MEDIA BOOK 2013 ST. HELENS R.F.C. 4. Club contact information. 5. Press arrangements. 6. Honours. 7. Squad numbers. 9. Paul Wellens & Ade Gardner. CONTENTS 10. Jordan Turner & Sia Soliola. 11. Francis Meli & Lance Hohaia. 12. Jonny Lomax & Josh Perry. 13. James Roby & Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook. 14. Tony Puletua & Jon Wilkin. 15. Willie Manu & Anthony Laffranchi. 16. Mark Flanagan & Paul Clough. 17. Gary Wheeler & Josh Jones. 18. Lee Gaskell & Thomas Makinson. 19. Carl Forster & Nathan Ashe. 20. Joe Greenwood & Alex Walmsley. 21. Adam Swift & Anthony Walker. 22. Jordan Hand & Danny Yates. 23. Mark Percival & Don Speakman. 24 James Tilley 26. Under 19s squad. 27. Average attendance. 28. Saints first team squad – appearances, stats and total apps. 30. Superleague tables since 1996 32. In & Out 33. Representative Honours 35. Superleague record against all clubs. 39. Season records. 40. Match records. Designed by Gareth Wright 41. Individual records. Email: [email protected] 42. Appearance club. Twitter: @gazzwright Name & Address of Ground LANGTREE PARK, McMANUS DRIVE, ST HELENS, MERSEYSIDE, WA9 3AL. Official Correspondence Address for Club Kirsty Rush - ST HELENS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB, LANGTREE PARK, McMANUS DRIVE, ST HELENS, MERSEYSIDE, WA9 3AL. Switchboard tel. no. 01744 455050 PRESS General Fax No 01744 455055 ARRANGEMENTS General e-mail address [email protected] 5 Website www.saintsrlfc.com PERSONNEL Press arrangements for the 2013 season are as per Chairman 2012 with some slight amendments. Eamonn McManus No member of the press will be allowed to enter the 01744 455051 stadium without a ticket and there will be no seasonal [email protected] press passes issued. We have 70 places at Langtree Park – 20 with flip Media Manager tables and a row of benches on the second row. Mike Appleton Entry will be through the Players Entrance provided 01744 455058 - 07841 371 343 accredited members of the press have booked in with [email protected] Mike Appleton 48-72 hours in advance. All press will be Head Coach checked off by the personnel on the desk. Nathan Brown CLUB Press will be housed in the Community Suite at 01744 455 051 Langtree Park for pre-match refreshments before Media enquiries to Mike Appleton moving up to their press seats. General Manager Wi-fi will be available in the bowl but is intermittent in CONTACT the Community Suite. Mike Rush 01744 455 051 - 07841 689 511 Photographers will just need to head to the Players [email protected] Entrance where they will be issued with a bib if they are on the Club’s accredited press list. Player Performance Manager Please note the tunnel is a sterile area and no press Neil Kilshaw or photographers are allowed in that area unless agreed 01744 455 076 - 07841 689 512 beforehand with Mike Appleton. [email protected] INFO Only RFL Media will be admitted provided they have 4 contacted the club 48-72 hours in advance. Accreditation Twitter requests must come through mike.appleton@saintsrlfc. @Saints1890 com SQUAD HONOURS NUMBERS 6 7 SUPER LEAGUE WINNERS: Sq No Name Height (cms) Weight (kg) DoB 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006 WORLD CLUB CHALLENGE HONOURS: 1 Paul Wellens 182 93 27/02/1980 2001, 2007 2 Ade Gardner 184 93 24/06/1983 CHALLENGE CUP HONOURS: 3 Jordan Turner 188 100 09/01/1989 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 4 Sia Soliola 182 98 04/08/1986 BBC SPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR: 5 Francis Meli 188 105 27/04/1979 2006 6 Lance Hohaia 175 84 01/04/1983 LEAGUE LEADERS’ SHIELD: 7 Jonny Lomax 176 88 05/10/1989 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 8 Josh Perry 187 112 04/02/1981 9 James Roby 180 90 22/11/1985 Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook 187 105 14/01/1986 PRE-SUPER LEAGUE HONOURS: 10 11 Tony Puletua 190 110 25/06/1979 Championship: Jon Wilkin 181 96 01/11/1983 1931-32, 1952-53, 1958-59, 1965-66, 1969-70, 12 1970-71, 1974-75 13 Willie Manu 179 100 20/03/1980 Challenge Cup: 14 Anthony Laffranchi 180 104 16/11/1980 1955-56, 1960-61, 1965-66, 1971-72, 1975-76 15 Mark Flanagan 182 95 04/12/1987 Leader’s Shield: 16 Paul Clough 180 100 27/09/1987 1964-65, 1965-66 17 Gary Wheeler 176 85 30/09/1989 Regal Trophy: 19 Josh Jones 184 98 28/02/1990 1987-88 20 Lee Gaskell 188 90 28/10/1990 Premiership: 21 Thomas Makinson 180 90 10/10/1991 1975-76, 1976-77, 1984-85, 1992-93 22 Carl Forster 185 105 04/06/1992 Lancashire Cup: 23 Nathan Ashe 