Tony Smith has named his strongest side of the pre-season campaign with Great Britain star Keith Senior making his come back in Sunday’s Francis Cummins Testimonial.
Leeds Rhinos Head Coach Tony Smith has named his strongest side of the pre-season campaign with Great Britain international Keith Senior making his come back in Sunday's Francis Cummins Testimonial game against Huddersfield Giants at Headingley, kick off 3pm. Senior returns after recovering from the broken thumb he suffered in the final Ashes game for Great Britain. Sunday's match will also be the first time that Smith comes up against his former club since moving from the McAlpine Stadium to Headingley at the end of last season. Matt Adamson is ruled out with the shoulder injury he picked up in the win over Wakefield last Friday whilst Marcus Bai will have a fitness test on Saturday morning to check the ankle injury he aggravated last week, Mark Calderwood is on stand by to come in for Bai, if he fails the fitness test. Smith has also announced that Francis Cummins will be the captain for the day on his Testimonial and lead the team out. Admission for the game is £10 for adults and £5 for concessions. The team in full is: 1. Gary Connolly 22. Marcus Bai or 18. Mark Calderwood 05. Chev Walker 04. Keith Senior 02. Francis Cummins (c) 06. Danny McGuire 14. Andrew Dunemann 08. Ryan Bailey 09. Matt Diskin 10. Barrie McDermott 11. Dave Furner 16. Willie Poching 13. Kevin Sinfield Replacements 07. Rob Burrow 19. Danny Ward 17. Wayne McDonald 03. Chris McKenna 20. Jamie Jones-Buchanan 15. Chris Feather 25. Jason Netherton