St Helens’ injury list continues to grow with two more season-ending injuries confirmed in the last two days, only adding to what is an unprecedented situation.
A club statement on Tuesday announced that Owen Dagnall had suffered an ACL injury that would require surgery and end the outside back’s year.
Just a day later, when speaking at his press conference, Paul Rowley confirmed that the ankle injury to Daryl Clark, initially expected to be around eight weeks, was in fact yet another season-ending injury.
Those two are the latest of many with a total of seven first-team players confirmed to be out for the season, with Paul Rowley stating that 16 players are currently out injured.
It’s not just the number of players but the significance of them with Rowley revealing that the club had ‘just short of £2 million [worth of players] missing on the [salary] cap’, highlighting just how desperate a situation St Helens are in.
They have signed Daniel Suluka-Fifita mid-season but Rowley confirmed no more additions could possibly be made, stating: “We’re squeezed on cap and there’s no dispensations or sympathy.
“There’s no white knights coming, so we’ve just got to go again.”
We’ve taken a deep dive into St Helens squad and looked at who is out injured or unavailable, with what injury, and the timeline offered at the time of the injury being confirmed.
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2. Kyle Feldt – Released
The first name on this list is perhaps cheating as Kyle Feldt was a mutual release but he was the club’s top try-scorer in 2025 and despite leaving last month, he still remains their top scorer in Super League.
4. Mark Percival – Hamstring on 21st June – 8 weeks
Assistant coach Lee Briers revealed the extent of Mark Percival’s hamstring injury in late June, ruling the centre out for eight weeks meaning a return date would come at the end of August, at which point there will just be three games of the season to go.
5. Deon Cross – Torn bicep early June – Out for the season
Cross had surgery on a ruptured bicep in mid-June with Paul Rowley confirming to the media on June 19th that Cross would be facing a 12-week return, adding that it would be ‘season done’ for the outside back.
7. Jonny Lomax – Broken jaw on 11th June – Unknown return date
Jonny Lomax fractured his jaw against Warrington Wolves with the veteran having surgery to remedy that and in that same presser of June 19th, Rowley explained that whilst it it would be season over for any other player, he refused to write Jonny Lomax off.
8. Alex Walmsley – HIA protocols – Indefinite return timeframe
After failing a HIA against Wigan Warriors at Magic Weekend, Alex Walmsley is one of two players still in HIA protocols with Rowley confirming that news at yesterday’s presser.
9. Daryl Clark – Ankle on 5th July – Out for the season
Initially reported as en eight-week injury, Clark’s season is now over and his World Cup dreams could also be on the brink with the hooker in a race to be fit.
10. Matty Lees – Knee on 9th May – Out for the season
Lees has been so incredibly unfortunate in 2026 with the St Helens captain suffering a bad knee injury a week before the Super League season starting, then suffering a season-ending one in the first set of Saints’ Challenge Cup semi-final loss to Wigan Warriors.
12. Shane Wright – Unknown – Unknown return date
Wright was a surprise omission ahead of the game against Toulouse Olympique and he then dropped out of the 21-man squad for Friday’s game.
13. David Klemmer – Broken ribs on 5th July – Several weeks out
As part of Saints’ injury update after their bruising Magic Weekend loss, the club confirmed that David Klemmer had suffered three broken ribs and that he would be out of action for ‘several weeks’.
15. George Delaney – HIA protocols – Indefinite return timeframe
Just like Alex Walmsley, George Delaney is uncertain of his return date with the forward still going through HIA protocls following that Magic Weekend loss.
16. Matt Whitley – Wrist in mid-June – Out for the season
Whitley pulled out in the captain’s run before their game against Huddersfield on June 21st with what turned out to be a ligament issue in his wrist, described by Lee Briers as the ‘ACL of the wrist’ and sidelining him for the season.
17. George Whitby – Knee in mid-June – 8-16 weeks
In the same captain’s run that Whitley suffered a wrist injury, George Whitby went down with a knee injury that the club announced would rule him out for between eight and 16 weeks, meaning he could return by the end of the regular season or may miss the play-offs completely.
18. Jake Wingfield – ACL on 10th April – Out for the season
Wingfield made his return to the action and was playing so well when he suffered a season-ending ACL injury in the Challenge Cup win over Catalans. His Saints’ future is now in doubt as a result of him not meeting the required games played to trigger a contract renewal.
19. Agnatius Paasi – Released
Whilst Paasi was released, just like Kyle Feldt, he was injured at the time of that release, which ultimately facilitated the signing of Daniel Suluka-Fifita. The veteran forward went down inside five minutes of the Good Friday derby in early April with a hamstring injury.
20. Lewis Murphy – Elbow in late May – 8 weeks
Lewis Murphy could be expected to return some time soon with the last update on the winger coming in that June 26th presser with Lee Briers. On a return for Murphy, he said: “Probably he’s about four weeks away, I think. Maybe three weeks, four weeks. He’s about five weeks in now off [the back of] an elbow operation.” That would imply Murphy may be back very soon as three weeks have passed and next week’s game would be the fourth week.
21. Noah Stephens – Nerve damage on 23rd May – Out for season
Stephens’ is the longest-term injury on this list with Paul Rowley confirming that the return timeline for the sort of nerve damage sustained by Stephens can be measured in years if it’s a bad case. Speaking in mid-June, Rowley said: “We’re hoping that it’s the best side of that injury, but it’s a tricky one, and the worst side is very, very long-term and measured in years, and the best side is short-term, measured in months, and that would be three, six, and then start rehabbing, so it’s season.”
24. Owen Dagnall – ACL on 12th July – out for season
The freshest injury in respect to the fact it was sustained this weekend, Dagnall will be out for all of this season and a chunk of next year after his ACL injury against Toulouse.
