Watch the full match replay as our academy took on the Castleford Tigers at home in a curtain raiser game at the Totally Wicked Stadium in torrid conditions.
See how we lined up below:
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This is how your Saints Academy line-up for this Afternoon's curtain raiser 👊#COYS | #HistoryInTheMaking pic.twitter.com/fS2dPqyJxB
— St.Helens R.F.C. (@Saints1890) June 30, 2023
The game was under the new trial rules for the RFL, which are as follows: The legal tackle height will be reduced to below the armpit at initial contact, with penalisation for contact on the head and neck at any point; while kick-offs will now be taken from 10 metres further forward – on the opposition’s 40-metre line, rather than the halfway line at present – to reduce the impact of ensuing collisions.
