Every Super League ever-present in 2024 as trio lose status, including Leigh Leopards star

Three Super League players lost their ever-present status for their respective clubs this year in Round 18, including Leigh Leopards star Matt Moylan.

Australian ace Moylan missed Leigh‘s comfortable 36-6 win at home against basement boys London Broncos on Friday night with a minor groin strain, but is expected to return for the Leopards this coming weekend as they host St Helens.

Elsewhere on Friday night, Huddersfield Giants forward Olly Wilson saw his ever-present status this season come to an end courtesy of a calf injury he’d picked up in their Round 17 defeat at Leigh.

Wilson missed the Giants’ victory at home against Salford Red Devils in Round 18 as a result, and could well be absent again this weekend as they welcome Leeds Rhinos to the John Smith’s Stadium.

And speaking of Leeds, the third and final player to lose their ever-present status over the weekend just gone belongs to them in the shape of Frenchman Mickael Goudemand.

The Rhinos forward missed their defeat at home against Hull KR, and will be missing for at least another three weeks having damaged his shoulder in their Round 17 defeat at Warrington Wolves.

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Every Super League ever-present in 2024 as trio lose status, including Leigh Leopards star

It’s some achievement to be an ever-present over the course of the season, avoiding injuries, suspensions and of course ensuring you’re still performing well enough to warrant selection week in, week out.

This season though, there’s more than meets the eye to being an ever-present, with coaches and clubs now having to contend with the match limits introduced at the beginning of the campaign.

Dependent on their age and position, each player now has a limit on the number of minutes they’re able to play in a calendar year.

These limits can be exceeded, but at some point down the line, all the figures need to level themselves out – for the sake of the player.

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Below, we take a look at Super League‘s ever-presents so far this season. Broken down by club, every player who is yet to miss a league game is listed. Following Round 18, there are 27 on the list overall.

Note, this is solely for Super League games – anything else (i.e. Challenge Cup fixtures) are not considered.

Of course, after 18 rounds, most teams have played 18 league games in 2024. The only anomalies are Wigan Warriors and Leigh Leopards, who have each played 17 league games.

That’s due to Wigan’s involvement in the World Club Challenge back in February, which saw the neighbours’ Round 2 clash in Super League postponed.

A new date has now been set for that fixture, but in the context of the below breakdown, the duo’s ever-presents are those to have featured in all 17 of their Super League games so far this year.

This article will be updated after each round this season…

Castleford Tigers (3)

Liam Horne, Jacob Miller, Innes Senior

Catalans Dragons (1)

Romain Navarrete

Huddersfield Giants (1)

Adam Clune

Hull FC (1)

Jordan Lane

Hull KR (4)

Ryan Hall, Peta Hiku, Tyrone May, Kelepi Tanginoa

Leeds Rhinos (4)

Rhyse Martin, Lachlan Miller, Jarrod O’Connor, Cam Smith

Leigh Leopards (3)

Zak Hardaker, Jack Hughes, Kai O’Donnell

London Broncos (3)

Oli Leyland, Will Lovell, Marcus Stock

Salford Red Devils (4)

Chris Atkin, Deon Cross, Marc Sneyd, Kallum Watkins

St Helens (1)

Jack Welsby

Warrington Wolves (1)

Sam Powell

Wigan Warriors (1)

Patrick Mago

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