Jack Welsby: St Helens full-back signs long-term contract extension with Betfred Super League club | Rugby League News

Jack Welsby will be staying with St Helens until at least the end of the 2027 Betfred Super League season after agreeing a contract extension; the England international was rumoured to be attracting NRL interest; watch every Super League match in 2024 live on Sky Sports

Jack Welsby will be staying with St Helens until at least the end of 2027

Jack Welsby will be staying with St Helens for at least four more seasons after agreeing a new contract with the Betfred Super League club.

The 22-year-old has emerged as one of the competition’s brightest stars since making his Saints debut in 2018 and had been rumoured to be attracting interest from NRL side St George Illawarra Dragons.

However, Welsby has now put pen to paper on a new deal with St Helens which runs until the end of the 2027, handing a boost to both the club he has been with since joining the youth set-up nine years ago and Super League as a whole.

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St Helens fans will be hoping to see more moments like Jack Welsby’s try against Leeds Rhinos after he extended his stay with the Betfred Super League club

Welsby had previously signed a new contract to run until the end of the 2025 season in May last year, and this further extension underlines how much he is valued by St Helens.

He has already been part of three Super League Grand Final-winning teams with Saints, including memorably scoring the game-clinching try on the final play of the game in 2020, and helped them win the Challenge Cup in 2021 too.

Welsby has scored 54 tries in 117 appearances so far as well, and has show his versatility by playing in numerous positions across the back line and even at loose forward before settling into the full-back role.

He has six England caps to his name as well and became the youngest player to captain the national team when he was selected as skipper for the first two Tests of this year’s home series against Tonga by head coach Shaun Wane.

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