Match Stat Pack

SAINTS travel to Castleford Tigers tonight in a big First Utility Super League tie.

It’s first versus second at the Mend-a-Hose Jungle and Nathan Brown’s men head into the match with an unbeaten record.

The omens are good too as we’ve have won our last eleven meetings with Castleford.

The Tigers’ last win against us was a 30-24 victory at The Jungle on April 6, 2008 but Saints have emerged victorious from five consecutive away visits since then.

Last Ten Meetings:
Castleford 24, St Helens 40 (SLR21, 7/7/13)
St Helens 48, Castleford 18 (SLR10, 1/4/13)
St Helens 44, Castleford 12 (SLR25, 17/8/12)
Castleford 12, St Helens 18 (SLR11, 9/4/12)
Castleford 26, St Helens 46 (SLR23, 31/7/11)
St Helens 22, Castleford 20 (SLR12, 25/4/11)
St Helens 40, Castleford 30 (SL27, 4/9/10)
Castleford 18, St Helens 52 (SLR10, 5/4/10)
St Helens 50, Castleford 10 (SLR16, 12/6/09)
Castleford 22, St Helens 68 (SLR10, 19/4/09)

Super League Summary:
Castleford won 4
St Helens won 30 (includes win in 1999 play-offs)
1 draw

Highs and Lows:
Castleford highest score: 36-22 (H, 2002) (Widest margin: 35-16, H, 1997)
St Helens highest score: 72-4 (A, 2006) (also widest margin)

Career Milestones:
Captain Paul Wellens needs just one point to reach 1,000 for his career.

He has scored 953 points (218 tries, 40 goals, 1 field goal) for St Helens since 1998 as well as Great Britain (18 – 4 tries, 1 goal), England (16 – 4 tries) and Lancashire (12 – 3 tries).

Super League Milestones:
Paul Wellens needs one appearance to become Super League’s all-time leader for appearances.

He moved level with Keith Senior after starting at scrum-half in St Helens’ dramatic win against Leeds in Round Seven – and is one game ahead of Rhinos captain Kevin Sinfield.

1. Keith Senior (Leeds/Sheffield, 1996-2011) and Paul Wellens (St Helens, 1998-present) – 413
3. Kevin Sinfield (Leeds, 1997-present) – 412
4. Lee Gilmour (Castleford/Huddersfield/St Helens/Bradford/Wigan, 1997-present) – 394
5. Jamie Peacock (Leeds/Bradford, 1999-present) – 392
6. Danny Orr (Castleford/Harlequins/Wigan, 1997-2012) and Leon Pryce (Catalan /St Helens/Bradford, 1998-present) – 382
8. Keiron Cunningham (St Helens, 1996-2010) – 381
9. Lee Briers (Warrington/St Helens, 1997-2013) – 380
10.  Andy Lynch (Castleford/Hull FC/Bradford, 1999-present) – 374

Try-Scoring Runs:
Tommy Makinson (1-2-1-2-2) has scored tries in Saints’ last five games.

Consecutive Appearances:
Hull FC’s Danny Houghton has the longest run of consecutive appearances amongst Super League players, with 48.

Houghton last missed a Hull game on 3 August, 2012 – a 48-10 defeat at Wigan.

His streak then started on 12 August, 2012 – a 30-10 home win against Catalan Dragons.

1. Danny Houghton (Hull FC) 48
2. Josh Jones (St Helens) 42
3. Danny Addy (Bradford Bulls) 37
4. Zak Hardaker (Leeds Rhinos) 32
5. Ben Cockayne (Hull Kingston Rovers (8)/Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (17) 25

First Utility Super League Leading Scorers:
(League games only)

Tries:
1. Tom Makinson (St Helens) 8
2. Justin Carney (Castleford Tigers) and Kevin Brown (Widnes Vikings) 7
4. Jermaine McGillvary (Huddersfield Giants) and Omari Caro (Hull Kingston Rovers) 6

Goals:
1. Luke Walsh (St Helens) 28
2. Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) and Jarrod Sammut (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats) 25
4. Kevin Sinfield (Leeds Rhinos) and Danny Tickle (Widnes Vikings) 22

Goals Percentage:
1. Marc Sneyd (Castleford Tigers) 90.90 (20/22)
2. Luke Walsh (St Helens) 90.32 (28/31)
3. Jarrod Sammut (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats) 89.28 (25/28)
4. Danny Tickle (Widnes Vikings) 84.61 (22/26)
5. Jamie Foster (Bradford Bulls) 83.33 (15/18)

Points:
1. Luke Walsh (St Helens) 64
2. Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) and Jarrod Sammut (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats) 54
4. Kevin Sinfield (Leeds Rhinos) 52
5. Danny Tickle (Widnes Vikings) 48

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