IT goes without saying that without the staff the tours would never get off the ground!
In the six trips to date there have been 26 different staff members accompanying the players.
Many have been multiple tourists, many have a long established association with the club and others have left for pastures new.
Perhaps a key factor of the club’s success with youth development has been the continuity of coaches over the last 15 years and this is reflected by six staff members from the inaugural tour in 2004 will be members of the 2015 touring party.
The wealth of experience and knowledge has long been an important factor and on this trip alone we have the club CEO, two playing legends with in excess 700 appearances for St Helens and a Championship head coach.
In fact doing some quick sums the 2015 staff members more than 30 tours worth of experience!
2004 – Staff
Mike Rush, Derek Traynor, Neil Kilshaw, Gordon Pennington, Eric Chisnall, Eric Frodsham, Paul Molyneux, Dave Woods
2006 – Staff
Mike Rush, Derek Traynor, Neil Kilshaw, Eric Chisnall, Ian Talbot, Ste Leonard, Dave Woods, Mick Oxley, Matt Daniels, Nathan Mill, Glynn Walsh, Tommy Frodsham, Ian Davies
2009 – Staff
Mike Rush, Derek Traynor, Eric Chisnall, Eric Frodsham, Ian Talbot, Dave Woods, Paul Molyneux, Ste Leonard, Paul Leyland, Keiron Purtill, Ross Mitchell, Ian Lomax, Gordon Pennington, Glynn Walsh, Mick Oxley, Dave Woods
2011 – Staff
Mike Rush, Derek Traynor, Eric Chisnall, Eric Frodsham, Neil Kilshaw, Dave Woods, Paul Molyneux, Ste Leonard, Andy McDonough, Derek Hardman, Tommy Martyn, Neil Belshaw
2013 – Staff
Mike Rush, Derek Traynor, Eric Chisnall, Neil Kilshaw, Dave Woods, Paul Molyneux, Ste Leonard, Derek Hardman, Tommy Martyn, Ian Talbot, Dave Weldon
2015 – Staff
Mike Rush, Derek Traynor, Eric Chisnall, Dave Woods, Neil Kilshaw, Paul Molyneux, Ste Leonard, Eric Frodsham, Ian Talbot, Tommy Martyn, Jonny Skinner
