2020 St Helens R.F.C. season

Avg. attendance12,845Agg. attendance38,534High attendance16,108Low attendance10,418Top scorersTriesRegan Grace (12)GoalsLachlan Coote (70)PointsLachlan Coote (180)
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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 — 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) — 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 — — 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 —
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 —
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) — 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) — Sky Sports
16 August, 16:00 [a] 9 Castleford Tigers H Totally Wicked Stadium W 10-0 Fages Coote (3) — Sky Sports
30 August, 13:00[a] 10 Hull KR N Halliwell Jones Stadium W 32-18 Welsby (2), Naiqama, Walmsley, Smith Coote (6) — 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) — Sky Sports
11 September, 18:00[a] 12 Hull KR H Totally Wicked Stadium W 21-20 Grace, Walmsley, Welsby Coote (4) — 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) — Sky Sports
9 October, 17:30[a] 15 Wakefield Trinity N Emerald Headingley Stadium W 20-16 Coote (2), Grace, McCarthy-Scarsbrook Coote (2) — 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) — 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) — Sky Sports
26 October, 17:00 18 Salford Red Devil’s N Emerald Headingley Stadium L 10–12 Eaves Dodd (3) — Sky Sports
30 October, 20:15 19 Wigan Warriors H Totally Wicked Stadium L 6–18 Coote Coote (1) — 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) — 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) — Sky Sports

League standings

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L PF PA PP Pts PCT Qualification[b]
1 Wigan Warriors (L) 17 13 0 4 408 278 146.8 26 76.47 Semi-finals
2 St Helens (C) 17 12 0 5 469 195 240.5 24 70.59
3 Warrington Wolves[A] 17 12 0 5 365 204 178.9 24 70.59 Elimination semi-finals
4 Catalans Dragons 13 8 0 5 376 259 145.2 16 61.54
5 Leeds Rhinos 17 10 0 7 369 390 94.6 20 58.82
6 Hull F.C. 17 9 0 8 405 436 92.9 18 52.94
7 Huddersfield Giants[B] 18 7 0 11 318 367 86.6 14 38.89
8 Castleford Tigers 16 6 0 10 328 379 86.5 12 37.50
9 Salford Red Devils[C] 18 8 0 10 354 469 75.5 16 44.44
10 Wakefield Trinity 19 5 0 14 324 503 64.4 10 26.32
11 Hull Kingston Rovers 17 3 0 14 290 526 55.1 6 17.65
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:
  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..
  2. ^ Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).[1]

Notes

Player statistics

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

Assistant coaches

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

  1. ^ "2020 Betfred Super League Competition Update". Rugby Football League. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Super League: Huddersfield v Castleford, and Warrington v Salford cancelled". BBC Sport. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Huddersfield season officially over". www.giantsrl.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Salford Red Devils: Super League club deducted three wins over financial breach". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  1. ^ 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]
  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]
  3. ^ Salford deducted three wins by the Rugby Football League for failing to meet the terms of a financial commitment agreed in 2013.[4]

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