Team news and starting line-ups for Leeds Rhinos v Hull KR at the Headingley Carnegie Stadium in Super League on Friday, July 11 (kick-off 8pm). Read a match report and reaction at full-time.Hull KR
CHRIS Chester is in a fortunate position where he has players coming back from injury to make his team selection tough.
He has decided to go without Jordan Cox and Sonny Esslemont tonight. In their place come Neville Costigan and Liam Salter.
The PNG captain's experience at Headingley will be crucial, especially in the battle of the packs.
Adam Walker could also return after becoming the latest Robin to be stood down for one game for disciplinary reasons. Possible Hull KR line-up:: Eden; Caro, Hall, Welham, D.Hodgson; Burns, Keating; Weyman, J. Hodgson, A Walker; Horne, Lovegrove; Costigan.Subs: Carlile, Green, Larroyer, Netherton, Ollett, SalterLeeds Rhinos
LEEDS welcomes back captain Kevin Sinfield, Rob Burrow, Mitch Achurch and Carl Ablett as they look to keep the pressure on leaders St Helens. Leeds missed them last week against Wakefield and their inclusion tonight will please the Headingley faithful.Possible Leeds: Jones-Bishop; T. Briscoe, Watkins, Moon, Hall; McGuire, Sinfield; Ablett; S. Ward, Delaney; Bailey, Aiton; Peacock. Subs: Burrow, Achurch, Sutcliffe, Minichella, Mulhern, Walters.Players to watch
He may be back in the Leeds squad, but how fit is Kevin Sinfield?
Will he manage to get through the full 80 minutes after missing last week's defeat at Wakefield?
Leeds clearly missed his influence, not just directing his team around the pitch, but also with the referee. Sinfield has been accused of interrupting games by constantly chirping in the ear of the officials in order to influence their decisions.
And until the RFL do something about that, he'll continue to do so.
Opposite number Travis Burns is just as influential as Sinfield. He has been superb this season and you have to wonder where Rovers would be if he wasn't playing as well as he has been.
Burns is the ultimate competitor. He hates losing. He won't accept it and sets very high standards that he expects others to follow.
Sinfield got the better of Burns on the opening day of the season, but Burns is capable of exacting his revenge tonight.
Rovers needed him to perform well every week after the departure of Michael Dobson and he hasn't let them down. But it's his discipline that has been the biggest factor. Being handed the captain's armband has made him control his game and not get wound up as he did last season.Leeds form guide
LAST Friday's 16-14 defeat at Wakefield was the Rhinos' fourth defeat in their last seven league games.
It has led some pundits to think this is the beginning of the end of this Leeds team that has been at the top of their game for so long.
But write them off at your peril as the Rhinos have only lost once at Headingley this season to Huddersfield, and they are still second in the table.
Rovers were the last team to beat Leeds at Headingley before Huddersfield when a 16-12 win got the Robins a deserved win last August.Charlie Mullan's view
AS baptisms of fire go, Chris Chester was handed the fiercest of them all as a Super League coach.
First up was a test against the Super League leaders, which he passed with flying colours thanks to a 40-10 win.
Next up is a trip to second-placed Leeds at Headingley, where the Rhinos are notoriously hard to beat.
Of the last 13 home games Leeds have played under the Friday night lights, the Rhinos have won 12.
Chester will recall the other game vividly as it was Rovers who upset the odds to win 16-12 last August.
It's a formidable Rhinos record which Chester will hope to dent further tonight.
If he gets his players to play the way they did when bringing up Rovers' 200th Super League point, then a win is possible.
Their 1,568 metres was the second most this season with Greg Eden making 233 – the second highest in KR's Super League history, 67 behind his 300 at Catalan last season.
Jason Netherton chipped in with 107, his first 100-metre game since March 2009.
The Rhinos have looked vulnerable in recent weeks with their stingy defence being opened up more frequently.
In the first 14 games of the season, Leeds conceded an average of 1.6 tries a match. In their last five games, that has risen to 4.2.
Rampant Rovers were in the mood against Saints on Sunday. Turn up in the same frame of mind tonight, and anything is possible.
