SAINTS face Catalan tonight – and the Dragons are unbeaten at Langtree Park.
They’ve won on both their previous visits to Langtree Park (2012, 2013) with Saints’ last ‘home’ win against the Dragons was 40-18 at Widnes on 15 July, 2011.
Super League Summary:
St Helens won 10
Catalan Dragons won 7
Highs and Lows:
St Helens highest score: 53-10 (H, 2007) (also widest margin)
Catalan Dragons highest score: 34-32 (A, 2012) (Widest margin: 21-0, H, 2007)
Career Milestones:
Paul Wellens needs one appearance to reach 500 for his career.
He has played 464 games for St Helens since 1998, to go with representative appearances for Great Britain (20 Tests, 2001-2002 & 2004-2007), England (11 games, 2000-2001 & 2008) and Lancashire (4 games, 2001-2003).
He also needs one point to reach 1,000 for his career. He has scored 953 points (218 tries, 40 goals, 1 field goal) for St Helens, and representative points for Great Britain (18 – 4 tries, 1 goal), England (16 – 4 tries) and Lancashire (12 – 3 tries).
Jon Wilkin needs one appearance to reach 350 for his career.
Wilkin has played 288 games for St Helens since 2003 – and was previously with Hull KR, where he made 39 appearances (2000-2002).
He also has representative appearances for Great Britain (6 Tests, 2006-2007) and England (16 games, 2004-2005, 2008-2009 & 2011-2012).
Consecutive Appearances:
Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook has the longest run of consecutive appearances amongst Super League players, with 59.
McCarthy-Scarsbrook last missed a Saints game on 17 March, 2012 – a 12-8 defeat at Bradford.
His streak then started on 25 March, 2012 – a 46-6 home victory against Leeds.
1 Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook (St Helens) 59
2 Craig Huby (Castleford Tigers) 49
3 Danny Houghton (Hull FC) 44
4 Josh Jones (St Helens) 38
5 Jordan Turner (St Helens (34)/Hull FC (2) 36
Tickets for the match remain on sale from the Ticket Office at Langtree Park and there will be cash turnstiles before the match too on the North and West Stands.
