Where are they now? 2003 Sale Sharks vs St Helens 13-a-side crosscode game

The rugby codes unite at Headingley later this afternoon for the first time in 22 years for the first-ever 13-a-side ‘745 Game’, which has been named after the shirt numbers worn by Rob Burrow, Ed Slater and Doddie Weir.

Ex-England stars Danny Cipriani, Billy Twelvetrees, and Tom Youngs are among the former stars playing in the game to aid people living with Motor Neurone Disease.

The last time the codes played together was at Knowsley Road, St Helens, in January 2003. Sale beat St Helens 41-39 after scoring all of their points in the first half. Steve Hanley and Phil Davies both scored a brace of tries. Mark Cueto, Stuart Turner, and Dean Schofield also crossed the line, and Richard Wigglesworth kicked three goals.

Chris Joynt, Steve Maden, Paul Newlove, Ade Gardner, John Kirkpatrick and Jason Hooper all scored for the Super League champions, playing for the first time in two months, while Sean Long, who kicked two goals, missed an injury-time conversation which would have snatched a draw.

Sale Sharks
Jason Robinson: A dual-code international who was a World Cup winner in 2023, has worked in the media as a brand ambassador and runs the Jason Robinson Foundation.

Mark Cueto: Winger, who played in the 2007 World Cup final, worked in Sharks’ commercial department on radio and television. He is now sales director for a high-speed broadband supplier in Hale, Cheshire.

Jim Naylor: Winger, who won a Premiership title with Newcastle Falcons, worked as a sales manager for Carlsberg UK and is now a PE teacher at Rodillian Academy.

Dan Harris: Centre has carved out a successful business career in development and marketing and is now a leadership and Sales Trainer and an Executive Coach.

Steve Hanley: A winger who scored a try against Wales at Wembley Stadium on his only test appearances has worked in hospitality and is now business development manager for Sedulo in Manchester.

Jos Baxendell: England international who played at centre or fly half worked as a Surveyor and is now a Property Consultant at BE Group. He is also the director of a wellness studio.

Richard Wigglesworth: Scrum-half won seven Premiership titles with three clubs, was interim head coach at Leicester Tigers, and is now an assistant coach with England.

Jim Thorp: An England under-21 loosehead who spent nine years in the RAF and now lives in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, owns JT Ethos, Master Personal Trainers.

Charl Marais: Springbok hooker returned to South Africa, where he was director of WP fresh produce market and now runs Pro-Seal Cleaning Services in Cape Town.

Stuart Turner: England tighthead who also played loosehead coached at Caldy and Waterloo and was the Operations Manager for Neogen Corporation.

Dean Schofield: A lock who won two England caps, he worked for GB Homes and is now working for a Lifestyle Interiors firm in Cheshire he owns with his wife Gemma.

Pete Anglesea: An England A international back row who has spent nearly 27 years on the Sharks coaching staff working with the first team and the academy.

Apollo Perelini: No. 8, who was a dual code international, is now based in Dubai, where he was director of sport for a school but owns a rugby skills academy and a female football academy.

Replacements:
Richard Wilks: Flanker who became a player’s agent, founding Green Room Sports before joining Leicester Tigers as Head of Performance Recruitment and is now General Manager at Welford Road.

Phil Davies: England under-21 back row finished his career in France and is now living in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, working as a building surveyor.

Jonny Roddam: Hooker went into teaching PE and geography at Kirkham Grammar School, where he was head of Boys Sports and is now Head of Rugby.

Paul Arnold: Lock was an RFU Community coach and now owns a taxi business in St Helens and is Head Coach of West Park St Helens.

Matt Parr: Back row became Leicester Tigers Senior Strength and Conditioning Coach before a stint in rugby league with Catalan Dragons, returning to Welford Road in June 2024 as Head of Athletic Performance.

Chris Jones: England A international back row who became an Independent Financial Advisor at St James’s Place Wealth Management and Swiftsure Wealth Management.

Mel Deane: Ireland A centre a Health & Fitness Expert is now a fitness consultant in South West London.

And the players who started for St. Helens.

Darren Albert: Full-back is now a maintenance planner for the City of Gold Coast; Steve Maden: Winger is now welfare manager for Leigh Leopards; Martin Gleeson: Centre is now Warrington Wolves First Team Coach; Paul Newlove: Centre works in Wakefield at Trinity Academy Cathedral School; Ade Gardner: Winger is head of performance at Warrington Wolves; Tommy Martyn: Stand-off is still working for Saints, where he is the bars manager; Sean Long: Scrum-half is the head coach at Oldham RLFC; Barry Ward: Prop is the General Manager of Female Pathways and Junior League at Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs; Jon Wilkin: Hooker owns an artisan bakery Pot Kettle Black; Stuart Jones: Prop is a project manager for sports analytics company Kitman Labs; Mark Edmondson: Second row is a coaching and mentoring consultant; Chris Joynt: Second row runs Sure Fire Heating & Maintenance in St Helens; John Kirkpatrick: Loose-forward is now a fitness coach with Sale Sharks.