ST HELENS will be ruing the loss of forward Matty Lees after he left the field in the first minute against Wigan Warriors in the Challenge Cup semi-finals.

Lees looked to have jarred his knee trying to tackle Wigan’s Luke Thompson in the first hit-up of the fixture and was seen later on crutches.

Noah Stephens also had to leave the field early for a HIA later on in the game as Wigan ran out 32-0 winners.

Hull KR back-rower James Batchelor did have to leave the field for a HIA in the second-half of Rovers’ victory over Warrington Wolves, but he returned late on.

The same couldn’t be said of Warrington’s Jordy Crowther, who came off second best from a big Peta Hiku charge and didn’t return.