St Helens prospect Harry Robertson has provided an injury update on a leg issue that has kept him out of two of the last three matches.
Robertson, 20, initially missed the defeat to Castleford Tigers with a quad problem, and after being named in the 21-man squad was rested as a precaution.
With a week off due to the Challenge Cup Final, he returned in round 13 against Leeds Rhinos, but couldn’t finish the full 80 and had to be substituted as a result.
That problem continued, and it forced him to miss the home defeat to Warrington Wolves, with Matt Whitley lining up in the centres in his absence.
Robertson has since revealed where he currently is in terms of fitness, and did so whilst being a guest on Sky Sports’ The Bench podcast with Jenna Brooks and Jon Wilkin.
He said: “I’m alright. It’s a bit of a funny one. It was only a one to two week injury to start with, and then I ended up getting a knee right at the top of where the old injury was.
“…It should only be another two weeks, so I should be back maybe next week [Sunday’s trip to St Helens] or the week after.”
When fit, Robertson has proved he is one of the most elusive and skilful young centres Super League has.
Scoring 15 tries in 25 games in 2025, his strike record hasn’t been as good this year, but he still proves to be a handful every time he gets the ball.
His efforts have put him in with an outside chance of making the England squad for the World Cup, with representing his country high on Robertson’s career goals.
If he does make the cut, where he plays is a completely different topic, with England being stacked in the three positions the 20-year-old can play – centre, full-back and in the halves.
On that debate, co-host Wilkin said: “I think that it’s an interesting discussion. Centre is a tricky position to get into the national team.
“Jake Wardle, Ash Handley, Herbie Farnworth, it’s quite a competitive position.
“I think full-back would be an interesting one. There’s Jack Welsby obviously, but I could see Harry being a full-back in the England set-up.
“It’s not for him to make a decision. Sometimes a career position finds you. The point is, you’re adaptable to play a number of positions.”
Following those comments, Robertson replied:Â “I just do what I’m told really. I play whatever, I don’t mind…
“I said in an interview last year that being part of that international squad is something that I’ve always wanted to do, and I think that’s the most pride you can have, playing for your country.
“I love playing for Saints, and that was a massive achievement, but that’s something else that I want to achieve in my career is to play for my country.
“The World Cup at the end of the year, I’ve not thought about it too much, I’ve just thought about the next game after this one and hopefully I can put my best foot forward for that.”
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