Match Stat Pack

Saints face Widnes at the Magic Weekend on Saturday - the first time the two sides have met at the event.

Magic Weekend Summary:

St Helens: Won 5, Lost 5, Drawn 1
Widnes: Won 2, Lost 4

Last Ten Meetings:

Widnes 6, St Helens 28 (SLR9, 2/4/18)
St Helens 26, Widnes 10 (SLR18, 9/6/17)
Widnes 16, St Helens 14 (SLR11, 21/4/17)
Widnes 8, St Helens 21 (SLS8-R6, 18/9/16)
St Helens 12, Widnes 10 (SLR21, 8/7/16)
Widnes 12, St Helens 20 (SLR8, 28/3/16)
St Helens 36, Widnes 20 (CCQF, 28/6/15)
St Helens 34, Widnes 16 (SLR12, 24/4/15)
Widnes 20, St Helens 30 (SLR5, 13/3/15)
St Helens 44, Widnes 22 (SLR22, 25/7/14)

Super League Summary:

St Helens won 20
Widnes won 3

Highs and Lows:

St Helens highest score: 62-0 (H, 2012) (also widest margin)
Widnes highest score: 40-26 (H, 2014) (also widest margin)

Super League Head to Head:

SaintsWidnes
Tries79 (1st)40 (7th)
Goals68 (1st)39 (8th)
Metres19,816 (1st)15,437 (9th)
Breaks108 (1st)57 (9th)
Tackles4,643 (4th)4,549 (7th)
Penalties99 (11th)100 (10th)

Potential Saints and Widnes Milestones:

James Roby needs one try to reach a century of touchdowns for St Helens. He has scored 99 tries in 411 games for the Saints since 2004.

Rhys Hanbury needs one appearance to reach 200 whilst in the British game. He has played 169 games for Widnes since 2012, to go with 30 appearances for Crusaders (2010-2011).

Stefan Marsh needs one appearance to reach 150 for his career. He has played 136 games for Widnes (2010, loan, & 2012-2018), and was previously with Wigan (12 games, 2010-2011). Whilst with the Warriors, he also played one loan game for Whitehaven (2010).

Patrick Ah Van needs three tries to reach a century of touchdowns whilst in the British game. He has scored 85 tries for Widnes since 2012, to go with 12 for Bradford (2011).

Chris Dean needs one appearance to reach 150 for Widnes. He initially made his Vikings debut on loan from St Helens – in a 40-30 National League One home defeat to Halifax on 8 June, 2008. He scored two tries in the game.

Try-Scoring Runs:

Regan Grace (1-2-2-1) has scored tries in our last four matches.

Betfred Super League Leading Scorers:

Tries:
1 Ben Barba (St Helens) 15
2 Mark Percival (St Helens) 13
3 Fetuli Talanoa (Hull FC) 12
4 = Oliver Gildart (Wigan Warriors), Liam Marshall (Wigan Warriors) 9
6 = Ash Handley (Leeds Rhinos), Jonny Lomax (St Helens), Tom Johnstone (Wakefield Trinity), Ben Jones-Bishop (Wakefield Trinity), Tom Lineham (Warrington Wolves), Joe Burgess (Wigan Warriors) 8

Goals:
1 Danny Richardson (St Helens) 68
2 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 47
3 Sam Tomkins (Wigan Warriors) 42
4 Ryan Shaw (Hull Kingston Rovers) 41
5 Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos) 33
6 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 31
7 Liam Finn (Wakefield Trinity) 30
8 Tom Gilmore (Widnes Vikings) 28
9 Stefan Ratchford (Warrington Wolves) 25
10 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 23

Goals Percentage:
1 Jake Connor (Hull FC) 100.00 (11/11)
2 Ryan Shaw (Hull Kingston Rovers) 89.13 (41/46)
3 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 86.11 (31/36)
4 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 85.18 (23/27)
5 Tom Gilmore (Widnes Vikings) 84.84 (28/33)
6 Lucas Albert (Catalans Dragons) 80.00 (12/15)
7 Robert Lui (Salford Red Devils) 78.57 (22/28)
8 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 78.33 (47/60)
9 Stefan Ratchford (Warrington Wolves) 78.12 (25/32)
10 Danny Richardson (St Helens) 76.40 (68/89)

Points:
1 Danny Richardson (St Helens) 146
2 Ryan Shaw (Hull Kingston Rovers) 106
3 Sam Tomkins (Wigan Warriors) 105
4 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 102
5 Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos) 94
6 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 70
7 Liam Finn (Wakefield Trinity) 68
8 Stefan Ratchford (Warrington Wolves) 66
9 = Ben Barba (St Helens) 60, Tom Gilmore (Widnes Vikings) 60, Robert Lui (Salford Red Devils) 60

Magic Weekend – Event Records:

Most Appearances:
Warrington’s Kevin Brown is the only player to have appeared at all eleven previous Magic events. He has played for Warrington (2017), Widnes (2013-2016) and Huddersfield (2007-2012) at the event.

Highest Attendances:
68,276 (2016)
(Saturday: 40,871 – 2015)
(Sunday: 32,953 – 2012)

Highest Score:
Warrington 68 Salford 16 (2010)
Warrington 68 Widnes 4 (2012)

Widest Margin:
Warrington 68 Widnes 4 (2012)

Most Tries By A Team:
12 Warrington 68 Salford 16 (2010)
12 Warrington 68 Widnes 4 (2012)

Most Points By A Losing Team:
Bradford 38 Leeds 42 (2007)

Fastest Try:
1 min, 0 secs Chris Riley (Warrington v St Helens, 2013)

Most Tries By A Player:
5 Joel Monaghan (Warrington v Widnes, 2012)
5 Danny McGuire (Leeds v Bradford, 2012)

Most Goals By A Player:
10 Gareth O’Brien (Warrington v Widnes, 2012)

Most Points By A Player:
27 Sean Long (St Helens v Wigan, 2008)
(3 tries, 7 goals, 1 field goal)

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