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Paul Wellens: St Helens boss says new backroom team can bring impetus side needs

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St Helens boss Paul Wellens says the arrival of Eamon O’Carroll and Lee Briers to his backroom team can be the impetus his side needs to push on in 2025.

O’Carroll arrived off the back of coaching Championship side Bradford Bulls last term while England men’s assistant coach Briers joined having spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach at the Brisbane Broncos in Australia.

The pair joined Saints as part of a revamped backroom line-up following a 2024 campaign which saw them finish sixth in Super League, with Matty Smith leaving to rejoin Wigan and France coach Laurent Frayssinous also exiting.

“I feel there’s always expectation around us as a club and this year is no different. Obviously we learned some valuable lessons last year and hopefully as a team we can grow off the back of that,” Wellens told BBC Radio Merseyside.

“I felt the environment needed freshening up a bit and that’s no slight on the people who aren’t here any more. Some fantastic people have left the organisation.

“Some new faces and new minds bring in fresh ideas, fresh enthusiasm for what we’re doing and when you bring in new ideas it brings in a new stimulus for the players as well.”


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