A spot in the Betfred Challenge Cup Semi Finals is up for grabs when the Saints go to Warrington to face the Wolves on Sunday, 6th April, with kick-off scheduled for 2:30pm.
TICKET & ENTRY INFORMATION
St.Helens have been allocated Standing and Reserved Seating tickets in both the West Stand and the North Stand of the Halliwell Jones Stadium.
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: 4pm on Saturday, 5th April.
Anybody who has requested ticket office collection must collect their tickets by 4:00pm on Saturday, 5th April. Any uncollected tickets will be available to collect at the Halliwell Jones Stadium Ticket Office on gameday.
For more ticket and travel details, please click here.
SQUAD NEWS
Coach Wellens makes just one change to the squad that he named for last week’s victory in Perpignan, with towering back-rower Curtis Sironen stepping back into the fold.
Click or tap on the image below to read more about our Quarter Final squad news.
Sam Burgess has made two changes to the squad he named for last Friday night’s two-point victory over Leeds Rhinos.
Josh Thewlis and Jordan Crowther are back available for selection following injuries, whilst Matty Ashton, Toby King and Rodrick Tai are included as they were last week but they did not feature in the game against the Rhinos.
Stefan Ratchford and Dan Russell drop out of Burgess’ side.
Warrington Wolves 21-man squad vs St.Helens
1. Matt Dufty, 2. Josh Thewlis, 3. Toby King, 4. Rodrick Tai, 5. Matty Ashton, 6. George Williams, 8. James Harrison, 9. Danny Walker, 10. Paul Vaughan, 11. Ben Currie, 12. Lachlan Fitzgibbon, 13. Luke Yates, 14. Sam Powell, 15. Joe Philbin, 16. Zane Musgrove, 17. Jordan Crowther, 21. Adam Holroyd, 24. Max Wood, 28. Jake Thewlis, 33. Arron Lindop, 35. Marc Sneyd.
💬 COACH PREVIEW
Wellens reflects on last week’s important win over Catalans Dragons in the South of France, a match which was won in hostile territory and in alien conditions with winds of up to 60mph recorded, making for a difficult game.
The Saints boss looks ahead to this meeting with the Wolves, as we look to make it a positive result this time around and keep our bid going for a 14th Challenge Cup trophy.
Saints TV subscribers can watch Wello’s full Coach Preview!
📲 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.
WEARING THE RED V
The Saints’ 2025 Home Kit will be worn in Sunday’s Quarter Final!
Taking centre stage, the iconic Saints crest has been transformed into a futuristic holographic badge and is placed in the centre of the shirt for the first time in 16 years. The shirt has elasticated sleeve cuffs that feature a woven oval SH pattern taken from one of the core elements of the Club crest, with the SH also watermarked into the Red V and on the side panels of the shorts.
Get yours online by visiting saintssuperstore.com!
🏉 CUP QUARTER FINAL FIXTURES IN FULL
Friday
Catalans Dragons vs Salford Red Devils – 7pm
Wakefield Trinity vs Leigh Leopards – 8pm
Saturday
Hull FC vs Hull KR – 2:30pm
Sunday
Warrington Wolves vs St.Helens – 2:30pm
THE RECORD AGAINST WIRE
Challenge Cup history
St.Helens and Warrington have met 19 times in rugby league’s most historic competition, with the Saints holding 11 wins over the Wolves, whilst Wire have won 7 of those meetings, and honours have been shared just once in 1972, resulting in a Semi-Final replay.
Last ten meetings
St Helens 12, Warrington 14 (SLR5, 21/3/25)
Warrington 23, St Helens 22 (SL-E, 28/9/24)
Warrington 16, St Helens 2 (SLR25, 7/9/24)
St Helens 10. Warrington 24 (SLR18, 19/7/24)
St Helens 8. Warrington 31 (CCQF, 14/4/24)
St Helens 16, Warrington 8 (SL-E, 30/9/23)
Warrington 6, St Helens 18 (SLR26, 15/9/23)
Warrington 20, St Helens 24 (SLR18, 7/7/23)
St Helens 28, Warrington 6 (SLR10, 20/4/23)
Warrington 10, St Helens 12 (SLR13, 19/5/22)
WHO WILL BE THE MATCH OFFICIALS?
