The Saints can confirm that Mark Percival has had a procedure for a foot injury, which is expected to keep him out of action for five to six weeks.
Percival had the surgery on Monday 10th June for a bone spur injury in his ankle.
The star centre has been in strong form in the 2025 season, missing just two games in the campaign to date and featuring for the Red V 14 times. ‘The Prince’ has also scored three tries, set up a further five, and kicked 29 goals before this injury setback.
Paul Wellens confirmed the news with the St Helens Star on Tuesday afternoon, and said: “It is really unfortunate that it has happened now because we have had a cluster of injuries around the same time, which is not ideal. But Mark had got to the point where something needed doing if he was going to be able to finish the season strongly so we had to make a strong call there, albeit a disappointing one.”
“You can never question Mark’s toughness – but he has been uncomfortable there for a while and there was a strong thought that we would be able to manage it throughout the course of the year. That has proved not to be the case now. He was feeling the pain and we had it re-investigated and had to come to a decision moving forward and there was only one decision – get it fixed.
“He has been having this problem for a while and having this procedure done will almost certainly alleviate those problems moving forward.”
The Saints Head Coach will be holding his weekly pre-match press conference ahead of Sunday’s away fixture against Salford this Thursday afternoon, and he will provide the latest news on his squad and preview the match. Saints TV subscribers will be able to watch the press conference in full on Thursday evening.
All at the Club would like to wish Mark a speedy recovery, and look forward to seeing him back in action soon.
