{"id":98621,"date":"2023-09-08T10:41:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T10:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=98621"},"modified":"2023-09-08T10:41:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T10:41:11","slug":"paul-wellens-believes-forgotten-st-helens-can-live-long-in-the-memory-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/sport\/paul-wellens-believes-forgotten-st-helens-can-live-long-in-the-memory-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Wellens believes 'forgotten' St Helens can live long in the memory | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
PAUL Wellens believes St Helens are primed to make more memories after being \u2018forgotten.\u2019<\/p>\n
If it is possible, the four-times defending Super League champions and the current global kings after February\u2019s World Club Challenge win in Australia have flown under the radar.<\/p>\n
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Now all of a sudden, Saints are level on points with Wigan and Catalans at the summit with three matches remaining.<\/p>\n
And boss Wellens, who many were doubting earlier this year, says this is the result of not being distracted by external noise, good or bad.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cWe certainly weren\u2019t under the radar at the start of the year when we went to Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut since then, through missing players through suspension and injury and struggling for form, you can be very easily forgotten.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d say there\u2019s not quite been the same hype around us as recent seasons but that\u2019s something myself and the players are comfortable with.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, what we do know is the big games are coming thick and fast and they\u2019re the ones this group of players wants to be a part of.<\/p>\n
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