2020 St Helens R.F.C. season

2020 St Helens R.F.C. season
2020 St Helens R.F.C. season
Super League Rank	2nd (Champions)
2020 record	Wins: 14; Draws: 0; Losses: 6
Points scored	For: 555; Against: 215
Team information
Chairman	Eamonn McManuss
Head Coach	Kristian Woolf
Captain	James Roby;
Stadium	Totally Wicked Stadium; St. Helens, Merseyside
Avg. attendance	12,845
Agg. attendance	38,534
High attendance	16,108
Low attendance	10,418
Top scorers
Tries	Regan Grace (12)
Goals	Lachlan Coote (70)
Points	Lachlan Coote (180)

This article details the St Helens's rugby league football club's 2020 season.

Fixtures and results[]

Win Draw Loss

All fixtures are subject to change

Betfred World Club Challenge[]

Date and Time	Rnd	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
22 February, 19:45	N/A	Sydney Roosters	H	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	12-20	Thompson, Walmsley	Makinson (3)	16,108	Sky Sports

Coral Challenge Cup[]

Date and Time	Rnd	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
19 September, 14:30	6	Warrington Wolves	N	AJ Bell Stadium	L	18-20	Lomax, Naiqama, Grace	Coote (3)	N/A	BBC Sport

Regular Season[]

Date and Time	Rnd	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
2 February, 19:45	1	Salford Red Devils	H	Totally Wicked Stadium	W	48–8	Taia, Walmsley (2), Fages, Naiqama (2), Welsby (2)	Coote (3), Percival (5)	12,008	Sky Sports	Report
6 February, 19:45	2	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	0–19	N/A	N/A	12,562	Sky Sports	Report
16 February, 15:00	3	Hull FC	A	KCOM Stadium	W	32–18	Costello, Thompson, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Bentley, Smith	Makinson (6)	12,399	N/A
29 February, 18:00	5	Toronto Wolfpack	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	32–0	Lomax (2), Bentley, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Smith	Makinson (6)	4,123	Sky Sports
6 March, 19:45	6	Huddersfield Giants	H	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	10–12	Thompson, Knowles	Makinson	10,418	N/A
15 March, 15:00	7	Castleford Tigers	A	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	L	14–28	Makinson, Welsby, Thompson	Makinson	7,268	Sky Sports
2 August, 16:15^[a]	4	Catalans Dragons	N	Emerald Headingley Stadium	W	34-6	Coote (2), Makinson, Taia, Walmsley, Bentley	Coote (5)	N/A	Sky Sports
9 August, 18:30 ^[a]	8	Leeds Rhinos	N	Emerald Headingley Stadium	W	48-0	Grace (3), Graham, Coote, Fages, Walmsley, Makinson	Coote (8)	N/A	Sky Sports
16 August, 16:00 ^[a]	9	Castleford Tigers	H	Totally Wicked Stadium	W	10-0	Fages	Coote (3)	N/A	Sky Sports
30 August, 13:00^[a]	10	Hull KR	N	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	32-18	Welsby (2), Naiqama, Walmsley, Smith	Coote (6)	N/A	Sky Sports
4 September, 18:00^[a]	11	Huddersfield Giants	N	Emerald Headingley Stadium	W	54-6	Coote (2), Grace (2), Costello, Walmsley, Peyroux, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Smith	Coote (9)	N/A	Sky Sports
11 September, 18:00^[a]	12	Hull KR	H	Totally Wicked Stadium	W	21-20	Grace, Walmsley, Welsby	Coote (4)	N/A	Sky Sports
29 September, 19:00^[a]	14	Wigan Warriors	N	AJ Bell Stadium	W	42-0	Grace (2), Walmsley, Welsby (2), Bentley, Knowles	Coote (7)	N/A	Sky Sports
9 October, 17:30^[a]	15	Wakefield Trinity	N	Emerald Headingley Stadium	W	20-16	Coote (2), Grace, McCarthy-Scarsbrook	Coote (2)	N/A	Sky Sports
15 October, 19:00^[a]	16	Wakefield Trinity	N	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	48-6	Makinson (3), Roby (2), Grace, Naiqama, Dodd, Walmsley	Coote (6)	N/A	Sky Sports
23 October, 19:00^[a]	17	Leeds Rhinos	H	Totally Wicked Stadium	W	40-8	Simm (3), Naiqama, Fages, Smith, Taia	Coote (6)	N/A	Sky Sports
26 October, 17:00	18	Salford Red Devil’s	N	Emerald Headingley Stadium	L	10–12	Eaves	Dodd (3)	N/A	Sky Sports
30 October, 20:15	19	Wigan Warriors	H	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	6–18	Coote	Coote (1)	N/A	Sky Sports

Play Offs Preliminary Semi Final[]

