Jez Litten has been carrying an ankle injury
Jez Litten celebrates after Hull KR’s World Club Challenge win over Brisbane Broncos.
Willie Peters has made three changes to his Hull KR line-up to take on Leigh Leopards this evening.
The Robins know a win would be enough to take them to within two points of Super League’s top two following Warrington Wolves’ loss on Thursday night and they’ll be keen to build on last week’s win over York Knights at Craven Park.
Oliver Gildart steps out of the side after failing a HIA last time out against the Knights. That has prompted a reshuffle which has seen Rhyse Martin move to centre, Dean Hadley to back row and Sauaso Sue come straight back into the starting line up after his ban last week.
There’s no Jez Litten who has an ankle issue. As such, Bill Leyland gets the opportunity to come off the bench for the Robins this evening.
Jai Whitbread has also earned the chance to step back into the team after being dropped last time out.
Jordan Dezaria is the man to drop out of the 17 with the Frenchman being named as 18th man.
As Adrian Lam suggested during his press conference on Thursday afternoon, Josh Charnley and Lachlan Lam both miss out this week. The pair needed stitches on gashes to their respective knees last week and duly miss out.
However, Tesi Niu and Umyla Hanley come back into the fold.
Hull KR v Leigh Leopards team news
Hull KR: Jack Broadbent; Tom Davies, Peta Hiku, Rhyse Martin, Joe Burgess; Mikey Lewis, Tyrone May; Sauaso Sue, Karl Lawton, Tom Amone; Dean Hadley, James Batchelor; Elliot Minchella.
Bench: Jai Whitbread, Bill Leyland, Sam Luckley, Tevita Pangai Jr.
Leigh Leopards: David Armstrong; Innes Senior, Tesi Niu, Umyla Hanley, Bailey Hodgson; Adam Cook, Gareth O’Brien; Joe Ofahengaue, Edwin Ipape, Robbie Mulhern; Frankie Halton, Jacob Alick-Wiencke; Isaac Liu.
Bench: Louis Brogan, Aaron Pene, Matt Davis.