SAINTS’ meeting with York City Knights is the first between the sides at Langtree Park.
Paul Wellens and Jon Wilkin were try-scorers in the last game between the clubs in the 2005 Challenge Cup with Head Coach Keiron Cunningham also playing in the fixture.
Previous Challenge Cup Meetings:
2005 (Round 5) St Helens 62 York 0
1972 (Quarter Final) York 5 St Helens 32
1927 (Round 1) York 9 St Helens 3
Last Meeting:
St Helens 62 York 0 (CCR5, 6/5/05)
Career Milestones:
Jon Wilkin needs three tries to reach a career century of touchdowns. His total of 97 has been scored as follows: 8 for Hull KR (2000-2002), 88 for St Helens (2003-2015) and 1 for England (2004-2005, 2008-2009 & 2011-2012). Wilkin also made 6 non-scoring appearances for Great Britain (2006-2007).
Club Milestones:
Tommy Makinson needs 20 points to reach 500 for St Helens. Makinson’s total of 480 has been reached with 77 tries and 86 goals in 117 games for Saints since 2011.
Consecutive Appearances:
Catalans Dragons’ Zeb Taia has the longest run of consecutive appearances amongst Super League players, with 48. Taia last missed a Dragons game on August 30 2013 – a 20-12 defeat against Leeds at Headingley. His streak then started on September 7 2013 – a 14-12 defeat against Warrington at Stade Gilbert Brutus.
1 Zeb Taia (Catalans Dragons) 48
2 Mose Masoe (St Helens) 44
3 Danny Washbrook (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats) 36
4 Elliott Whitehead (Catalans Dragons) 32
5 = Ian Henderson (Catalans Dragons), Jermaine McGillvary (Huddersfield Giants) 29
First Utility Super League Leading Scorers:
Tries:
1 Joe Burgess (Wigan Warriors) 14
2 = Tom Lineham (Hull FC), Dominic Manfredi (Wigan Warriors) 12
4 Jordan Turner (St Helens) 11
5 = Ken Sio (Hull Kingston Rovers), Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos), Tommy Makinson (St Helens) 10
8 = Justin Carney (Castleford Tigers), Joel Monaghan (Warrington Wolves) 9
10 = Aaron Murphy (Huddersfield Giants), Albert Kelly (Hull Kingston Rovers), Kevin Brown (Widnes Vikings) 8
Goals:
1 Josh Mantellato (Hull Kingston Rovers) 46
2 Matty Smith (Wigan Warriors) 43
3 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 41
4 Scott Dureau (Catalans Dragons) 40
5 Kevin Sinfield (Leeds Rhinos) 39
6 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 36
7 Stefan Ratchford (Warrington Wolves) 32
8 Travis Burns (St Helens) 30
9 = Josh Griffin (Salford Red Devils), Jack Owens (Widnes Vikings) 27
Goals Percentage:
1 Kevin Sinfield (Leeds Rhinos) 86.66 (39/45)
2 Danny Tickle (Widnes Vikings) 84.61 (11/13)
3 Scott Dureau (Catalans Dragons) 78.43 (40/51)
4 Josh Mantellato (Hull Kingston Rovers) 75.40 (46/61)
5 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 73.46 (36/49)
6 Josh Griffin (Salford Red Devils) 72.97 (27/37)
7 Tommy Makinson (St Helens) 72.72 (8/11)
8 Craig Hall (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats) 72.22 (26/36)
9 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 71.92 (41/57)
10 Matty Smith (Wigan Warriors) 71.66 (43/60)
Points:
1 Josh Mantellato (Hull Kingston Rovers) 116
2 Matty Smith (Wigan Warriors) 99
3 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 92
4 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 89
5 Kevin Sinfield (Leeds Rhinos) 88
6 Scott Dureau (Catalans Dragons) 86
7 Stefan Ratchford (Warrington Wolves) 76
8 Josh Griffin (Salford Red Devils) 74
9 Jack Owens (Widnes Vikings) 70
10 = Travis Burns (St Helens), Craig Hall (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats) 64