1996 St Helens RLFC season

Super League I Rank

1st

Play-off result

Premiership Trophy runners-up

Challenge Cup

Winners

1996 record

Wins: 26; Draws: 0; Losses: 3

Points scored

For: 1215; Against: 621

Team information

Coach

Shaun McRae

Stadium

Knowsley Road

List of seasons

1997 >

The 1996 St Helens RLFC season was the 101st season in the club's rugby league history and the first season in the Super League. Coached by Shaun McRae, the Saints competed in Super League I and finished in 1st place, and also went on to win the 1996 Challenge Cup, beating Bradford Bulls in the final.

Table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	St Helens	22	20	0	2	950	455	+495	40
2	Wigan Warriors	22	19	1	2	902	326	+576	39
3	Bradford Bulls	22	17	0	5	767	409	+358	34
4	London Broncos	22	12	1	9	611	462	+149	25
5	Warrington Wolves	22	12	0	10	569	565	+4	24
6	Halifax Blue Sox	22	10	1	11	667	576	+91	21
7	Sheffield Eagles	22	10	0	12	599	730	-131	20
8	Oldham Bears	22	9	1	12	473	681	-208	19
9	Castleford Tigers	22	9	0	13	548	599	-51	18
10	Leeds	22	6	0	16	555	745	-190	12
11	Paris Saint-Germain	22	3	1	18	398	795	-397	7
12	Workington Town	22	2	1	19	325	1021	-696	5

Champions	Relegated

Squad

Statistics include appearances and points in the Super League, Challenge Cup and Premiership Trophy.^[1]

Player	Apps	Tries	Goals	DGs	Points
Anderson, PaulPaul Anderson	1	0	0	0	0
Arnold, DannyDanny Arnold	23	25	0	0	100
Booth, SimonSimon Booth	16	2	0	0	8
Busby, DeanDean Busby	3	0	0	0	0
Cunningham, KeironKeiron Cunningham	29	13	0	0	52
Fogerty, AdamAdam Fogerty	15	1	0	0	4
Gibbs, ScottScott Gibbs	13	6	0	0	24
Goulding, BobbieBobbie Goulding	26	6	153	4	334
Haigh, AndyAndy Haigh	13	3	0	0	12
Hammond, KarleKarle Hammond	29	15	0	1	61
Hayes, JoeyJoey Hayes	12	8	0	0	32
Hunte, AlanAlan Hunte	23	14	0	0	56
Joynt, ChrisChris Joynt	24	4	0	0	16
Leathem, AndyAndy Leathem	14	0	0	0	0
McAtee, JohnJohn McAtee	3	0	0	0	0
McVey, DerekDerek McVey	22	6	1	0	26
Martyn, TommyTommy Martyn	17	9	2	0	40
Matautia, VilaVila Matautia	21	7	0	0	28
Morley, ChrisChris Morley	22	2	0	0	8
Neill, JonathanJonathan Neill	1	0	0	0	0
Newlove, PaulPaul Newlove	27	36	0	0	144
Northey, AndyAndy Northey	15	5	0	0	20
Perelini, ApolloApollo Perelini	27	12	0	0	48
Pickavance, IanIan Pickavance	25	3	0	0	12
Prescott, SteveSteve Prescott	27	15	17	0	94
Sullivan, AnthonyAnthony Sullivan	22	23	0	0	92
Veivers, PhilPhil Veivers	5	1	0	0	4

References

↑ Fletcher, Raymond (1997). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997. Headline Book Publishing. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-7472-7764-4.

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St Helens

Est. 1873 in St Helens, England

The Club	History Records Honours Players International representatives Coaches Hall of Fame

Home grounds	City Ground Knowsley Road (1890-2010) Halton Stadium (2011) Totally Wicked Stadium (2012-Present)

Hall of Fame	Alex Murphy Vince Karalius Tom van Vollenhoven

League	Super League

World Club Challenge (2)	2001 2007

Championships (13)	1931–32 1952–53 1958–59 1965–66 1969–70 1970–71 1974–75 1996 1999 2000 2002 2006 2014

Challenge Cup (12)	1955–56 1960–61 1965–66 1971–72 1975–76 1996 1997 2001 2004 2006 2007 2008

Other honours	4—time Premiership Champions 1—time Western Division Champions 1—time Regal Trophy Champions 2—time BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Champions 11—time Lancashire Cup Champions 11—time Lancashire League Champions 1—time Charity Shield Champions BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award (2006)

Seasons (120)	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

Culture	NRFU Founder Super League Founding Member Rivalry with Wigan Testimonials

Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1895)

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International Rugby League

British Rugby League

Competitions	RFL Championship Super League Division One Division Two Challenge Cup Regal Trophy

SL Teams	Bradford Bulls Castleford Tigers Halifax Blue Sox Leeds London Broncos Oldham Bears Paris Saint-Germain Sheffield Eagles St Helens Warrington Wolves Wigan Warriors Clash of the Codes Workington Town

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