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Last Ten Meetings:

Leeds 24, St Helens 22 (SLR20, 29/6/17)
St Helens 6, Leeds 4 (SLR1, 9/2/17)
St Helens 38, Leeds 34 (SLR12, 22/4/16)
Leeds 30, St Helens 18 (SLR6, 18/3/16)
Leeds 20, St Helens 13 (SLSF, 2/10/15)
Leeds 18, St Helens 32 (SLS8-R4, 4/9/15)
Leeds 24, St Helens 14 (CCSF, 31/7/15) (at Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington)
Leeds 46, St Helens 18 (SLR20, 3/7/15)
St Helens 16, Leeds 41 (SLR11, 17/4/15)
Leeds 12, St Helens 13 (SLR25, 29/8/14)

Super League Summary:

Leeds won 30 (includes wins in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 Grand Finals; 1998, 2005, 2013 and 2015 play-offs)
St Helens won 33 (includes wins in 1999, 2001, 2007 and 2008 play-offs)

Highs and Lows:

Leeds highest score: 74-16 (H, 2001) (Widest margin: 70-0, H, 2004)
St Helens highest score: 62-18 (H, 1999) (Widest margin: 56-10, H, 2004)

Head to Heads:

Milestones:

Mark Percival needs one appearance to reach 100 for his career. He has played 95 games for St Helens since 2013, to go with 3 appearances for England (2016). He has also played 1 dual-registration game for Rochdale (2014).

Tommy Makinson needs two tries to reach a career century of touchdowns. He has scored 95 times for St Helens since 2011, to go with 3 dual-registration scores for Rochdale (2013). He also made one non-scoring appearance for Whitehaven in the same season.

Ryan Hall needs one appearance to reach 300 for Leeds. Hall made his Rhinos debut as a substitute in a 42-38 win against Bradford at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, on 6 May 2007.

James Roby needs three tries to reach 100 for St Helens. He has touched down 97 times in 393 games for the Saints since 2004.

Super League Milestones:

(Players reaching significant figures in Super League games only, including play-offs & Super League Super 8s)

Rob Burrow needs two tries to draw level with David Hodgson in eighth place in the list of Super League’s all-time leaders.

1 Danny McGuire (Leeds, 2001-present) 233
2 = Keith Senior (Leeds/Sheffield, 1996-2011), Paul Wellens (St Helens, 1998-2015) 199
4 Ryan Hall (Leeds, 2007-present) 186
5 Leon Pryce (Hull FC/Catalans Dragons/St Helens/Bradford, 1998-2016) 173
6 Ryan Atkins (Warrington/Wakefield, 2006-present) 171
7 Luke Dorn (Castleford/London Broncos/Harlequins/Salford, 2005-2016) 170
8 David Hodgson (Hull KR/Huddersfield/Salford/Wigan/Halifax, 1999-2014) 168
9 Rob Burrow (Leeds, 2001-present) 166
10 Kirk Yeaman (Hull FC, 2001-2016) 159

Tommy Makinson – 1 appearance away from 150 (149 for St Helens, 2011-2017)

Liam Sutcliffe – 1 appearance away from 100 (4 for Bradford, 2014 and 95 for Leeds, 2013-2017)

Kallum Watkins – 1 try away from 100 (99 for Leeds, 2008-2017)

Betfred Super League Leading Scorers:

(League games & Super 8s only)

Tries:
1 Greg Eden (Castleford Tigers) 34
2 Liam Marshall (Wigan Warriors) 20
3 = Jermaine McGillvary (Huddersfield Giants), Albert Kelly (Hull FC), Ben Jones-Bishop (Wakefield Trinity) 18
6 = Greg Minikin (Castleford Tigers), Tom Lineham (Warrington Wolves), Joe Burgess (Wigan Warriors) 16
9 = Jamie Shaul (Hull FC), Joel Moon (Leeds Rhinos), Mason Caton-Brown (Wakefield Trinity) 15

Goals:
1 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 112
2 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 81
3 Mark Percival (St Helens) 76
4 Liam Finn (Wakefield Trinity) 72
5 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 69
6 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 52
7 Ben Reynolds (Leigh Centurions) 48
8 Michael Dobson (Salford Red Devils) 46
9 Liam Sutcliffe (Leeds Rhinos) 45
10 Gareth O’Brien (Salford Red Devils) 35

Goals Percentage:
1 = Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 90.00 (81/90), Tony Gigot (Catalans Dragons) 90.00 (9/10)
3 Jake Connor (Hull FC) 86.95 (20/23)
4 Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos) 85.71 (18/21)
5 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 85.18 (69/81)
6 Martyn Ridyard (Huddersfield Giants/Leigh Centurions) 84.84 (28/33)
7 Liam Finn (Wakefield Trinity) 83.72 (72/86)
8 Paul McShane (Castleford Tigers) 83.33 (10/12)
9 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 81.15 (112/138)
10 = Ben Reynolds (Leigh Centurions) 80.00 (48/60), Tommy Makinson (St Helens) 80.00 (8/10)

Points:
1 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 278
2 Mark Percival (St Helens) 208
3 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 184
4 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 150
5 Liam Finn (Wakefield Trinity) 148
6 Greg Eden (Castleford Tigers) 136
7 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 123
8 Ben Reynolds (Leigh Centurions) 120
9 Michael Dobson (Salford Red Devils) 116
10 Liam Sutcliffe (Leeds Rhinos) 111

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