Saints Legends To Return

Correspondent

National League One Leigh Centurions will provide the opposition for the Saints on Friday the 19th of January with new signing Matt Gidley adding to the occasion by making his debut for the club.

"It should be a great night," said Long, who joined St Helens from Widnes Vikings in 1997 and quickly became one of the club's modern-day legends.

"We are putting a full team out and Joynt, Newlove and Martyn will come on for the final fifteen minutes or so."

The game will be Saints’ only pre-season friendly, and the side will fly to Dubai afterwards for warm weather training ahead of the upcoming engage Super League season and the Carnegie World Club Challenge aginst Brisbane Broncos.