A poor turnout. But those that did show themselves were very appreciative of Toulouse, especially since they had travelled non-stop for 24 hours to get there, which is fantastic.

The same will be the case with Barrow. The committed fans of Saints will turn up, me included, and we will be just as appreciative of Barrow as we were of Toulouse and just as vocal if there are forward passes (which obviously there are whenever any team other than Saints pass the ball!) or naff reffing decisions or if Barrow give us a fright. No doubt many of us will storm the bastille if we lose!

We will be low on numbers, of that there is no doubt, which is a great shame but that is the way it is in St Helens alas. However, this will be a match of quality rather than quantity and those who turn up will give it their best shot, as ever.

3pm on a Saturday is poor.

Alot of us fans work in retail and a 3pm kick just doesent work.

You could always do the evening drive-thru shift

Im really looking forward to this,
i dont think we have a chance. but who knows.
Imo if you play your full strenght squad well its over, but rest a few. and we wil have a chance
And hopefully we bring a few and show you how rugby should be played
"It’s a one in a million chance, but that’s telling me there is a chance.”

No messin around with this one. Full strength side and send the hordes back to Barradise beaten but unbowed.
A record breaking tenth semi on the bounce sounds good to me.

They certainly are decent, they may not have supposed "star names" but in their squad they have a full 17 players with SL experience,
Ned Catic, Matt James, Jamie Rooney, Andrew Henderson (also NRL), Andrew Bracek, Zeb Luisi, Paul Noone, Richard Fletcher, Jermaine McGilvary, Rob Roberts, Gary Broadbent and Anthony Blackwood on loan from Crusaders RL - and is elligible

Also Liam Campbell, Andy Ballard, James Coyle, Michael Knowles, Liam Harrison all started their careers in SL - but may never have played first team.

Sadly a good few of these playes are crocked therefore will be missing on the day, we just hope to keep it a contest and hold you to a respectible score.

Our fans will drink you dry & make plenty of noise.

Forgot about that semi-final stat, onward we go.

Ned Catic, ]Matt James], Jamie Rooney, Andrew Henderson(also NRL), Andrew Bracek, ]Zeb Luisi,] Paul Noone, Richard Fletcher, Jermaine McGilvary, Rob Roberts, Gary Broadbent, ]Anthony Blackwood], ]Liam Campbell], Andy Ballard, ]James Coyle], Michael Knowles, Liam Harrison,

the ones in bold are injured and i doubt wont be playing
my team would be
1Gary Broadbent
2Andy Ballard
4Liam Harrison
15 Ned catic
25 Jermaine McGilvary
6 Jamie Rooney
19 Nathan Mossop
8 Andy Bracek
Andreas Bauer
16 Brett Mcdermott
17 Paul Noone
24 Richard Fletcher
11 Michael Knowles
subs
12 Rob Roberts
23 Jamie Butler
26 Joe Cargan
22 Ruari Mcgoff

Thats a fairly inexperienced bench, due to several injuries, but im sure our lads wont let us down and give it a real go to keep it respectible.

Zeb Luisi and Liam Campbell are both fit.... (so i've been told)

Gardner's bottled it

Gary Broadbent
Andy Ballard
Andreas Bauer
Liam Harrison
Jermaine McGilvary
Zeb Luisi
Jamie Rooney
Andy Bracek
Nathan Mossop
Rob Roberts
Ned Catic
Richard Fletcher
Michael Knowles
subs
Brett Mcdermott
Paul Noone
Jamie Butler
Liam Campbell

Barrow could now be bringing uptowards 2000

Superb effort by ours boys today. I also thought the referee was appalling, without ever realistically looking like winning the score could have been a lot closer but for some very poor decisions by the match officials. The Barrow support were magnificent and out sung the Saints supporters during the whole match, very disappointed by the turn out by your lot this shows a complete lack of respect for our club and the lower divisions.
Lastly I thought Ned Catic was outstanding today, for me that was the best I've seen from him in Barrow colour.