Regan Grace shines on rugby league return ahead of crunch meeting over future

Regan Grace made a stunning comeback for St Helens on Saturday night as his club coach continued to answer questions about his future in rugby league.

The Welsh winger has been missing for the Super League leaders since March after a long injury layoff, but returned with a 40-metre try against Toulouse at the Stade Ernest Wallon. Grace's try against Toulouse capped off a fine performance in a five-try victory for the Saints, with former Wales international Morgan Knowles, who has since switched allegiances to England, crossing for their first.

However, reports of a code switch to rugby union have been rife recently, with Saints head coach Kristian Woolf once again forced to address Grace's future. With his contract up at the end of this season, a host of Gallagher Premiership clubs and Welsh sides are understood to be interested in the services of Grace, who has now scored 85 tries in 135 games for the Super League outfit.

And, having already admitted earlier in the week that "a guy like Regan is going to have a choice", Woolf added post-match the club would try to sit down with the 25-year-old to convince him to stay at the Totally Wicked Stadium.

"I thought he was great," said Woolf when asked about Grace. "It was great having him back in there.

"You miss players but once they're back in the team, the speed, the footwork, the amount of threat that he caused particularly as the game went on and he got more confident, I just thought he got better and better

"It was great having him back. He was our best player, for me, and came up with some really special play.

"In terms of him re-signing, nothing's changed from earlier in the week and we've certainly left him alone as the week's [gone on]. It's his first game back, he