{"id":781776,"date":"2026-09-25T03:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T03:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/781776\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T03:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T03:38:16","slug":"kyle-feldt-sends-warning-to-super-league-bound-nrl-players-as-st-helens-exit-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/781776\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Feldt sends warning to Super League-bound NRL players as St Helens’ exit explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kyle Feldt has explained his St Helens\u2019 exit and warned any NRL players who are making a move to Super League to temper their expectations.<\/p>\n

Feldt signed for St Helens ahead of the 2025 season, arriving from North Queensland Cowboys, the club he had represented all of his life. As such, he admitted that moving to England was something that he was nervous about but he found success.<\/p>\n

His debut season saw the winger score more than a try per game and even in 2026, when he left the club mid-season<\/a>, he was still scoring at a rate of more than a try per game with his final tally being 33 tries in 29 matches.<\/p>\n

Despite that, his departure was sudden and unplanned and he\u2019s explained that it was simply down to issues with then head coach Paul Rowley, as well as his desire not to hold up a playing spot that could otherwise go to a young player.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Chad Townsend\u2019s podcast<\/a>, Feldt explained: \u201cWe had a coach change. Paul Wellens was the coach there last year, he was a really good coach and a good fella. I got on with him like a house on fire and he actually moved to the Cowboys.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new coach came in and it was all good but then we kind of didn\u2019t see eye to eye, I just wasn\u2019t really enjoying my time there and you know what it\u2019s like. You get older and you don\u2019t want to be holding out a young kid so I just thought instead of hanging on and trying to see out the year, why not leave.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no family keeping me there, just me and my wife and kids, and I thought why not leave now and get stuck into real world life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cLike going a few years\u201d \u2013 Ex-St Helens man lifts lid on Super League stay<\/p>\n

As well as lifting the lid on his St Helens\u2019 exit, Feldt also spoke about the big differences between Super League and the NRL, with the facilities unsurprisingly being the number one thing he highlighted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only advice I would give is don\u2019t set expectations real high,\u201d he said, before going on to suggest that moving to Super League is like \u2018going back a few years\u2019,<\/p>\n

\u201cOver there [England], the game is a lot different to over here [Australia]. The training facilities are completely different. Over here, we have high performance centres at every club but over there the money and backing isn\u2019t as big so you\u2019re going back a few years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe game itself is starting to change and to catch up to NRL. With the new rules coming in, it\u2019s going to be good in the next couple of years but at this stage in my career, it was like I stood back in time.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI enjoyed my time. I\u2019m glad I did it, I can tick it off the bucket list, I wouldn\u2019t go back again but I\u2019ve ticked it off the bucket list.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feldt, who made a code switch to play AFL after returning down unde<\/a>r, also refused to rule out a comeback, although he admitted it would not be at the NRL level.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe itch is still there but I\u2019m pretty sure this [upcoming season] is my last year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll have a word with the wife and with the doctor and if there\u2019s nothing wrong, I\u2019ll probably fork it out in the Q Cup or something but I\u2019ll see how I go.\u201d<\/p>\n

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