Liam Moore will be the Referee for Sunday afternoon’s fixture, and he will be supported by Touch Judges Cameron Worsley and Mark Craven, as well as Video Referee Tom Grant.
📺 TUNE IN TO WATCH LIVE
Fans not in attendance at the Halliwell Jones Stadium can watch the game live on BBC Two, with coverage commencing at 2:05pm.
The full match replay will be available for Saints TV subscribers on Monday afternoon.
🐺 A LOOK AT THE WOLVES
Sam Burgess has got Warrington Wolves howling for silverware success once again. But will it be their year?
Last season was a renaissance for Wire being more competitive following two tough years which saw Daryl Powell depart the Club during 2023 and just squeezing into the Play-Offs. Fast forward and the Wolves in 2024 reached Wembley for the Challenge Cup Final but lost and the Super League Semi-Finals but also came up short.
So their aim is clear; go one better, in either competition.
Losing the likes of Matty Nicholson, Josh Drinkwater and John Bateman from their squad, heading into 2025 Burgess brought in a handful of new faces. Oli Leyland, the standout performer from London Broncos last season, PNG international back-row Dan Russell from St George Illawarra Dragons, and Alfie Johnson an outside from Leeds, who has also played Union 7s for England and Great Britain.
However, their headline recruitment came after five weeks into the season, with Salford Red Devils and their much publicised financial concerns they agreed to a transfer fee with Warrington for Marc Sneyd’s services. The veteran scrum-half is highly likely to make his Wolves debut on Friday night against the Saints.
Sneyd joins a team full of quality, joining George Williams in the halves, as well as Matt Dufty and Danny Walker in the spine. No doubt he will be aiming to kick the ball high and ahead for Toby King or Matty Ashton too.
This season has been a mixed bag for the Wolves so far, starting off with a strong away win over League One side Whitehaven in the Challenge Cup. Their Betfred Super League campaign began over at Huddersfield Giants, who despite a whole host of injuries gave the Wire a battle before falling to a 12-20 defeat. Burgess’ opening home game was another close affair edging past Catalans 18-12 before heading over to Las Vegas.
A showpiece event for the sport of rugby league over in the United States of America saw plenty of media coverage and attention for both Warrington and Wigan, but it was the Warriors who came away the happier. A clinical performance saw the current league champions put Wire to the sword 42-0, however, they did strike back though with four tries in the final fifteen minutes but the result was never in question.
Coming back home, the Wolves welcomed Super League’s promoted team Wakefield to their home and Daryl Powell, the former Wire boss, got to revel in a strong Trinity performance winning 16-30.
Warrington did confirm their spot in the last eight of the Challenge Cup by coming from behind to beat local rivals Widnes Vikings, 16-26. The draw saw the Saints get pulled to go away to Warrington in, setting up three matches between the Red V and the Wolves before the end of April.
Act I of the the trilogy went the way of the Wolves, with Marc Sneyd on debut proving to be the difference with a penalty kick, 12-14. The Wire then made it back-to-back, tight, two-point wins last week beating Leeds 16-14.
The Saints will be desperate to right some wrongs against Warrington, having lost all four meetings between the two clubs in 2024 – similar to how St.Helens did so in 2023, and now including the league match two weeks ago.
Plus at this stage of the Challenge Cup last year, the Wolves put in one of their best performances of the season at our home ground, which stung our Saints something rotten. There’s not much more motivation needed beyond that, as this heated rivalry write it’s next chapter on Sunday afternoon.
Three to watch
- Marc Sneyd – settled into his new team, the scrum-half is one of the very best kickers of a rugby league ball, both in play and off the tee
- Matty Ashton – the electric winger has a strong try-scoring run against the Saints, having scored in the last five meetings
- George Williams – the England captain was the difference in last season’s dramatic play-off, slotting over the drop goal, and there is no denying he is one of the best talents in the Super League
🦸♂️ JACK ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CUP
After the win in France, Jack said it was special to be able to go over to the 700 travelling Saints fans and celebrate after a few losses there in recent years, and Jack hops they will bring to same energy this weekend.
On the Challenge Cup, he said group have really put an emphasis on how important it is this year and we’re hoping to get a bit of payback for last season’s Cup exit.
⏭️ UP NEXT AT HOME: WAKEFIELD