Date and Time	Rnd	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
20 November, 19:45	Semi Final	Catalans Dragons	H	Totally Wicked Stadium	W	48-2	Naiqama (3), Coote (2), Lomax, Grace, Bentley	Coote (8)	N/A	Sky Sports

Betfred Super League Grand Final[]

Date and Time	Rnd	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
27 November, 20:00	Grand Final	Wigan Warriors	N	KCOM Stadium	W	8-4	Welsby	Coote (2)	N/A	Sky Sports

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PP	WPCT	Qualification
1	Wigan Warriors	17	13	4	408	278	146.8	76.47	League Leaders Shield/Play-off semi-final 1
2	St Helens	17	12	5	469	195	240.5	70.59^[A]	Play-off semi-final 2
3	Warrington Wolves	17	12^[B]	5	365	204	178.9	70.59	Elimination play-off
4	Catalans Dragons	13	8	5	376	259	145.2	61.54
5	Leeds Rhinos	17	10	7	369	390	94.6	58.82
6	Hull FC	17	9	8	405	436	92.9	52.94
7	Huddersfield Giants^[C]	18	7	11	318	367	86.6	38.89
8	Castleford Tigers	16	6	10	328	379	86.5	37.50
9	Salford Red Devils	18	8	10^[B]	354	469	75.50	27.78^[D]
10	Wakefield Trinity	19	5	13	324	503	64.4	26.32
11	Hull Kingston Rovers	17	3	14	290	526	55.1	17.65

Source:"Betfred Super League Table". BBC Sport. 11 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

Notes

^ Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).^[1]
^ ^a ^b Salford forfeited a game against Warrington. Under RFL operational rules, the game is recorded as a 24–0 victory for Warrington and converse loss for Salford with the points scored/conceded applying to both teams.^[2]
^ Huddersfield were placed on standby to take the place of any of the four teams in the elimination finals should one be unable to fulfil their fixture.^[3]
^ Salford deducted three wins by the Rugby Football League for failing to meet the terms of a financial commitment agreed in 2013.^[4]

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j as a result of the covid 19 outbreak, the RFL announced a suspension of fixtures in the Betfred Super League season indefinitely, during which time, the season’s structure and fixture rescheduling will be considered..

Player statistics[]

#	Player	Position	Tries	Goals	DG	Points	Yellow Cards
1	Lachlan Coote	Fullback	10	70	0	180	0
2	Tommy Makinson	Wing	6	8	0	40	0
3	Kevin Naiqama	Centre	9	0	0	36	1
4	Mark Percival	Centre	0	5	0	10	0
5	Regan Grace	Wing	12	0	0	48	0
6	Jonny Lomax	Stand-off	2	3	0	14	1
7	Theo Fages	Scrum-half	1	0	1	5	0
8	Alex Walmsley	Prop	10	0	0	40	1
9	James Roby	Hooker	2	0	0	8	0
10	Luke Thompson	Prop	4	0	0	16	0
11	Zeb Taia	Second-row	3	0	0	12	0
12	Dominique Peyroux	Second-row	1	0	0	4	0
13	Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook	Loose forward	3	0	0	12	1
14	Morgan Knowles	Loose forward	2	0	0	8	0
15	Matty Lees	Prop	0	0	0	0	1
16	Kyle Amor	Prop	0	0	0	0	0
17	Jack Ashworth	Prop	0	0	0	0	0
18	Joseph Paulo	Loose forward	0	0	0	0	0
19	Aaron Smith	Hooker	4	0	0	16	0
20	James Bentley	Second-row	4	0	0	16	0
21	Matty Costello	Centre	2	0	0	8	0
22	Jack Welsby	Centre	9	0	0	36	0
23	Joe Batchelor	Second-row	0	0	0	0	0
24	Josh Eaves	Hooker	1	0	0	4	0
25	Callum Hazzard	Loose forward	0	0	0	0	0
26	Josh Simm	Centre	3	0	0	12	0
27	Lewis Dodd	Scrum-half	1	3	0	10	0
28	Nico Rizzelli	Centre	0	0	0	0	0
29	Matty Foster	Second-row	0	0	0	0	0
30	Tom Nisbet	Fullback	0	0	0	0	0
31	Jake Wingfield	Loose forward	0	0	0	0	0
32	James Graham	Prop	1	0	0	4	0
33	Ben Davies	Centre	0	0	0	0	0

As of 2020 Super League Grand Final (27 November 2020)

2020 squad[]

*Announced on 21 November 2019:

