2016 St Helens RLFC season

2016 St Helens RLFC season
2016 St Helens RLFC season
Super League XXI Rank	4th
Play-off result	N/A
Challenge Cup	Sixth Round
2016 record	Wins: 14; draws: 0; losses: 10
Points scored	For: 573; against: 536
Team information
Chairman	Eamonn McManus
Head coach	Keiron Cunningham
Captain	Jon Wilkin;
Stadium	Langtree Park
Top scorers
Tries	Joe Greenwood (7)
Goals	Luke Walsh (43)
Points	Luke Walsh (96)

This article details the St Helens R.F.C. rugby league football club's 2016 season. This is the Saints' 21st consecutive season in the Super League.

Table

Super League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hull F.C.	23	17	0	6	605	465	+140	34	Super League Super 8s
2	Warrington Wolves	23	16	1	6	675	425	+250	33
3	Wigan Warriors	23	16	0	7	455	440	+15	32
4	St Helens	23	14	0	9	573	536	+37	28
5	Catalans Dragons	23	13	0	10	593	505	+88	26
6	Castleford Tigers	23	10	1	12	617	640	−23	21
7	Widnes Vikings	23	10	0	13	499	474	+25	20
8	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	23	10	0	13	485	654	−169	20
9	Leeds Rhinos	23	8	0	15	404	576	−172	16	The Qualifiers
10	Salford City Reds	23	10	0	13	560	569	−9	14^[a]
11	Hull Kingston Rovers	23	6	2	15	486	610	−124	14
12	Huddersfield Giants	23	6	0	17	511	569	−58	12

Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
Notes:

^ Salford deducted 6 points for salary cap breaches in 2014 and 2015.^[1]

Super 8s table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Warrington Wolves (L)	30	21	1	8	852	541	+311	43	Semi-finals
2	Wigan Warriors (C)	30	21	0	9	669	560	+109	42
3	Hull F.C.	30	20	0	10	749	579	+170	40
4	St Helens	30	20	0	10	756	641	+115	40
5	Castleford Tigers	30	15	1	14	830	808	+22	31
6	Catalans Dragons	30	15	0	15	723	716	+7	30
7	Widnes Vikings	30	12	0	18	603	643	−40	24
8	Wakefield Trinity	30	10	0	20	571	902	−331	20

Source: BBC Sport
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners

World Club Series

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Date	Competition	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att
19/2/16	WCC	Sydney	H	Langtree Park	L	12–38	Peyroux (2)	Walsh 2/2	Attendance

**2016 World Club Series Teams**
St Helens R.F.C.	positions	Sydney Roosters
22. Jack Owens	Fullback	1. Blake Ferguson
2. Tommy Makinson	Winger	2. Daniel Tupou
3. Jordan Turner	Centre	3. Dale Copley
18. Dominique Peyroux	Centre	4. Latrell Mitchell
5. Adam Swift	Winger	5. Shaun Kenny-Dowall
12. Jon Wilkin (c)	Stand off	6. Jayden Nikorima
7. Luke Walsh	Scrum half	7. Jackson Hastings
8. Alex Walmsley	Prop	8. Kane Evans
6. Travis Burns	Hooker	9. Jake Friend (c)
16. Andre Savelio	Prop	10. Dylan Napa
11. Atelea Vea	2nd Row	11. Aiden Guerra
20. Joe Greenwood	2nd Row	12. Mitchell Aubusson
13. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook	Loose forward	24. Sio Siua Taukeiaho

10. Kyle Amor	Interchange	13. Sam Moa
14. Lama Tasi	Interchange	14. Isaac Liu
17. Luke Thompson	Interchange	15. Vincent Leuluai
28. Morgan Knowles	Interchange	16. Ian Henderson

Keiron Cunningham	Coach	Trent Robinson

2016 fixtures and results

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

2016 Super League Fixtures

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV
5/2/16	Super League XXI	1	Huddersfield	H	Langtree Park	W	30–16	Percival (2), Vea, Turner, Thompson	Walsh 5/6	10,408	–
11/2/16	Super League XXI	2	Salford	A	AJ Bell Stadium	L	10–44	Walmsley, Swift	Walsh 1/2	4,386	Sky Sports
26/2/16	Super League XXI	3	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	Craven Park	W	31–22	McDonnell, Makinson, Dawson, Wilkin, Vea	Walsh 4/4, Makinson 1/1, Walsh 1 DG	6,517	Sky Sports
4/3/16	Super League XXI	4	Castleford	H	Langtree Park	W	28–22	Swift, Vea, Dawson (2), McCarthy-Scarsbrook	Walsh 4/5	11,298	–
11/3/16	Super League XXI	5	Wakefield Trinity	H	Langtree Park	W	44–4	Greenwood (2), Wilkin, Roby (2), Makinson (2), Dawson	Walsh 6/8	10,008	–
18/3/16	Super League XXI	6	Leeds	A	Headingley Stadium	L	18–30	Amor, Walsh, McCarthy-Scarsbrook	Walsh 3/3	Attendance	Sky Sports
25/3/16	Super League XXI	7	Wigan	H	Langtree Park	L	12–24	Greenwood, Fages	Walsh 2/2	15,808	Sky Sports
28/3/16	Super League XXI	8	Widnes	A	Halton Stadium	W	20–12	Greenwood, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Makinson	Walsh 4/4	9,076	Sky Sports
1/4/16	Super League XXI	9	Hull F.C.	H	Langtree Park	L	16–17	Greenwood, Dawson, Turner	Walsh 1/1, Owens 1/3	10,242	–
8/4/16	Super League XXI	10	Warrington	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	25–22	Amor, Ashworth, Dawson, Knowles	Walsh 4/4, Walsh 1 DG	13,678	Sky Sports
14/4/16	Super League XXI	11	Catalans Dragons	H	Langtree Park	L	12–30	Fages, Walsh	Walsh 2/2	9,362	Sky Sports
22/4/16	Super League XXI	12	Leeds	H	Langtree Park	W	38–34	Lomax (2), Greenwood (2), Amor, Fages (2)	Walsh 5/7	11,271	Sky Sports
1/5/16	Super League XXI	13	Castleford	A	The Jungle	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Scorers	Attendance	TV

