{"id":46022,"date":"2025-08-05T17:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/46022\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T17:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:26:10","slug":"st-helens-boss-paul-wellens-confirms-honest-conversations-will-be-had-over-future-as-contract-update-given","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/46022\/","title":{"rendered":"St Helens boss Paul Wellens confirms &#8216;honest conversations&#8217; will be had over future as contract update given"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/JC_250615_015-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"St Helens\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>St Helens head coach Paul Wellens has spoken about his future at the club with the 45-year-old out of contract at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Wellens was appointed as the head coach of his boyhood club ahead of the 2023 season and marked his first competitive game with a win in the World Club Challenge as Saints upset the odds Down Under against Penrith.<\/p>\n<p>To date, it\u2019s the only piece of silverware that the Red Vee have won under Wellens with the trophies of late being dominated by Saints\u2019 bitter rivals Wigan Warriors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/st-helens-confirm-paul-wellens-decision-as-eamonn-mcmanus-gives-verdict-95943\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wellens signed a one-year contract extension last August<\/a> with that announcement coming ahead of Round 21 in Super League, when St Helens sat fourth with 24 points.<\/p>\n<p>We are currently heading into Round 21 of the 2025 Super League season with St Helens sitting in fourth, albeit with two more points than this stage last season.<\/p>\n<p>That contract is now winding down and the St Helens boss was asked about his future at his pre-match presser, ahead of Friday\u2019s game against Wakefield Trinity.<\/p>\n<p>St Helens boss gives contract update<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not happened yet, no,\u201d Wellens confirmed to Serious About Rugby League when asked about contract conversations.<\/p>\n<p>However, he did confirm that some talks had been held regarding the future of the club as he played his cards close to his chest.<\/p>\n<p>The St Helens boss explained: \u201cWe\u2019ve been in discussions, not one way or the other, just around obviously the future and what it could potentially look like.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got the utmost trust and faith in Mike (Rush) and Eamonn (McManus) as people and I know that\u2019s reciprocated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonest conversations will be had moving forward and when a decision has been made on where my future lies or any contract situation, we\u2019ll be sure to let you know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>St Helens look well on course to extend their record of never missing the Super League play-offs but they\u2019re set for a crunch game this week with a win over sixth-placed Wakefield, particularly considering that third plays fifth when Leigh host Leeds on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u270c\ufe0f Two games against Wakefield to come this week!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd35 First Team \u2013 Friday<br \/>\ud83d\udd34 Academy \u2013 Saturday<\/p>\n<p>\u2139\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B8Fu47Ij6k\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/B8Fu47Ij6k<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COYS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#COYS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josephjamesfo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@josephjamesfo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TaT2cc44az\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/TaT2cc44az<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 St.Helens R.F.C. (@Saints1890) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Saints1890\/status\/1952610525176873459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753331296_223_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St Helens head coach Paul Wellens has spoken about his future at the club with the 45-year-old out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-46022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}