SAINTS coach Paul Wellens will weigh up scrum half Lewis Dodd’s fitness after today's training session before deciding whether to recall him for Saturday’s tough game at Hull KR (3pm).

Dodd has been sidelined for two weeks with a groin and rib issue, with Saints going with a combination of Jonny Lomax, Moses Mbye and Jack Welsby in the halves for the wins over Hull FC and Huddersfield.

Saints are in no desperate need to risk Dodd at this stage and could opt to still with the formation that ended last week’s tight win over Huddersfield.

Wellens said: “Lewis could potentially come back into the team this week again. He will train in that session to see how he is.

“Lewis has been good around the group, he has been energetic and I think a couple of weeks off is probably what he needed to get his body back to where it was at the start the year.”

There will be plenty of focus on Dodd on his return, especially as an announcement that he signed for NRL side South Sydney Rabbitohs does appear imminent now that the May 1 deadline has passed.

In the meantime, whatever is happening with the 22-year-old’s future will not be the main focus in the build up to what is suddenly a very tough game.

Rovers tore champions Wigan apart last weekend and repeatedly made good yards that style allows the likes of Mikey Lewis, Tyrone May and Jez Litten the opportunity to play off the back of that.

Rovers are a team that likes to move the ball, but that comes of the back of some big carries that Saints’ defence will have to meet head on.

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Wellens said: “Hull KR are obviously playing well, and they are very competitive.

“Willie Peters has done a really good job there and it is going to be a huge challenge.

“It’s always a tough place to go as well.

“It is an opportunity for us to go there and perform well against the team that are in form at the moment.

“They are a challenging team and they obviously showed that at the weekend against what is a top quality side in Wigan.”

With Warrington losing at Salford, Catalans being thrashed at Leigh and Wigan stumbling at Hull KR, it means Saints are top of Super League at the third-way mark.

Wellens admits there is plenty of work to do, but is content with where they sit.

“We’re pleased and happy with where we sit at the moment – we have had our challenges at the start of the season and we can’t get away from that, but we sit where sit for a reason.

“We don’t want to rest on our laurels - we want to continue to improve our performances and if we do that, we feel confident that that will tell in the league table,” he said.