Season Preview: St Helens
Head coach: Nathan Brown
Last season: 5th (Lost to Leeds in preliminary semi-final)
In:
Kyle Amor (Wakefield)
Luke Walsh (Penrith)
Mose Masoe (Penrith)
Matty Dawson (Huddersfield)
Connor Dwyer (Academy)
Alex Clare (Academy)
Out:
Francis Meli (Salford)
Tony Puletua (Salford)
Lee Gaskell (Bradford)
Josh Perry (Retired)
Dom Speakman (Barrow)
Nathan Ashe (Released)
Danny Yates (Released)
Squad:
1 Jonny Lomax SCRUM HALF
2 Thomas Makinson WINGER
3 Jordan Turner CENTRE
4 Josh Jones CENTRE
5 Adam Swift WINGER
6 Lance Hohaia STAND OFF
7 Luke Walsh SCRUM HALF
8 Mose Masoe PROP FORWARD
9 James Roby HOOKER
10 Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook PROP FORWARD
11 Iosia Soliola SECOND ROW
12 Jon Wilkin SECOND ROW
13 Willie Manu LOOSE FORWARD
14 Anthony Laffranchi PROP FORWARD
15 Mark Flanagan LOOSE FORWARD
16 Kyle Amor PROP FORWARD
17 Paul Wellens FULL BACK
18 Alex Walmsley PROP FORWARD
19 Paul Clough SECOND ROW
20 Richard Beaumont SECOND ROW
21 Ade Gardner WINGER
22 Mark Percival CENTRE
23 Joe Greenwood PROP FORWARD
24 Gary Wheeler CENTRE
25 Anthony Walker PROP FORWARD
26 Matthew Dawson WINGER
27 Greg Richards PROP FORWARD
28 Luke Thompson PROP FORWARD
29 Jordan Hand PROP FORWARD
30 Carl Forster PROP FORWARD
31 James Tilley HOOKER
32 Lewis Charnock STAND OFF
33 Andre Sevelio PROP FORWARD
34 Connor Dwyer SCRUM HALF
35 Alex Clare FULL BACK
James’ prediction: 2nd
View from the pitch:
Mose Masoe – “Watching all the Saints boys in training, the intensity is really good and I think we’ve got a good chance this season. There is a lot of competition just to make the side, which can only make the team stronger.”