St Helens

Tristan Sailor and Jonny Lomax calls made as St Helens v Catalans team news confirmed

by
Sam Cook
May 15, 2025

St Helens take on Catalans Dragons tonight and calls have been made on Tristan Sailor and Jonny Lomax’s places in the team.

Club captain Lomax was dropped earlier in the season but was named on the bench at Magic Weekend against Leeds Rhinos, being brought on early in a move that saw NRL signing Sailor shifted to the wing.

Head coach Paul Wellens admitted that playing Sailor on the wing was “an option” that the club had considered as Saints look to fix their misfiring spine.

Lomax was the game-winner against tonight’s opponents Catalans earlier in the season with his two drop goals guiding the Red Vee to a 14-13 win in Perpignan.

St Helens sit sixth in Super League with Catalans in seventh with both teams boasting records of fives wins and five losses during what has been an uncertain season for each side. Ahead of tonight’s game which kicks off at 8 pm at the Totally Wicked Stadium, the teams have been confirmed.

St Helens team news

Deon Cross makes his home debut for his boyhood club but the major decision revolves around Tristan Sailor and Lomax with the pair starting on the wing and in the halves respectively, as hinted by Wellens.

It means Jon Bennison drops out whilst Jonny Lomax partners George Whitby in the halves as Jack Welsby reverts to full-back.

Alex Walmsley and Daryl Clark return to the starting XIII with Agnatius Paasi and Moses Mbye playing off the bench.

St Helens XIII: Jack Welsby; Tristan Sailor, Deon Cross, Mark Percival, Lewis Murphy; Jonny Lomax, George Whitby; Alex Walmsley, Daryl Clark, Matty Lees; Curtis Sironen, Matt Whitley, Morgan Knowles

Interchanges: Agnatius Paasi, Moses Mbye, George Delaney, Jake Wingfield

😇 Here is how your Saints lineup to take on @DragonsOfficiel to start Round 11 of @SuperLeague!

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Catalans Dragons team news

Steve McNamara is missing plenty of experience tonight with captain Benjamin Garcia (groin), Sam Tomkins (knee), Elliott Whitehead (suspended) and Tommy Makinson (undisclosed) all missing, but he’s able to name the same spine as in the Challenge Cup semi-finals.

Youngster Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet anchors a spine including Luke Keary, Theo Fages and Alrix Da Costa, whilst Oliver Partington plays at loose forward.

Fouad Yaha comes in on the wing for Makinson whilst Arthur Romano returns from injury but only makes the bench as Matthieu Laguerre and Reimis Smith start in the centres.

Catalans Dragons XIII: Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet; Fouad Yaha, Matthieu Laguerre, Reimis Smith, Nick Cotric; Luke Keary, Theo Fages; Chris Satae, Alrix Da Costa, Romain Navarrete; Bayley Sironen, Paul Seguier, Oliver Partington

Interchanges: Arthur Romano, Tevita Pangai Jr, Jordan Dezaria, Tariq Sims