2016 Super 8 Qualifiers

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV
0/0/16	Super League XXI	S1	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Scorers	Attendance	TV
0/0/16	Super League XXI	S2	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Scorers	Attendance	TV
0/0/16	Super League XXI	S3	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Scorers	Attendance	TV
0/0/16	Super League XXI	S4	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Scorers	Attendance	TV
0/0/16	Super League XXI	S5	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Scorers	Attendance	TV
0/0/16	Super League XXI	S6	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Scorers	Attendance	TV
0/0/16	Super League XXI	S7	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Scorers	Attendance	TV

Challenge Cup

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	TV
8/5/16	Cup	6th	Hull F.C.	H	Langtree Park	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Scorers	Attendance	TV

Players

Squad

Appearances and points include (Super League, Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of 22 April 2016.

No	Player	Position	Previous Club	Apps	Tries	Goals	DG	Points
1	Jonny Lomax	Fullback	St Helens Academy	1	2	0	0	8
2	Tommy Makinson	Winger	St Helens Academy	9	4	1	0	18
3	Jordan Turner	Centre	Hull F.C.	11	2	0	0	8
4	Mark Percival	Centre	St Helens Academy	3	2	0	0	8
5	Adam Swift	Wing	St Helens Academy	6	2	0	0	8
6	Travis Burns	Stand off	Hull Kingston Rovers	5	0	0	0	0
7	Luke Walsh	Scrum half	Penrith Panthers	13	2	43	2	96
8	Alex Walmsley	Prop	Batley Bulldogs	13	1	0	0	4
9	James Roby	Hooker	St Helens Academy	11	2	0	0	8
10	Kyle Amor	Prop	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	13	3	0	0	12
11	Atelea Vea	Second-row	London Broncos	8	3	0	0	12
12	Jon Wilkin	Second-row	Hull Kingston Rovers	13	2	0	0	8
13	Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook	Loose forward	London Broncos	13	3	0	0	12
14	Lama Tasi	Prop	Salford Red Devils	10	0	0	0	0
15	Greg Richards	Prop	St Helens Academy	10	0	0	0	0
16	Andre Savelio	Prop	St Helens Academy	8	0	0	0	0
17	Luke Thompson	Prop	St Helens Academy	11	1	0	0	4
18	Dominique Peyroux	Centre	New Zealand Warriors	9	2	0	0	8
19	Theo Fages	Scrum half	Salford Red Devils	8	4	0	0	16
20	Joe Greenwood	Prop	St Helens Academy	7	7	0	0	28
21	Matty Dawson	Wing	Huddersfield Giants	10	6	0	0	24
22	Jack Owens	Wing	Widnes Vikings	10	0	1	0	2
23	Shannon McDonnell	Fullback	Wests Tigers	10	1	0	0	4
24	Matty Fleming	Centre	St Helens Academy	0	0	0	0	0
25	Lewis Charnock	Scrum half	St Helens Academy	0	0	0	0	0
26	Olly Davies	Second-row	St Helens Academy	0	0	0	0	0
27	Jack Ashworth	Prop	St Helens Academy	2	1	0	0	4
28	Morgan Knowles	Loose forward	St Helens Academy	5	1	0	0	4
29	Ricky Bailey	Centre	St Helens Academy	0	0	0	0	0
30	Calvin Wellington	Wing	St Helens Academy	0	0	0	0	0
31	Danny Richardson	Stand off	St Helens Academy	0	0	0	0	0
32	Jake Spedding	Wing	St Helens Academy	2	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Name	Signed from	Contract Length	Date
Lama Tasi	Salford Red Devils	2 Years	May 2015
Dominique Peyroux	New Zealand Warriors	2 Years	July 2015
Théo Fages	Salford Red Devils	4 Years	September 2015
Jack Owens	Widnes Vikings	2 Years	November 2015

Out

Name	Signed to	Contract Length	Date
Josh Jones	Exeter Chiefs	2 Years	June 2015
Mose Masoe	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2 Years	June 2015
Mark Flanagan	Salford Red Devils	2 Years	October 2015
Jordan Hand	Swinton Lions	1 Years	October 2015
Matty Fozard	Sheffield Eagles	2 Years	October 2015
Matt Haggarty	Salford Red Devils	1 Year Loan	October 2015
Dave Hewitt	Sheffield Eagles	2 Years	November 2015
Jordan Hand	Swinton Lions	1 Year	November 2015
Adam Quinlan	Released

References

^ "Salford docked six points for cap breach". Love Rugby League. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2024.

[table_hth_SAL0.73565691184982-2] Salford deducted 6 points for salary cap breaches in 2014 and 2015.^[1]

[1] "Salford docked six points for cap breach". Love Rugby League. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2024.

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St Helens Rugby Football Club Est. 1873 in St Helens, England
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Home grounds	City Ground Knowsley Road (1890–2010) Halton Stadium (2011) Totally Wicked Stadium (2012–present)
League	Super League
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Championships (17)	1931–32 1952–53 1958–59 1965–66 1969–70 1970–71 1974–75 1996 1999 2000 2002 2006 2014 2019 2020 2021 2022
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League Leaders Shield (9)	2002 2005 2006 2007 2008 2014 2018 2019 2022
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