St Helens keep squad number free for new signing as youngster promoted to No.5 shirt for 2023 season

Jon Bennison has taken Reagan Grace’s shirt number.
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Jon Bennison has been promoted to fill the No.5 shirt vacated by Rugby Union-bound winger Reagan Grace for the 2023 season.

It’s a fitting reward for the 19-year-old local lad who has come through the ranks at the Totally Wicked Stadium and now will be the possessor of the coveted jersey. Other past left wingers who have wowed the fans either at Knowsley Road, or the Totally Wicked  Stadium, include Anthony Sullivan, Francis Meli, and Adam Swift.

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Bennison featured in Saints’ final game of the  2021 Super League season against Salford  and then made his mark at senior level during the 2022 campaign amid an injury crisis, scoring in his club’s 24-12 Grand Final victory over Leeds Rhinos.

St Helens have left the No.25 vacant leading to suggestions that a new signing is imminent. The club said: “There is availability to fill this space from within the domestic club market."

The full squad is:

  • 1 Jack Welsby
  • 2 Tommy Makinson
  • 3 Will Hopoate
  • 4 Mark Percival
  • 5 Jon Bennison
  • 6 Jonny Lomax
  • 7 Lewis Dodd
  • 8 Alex Walmsley
  • 9 James Roby
  • 10 Matty Lees
  • 11 Sione Mata’utia
  • 12 Joe Batchelor
  • 13 Morgan Knowles
  • 14 Joey Lussick
  • 15 Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook
  • 16 Curtis Sironen
  • 17 Agnatius Paasi
  • 18 Jake Wingfield
  • 19 James Bell
  • 20 Dan Norman
  • 21 Ben Davies
  • 22 Sam Royale
  • 23 Konrad Hurrell
  • 24 Lewis Baxter
  • 25 Vacant
  • 26 Dan Hill
  • 27 Jumah Sambou
  • 28 Matty Foster
  • 29 Taylor Pemberton
  • 30 George Delaney
  • 31 Daniel Moss
  • 32 Ben Lane
  • 33 McKenzie Buckley
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