2020 St Helens First Team
First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Lachlan Coote – FB, SO 2 Tom Makinson – WG, FB 3 Kevin Naiqama – CE, WG, FB 4 Mark Percival – CE 5 Regan Grace – WG 6 Jonny Lomax – FB, SH, SO, WG 7 Theo Fages – SH, HK 8 Alex Walmsley – PR 9 James Roby – HK (c) 10 Luke Thompson – PR, SR 11 Zeb Taia – SR, LF, CE, PR 12 Dominique Peyroux – SR, CE 13 Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook – LF, SR, PR		14 Morgan Knowles – LF, SR, HK 15 Matty Lees – PR, SR 16 Kyle Amor – PR, LF 17 Jack Ashworth – SR, CE 18 Joseph Paulo – SR, LF, SO 19 Aaron Smith – HK 20 James Bentley – SR, LF, HK 21 Matty Costello – CE, FB 22 Jack Welsby – SO, SH 23 Joe Batchelor – SR 24 Josh Eaves – HK 25 Callum Hazzard – LF 26 Josh Simm – CE		27 Lewis Dodd – HB 28 Nico Rizzelli – CE 29 Matty Foster – SR 30 Tom Nisbet – FB, WG 31 Jake Wingfield – LF 32 James Graham – PR				Head coach Kristian Woolf Assistant coaches Richard Marshall Paul Wellens Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s) Updated: 23 June 2020 Source(s): 2020 Squad Numbers

2020 transfers[]

Gains

Player	Club	Contract	Date
James Graham	St. George Illawarra Dragons	6 Months	June 2020

Losses

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Adam Swift	Hull F.C.	2 years	May 2019
Liam Cooper	Widnes Vikings	1 year	October 2019
Luke Douglas	Released	N/A	N/A
Ryan Morgan	Released	N/A	N/A
Danny Richardson	Castleford Tigers	3 Years	October 2019
John Hutchings	Oldham Roughyeds	1 year	October 2019
Luke Thompson	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	3 Years	June 2020

References[]

^ "2020 Betfred Super League Competition Update". Rugby Football League. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
^ "Super League: Huddersfield v Castleford, and Warrington v Salford cancelled". BBC Sport. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
^ "Huddersfield season officially over". www.giantsrl.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
^ "Salford Red Devils: Super League club deducted three wins over financial breach". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

External links[]

[3] Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).^[1]

[forfeit-5] Salford forfeited a game against Warrington. Under RFL operational rules, the game is recorded as a 24–0 victory for Warrington and converse loss for Salford with the points scored/conceded applying to both teams.^[2]

[standby2-7] Huddersfield were placed on standby to take the place of any of the four teams in the elimination finals should one be unable to fulfil their fixture.^[3]

[9] Salford deducted three wins by the Rugby Football League for failing to meet the terms of a financial commitment agreed in 2013.^[4]

[covid19-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j as a result of the covid 19 outbreak, the RFL announced a suspension of fixtures in the Betfred Super League season indefinitely, during which time, the season’s structure and fixture rescheduling will be considered..

[rule_change-2] "2020 Betfred Super League Competition Update". Rugby Football League. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

[BBC281020-4] "Super League: Huddersfield v Castleford, and Warrington v Salford cancelled". BBC Sport. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.

[6] "Huddersfield season officially over". www.giantsrl.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

[8] "Salford Red Devils: Super League club deducted three wins over financial breach". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

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Est. 1873 in St Helens, England
The Club	History Records Honours Players International representatives Coaches Hall of Fame
Home grounds	City Ground Knowsley Road (1890–2010) Halton Stadium (2011) Totally Wicked Stadium (2012–present)
Hall of Fame	Jack Arkwright Frank Barrow Billy Benyon Tommy Bishop Frank Carlton Eric Chisnall Harry Cook Kel Coslett Keiron Cunningham Bob Dagnall Bernard Dwyer Alf Ellaby Les Fairclough Ray French Doug Greenall Jeff Heaton Neil Holding Dick Huddart Les Jones Chris Joynt Vince Karalius Len Killeen Barry Ledger Steve Llewellyn Sean Long Paul Loughlin John Mantle Tommy Martyn Roy Mathias Stan McCormick Glyn Moses Alex Murphy Paul Newlove George Nicholls George Parsons Geoff Pimblett Harry Pinner Alan Prescott Austin Rhodes Wilf Smith Jim Stott Jim Sullivan Abe Terry Phil Veivers Tom van Vollenhoven John Warlow Cliff Watson
League	Super League
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Championships (13)	1931–32 1952–53 1958–59 1965–66 1969–70 1970–71 1974–75 1996 1999 2000 2002 2006 2014
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Other honours	4—time Premiership Champions 1—time Western Division Champions 1—time Regal Trophy Champions 2—time BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Champions 11—time Lancashire County Cup Champions 11—time Lancashire League Champions 1—time Charity Shield Champions BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award (2006)
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Culture	NRFU Founder Super League Founding Member Rivalry with Wigan
Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1895)