Saints Tongan players, Will Hopoate, Agnatius Paasi and Konrad Hurrell have today done their bit for their people, by donating training gear back home as part of the Club's initiative.
The trio popped down to the Shining Lights Centre to drop off their kit and had a message for all our fans…
The Saints boss, who is also the Tongan National Head Coach also donated a large number of his coaching tops from his time at Saints to the Tonga cause on Friday. You can hear from him here.
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ โ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ง๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐น๐ด
The boss doing his bit for his Tongan people! ๐๐๐
Find out how you can get involved: https://t.co/JHv8tClRtY#COYS pic.twitter.com/b6jGJ2ejtA
— St.Helens R.F.C. (@Saints1890) March 3, 2022
Fans can drop off their rugby shirts/equipment at the home of our Saints Community Development Foundation โย The Shining Lights Centre, Forrest Road, St Helens, WA9 4AT โ between the hours of 9am-8pm.
Those who play for localย Community Clubโsย please drop these off with yourย St Helens Rugby League Committee Memberย who will arrange for these to be added to our container for transport.
The Club kick started the Tonga initiative by supplying 250 shirts from our existing stock as well as pairs of boots and equipment earlier in the week – watch that by clicking here.
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ โ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ง๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐น๐ด
Our generous fans have started donating replica shirts and sports clothing at the Shining Lights Centre as we look to fill a container to send to Tonga! ๐
Donate now!๐https://t.co/cTssNltzfP#COYS pic.twitter.com/rwh8XNbM3Z
— St.Helens R.F.C. (@Saints1890) March 2, 2022
After launching the Tonga relief project earlier this week, we have seen huge numbers of support and positivity with fans already donating rugby clothing and equipment to the cause.
A number of generous rugby league fans have also donated to the cause by the way of the Just Giving Fundraising page which can be accessed here: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/SaintsSupportingTongaย
For those that missed the big reveal, the Club launched an initiative which will see replica shirts and sports equipment sent to Tonga to help provide children with vital clothing and resources after the island was devastated recently following a Tsunami.
The Club also plans a hive of Tongan themed activity at the Saints vs Warrington clash on Friday 11 Marchย with more details revealed in due course.
St Helens have three Tongan players in our squad โ Konrad Hurrell, Will Hopoate and Agnatius Paasi whilst our Head Coach Kristian Woolf is also the Tongan National Coach and St Helens as a town will host Tonga at the Rugby League World Cup in 2022. Club Chaplain, Paul Johnson will also be the Tongan national teamโs Chaplain during the RLWC.
Follow the link below for all the details, including how you can get involved!
