The Saints head to the home of the Dragons on Saturday, 29th March for Round 6 of Betfred Super League 2025. Kick-off is scheduled for 5:30pm in the UK, 6:30pm local time in Perpignan.
TICKET & ENTRY INFORMATION
St.Helens have been allocated Reserved Seating tickets in the Tribune Puig-Albert area of the Stade Gilbert Brutus.
- Adults – £18.50
- Student – £8.50
- Under 12 £4.5
Tickets can be purchased online here now, via the Ticket Office or over the phone on 01744 455052. Saints’ tickets sold through the Club will be coming off sale at: 5pm on Friday, 28th March. Those who have requested ticket office collection must collect their tickets before tickets come off sale.
SQUAD NEWS
Paul Wellens makes just one change to his squad that he named for last week with back-rower Joe Batchelor now back available for the Saints after following head injury protocols which meant he could not be selected last week. Curtis Sironen is the Saint that steps out of the squad this time.
Click or tap on the image below to read more about our Round 6 squad news.
The Dragons are firing a little more now after a slow start to the new season and are on a three-match running run, two in the league with a Challenge Cup victory sandwiched in between.
Steve McNamara has three big returnees stepping back into the squad, the headline one is the inclusion of former St.Helens man Tommy Makinson who will come up against the Saints for the first time after he departed the Club to join the French side.
Back-rower Bayley Sironen and another former Saint Théo Fages are also available for selection too.
Catalans Dragons 21-man squad vs St.Helens
1. Sam Tomkins, 2. Tommy Makinson, 3. Arthur Romano, 4. Reimis Smith, 5. Nick Cotric, 6. Luke Keary, 8. Tevita Pangai Jr., 9 Benjamin Garcia, 10. Julian Bousquet, 12. Elliott Whitehead, 13. Oliver Partington, 14. Alrix Da Costa, 15. Chris Satae, 17. Bayley Sironen, 18. César Rouge, 19. Paul Sequier, 20. Jordan Dezaria, 21. Théo Fages, 23. Matthieu Laguerre, 24. Franck Maria, 26. Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet.
🔷🔻 IN THE AWAY KIT
The Saints will be wearing our Away Kit on Saturday evening!
Just like our Home Kit in 2025, the Saints’ iconic crest has been transformed into a futuristic holographic badge and placed in the centre of our shirts for the first time in 16 years.
Our SAINTS wordmark features in the design of the navy and red kit, on the elasticated sleeves, within the Red Vee on the chest, in the gradient pattern in the lower section of the shirt, and in the side panels of the shorts too.
Get yours online by visiting saintssuperstore.com!
💙 SUPPORTING WILLOWBROOK
For this fixture, the Saints are thrilled to be supporting our charity partner and local hospice – Willowbrook Hospice – with their branding featured on the First Team’s kit!
This comes with thanks to principal club partners Totally Wicked who have kindly donated their sponsor position on our Away kit for this match, and for all Saints Junior Replica Shirts in 2025, just as they did in 2024 too.
Every penny to Willowbrook Hospice makes a difference as an independent charity that provides to our local community, specialist palliative care for patients with complex needs.
Click on the image below to visit the Hospice’s website where you can make a donation too.
💬 COACH PREVIEW
Knowing how fired up Catalans get for the visit of the Saints, Wellens has prepared his squad to go into hostile territory, looking to shake off the recent form of our visits to the Dragons’ stadium.
Saints TV subscribers can watch Wello’s full Coach Preview!
🚴♀️ CYCLE TO PERPIGNAN
The Saints Community Development Foundation have been completing a three-day team cycling challenge, all in support of the work that the Foundation does in our local community. The SCDF’s challenge is cycling the total distance from the Totally Wicked Stadium to the Stade Gilbert Brutus as the crow flies; just over 785 miles or 1260 kilometres!
This fundraising event is to help raise money for the inclusion programmes that are run by the Saints Community Development Foundation, such as our Learning Disability Super League, and Wheelchair Rugby League Teams, or our Inclusive Cheer and Volunteering programmes.
If you would like to donate online – please click here to be directed to the SCDF’s JustGiving page.
📲 FOLLOW THE GAME WITH SAINTS
Fans not in attendance will be updated in full with the Saints’ Live Match Centre – your hub to find out the team news, follow live game updates, see behind the scenes photos, and click to read all the key stories of the fixture.
St.Helens’ social media accounts will keep supporters up to date of every key moment, so ensure you are following us!
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Highlights and the full match replay will be available for Saints TV subscribers too.
🏉 THE REST OF ROUND 6
Thursday
Castleford Tigers vs Hull FC – 8pm
Friday
Leigh Leopards vs Wakefield Trinity – 8pm
Warrington Wolves vs Leeds Rhinos – 8pm
Sunday
Huddersfield Giants vs Hull KR – 3pm
Wigan Warriors vs Salford Red Devils – 3pm
Take a look at how the Betfred Super League table looks ahead of Round 6 by clicking here.
🗺️ AWAY FAN GUIDE
Heading over to cheer on the Saints?!
