Eight of our St.Helens Academy players have been selected for the second instalment of the 2025 Academy Origins Series!
The second match of the 2025 Academy Origin series takes place at Sewell Group Craven Park on Saturday, 2nd August with kick-off scheduled for 2pm.
St.Helens is one of the strongest represented clubs from the selection, with eight young Saints players across both squads, with seven in the Lancashire side and one in the Yorkshire team.
Our Saints that are in line to represent the Red Rose team are: Matthew Evans, Oliver Garmston, Tom Humphreys, Billy Keeley, Oscar Knox, Kian McGann and Alife Tate. Chris Matagi is in contention to play for the White Rose side.
Wigan’s Shane Eccles will be head coach of Lancashire with assistants Ryan O’Brien of Warrington and James Simpson MBE – a member of England’s Wheelchair World Cup winning squad in 2022 who has been head coach of Leeds Rhinos Wheelchair team for the last two seasons since retiring as a player. Castleford’s Rob Nickolay will be head coach of Yorkshire with Huddersfield Giants stalwart Leroy Cudjoe again assisting alongside Matt Nicholson of Wakefield.
Each squad will also have a distinguished former player in a new role as mentor – Luke Gale for Yorkshire, and the Saints’ Academy Assistant Coach Gary Wheeler for Lancashire.
Sewell Group Craven Park will host an Origin double-header on Saturday, 2nd August, as the Women’s Origin fixture will follow the second men’s Academy Origin fixture of the year.
TICKET INFORMATION 🎟
Tickets for the event will be priced at £5 for Adults and £2 for Concessions.
The men’s Academy match will kick off at midday, with the Women’s match at 2pm – and both will be streamed live on the RFL YouTube channel.
Lancashire
Alfie Tate (St Helens), Billy Keeley (St Helens), Charlie Walker, Daniel Regan, Ewan Irwin (all Warrington Wolves), Finlay Yeomans (Wigan Warriors), Flynn Holden (Warrington Wolves), George Marsden (Wigan Warriors), Harlen Smith (Wigan Warriors), Jake Ramsden (Warrington Wolves), Jayden Drachenberg (Wigan Warriors), Kian McGann (St Helens), Kian Stanton (Warrington Wolves), Lachlan Webster (Warrington Wolves), Matt Evans (St Helens), Michael Porter (Wigan Warriors), Oliver Garmston (St Helens), Ollie Morgan (Warrington Wolves), Oscar Knox (St Helens), Shea O’Connor (Wigan Warriors), Thomas Humphreys (St Helens)
Yorkshire
Alfie Lindsay (Castleford Tigers), Archie Sykes (Huddersfield Giants), Callum Kemp (Hull FC), Chris Matagi (St Helens), Dacx Jones-Buchanan (Leeds Rhinos), Daniel Stelfox (Leeds Rhinos), Ellis Lingard (Wakefield Trinity), Frankie Dearlove (Hull KR), George Brown, Harley Thomas, Harry Smith, Jacob Hardy, Jacob Stead, Joe Diskin, Joe Butterfield (all Leeds Rhinos), Lloyd Kemp (Hull FC), Marcus Qareqare, Oscar Brown, Presley Cassell (all Leeds Rhinos), Robbie Brook (Wakefield Trinity), Zak Lloyd (Leeds Rhinos)
