England international Paige Travis has returned to St Helens after a season spent down under.
The second rower left the club at the end of 2024 to spend a season with Parramatta Eels in the NRLW.
The nine-time England international’s two-year contract was brought to an end along with nine other players departing the club.
The 26-year-old played in every game of Parramatta’s campaign, making a total of 11 appearances for the club.
In her previous six-year spell at Saints, Travis helped them win the treble in 2021 as well as being a part of the squad that won a historic four consecutive Women’s Challenge Cup titles.
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Travis said: “The club’s support meant everything. I wanted to go and explore that opportunity and I had their backing, and that’s why this is the only club I would ever come back to.
“I think I’m coming back home as a better player, on and off the pitch. I’ve learned a lot by being in a full-time professional environment in Australia, which is something I hope the Women’s Super League can do one day.
“I stayed up watching the games I could this year, my mum goes to every game, and the girls are family to me, so Saints never really left me.”
Saints joint Head Coach Craig Richards said: “It’s great to have Paige back home. She’ll be a better player for her experiences in Australia, and the way she carried herself over there came as no surprise. She did herself and us proud.
“Bringing her back, having had that experience elsewhere, will strengthen what we want to achieve.
“Every club in the UK would want her, and that shows how highly valued the programme we run here is. It speaks volumes about our culture and how we treat people because, in Paige’s mind, it was always about coming back to Saints.”
Elsewhere Saints Men have learnt their fixtures for the upcoming season.
They will face Warrington Wolves away in the first round on Friday 13th February before hosting Leigh Leopards in round two.
Rivals round will take place on the third of April with Saints having the home advantage.
They will also host reigning champions Hull KR in the final match of the season.
Magic Weekend will be close by this year for Saints as it will be takin place at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium.
They will face rivals Wigan in the closing game of the weekend on 5th July.
