Quote: tvoc "Both sides had their injuries going in to the game. It should probably have disrupted St Helens more but you'd never have guessed it on the night. '"
To be honest, I think most Saints fans were (very pleasantly!) shocked at how little our injuries did disrupt us. Including the season-long absence of Soliola, we had Gidley, Meli and Pryce missing plus two of our backups in Dean and Lomax. Everyone was dreading Flannery filling in at centre because he has been so poor there in the past but today he was great.
Quote: tvoc "Never even heard of this Jamie Foster but you'd be tempted to leave Meli out of the side just for his goal-kicking, 16 from 16 ain't a bad start.'"
Saints fans last saw Foster play at first grade in a friendly against Widnes before the 2009 season. He went off injured. He was a very skinny guy back then. He isn't exactly a monster now but he seems to have come through today's match unscathed. His kicking skills have been known to Saints fans all along but we had pretty much given up hope of ever seeing them displayed on the field at first team level. I think he has a 100% record in the under 20s this season but I'm not 100% sure of that.
Quote: tvoc "St Helens had two players unable to play for a home nation in Flannery and Puletua while Leeds had three in Delaney, Leuluai and Buderus. '"
I think that's fantastic. It's a credit to both teams that they can produce the home grown young players to make that possible.
