Echo, Liverpool (7 December 2004). "Saints were in Sevens heaven". Liverpool Echo . Retrieved 11 December 2022. Saints Agree Sportswear Partnership With ISC". saintsrlfc.com. 9 August 2010 . Retrieved 23 October 2010.

Catalans: Mourgue, Davies, Keighran, Ikuvalu, Johnstone; Pearce, Tomkins; Bousquet, Garcia, Dezaria, Seguier, Whitley, McMeeken Laybourn, Ian (30 January 2017). "Super League team-by-team guide". Sporting Life . Retrieved 17 June 2017.See also: List of St Helens R.F.C. players Notable former players [ edit ] Francis Meli playing for Samoa whilst at St Helens This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( August 2017) Roby is a six-times winner of Super League with Saints, who will be looking to return to winning ways against Salford to stay in touch with the top six for a shot at the end of the season at sending Roby out on a high with a fifth successive Grand Final victory. But three games into the third season he broke his leg against Rochdale Hornets and did not play again that season. He also lost his place to local hero Frank Barrow – and had to convert into a forward towards the end of the 1965/66 season.

There is a strong rivalry between St Helens and Wigan; the local derby between the two clubs has been traditionally regarded as the biggest in British rugby league, as well as one of the oldest in world rugby league. [216] Both being founder members of the Northern Rugby Football Union, the derby has been played since 1895, making it amongst the most historical derbys in both British and global rugby league. Remarkably, the first encounter between the fierce rivals ended in a 0–0 draw at Knowsley Road, [216] The games were traditionally played on Boxing Day, however were moved to Good Friday, during the busy Easter period in rugby league. More recently, the game was even played on Maundy Thursday in Super League. In all league encounters between the two since 1895, there have been 235 games, with Wigan having won nearly double the number of games that St Helens have. Saints winning 83, drawing 11 and losing 141. [217] All competitive games, i.e. cup and league games combined, show that in the 366 games played, St Helens have won 141, there have been 19 draws and Wigan have won 206. They too have contested no fewer than 6 Challenge Cup Finals, [71] [80] [126] [127] [153] [155] and have met in three Super League Grand Finals; St Helens winning 29–16 in 2000, [152] with Wigan initially gaining revenge in 2010, with a 22–10 win, [196] before Saints claimed the 2014 Super League Grand Final by a score of 14–6, taking a 2–1 lead in their Super League Grand Final head-to-heads. Wigan and St Helens have also met in 4 Premiership Finals, Wigan winning 3, St Helens once, [129] [130] [142] [143] 3 Lancashire County Cup Finals, St Helens winning two, Wigan one, [128] [218] [219] and one Floodlit Trophy Final in 1968, Wigan winning 7–4. [220] The two have traditionally met each other in the Magic Weekend too. The two teams have a pretty even record, winning two (at Millennium Stadium in 2007 and 2008) and losing two (at Murrayfield in 2009 and Etihad Stadium in 2012), with one draw (at Millennium Stadium in 2011) in five ties. [221] [222] [223] [224] St Helens greatest winning margin and the highest game score between the two in competitive football was a 75–0 win in a 2005 Challenge Cup round 6 game. [225] Wigan's biggest win was a 65–12 win in Super League II, 1997. [226] Super League record a b "2002 Super League Grand Final". Saints Heritage Society. 19 October 2002 . Retrieved 16 July 2009.Northern Football Union League Table". Saints Heritage Society. 24 April 1907 . Retrieved 1 August 2010. In the week leading up to the World Club Challenge game against Penrith, many pundits, former players and coaches predicted St Helens would lost the match heavily with Phil Gould stating "Penrith should be allowed to declare at half-time". St Helens would go on to win the World Club Challenge game 13-12 in golden point extra-time to claim their third trophy in the competition. St Helens had led the match 12-0 until a late try by Penrith took the game into extra-time. [208] In 1895 the club were one of 22 clubs that resigned from the Rugby Football Union and established the Northern Union. [3] The first match of the new code was an 8–3 win at home to Rochdale Hornets before 3,000 spectators, Bob Doherty scoring St Helens' first try. [6] They played in a vertically striped blue and white jersey—a stark contrast to the well known broad red band which would become the kit for the club later. The club reverted to this kit for one season during the rugby league centenary season in 1995. He had just begun to bring the youth through – with the likes of Roy Haggerty, Chris Arkwright and Barry Ledger establishing themselves – but he was let go. St Helens vs. Wigan P-O match report". engagesuperleague.co.uk. 3 October 2009 . Retrieved 3 October 2009.