Coach Brian Noble will pick from a squad missing only the injured Paul Anderson for tonight's grudge match against St Helens.

Anderson is not yet fully fit after knee surgery and the rampaging form of Richard Moore means Noble is in no hurry to rush him back. However, with Lee Radford back in contention after missing last week with a shin injury, Moore could be the one to miss out.

Either way, Noble has a tough decision, with the ever-presents Jamie Langley and Rob Parker and the effervescent

Karl Pratt all vying for places on the bench.

Saints come to Odsal with a terrible overall record in Super League, having won just two of 12 visits, but they do have recent history on their side. After losing their first nine Super League visits to Odsal, Saints have won two of three and seven of ten in all competitions. But if the Bulls win tonight they will consign their nemesis side to a dreaded trip

to Wigan in the first round of the play-offs.

That scenario wouldn't be part of his side's motivation, said Noble, who isn't expecting a repeat of the Easter Monday debacle when Saints boss Ian Millward fielded a vastly weakened side.

"I think Wigan will beat Warrington, so I think Saints will have to face the prospect of going there anyway," he said.

"But whoever turns up for them this time will be geared up and fired up. They'll be wanting to go into the play-offs with a win against us, but we are desperate for these two points.

"It is very important for us to finish second. We've set our stall out to do that and our form recently has been pretty good. We need to take that into tonight. It is all about the two points that will take us to where we want to be. We've worked hard this year and we'd like to finish off the regular season by having a week off before the play-offs."

A repeat of last week's stumbling performance against Warrington would prove fatal against a side like Saints, said Noble.

"We dropped the ball at silly times in the second half. We gave them a few sniffs and they took them. We can't afford for that to happen tonight."

Saints welcome key playmaker Sean Long back from suspension. Saints won 15 of 17 matches before Long and Martin Gleeson were suspended, but since then have won only seven of 14, slipping to fifth in the table.

Coach Ian Millward is hoping Long's return will help his side rediscover their form for the play-offs.

"I'm really happy for Sean that he's back and I'm happy for the fans and the other players," said Millward. "We've missed him an awful lot because he's a major contributor to everything we do. He's our quarter-back, he directs the team around the field."

The rivalry between the two giants of the modern game is set to reach an even higher peak tonight, which is something Noble welcomes.

"I think that is under the microscope because we have played them in so many big games. They are the team we face most in big games and we are continually compared with them. We have been the two dominant sides in the Super League era, so people are bound to draw those parallels and comparisons. Long may that continue."