Career
January Prinsloo scored his first try for Saint Helens as part of a two-try début against Rochdale Hornets on Saturday 8 November 1958. During the 1958-1959 season Prinsloo scored hat-tricks against Salford and Blackpool Borough for a season total of 27-tries from 31 games. During the 1959-1960 season Prinsloo scored 4-tries against Liverpool City and a hat-trick of tries against Hull, finishing the season with 29-tries from 38 matches.
The following year brought more success with a hat-trick of tries against Workington Town, hs final match for Saint Helens was against Warrington on Saturday 7 January 1961.
The transferring of both Prinsloo to Wakefield Trinity and Frank Carlton to Wigan paved the way for a £11,000 World Record transfer to bring Mick Sullivan to Knowsley Road. Prinsloo had the daunting task of wearing the Saint Helens number five jersey at the same time as Tom van Vollenhoven was setting the whole game on fire on the other wing.
His record and strike-rate demonstrates what a fine finisher Prinsloo was in rugby league. County Cup final appearances
January Prinsloo played Left-wing, i.e number 5, in Saint Helens 4-5 defeat by Warrington in the 1959 Lancashire Cup final during the 1959-1960 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 31 October 1959, and played Left-wing in the 15-9 victory over Swinton in the 1960 Lancashire Cup final during the 1960-1961 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 29 October 1960 in front of a crowd of over 31,000.
