Sculthorpe returns for Saints

Great Britain captain Paul Sculthorpe will return for St Helens' engage Super League home game against London Broncos on Friday.

The loose forward missed Saints' last two matches with a recurrence of the hamstring injury which has plagued him for most of the season, but he is determined not to miss any more action.

"He was in a dirty mood sat next to me for the Salford game and there was no way I could tell him he wasn't going to be playing next week," said coach Daniel Anderson.

The bad news for St Helens is that hooker Mick Higham is facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines after more scans on his foot showed the injury to be more serious than first thought.

The Great Britain international has sat out the last three matches and has now been told he will be out for at least six more weeks.

Prop Nick Fozzard returns to face the Broncos after sitting out last week's win at Salford and winger Darren Albert should be back for next week's blockbusting Challenge Cup showdown with Wigan.