Women’s Match Preview: St Helens (A)
Hereโs everything you need to know ahead of Wigan Warriors Womenโs 2023 Betfred Super League Round 3 game against St Helens. The Warriors Women face the Saints at the Totally Wicked Stadium on Sunday 11th June (1pm K.O.).
The Warriors are currently undefeated and sit second behind York Valkyrie in the Betfred Women’s Super League after an opening day draw with Warrington and their recent 30-20 victory over Huddersfield Giants.
This week, they come head-to-head with St Helens for the first time in 2023 competition in what promises to be a feisty encounter at the Totally Wicked Stadium, live on TheSportsman.
Squad News
The Warriors have named their 19-player squad to head to Huddersfield on Sunday. Rachel Thompson, Anna Davies, Rebecca Greenfield, Alison Burrows and Jodie Morris all return to the travelling squad for the Derby fixture.
Womenโs squad to face Saints:
Opposition
Matty Smith has also named his Saints squad for Sunday’s fixture:
Sunday’s meeting between St Helens and Wigan Warriors will be their ninth in all competitions.
Previous Meetings:
- Wigan 4, St Helens 56 (SL-G1, 28/8/22)
- St Helens 44, Wigan 0 (SL-G1, 15/5/22)
- St Helens 52, Wigan 0 (SL-PO, 19/9/21)
- St Helens 28, Wigan 0 (SL, 15/9/19)
- Wigan 4, St Helens 6 (SL, 7/4/19)
- Wigan 10, St Helens 6 (SL-PO, 7/10/18)
- St Helens 10, Wigan 14 (SL, 19/8/18)
- Wigan 16, St Helens 6 (SL, 13/5/18)
Head-to-head:
- St Helens wins: 5
- Wigan wins: 3
Pre-match Quotes
The Warriors head to Saints with plenty of confidence after a good start to 2023 and Cailey Miller will be hoping to take to the field for her first ever Derby day after making her Club debut last time out following a lengthy injury spell.
Speaking ahead of the game, Cailey Miller said: โDerby Day is always such an important game for the team and Club. Iโm expecting a physical game from a side like St Helens, we will have to dig deep and show our resilience, but I have no doubt our team are ready to compete with them.โ
Read the full preview from Cailey Miller, who made her Club debut last weekend HERE.
Ticket info
Supporters wishing to make the trip to the Totally Wicked Stadium can do so, with entry for all costing ยฃ5 for Adults, ยฃ3 for concessions and ยฃ2 for U16s, which is pay on the gate.
Watch Live
Sunday’s game is also being streamed live and free on TheSportsman.com or TheSportsman YouTube page which you can find HERE.
Match Highlights
Full match and match highlights from the game will be on Wigan TV following the game early next week. Not a subscriber? Join today from ยฃ5.99 per month HERE.
Social Media
Wigan fans can follow every piece of the action via our social media channels and website.
- Twitter (@WiganWarriorsRL) โ half time and full time updates.
- Instagram (@wiganwarriorsrl) โ half time and full time updates.
- Facebook (Wigan Warriors) โ half time and full time updates.
- Website (www.wiganwarriors.com) โ post-match reaction including a match report.