187 96 15/10/1991 1926-27, 1953-54, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963- 24 Joe Greenwood 190 102 02/04/1993 64, 1964-65, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1984-85, 1991-92 25 Alex Walmsley 196 112 10/04/1990 Lancashire League: 26 Adam Swift 184 88 12/05/1993 1929-30, 1931-32, 1952-53, 1956-57, 1958-59, 1959- 27 Anthony Walker 184 98 28/12/1991 60, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1968-69 28 Jordan Hand 183 100 13/05/1993 Charity Shield: 29 Danny Yates 175 82 28/05/1994 1992-93 30 Mark Percival 179 84 29/05/1994 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy: 31 Dom Speakman 177 82 22/03/1994 1971-72, 1975-76 32 James Tilley 183 89 11/11/1993 1 PAUL WELLENS Squad Number: 1 Position: Full Back Date of Birth: 27/ 02/1980 Birthplace: Knowsley Signed: Blackbrook ARL (03/06/1998) Debut: Halifax Blue Sox (30/08/1998) Height: 182cm PLAYER Weight: 93kg Twitter: @pwello80 Sponsor: Safer St Helens PAUL Wellens is one of the stalwarts of the Saints and has been an integral part of the ALL GAMES 2012 Club’s success over the last 15 seasons. APP SUB T G DG PTS Known locally as ‘Mr St Helens’ Wello has been an ambassador of the full back position in Rugby League since his debut in 1998. 29 --- 24 --- --- 96 Following his domination of the #1 spot in 2006 when he won the Man of Steel Award, PROFILES SAINTS CAREER Players’ Player of the Year, Rugby League Writers’ Player of the Year, Saints’ Official Player of the Year and Saints’ Supporters Player of the Year, in 2007 he became more APP SUB T G DG PTS productive scoring 24 tries in all competitions. 8 In 2008, he won the Lance Todd trophy for the second consecutive year for one of the 410 25 213 40 1 933 most dominant full back displays ever to grace Wembley. OTHER CLUBS, REPS HONS 2009 saw a return of 16 tries as he became pivotal in Saints’ attack and in 2010 he GRD clocked up 20. CLUB REP SoO CTY* TOT 2011 added another 14 tries to his tally and he surpassed not only 200 career four-point- ers but also played in his 400th game for the club. --- 31 --- 4 470 And last season was another superb one in terms of try production as he became a leader on and off the field as captain for the historic 2012 campaign at Langtree Park. 2 ADE GARDNER Squad Number: 2 Position: Winger Date of Birth: 26/06/1983 Birthplace: Barrow Signed: Barrow Border Raiders (26/09/2001) Debut: London Broncos (28/03/2002) Height: 184cm Weight: 93kg Twitter: @Gardsy24 THE Cumbrian flyer joined Saints from Barrow Border Raiders in October 2001 and im- ALL GAMES 2012 mediately demonstrated his pace and form as a great attacking option. He established himself as a first team regular in 2003, and made his 200th appearance in 2009. APP SUB T G DG PTS Despite saying he had a “shocking” game against Brisbane in the World Club Challenge in 9 --- 6 --- --- 24 2007, he scored two tries that rocked the Aussie Champions and sent Saints on their way to victory. SAINTS CAREER He was the Club’s highest try scorer in the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Super League seasons – scoring an impressive 31 tries to become Super League’s top try scorer in 2008. APP SUB T G DG PTS A knee problem curtailed his 2012 season – again following a superb run of form that had 261 15 168 --- --- 672 him earning plaudits from the coach and the fans. He signed a two-year contract in 2011 that will see him through to end of season 2013. OTHER CLUBS, REPS HONS GRD CLUB REP SoO CTY* TOT 30 10 --- 2 318 3 JORDAN TURNER 5 FRANCIS MELI Squad Number: 5 Squad Number: 3 Position: Winger Position: Centre Date of Birth: 27/04/1979 Date of Birth: 09/01/1989 Birthplace: Apia, Western Samoa Birthplace: Oldham Signed: New Zealand Warriors (03/08/2005) Signed: Hull FC (03/07/2012) Debut: Harlequins RL (11/02/2006) Debut: --- Height: 188cm Height: 188cm Weight: 105kg Weight: 100kg Twitter: @JordanTurner89 Sponsor: The Original Saints Supporters Club Sponsor: ABF The Soldiers Charity CAPPED 14 times by New Zealand and four times by Samoa Francis Meli has a true international pedigree. ALL GAMES 2012 (HULL FC) JORDAN Turner signed on a two-year contract in 2012. ALL GAMES 2012 He is predominately a centre but turned out for England Exiles as a Stand Off at the end Notching up an impressive 129 tries in 199 games to date, he has the pace and power to APP SUB T G DG PTS APP SUB T G DG PTS of the 2012 season. finish off any attack and is capable of utilising space to score points from all areas of the field.