St.Helens Head Coach Paul Wellens has announced his 21-man squad for this Saturday’s Betfred Super League fixture against Wigan Warriors as part of MAGIC WKND 2024.
Kick-off is scheduled for 5pm at Elland Road in Leeds, and serves as the second of three matches to be played on Saturday. Every team in the competition of Super League will head to the home of Leeds United FC this weekend to play out each match of Round 22 as part of MAGIC WKND.
✨ MAGIC WKND 2024 SCHEDULE
Saturday, 17th August
Hull FC vs London Broncos – 2:30pm
Wigan Warriors vs St.Helens – 5:00pm
Warrington Wolves vs Leeds Rhinos – 7:30pm
Sunday, 18th August
Leigh Leopards vs Salford Red Devils – 1:30pm
Catalans Dragons vs Hull KR – 4:00pm
Huddersfield Giants vs Castleford Tigers – 6:30pm
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The Saints will be wearing our limited-edition 24 MAGIC WKND Kit which is a mid-blue strip that has been designed to highlight the fantastic work that continues to be done by our local community clubs – read more on our new kit – The Fabric Of Our Club.
St.Helens head to Elland Road on the back of two wins, the latest of which was a dramatic Golden Point extra-time home victory over a tricky Salford Red Devils side. The week before, the Saints secured a dominant away day win over Hull FC.
Sat currently fourth in the table and with injuries continuing to make matters tough, Saints are looking to get a third positive result in a row and try move up the league table as we head into back-end of the regular campaign.
Our opponents on Saturday, Wigan, are level on points with Hull KR in first place but are second due to points difference. The Warriors have now caught up on the game in hand they had for the majority of the season but come into MAGIC WKND on the back of a disappointing away loss to Leeds Rhinos who are just outside the play-off spots.
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📰 SQUAD NEWS
Head Coach Wellens makes four changes to the squad that got the two league points against Salford. Unfortunately, injuries picked up in that win over the Red Devils will keep Mark Percival, Lewis Dodd, and Daryl Clark out of selection for a few weeks.
For Percival, he has picked up an Achilles injury which is expected to keep him out for around four to six weeks, and it is a similar timeframe for both Dodd and Clark, Lewis suffered some elbow damage, whilst Daryl has a foot fracture.
Morgan Knowles also begins serving a two-match suspension that was issued by the Match Review Panel from Round 21.
Wellens has four of our younger Saints step in with prop George Delaney available after a brief spell on the sidelines with an injury. Jonny Vaughan who has been in and out of the squad in recent weeks and playing at dual-registration partners Swinton Lions is back in the 21.
Half-back Will Roberts and forward Leon Cowen are also named in the team, and if either are selected to play at Elland Road they would make their official St.Helens and Super League debuts.
St.Helens 21-man squad vs Wigan Warriors (MAGIC WKND)
2. Tommy Makinson, 3. Waqa Blake, 5. Jon Bennison, 8. Alex Walmsley, 10. Matty Lees, 12. Joe Batchelor, 14. Moses Mbye, 15. James Bell ,16. Curtis Sironen, 17. Agnatius Paasi, 19. Matt Whitley, 20. George Delaney, 21. Ben Davies, 22. Sam Royle, 24. Jake Burns, 25. Tee Ritson, 29. Will Roberts, 30. Jonny Vaughan, 31. Noah Stephens, 32. Leon Cowen, 33. Harry Robertson
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