Talk:St Helens R.F.C.

message: Shouldn't Keiron Cunningham have the Welsh flag rather than the English flag next to his name? Although born in England, he plays for the Welsh national team. I've looked on a few other sports pages on here & players seem to be classed by country played for rather than country of birth. RC4282
:Agreed KC plays for Wales (Sadly :-() - Have Changed --Rehnn83 11:12, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Lee Gilmour to Scotland Londo06 23:19, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nation identifiers 

message: Would I be correct in saying that players first registered by St Helens would be eligible to play in a representative team for Lancashire (in, say, the Origin Series) and that no such team exists for Merseyside?  Yorkshire Phoenix (talk • contribs) 08:08, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Correct. The traditional boundaries of Lancashire take in most of Greater Manchester and Merseyside (as well as Barrow and the Furness peninsula) and hence they are 'Lankies' as far as origin goes. Strictly speaking since Blackpool is now no longer part of Lancashire as defined by the government, it is true to say that there are no pro or even semi-pro teams in Lancashire at all.GordyB 14:22, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  County representation 

message: Have Dean McGilvray and Dave Hull been given squad numbers for 2008? Their names do not appear on the squad list on the official Saints website. In Wikipedia only factual information should normally be presented. Both these players are listed in the Reserve Team on the official website. Shouldn't these two names therefore be removed from the 2008 first team squad listing until such time that their squad number is confirmed by the club? Tobias-UK (talk) 19:01, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: They were given squad nos last year. The reason the are not listed on the Saints website is the 25 rule. Probably best that they are linked there. CorleoneSerpicoMontana (talk) 19:46, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

text: I don't know whether it is the Super League Squads bit detailed here or the 20-25 salary cap rule from previous years but there is no upper limit on a squad size that I am aware of, just that you'd have to pay the rest of the squad less.Londo06 17:13, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe they should stay, they still train with the squad, they've got professional contracts just not included under an administrative rule.Londo06 14:53, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

text: The unverifiable information has been removed until the players' squad numbers and inclusion in the First Team are officially announced and confirmed by the club. Tobias-UK (talk) 20:09, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Administrative rule, I see no reason to remove them from the page. If you want to set them apart and write a note I would have no problem with that.Londo06 09:08, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

text: WiKi REQUIRES that content is VERIFIABLE. The inclusion of those players in the First Team Squad has not been verified by the club or RFL - the only organisations who can verify it. Once verification is available then the names should be included until then the names are removed. Tobias-UK (talk) 12:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed Dave Hull as that was his squad number from last year and can find no verification that he trains with the first team.Londo06 16:10, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

text: Added in a citation for Dean McGilvray. Confirmed that he is in the squad, there are obviously many others out there, this one was grabbed from this page. CorleoneSerpicoMontana (talk) 22:04, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

text: You appear to be wrong about that one fella. And also wrong about your claims on squad numbers determining which squad they may train with. CorleoneSerpicoMontana (talk) 18:49, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  2008 players 

message: If you look at the pages for the NRL clubs they all have PNG images to show their club colours in comparison to the ones we have on the superleague teams' pages they look much better. A good idea to change them to the same style maybe?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Billybobalobadob (talk • contribs) 17:33, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kits 

message: Does this section have any place in the main article - Rehnn83 Talk 11:07, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fan songs 

message: The history section is becoming a bit over-big, if you will, now. Should it be moved to a History of St Helens Rugby League Football Club (or RLFC) page and a more general overview replace it on the main page?
Thanks,
Ymron (talk) 20:16, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: History section

message: Saints put a very inexperienced squad out for the above game, most of whom had never played first-grade football before. Therefore, when they played this match, they played professionally, meaning they are eligible to a page on WP. I have started Gary Langley, but if someone could find the time to even start some of other players who played in this game, it would be much appreciated.
The squad can be found here,
Many thanks for your help,
Ymron (talk) 18:07, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Catalans vs. St Helens - 19 August 2006 

message: #The article is obviously suitably referenced; a common template of usage and over 300 references, with the vast majority of, if not all of the topic sourced.
#The article now covers in balance all of the club's history, the academy/youth system, crest and insignia, sponsors et al, as requested at the last review.
#Defined structure, well organised, referenced lead.
#I've checked for errors; punctuation is good, en dashes in place of hyphens, a detailed but smooth flow.
#Supporting materials; images throughout, infobox as standard, diagrams/illustrations shown by teams for notable cup finals: all present.
#Appropriate presentation, terms explained in some context with links to potentially ambiguous tournaments provided.
I doubt it's anywhere near close to GA-class yet, but certainly the B criteria have been met.
Ymron (talk) 14:02, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  B-class 

message: The Knowsley Road ground at St Helens was purchased recently. The principle contractors for the development are Taylor Wimpey. The proposed name of the new housing site is " Cunningham Grange".
The demolition was carried out by Cheshire firm "Nick Brookes Group".
Several large machines have been involved with the demolition of the existing stadium, includies Leibher 954, and Extec C12 crusher. 
Although the club has had a long history at this site, it is hoped that moving to the new ground will allow greater capacity supporters along with a host of new features.
spooneroon Spooneroon (talk) 10:35, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demoltion of the Knowlesy Road ground 

message: Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Rugby league#Incubator discussion regarding William "Billy" Smith, closeout date of July 30.  This article could use someone in St. Helens with access to a local newspaper from the early 1930s.  Unscintillating (talk) 23:54, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion about William "Billy" Smith, born in and played for St. Helens(?) 

message: I have had my removal of Halton Stadium photo reverted.
What relevance does Halton Stadium have to St Helens RFC? None. It was used for one season out of 120 or so years the club has existed. It has no importance to the club, or ANY relevance since the move to Langtree/Totally Wicked Stadium. 
There is no photo of Wembley on the Tottenham Hotspur wiki, which was used in similar circumstances. There's no photo of Mount Pleasant which Dewsbury RLFC used whilst in between stadiums either. No photo of Valley Parade on the Bradford Bulls page. Any other examples?
So please explain the reasoning of why it is important to have a photo of Halton Stadium here. 78.150.247.233 (talk) 09:07, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is not the photo but the changing of Dick Huddart to D*** Huddart in the same edit. Keith D (talk) 11:11, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  I didn't realise. My browser was using a profanity filter. Just my luck! Either way, I'll leave it up to someone else to edit this if anyone else cares :) 78.150.247.233 (talk) 20:44, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Halton Stadium 

message: Have setup a wikipage for Tee Ritson, could the more experienced rugby league editors add the correct formats etc. Regards --Devokewater 00:13, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Tee Ritson