Hilder all clear for Roosters

Hilder, who pulled out of Sunday's game against Brisbane only a few hours before kick-off, was named in his regular position on the bench alongside Jesse Royal, Richie Fa'aoso and Danny Wicks.

The 25-year-old former Cronulla and Gold Coast utility was ruled out by Knights medical officers Neil Halpin and Peter McGeoch after experiencing dizziness, numbness and pins and needles down his left side and leg on Saturday night and again on game day.

But he had a series of tests on Monday, including MRI scans on his neck and brain and an angiogram to check for aneurysms, and the results were all negative.

Dr Halpin said Hilder had also suffered concussion several weeks ago and had experienced occasional headaches since then, as well as presenting with the other symptoms on Sunday.

"We're not quite sure what the reason for those symptoms were, but the tests have ruled out anything sinister like a brain tumour or cerebral haemorrhage," Dr Halpin said.

"He seems OK, and if he's still OK at the end of the week, we won't stand in his way."

Hilder said he felt relieved.

"I think they were a bit worried because of the symptoms I had," Hilder said.

"My neck had been real stiff, so I was doing a few nerve stretches last week to try to loosen it up a bit one of the scans showed up that I've got a bit of fluid there and they thought I might have pinched something.

"I had a little bit of a burning sensation in my neck after doing those stretches, and they thought that might have caused the symptoms.

"They did about three scans, and they were all clear, so if I don't get a repeat of the symptoms, I should be right to play this week.

"I've just got to see Neil on Friday for the final clearance. He wants to see me again to double-check that I've had no more symptoms."

Hilder, who has played 104 NRL games since his debut for the Sharks in 2003, said he had enjoyed a career relatively free of disruption.

"Hopefully last week is the only game I'll miss with this. We trained this morning, and I felt all right," he said yesterday. "I missed about six weeks last year with a medial tear in my knee, but that's about the worst thing I've had."

Coach Brian Smith named Adam MacDougall to return in the centres after the former NSW and Australian game-breaker had missed the past four games with a knee injury.

If he plays, MacDougall will replace Wes Naiqama, who will play fullback to allow Kurt Gidley to switch to halfback.

Regular No.7 Scott Dureau will have an MRI scan on his left ankle today. He is also recovering from injuries to his right knee and hip flexor sustained in the same Greg Eastwood tackle.

Roosters youngster Setaimata Sa is a surprise inclusion in the centres for Sunday's match.

Sa was ruled out for four to six weeks on Monday, but scan results came back better than expected and the utility is now rated a 50-50 chance of taking on the Knights.

Willie Mason and Mark O'Meley were also named after recovering from knee and hamstring injuries respectively.