The Background
It is literally do or die for Hull Kingston Rovers tonight; they must win at defending champions St Helens or they will be consigned to the Qualifiers in the second part of the season. Nothing less than victory is good enough, whilst St Helens also know that they need a win themselves to have any chance of catching Leeds Rhinos at the top ahead of the Super 8s.
The Team News
St Helens will be without both captain Jon Wilkin and vice-captain James Roby for the clash, whilst Hull KR are also missing key halves Terry Campese and Albert Kelly. Maurice Blair will likely continue in the halves, with coach Chris Chester handing a debut to Dane Chisholm following his switch form the NRL.
The Stats
Last five meetings:
Hull KR 24, St Helens 22 (SLR7, 27/3/15)
Hull KR 40, St Helens 10 (SLR19, 6/7/14)
St Helens 38, Hull KR 18 (SLR4, 7/3/14)
St Helens 46, Hull KR 10 (SLEPO, 14/9/13)
St Helens 12, Hull KR 24 (SLR20, 28/6/13)
Super League summary
St Helens won 9 (includes win in 2013 play-offs)
Hull KR won 9
1 draw
St Helens highest score: 68-12 (H, 2010) (also widest margin)
Hull KR highest score: 40-10 (H, 2014) (also widest margin)
Jordan Turner needs one try to reach a career century of touchdowns. His total of 99 has been scored as follows: 24 for Salford (2006-2009), 34 for Hull FC (2010-2012), 39 for St Helens (2013-2015) and 2 for England Knights (2012).
Jon Wilkin needs one try to reach a career century of touchdowns. His total of 99 has been scored as follows: 8 for Hull KR (2000-2002), 90 for St Helens (2003-2015) and 1 for England (2004-2005, 2008-2009 & 2011-2012). Wilkin also made 6 non-scoring appearances for Great Britain (2006-2007).
Kris Welham needs three tries to reach 100 for Hull KR. Welham has touched down 97 times in 181 games for the Robins since 2006.
