Bulls coach Brian Noble admits he faces a major selection headache for their crunch Super League clash with St Helens on Saturday night.

Star back-row pair Mike Forshaw and Jamie Peacock come back into the squad after being rested for the win over Salford and are fully expected to win back their places in the starting line-up.

"It means that two players who were in action at the weekend are going to be disappointed," admitted Noble.

"That's not going to be an easy choice for me but I would rather have it that way than be scratching around for players.

"At the moment we only have Stuart Spruce and Nathan McAvoy unavailable and it is a very good position to be in at this stage of the season."

With Peacock and Forshaw restored to the back of the scrum it would appear to leave Shane Rigon battling it out with Scott Naylor and Graham Mackay for the right centre slot with Lee Radford fighting for a place on the bench.

Nathan McAvoy will have to wait for at least another week to win his first team recall. He has his third outing with the Alliance side against St Helens at Odsal tonight (7.30) as he recovers from a knee reconstruction.

The Bulls currently head the table having lost just one of their nine games. Opponents Saints are in eighth spot with four wins from their 11 starts.

Bulls under-21s: (from) Sykes, Duckett, Reardon, McAvoy, Lewis, Wilkinson, Redfearn, McDowell, Green, Birchall, Stanley, L Parker, R Parker, Swift, Ellis, Coates, White, Halmshaw.