyle Amor, Mark Percival and Richard Beaumont.

Gary Wheeler IS fit but has not been selected.

1. Jonny Lomax, 2. Tommy Makinson, 3. Jordan Turner, 4. Josh Jones, 5. Adam Swift, 6. Lance Hohaia, 7. Luke Walsh 8. Mose Masoe, 9. James Roby, 11. Sia Soliola, 12. Jon Wilkin, 13. Willie Manu, 14. Anthony Laffranchi, 15. Mark Flanagan, 17. Paul Wellens, 18. Alex Walmsley, 23. Joe Greenwood, 25. Anthony Walker, 26. Matty Dawson.

1. Jonny Lomax
2. Tommy Makinson
3. Jordan Turner
4. Josh Jones
5. Adam Swift

6. Lance Hohaia
7. Luke Walsh

14. Anthony Laffranchi
9. James Roby
18. Alex Walmsley
12. Jon Wilkin
13. Willie Manu (PLEASE PLAY HIM DOWN THE LEFT SIDE !!!!!)
15. Mark Flangan

8. Mose Masoe
11. Sia Soliola
17. Paul Wellens
23. Joe Greenwood

25. Ant Walker and 26. Matty Dawson to miss out.

Castleford will choose from:

3. Michael Shenton, 4. Jake Webster, 5. Justin Carney, 6. Luke Dorn, 7. Marc Sneyd, 8. Andy Lynch, 9. Adam Milner, 10. Craig Huby, 11. Grant Millington, 12. Weller Hauraki, 13. Nathan Massey, 14. Daryl Clark, 15. Ryan Boyle, 16. Oliver Holmes, 18. Frankie Mariano, 19. Scott Wheeldon, 20. Jamie Ellis, 24. James Clare, 26. Liam Finn.

we should win this one on paper. i think there maybe 1 or 2 scares on the way though.

Pretty strong squad. Personally I'd rest Roby and Jones, play Wlkin at 6 with Lance at 9. This would be my side:

Lomax
Makinson
Turner
Dawson
Swift
Wilkin
Walsh
Masoe
Hohaia
Walmsley
Greenwood
Manu
Flanagan

Soliola
Laffranchi
Wellens
Walker

I assume Percival is still unavailable as well? What's wrong with lms?

Yeah missed that one, LMS picked up a knock in training.

A knock or a gary wheeler knock?

after some interesting comments by by brown on the matter I expected to see him in the squad this week, alas it's not to be - he will get his chance over Easter I imagine!

Also sounds like brown is getting frustrated at the Beaumont situation ...

Luke Dorn
Justin Carney
Jake Webster
Michael Shenton
James Clare
Marc Sneyd
Liam Finn
Andy Lynch
Daryl Clark
Craig Huby
Weller Hauraki
Oliver Holmes
Grant Millington

Adam Milner or Jamie Ellis
Scott Wheeldon
Nathan Massey
Frankie Mariano

I'm guessing that will be our team.

I think it'll be a close game but our pack may be just too strong for yours.

I believe Percy may play for the 19's this week.

Not been funny but what did he expect with Beaumont? The guy has had many injuries and a couple career threatening injuries.

It's just a pity he could not be fit for Easter, it's the time you need all your bodies as you will lose people over the period.

Mind you having said all that, he still has plenty of time to beat Perry's attendance record.

I think he's already beaten Wheeler's

We obviously thought we could solve the problem. Tbh, it might be best for all to just write this year off for the guy, get everything right for next year, and then give him a shot ...

I imagine that's been said about him few times in the past

Don't doubt it - but next year, if he doesn't play/ prove he's over it, whose gonna take him? It's not even like he's wheeler and he's proven if you get him out there he can perform - he's an unknown quantity from the start.

Tbh, this is what I expected after it was announced. Then he got put beside Amor and Masoe for the preseason stuff and built him up, and I thought he might be pushing for a spot.

On the plus side, it gives Richards and co. chance to over take him in priority

What were your expectations of Beaumont based on? He'd only played a handful of games in 6 years for Hull KR, so even their fans have no idea if he's any good.

A daft signing. I'd love to know who had the brain wave and decided it was worth doing.

I had no expectations on how he played. As I said, I had no expectations of him getting close to the squad when it was first announced (it was certainly a head scratcher) - I expected him to be another body (for times like the Easter period) and to play not much more.

Then he got put on the same level as Amor and Masoe during the pre season media events - and brought my expectation up to the level of him being able to fight his way into the team - after all his physical stats (big and heavy!) are as impressive as the other 2 - so maybe we had seen something that others misses due to his injury record - and that we thought we knew how to solve why these injuries kept occurring.

Of course what happened is were yet to see him! That said, given our overall recruitment this year, I'm more than happy to take this one as a duff!

What is up with Beaumont and what did Brown say?

Quote ="Carlos Alberto"What is up with Beaumont and what did Brown say?'" Quote ="Nathan Browns interview" Brown revealed that new signing Richard Beaumont is struggling with a groin problem and it's hard to predict when he will make his bow. "Things aren't going as well as he would like and we would like," he added. "We will keep working away and get to the bottom of it. Ideally he would be playing now; it is the time of the year everyone plays. "He had a good year last year and have really big hopes for him. At the end of the day its abut him getting better and then getting playing, There is no time frame on him at the moment. '" www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/3944

Quote ="Carlos Alberto"What is up with Beaumont and what did Brown say?'" Quote ="Nathan Browns interview" Brown revealed that new signing Richard Beaumont is struggling with a groin problem and it's hard to predict when he will make his bow. "Things aren't going as well as he would like and we would like," he added. "We will keep working away and get to the bottom of it. Ideally he would be playing now; it is the time of the year everyone plays. "He had a good year last year and have really big hopes for him. At the end of the day its abut him getting better and then getting playing, There is no time frame on him at the moment. '" www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/3944

I,m assuming LMS, Amor and Percival will be playing in the Wigan game that will enable us to rest 3 players ready for the Widnes game.

I'd happily take losses at Cas and Widnes for wins wins v Wigan and Leeds

Shame about Beaumont, but I was thinking the other day about how disastrous Soliola's first season was with us. Its a distant memory these days.

My thoughts exactly.