Saints take on Castleford in the Sixth Round of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup today.
It is the first time the two sides have met in the competition since 1996.
Squads:
Mark Percival and Alex Walmsley have been named in Saints’ 19-man squad. Read more here.https://www.sthelensunlimited.co.uk/2017/05/12/squad-announced/
Previous Challenge Cup Meetings:
1996 (Round 4) Castleford 16 St Helens 58
1990 (Preliminary Round) St Helens 39 Castleford 12
1979 (Quarter Final) Castleford 6 St Helens 10
1970 (Semi-Final) Castleford 6 St Helens 3 (at Station Road, Swinton)
1965 (Round 1) St Helens 22 Castleford 9
1964 (Round 1) St Helens 6 Castleford 13
1961 (Round 2) Castleford 10 St Helens 18
1956 (Round 2) St Helens 48 Castleford 5
1946 (Round 1, First Leg) Castleford 10 St Helens 4
1946 (Round 1, Second Leg) St Helens 14 Castleford 5
1941 (Round 2) Castleford 21 St Helens 13
1938 (Round 2) Castleford 18 St Helens 2
1931 (Round 2) Castleford 2 St Helens 8
Last Ten Meetings:
St Helens 26, Castleford 22 (SLR10, 17/4/17)
St Helens 40, Castleford 16 (SLS8-R5, 8/9/16)
Castleford 20, St Helens 30 (SLR13, 1/5/16)
St Helens 28, Castleford 22 (SLR4, 4/3/16)
Castleford 38, St Helens 42 (SLS8-R5, 10/9/15)
Castleford 25, St Helens 24 (SLR19, 18/6/15)
St Helens 21, Castleford 14 (SLR3, 27/2/15)
St Helens 41, Castleford 0 (SLQPO, 19/9/14)
St Helens 38, Castleford 16 (SLR17, 22/6/14)
Castleford 28, St Helens 30 (SLR8, 11/4/14)
Head to Head:
Saints Castleford
Tries 42 83
Goals 35 71
Metres 16,304 17,023
Breaks 68 105
Tackles 4,420 3,887
Penalties 99 98
Career Milestones:
James Roby needs one try to reach a career century of touchdowns.
He has touched down 91 times for St Helens since 2004, to go with 7 tries for England (2008-2013 & 2015) and 1 for Great Britain (2006-2007).
Try-Scoring Runs:
Castleford’s Greg Minikin (1-2-1), has scored tries in his side’s last three games.
Betfred Super League Leading Scorers
Tries:
1 Greg Eden (Castleford Tigers) 15
2 Greg Minikin (Castleford Tigers) 13
3 Albert Kelly (Hull FC) 12
4 = Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers), Ben Jones-Bishop (Wakefield Trinity), Liam Marshall (Wigan Warriors) 10
7 Joel Moon (Leeds Rhinos) 9
8 = Jamie Shaul (Hull FC), Matt Parcell (Leeds Rhinos), Ben Murdoch-Masila (Salford Red Devils), Tom Lineham (Warrington Wolves) 8
Goals:
1 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 63
2 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 61
3 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 45
4 Mark Percival (St Helens) 32
5 Morgan Escare (Wigan Warriors) 30
6 = Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants), Gareth O’Brien (Salford Red Devils), Ben Reynolds (Leigh Centurions) 29
9 Liam Sutcliffe (Leeds Rhinos) 28
10 Sam Williams (Wakefield Trinity) 25
Goals Percentage:
1 Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos) 100.00 (10/10)
2 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 91.04 (61/67)
3 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 86.53 (45/52)
4 Liam Sutcliffe (Leeds Rhinos) 84.84 (28/33)
5 Liam Finn (Wakefield Trinity) 80.00 (20/25)
6 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 79.74 (63/79)
7 Ben Reynolds (Leigh Centurions) 78.37 (29/37)
8 Michael Dobson (Salford Red Devils) 76.92 (20/26)
9 Tom Gilmore (Widnes Vikings) 71.42 (15/21)
10 Declan Patton (Warrington Wolves) 70.37 (19/27)
Points:
1 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 168
2 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 135
3 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 97
4 Mark Percival (St Helens) 88
5 Gareth O’Brien (Salford Red Devils) 80
6 Morgan Escare (Wigan Warriors) 77
7 Liam Sutcliffe (Leeds Rhinos) 69
8 Ben Reynolds (Leigh Centurions) 66
9 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 64
10 = Michael Dobson (Salford Red Devils), Greg Eden (Castleford Tigers) 60
