1997 St Helens RLFC season

Super League II Rank

3rd

Play-off result

Premiership Trophy runners-up

Challenge Cup

Winners

1997 record

Wins: 21; Draws: 1; Losses: 8

Points scored

For: 856; Against: 631

Team information

Coach

Shaun McRae

Stadium

Knowsley Road

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The 1997 St Helens RLFC season was the 102nd season in the club's rugby league history and the second season in the Super League. Coached by Shaun McRae, the Saints competed in Super League II and finished in 3rd place, but went on to win the 1997 Challenge Cup, beating Bradford Bulls in the final for the second consecutive year.

Table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Bradford Bulls	22	20	0	2	769	397	+372	40
2	London Broncos	22	15	3	4	616	418	+198	33
3	St. Helens	22	14	1	7	592	506	+86	29
4	Wigan Warriors	22	14	0	8	683	398	+285	28
5	Leeds Rhinos	22	13	1	8	544	463	+81	27
6	Salford Reds	22	11	0	11	428	495	-67	22
7	Halifax Blue Sox	22	8	2	12	524	549	-49	18
8	Sheffield Eagles	22	9	0	13	415	574	-159	18
9	Warrington Wolves	22	8	0	14	437	647	-210	16
10	Castleford Tigers	22	5	2	15	334	515	-181	12
11	Paris Saint-Germain	22	6	0	16	362	572	-210	12
12	Oldham Bears	22	4	1	17	461	631	-170	9

Champions	Relegated

Squad

No^[1]	Player	Apps	Tries	Goals	DGs	Points
1	Prescott, SteveSteve Prescott	20	6	0	0	24
2	Hayes, JoeyJoey Hayes	10	3	0	0	12
3	Long, SeanSean Long	19	7	40	0	108
4	Newlove, PaulPaul Newlove	30	19	0	0	76
5	Sullivan, AnthonyAnthony Sullivan	38	27	0	0	108
6	Hammond, KarleKarle Hammond	36	15	0	1	61
7	Goulding, BobbieBobbie Goulding	20	2	77	1	163
8	Perelini, ApolloApollo Perelini	27	3	0	0	12
9	Cunningham, KeironKeiron Cunningham	36	11	0	0	44
10	Pickavance, IanIan Pickavance	34	3	0	0	12
11	Joynt, ChrisChris Joynt	34	6	0	0	24
12	Booth, SimonSimon Booth	10	1	0	0	4
13	Busby, DeanDean Busby	7	0	0	0	0
14	Arnold, DannyDanny Arnold	38	15	0	0	60
15	O'Neill, JulianJulian O'Neill	36	1	0	0	4
16	McVey, DerekDerek McVey	25	1	0	0	4
17	Leathem, AndyAndy Leathem	19	1	0	0	4
18	Haigh, AndyAndy Haigh	26	8	0	0	32
19	O'Loughlin, KevinKevin O'Loughlin	4	0	0	0	0
20	Martyn, TommyTommy Martyn	12	10	5	0	50
21	Hunte, AlanAlan Hunte	28	27	0	0	108
22	Matautia, VilaVila Matautia	33	0	0	0	0
23	Northey, AndyAndy Northey	23	2	0	0	8
24	Morley, ChrisChris Morley	34	3	0	0	12
25	Anderson, PaulPaul Anderson	29	2	1	0	10
30	Cross, AlanAlan Cross	2	0	0	0	0
33	Barrow, ScottScott Barrow	2	0	0	0	0
34	Sheil, RichardRichard Sheil	1	0	0	0	0
35	Johnson, JasonJason Johnson	2	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Player	Pos	From	Fee	Date	Ref
Sean Long	Scrum-half	Widnes Vikings	£80,000	June 1997

Out

Player	Pos	To	Fee	Date	Ref
Lee Briers	Scrum-half	Warrington Wolves	£65,000	April 1997	^[2]
Steve Prescott	Fullback	Hull Sharks	£350,000	November 1997	^[3]
Alan Hunte	Wing
Simon Booth	Second-row

References

↑ Bailey, Richard; Webb, Matthew. "St Helens Saints". rugby-league-world.com. Retrieved 3 June 2004.
↑ Hadfield, Dave (19 April 1997). "Briers signs for Warrington". The Independent. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
↑ Hadfield, Dave (26 November 1997). "Rugby League: Hull sign up Hunte, Prescott and Booth". The Independent. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

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