Magic Weekend Preview

Saints head to Newcastle on Saturday to take on Hull FC in the Magic Weekend.

Squads:

Both sides have named their 19 man squads – you can read more here.

Magic Weekend Summary:

Hull FC: Won 4, Lost 6
St Helens: Won 4, Lost 5, Drawn 1

Last Ten Meetings:

Hull FC 24, St Helens 14 (SLR4, 10/3/17)
St Helens 31, Hull FC 10 (SLS8-R4, 2/9/16)
Hull FC 32, St Helens 24 (SLR16, 28/5/16)
St Helens 18, Hull FC 47 (CCR6, 8/5/16)
St Helens 16, Hull FC 17 (SLR9, 1/4/16)
St Helens 22, Hull FC 32 (SLS8-R2, 14/8/15)
Hull FC 10, St Helens 17 (SLR15, 22/5/15)
St Helens 20, Hull FC 28 (SLR9, 6/4/15)
Hull FC 19, St Helens 12 (SLR23, 1/8/14)
St Helens 34, Hull FC 22 (SLR2, 21/2/14)

Super League Summary:

Hull FC won 16
St Helens won 27 (includes win in 2006 Grand Final & wins in 2001 and 2006 play-offs)
3 draws

Highs and Lows:

Hull FC highest score: 44-6 (H, 2005) (also widest margin)
St Helens highest score: 74-16 (H, 1999) (also widest margin)

Head to Head Season Stats:

SaintsHull FC
Tries4252
Goals3562
Metres16,30416,393
Breaks6873
Tackles4,4204,336
Penalties99115

Magic Weekend – Event Records:

Most appearances:

Warrington’s Kevin Brown is the only current player to have appeared at all ten previous Magic events.

Eorl Crabtree is the only other player to appear at all ten previous Magic events, having featured for Huddersfield between 2007 and 2016.

Most Tries:

1 Ryan Hall (Leeds Rhinos) 9
2 Joel Monaghan (Warrington Wolves) 8
3 = Ryan Atkins (Warrington Wolves/Wakefield Trinity Wildcats), Jodie Broughton (Catalans Dragons/Huddersfield Giants/Salford City Reds), Ade Gardner (Hull Kingston Rovers/St Helens), Stefan Ratchford (Warrington Wolves/Salford City Reds), Paul Wellens (St Helens) 7
8 = Ben Jones-Bishop (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats/Salford Red Devils/Leeds Rhinos), Shaun Lunt (Hull Kingston Rovers/Huddersfield Giants), Denny Solomona (Castleford Tigers), Brent Webb (Leeds Rhinos), Elliott Whitehead (Catalans Dragons/Bradford Bulls), Michael Witt (London Broncos/Crusaders) 6

Most Goals:

1 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants/Wakefield Trinity Wildcats) 49
2 Kevin Sinfield (Leeds Rhinos) 39
3 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC/Castleford Tigers/Salford City Reds) 22
4 Pat Richards (Catalans Dragons/Wigan Warriors) 19
5 Danny Tickle (Widnes Vikings/Hull FC) 18

Most Points:

1 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants/Wakefield Trinity Wildcats) 118
2 Kevin Sinfield (Leeds Rhinos) 83
3 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC/Castleford Tigers/Salford City Reds) 52
4 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers/Bradford Bulls/Harlequins) 51
5 Pat Richards (Catalans Dragons/Wigan Warriors) 50

Magic Weekend – Game Records:

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)

Career & Club Milestones:

James Roby needs one try to reach a career century of touchdowns. Roby has touched down 91 times for St Helens since 2004, to go with 7 tries for England (2008-2013 & 2015) and 1 for Great Britain (2006-2007).

Tommy Makinson needs one appearance to reach 150 for St Helens. Makinson made his Saints debut as a substitute in a 56-22 win against Salford at The Willows on 18 February, 2011.

Point-Scoring Runs:

Marc Sneyd has the longest scoring streak amongst Super League players, having registered points in Hull FC’s last 18 matches. His scoring streak began with two goals in an 18-12 Super 8s home defeat to Wigan on 9 September, 2016.

Betfred Super League Leading Scorers:

Tries:

1 Greg Eden (Castleford Tigers) 15
2 Greg Minikin (Castleford Tigers) 13
3 Albert Kelly (Hull FC) 12
4 = Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers), Ben Jones-Bishop (Wakefield Trinity), Liam Marshall (Wigan Warriors) 10
7 Joel Moon (Leeds Rhinos) 9
8 = Jamie Shaul (Hull FC), Matt Parcell (Leeds Rhinos), Ben Murdoch-Masila (Salford Red Devils), Tom Lineham (Warrington Wolves) 8

Goals:

1 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 63
2 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 61
3 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 45
4 Mark Percival (St Helens) 32
5 Morgan Escare (Wigan Warriors) 30
6 = Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants), Gareth O’Brien (Salford Red Devils), Ben Reynolds (Leigh Centurions) 29
9 Liam Sutcliffe (Leeds Rhinos) 28
10 Sam Williams (Wakefield Trinity) 25

Goals Percentage:

1 Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos) 100.00 (10/10)
2 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 91.04 (61/67)
3 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 86.53 (45/52)
4 Liam Sutcliffe (Leeds Rhinos) 84.84 (28/33)
5 Liam Finn (Wakefield Trinity) 80.00 (20/25)
6 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 79.74 (63/79)
7 Ben Reynolds (Leigh Centurions) 78.37 (29/37)
8 Michael Dobson (Salford Red Devils) 76.92 (20/26)
9 Tom Gilmore (Widnes Vikings) 71.42 (15/21)
10 Declan Patton (Warrington Wolves) 70.37 (19/27)

Points:

1 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 168
2 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 135
3 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 97
4 Mark Percival (St Helens) 88
5 Gareth O’Brien (Salford Red Devils) 80
6 Morgan Escare (Wigan Warriors) 77
7 Liam Sutcliffe (Leeds Rhinos) 69
8 Ben Reynolds (Leigh Centurions) 66
9 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 64
10 = Michael Dobson (Salford Red Devils), Greg Eden (Castleford Tigers) 60

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