KRISTIAN Woolf has named an initial 28-man squad for Friday's clash with Leigh Centurions in Alex Walmsley's Testimonial match at the Totally Wicked Stadium (kick off 8pm).

It is Saints' only pre-season hit-out and Woolf will start the game with his strongest available team before throwing on a number of Saints youngsters later in the match.

Saints will be without Regan Grace, who needed surgery on a bicep injury picked up in training. Morgan Knowles and Curtis Sironen will also sit out Friday’s game as they continue to build up their fitness levels.

Sione Mata’utia will serve the one-game ban from the 2021 Grand Final and will return for the opening game of the new campaign against Catalans.

Matty Foster is still recovering from his ACL injury picked up on loan at Leigh in 2021. New signing Danny Hill is also recovering from an injury as is Jumah Sambou and Taylor Pemberton.

New boys Will Hopoate, Joey Lussick, James Bell and Konrad Hurrell are expected to feature. Academy graduate Shay Martyn is included on the bench as well as Reece Sumner, Rio Corkill, Ellis Archer and Daniel Moss who could all make their debut for the club.

Saints: 1, Jack Welsby, 2, Tommy Makinson, 3. Will Hopoate, 4. Mark Percival, 6. Jonny Lomax, 7. Lewis Dodd, 8. Alex Walmsley, 9. James Roby, 10. Matty Lees, 12, Joe Batchelor, 14. Joey Lussick, 15. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, 17. Agnatius Paasi, 18. Kyle Amor, 19. Jake Wingfield, 20, James Bell, 21. Josh Simm, 22, Ben Davies, 23, Konrad Hurrell, 24, Dan Norman, 26. Sam Royle, 27. Jon Bennison, 28. Lewis Baxter, Shay Martyn, Reece Sumner, Rio Corkill, Ellis Archer, Daniel Moss.