HIGHLY-rated back row forward Jake Wingfield has extended his Saints stay until the end of the 2023 season.

The loose-forward from Blackbrook, who progressed through the Saints Scholarship system and into the Saints' Academy, has impressed in pre-season training.

Handed his debut last year in the Salford game, Wingfield had a run out in Tommy Makinson's Testimonial match against Leigh Centurions

Wingfield played at hooker and at half back in the Academy, scoring five tries in 25 games for the Academy in 2018 before bagging five more in 2019 and representing Lancashire at Academy level.

Wingfield said: "I am really happy to sign this extension. The Club has been great with me over the past 18 months with my injury. They have supported me all the way and signing on and show my loyalty, was the least I could do. Hopefully now there is plenty more opportunities to come."

Head Coach Kristian Woolf said: "Jake had 17 months out with an ACL injury and the resilience and the attitude he showed through that period to get himself back fit to play was terrific.

"I thought he played really well in his opportunity against Salford last season and on the back of that and his hard work we kept him in the 21 man squad and he was on the fringes of making the 17 towards the back end of the year.

"He has had a real good pre-season this year and is a bloke we expect will play plenty of rugby for us and keep developing. He is a real player for the future."

Wingfield is the latest player to commit, joining centre Josh Simm who signed a one year extension to his deal earlier today.