Make use of Catalans Dragons’ guide for the Game Day Experience at the Stade Gilbert Brutus.
📊 THE RECORD AGAINST CATALANS
Super League summary
Saints and Catalans have met 46 times in league action, with the Red V leading the overall head-to-head score with 26 wins to the Dragons 20. Of our 26 wins over the French outfit, two have come in the play-offs in 2014 and 2020, and the big one in 2021 at the Grand Final.
The highest winning Saints score against Catalans came back in a 2007 home game, 53-10, and the Saints’ widest winning margin over the Dragons was in the 2020 semi-final winning 48-2.
Last ten meetings – First Team vs Catalans Dragons
St Helens 24, Catalans Dragons 12 (SLR13, 31/5/24)
Catalans Dragons 14, St Helens 8 (SLR7, 6/4/24)
Catalans Dragons 12, St Helens 6 (SLSF, 6/10/23)
St Helens 12, Catalans Dragons 14 (SLR19, 13/7/23)
Catalans Dragons 24, St Helens 12 (SLR11, 5/5/23)
Catalans Dragons 20, St Helens 18 (SLR17, 2/7/22)
Catalans Dragons 20, St Helens 36 (CCQF, 9/4/22)
St Helens 28, Catalans Dragons 8 (SLR1, 10/2/22)
Catalans Dragons 10, St Helens 12 (SLGF, 9/10/21) (at Old Trafford, Manchester)
Catalans Dragons 31, St Helens 30 (aet) (SLR23, 4/9/21) (at St James’ Park, Newcastle)
🗣️ WHO WILL BE THE MATCH OFFICIALS?
Jack Smith will be the Referee for Saturday evening’s fixture, and he will be supported by Touch Judges Stephane Vincent and Richard Thompson, as well as Video Referee Liam Rush at Rugby League’s remote refereeing base.
⛵ TRISTAN EXPECTING TOUGH TEST
Ahead of his first match of rugby league in France, Tristan Sailor reflects on last week’s narrow defeat to Warrington, insisting that the next time we meet the Wolves in the Betfred Challenge Cup we are even more determined to get the result.
Sailor also applauds the effort of over 700 Saints supporters making the international trip to come and cheer the team on!
Watch the full player preview with Trist on Saints TV!
📺 TUNE IN TO WATCH LIVE
Sky Sports subscribers can watch it live on Sky Sports Action, as can SuperLeague+ subscribers.
⏭️ UP NEXT AT HOME: WAKEFIELD
🐲 A LOOK AT THE DRAGONS…
In recent seasons the Catalans Dragons have established themselves as a true contender, reaching two Grand Finals but coming up short in both.
It was a tough 2024 campaign for the French side, who finished outside of the Play-Off spots. With a strong recruitment drive for 2025, the Dragons plan on remaining one of the contenders this year, with a squad that is littered with talent.
Big name signings saw the likes of Nick Cotric, Elliott Whitehead, Luke Keary and Tevita Pangai Junior all make the move to Perpignan from the NRL, with Super League players Oli Partington and Tommy Makinson (you might have heard of him) also joining Les Dracs.
All those names joined a squad that had Sam Tomkins, Julian Bousquet, Ben Garcia, Alrix Da Costa, Theo Fages and many more known talents. It is clear to see why Catalans were being widely tipped for a big year.
It has been a mixed start to the 2025 season for McNamara’s men, but they look to have turned a corner and challenging as they expected to now.
The new year began with a trip to The Shay where Halifax Panthers impressed and looked to be almost creating a very early Challenge Cup shock, however they fell to a 0-14 thanks to two match saving second half tries by Catalans, who looked to not be firing just yet.
That rocky start continued with a shock home loss to Hull FC in Round 1 of Betfred Super League, only scoring one try too. Two more losses both away from home followed to Warrington Wolves and Leigh Leopards, putting a bit of early season pressure on the Dragons.
However, they are now on a three-match winning run after a battling 11-0 home victory over Leeds Rhinos for their first two league points of the year, which was the spark they may have needed. They cruised past Championship side Featherstone Rovers to go into the Challenge Cup Quarter Finals in front of their own supporters 46-18. Last time out, Catalans put in arguably their best performance of the year so far, away at The Jungle in poor rainy conditions and running out 4-26 victors.
So, with the Dragons on a winning run and the Saints heading into their territory, Catalans will be very much up for this coming game on Friday night. Matches between the two clubs in recent years have always delivered a spectacle, a bruising one at that too.
The Saints will need to be bang up for this one, as we look to shake off last week’s very narrow loss and build form before the Challenge Cup Quarter Final.
Three to watch
- Sam Tomkins – now back playing after an early season knock, the fullback appears to be as dangerous as ever, registering 14 points in the Dragons’ win over the Tigers last time out
- Luke Keary – a three-time NRL Premiership winner, the veteran half has a lot to offer the Dragons not only with his style of play but his rugby league brain too
- Tevita Pangai Junior – a towering Tongan prop who is at the height of his powers, proven with a bulldozing score in the last round
