Saints have allocated the prop forward his old No.8 jersey instead of Jason Cayless who returned to Australia at the conclusion of the 2009 campaign.

New boy Sia Soliola takes the No.4 shirt – last worn during Super League X111 by fellow centre Willie Talau, now at Salford.

Tony Puletua has been handed the No.11 jersey and Scott Moore given the former's No.16 top, while Kyle Eastmond will don the coveted No.7 jersey in place of Sean Long, now at Hull FC.

Academy starlets Jack Bradbury and Lee Gaskell have also been promoted to the first team squad of 32 players.

Saints Squad 2010: 1 Paul Wellens 2 Ade Gardner, 3 Matt Gidley, 4 Sia Soliola, 5 Francis Meli, 6 Leon Pryce, 7 Kyle Eastmond, 8 Nick Fozzard, 9 Keiron Cunningham, 10 James Graham 11 Tony Puletua, 12 Jon Wilkin, 13 Chris Flannery 14 James Roby, 15 Bryn Hargreaves, 16 Scott Moore, 17 Paul Clough, 18 Matty Ashurst, 19 Chris Dean, 20 Gareth Frodsham, 21 Gary Wheeler, 22 Andrew Dixon, 23 Maurie Fa'asavalu, 24 Jonny Lomax, 25 Jacob Emmitt, 26 Tom Armstrong, 27 Jamie Ellis, 28 Sean Magennis, 29 Andrew Yates, 30 Jamie Foster, 31 Jack Bradbury, 32 Lee Gaskell.