2020 St Helens R.F.C. season

This article details the St Helens's rugby league football club's 2020 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)
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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 v t e	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. 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
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