New St Helens coach Paul Wellens believes winning the World Club Challenge against Penrith would rank among the greatest achievements in the 150-year history of the proud Merseyside club.
The club, which was founded in 1873 and joined the breakaway Northern Union in 1895, has won the World Club Challenge just twice – in 2001 and 2007.
“We are super excited about this Penrith game, and we want to go there, we want to perform well and give a really good account of ourselves, and if we perform well bring home that trophy,” Wellens said. In a wide-ranging interview before the team’s departure from Manchester on Tuesday, Wellens told Saints TV that he was hoping to field his strongest side against the Panthers, including influential back Will Hopoate.
Boom halfback Louis Dodds and England internationals Mark Percival, Jonny Lomax and Alex Walmsley, who all missed the World Cup due to injury, are also expected to be fit for the World Club Challenge.They will join England World Cup representatives Tommy Makinson, Jack Welsby, Morgan Knowles and Matty Lees in a star-studded line-up that also includes former NRL players Konrad Hurrell, Curtis Sironen, Sione Mata’utia, Agnatius Paasi, Joey Lussick and James Bell.
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