If rank underdogs Hull are looking for good omens for Saturday, then the last time Saints did not turn up for the pre-match stadium-gazing, they lost to Halifax in 1987.

But Anderson, who says his 1-7 odds-on favourites are “confident but not cocky”, maintains it is the right decision not to make the Friday lunchtime trip from their Runnymede base. “I’m not going to Wembley on Friday – I’ve been there enough. I asked the players about it and not one single bloke wanted to go. It’s two hours out of our day,” he said.

“With all due respect, if there is to be a walkabout group it will be very, very small. We are in the same dressing rooms as last year and pretty confident with our knowledge of the place.”

The RFL are unhappy over Saints’ stance and RFL spokesman Craig Spence said: “We can understand their reason, but it is disappointing because it is an opportunity to raise the profile of the game nationally.”

Anderson will not name his starting line-up until an hour before kick-off, but club skipper Paul Sculthorpe definitely plays, as he comes towards the end of his final season for the club.

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