In contrast, Catalan more or less had a fresh team in semi final vs Saints, bolstered by Wire giving Saints a punishing league game the week before, that saw LMS and Richardson run round like they’d won the NRL.
Covid or not, our successes under TS came after we sent a diluted team out away the week ahead of the CC final.

Beating Saints will come down to what we did in 2019. We out muscled them because we’re bigger across the pitch.
If we do that again, we win regardless who our hb are...

However, I’m not completely convinced by my own comments as I usually am vs Saints. :-/

I hope that you are right rd but a couple of weeks rest doesn't always do you a favour

Difficult to say how our returnees will fair, or how SP will use them. We may see starting players come off the bench for this one, who knows. After their Covid19 break, Catalans don't seem to be up for it when things don't run for them. I thought they were terrible against Wigan, and you have to question their attitude when they all stopped playing expecting a knock on. To win this game, first and foremost our attitude has to be right.

I'm hoping our returnees will only have a positive effect. Most of them are in the forwards and will provide extra momentum and freshness without disrupting the attack too much.

I'm hoping we don't change wholesale in attempting to accomodate all the returnees; Hill, Clarke & Philbin will give us much needed energy but Walker, for example, deserves to remain in the 17.

Saints look well up for this. Jack Hughes in attack is woeful breaks down every time he has the ball.

Never a forward pass..as mcmoanus been in refs dressing room

Never forward that how can a linesman 10 yards behind play call it forward

Gelling and Cooper having blinders!

We've recovered from an 8 point defecit to go 8 points ahead. Interesting to see whether Saints are able to do the same.

Quite possibly the slowest human being in history.
Just watch the replay from behind the post of Ashton's try. Talk about walking through treacle. Steptoe's horse was quicker.

Been critical of Gelling in recent weeks top drawer today thou , still peed of with the forward pass thou that would of gave us a bit of comfort

Gelling having a blinder and we're starting to pull them apart around the ruck. Our subs have maintained and improved our momentum whereas theirs halted when Walmsley went off.

Jobs a long way from done.