St Helens play at the Totally Wicked Stadium which is located in St Helens, England. The stadium has a capacity of 18,000 and opened in 2011 at a cost of £25 million. Current tenants are rugby league side St Helens and Liverpool FC’s reserves.
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Stadium Guide by Rugby Tripper
History
The 4 stands of the stadium are the North Stand, South Stand, East Stand and West Stand. Both the West Stand and the East stand have standing areas whereas the other two stands are seated stands.
The South Stand is where the stadium facilities are located with the hospitality boxes, the tunnel, changing rooms, ticket office, bar and club shop all in the vicinity. The main entrance of the club has a bronze statue of Keiron Cunningham standing over it who was a former captain of the club.
St Helens made their competitive debut at the ground in 2012 against Salford before going on to make it their permanent home. Numerous International matches have taken place at the stadium since 2012 including England vs the Exiles, England Knights vs Ireland and Australia vs Fiji.
Some of these matches were friendlies, however, Australia vs Fiji took place in the 2013 World Cup and England vs the Exiles took place during the 2012 Rugby league International Origin. Tonga vs Papua New Guinea, Tonga vs Wales and Australia vs Italy are all scheduled to take place at the ground during the 2021 World Cup.
The 2014 Challenge Cup Semifinal also took place at the Totally Wicked Stadium which was contested between Warrington and Leeds. Liverpool Under 19’s spent a season at the stadium over 2012 and 2013 along with some Under 21 games. However, Liverpool Reserves play all of their fixtures at the stadium and Liverpool Under 18’s regularly play at the ground.