These are fascinating times for Super League’s most successful club. St Helens have been no strangers to setting records since rugby league switched to summer in 1996 but, of late, they have found themselves in uncharted territory.
Between 2019 and 2022, nobody could lay a glove on them. Even last year, when their run of four straight Grand Finals came to an end, they went to Australia and were crowned world champions. You wondered when, if ever, a club who consistently produce top-tier junior players would endure hardship of any kind again.
