OPPOSITION PROFILE: ST HELENS

All the info you need to know about the League Leaders ahead of our clash on Friday Night

By Jack Robinson

Friday evening sees us travel to the North West, to face League Leaders Shield winners, St Helens. A win will all but seal our fate in the Betfred Super League next season. However, the hosts have a 100% record at home this season, and a win on Friday night will see them win all their home games in a season for the first time since 2002.

Saints have won their last four games in the league, with their last defeat in the league being a 32-12 defeat against the London Broncos, albeit it with a heavily rotated side. They beat the Castleford Tigers 4-0, in a tight contest at the Totally Wicked Stadium, last Friday night.

However, they suffered a defeat at Wembley in the Challenge Cup final to Warrington, losing 18-4 to the Wolves in the capital. That means little for the league though, as the Saints sit 16 points clear at the top of table, Wigan Warriors the club closest to them on 32 points.

.@Saints1890 so far this season:

- Top of the league
- Most points scored
- Least points conceded
- Most tries
- Most metres
- Most tackle busts
- Most clean breaks

🤯🤯🤯 pic.twitter.com/Xj875AOxPf

— Betfred Super League (@SuperLeague) July 17, 2019

The two sides have already met three times so far this season, twice in the league and once in the cup. The first meeting in mid-March finished 40-12 to the Saints. The second was two months later in the Coral Challenge Cup, Saints winning at the John Smith’s Stadium for the second time in 2019, 22-16. The two sides then also met a month later, in mid-June, Saints winning 38-2 at the Totally Wicked Stadium.

🔥 @ReganGrace5 scored the only points of the game last night, after, @Saints1890 lifted the League Leaders' Shield! Watch 🍿 #SLStHCas pic.twitter.com/rLiKYXB20U

— Betfred Super League (@SuperLeague) August 31, 2019

Star Player: Lachlan Coote

Saints’ off-season recruit, Lachlan Coote came in this season and has more than filled for boots of former Saints number 23, Ben Barba.

Coote has featured in 20 of the Saints’ 27 Betfred Super League fixtures so far this campaign. He has made 2038 metres so far this season, with an average carry of 6.79 metres. He has also taken up goal-kicking duties for the Saints, he has converted 86 of his 117 attempts.

The Saints fullback has scored 14 tries this season, as well as adding 19 assists for his teammates.