SAINTS SIZE 'EM UP

Wellens wants injury-hit side to slay Dragons

- ROSS HEPPENSTALL

ST HELENS v CATALANS

8pm, Sky Sports

PAUL WELLENS has warned his St Helens side to fight fire with fire against Catalans as they bid to prevent a sixth straight defeat against the Dragons.

Injury-hit Saints have not beaten the French side since a Challenge Cup victory in April 2022.

quarter-final Clashes between the sides have typically been close-fought affairs and Wellens admitted Catalans' huge forward pack will present a major challenge for his table-topping side.

The St Helens boss said: "They've got an identity in the way they play and part of that is the physical nature.