Salford beating the Bulls 18-4.

I wonder if a certain coach might have a P45 on Monday.

Poor play… not by Jamie, but by Ganson.

We need the officials to start seeing these things.

If that does happen (it's got to sooner rather than later), I bet they'd love Brian Mac to return.

Wells makes a last gasp tackle, but Kieron Cunningham gets the ball from dummy-half, and stereotypically goes straight for it and scores.

Grrrr.

Long converts - 22-12.

We're now offside at the restart.

Full-Time:

:3jpiwkx3ST. HELENS 22:3jpiwkx3 [i:3jpiwkx3Tries Flannery, Wellens, Roby, Cunningham.
[/i:3jpiwkx3Goals:[i:3jpiwkx3 Long 3
:3jpiwkx3HARLEQUINS R.L. 12:3jpiwkx3 [/i:3jpiwkx3Tries:[i:3jpiwkx3 McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Dorn. [/i:3jpiwkx3Goals:[i:3jpiwkx3 Purdham 2.
[/i:3jpiwkx3Attendance 9,359

Got sorted and up and running just in time for the final hooter!!!!!

Two tries at the end of either half put a very shiny gloss on what was a close game.

Attacking Saints line, 20 metres out, 4 points down, Wilkin reefs out, what do we get? Knock on. Huge call.

Dont deserve to lose by that score. 16-12 would have been fair result after all the effort. but St's showed us what we lack in the final play of the ball.

Purdo dropped ball, when might have been better to give it to Sharp according to Trevor Hunt, might have got St's rattled a bit more then.

plenty of attack just short of ideas on final tackle and in the final 10. surprrised didnt try more high balls out to their young wingers.

but still better then being normally stuffed by them.



Well done guys and well done the away crew

They were outstanding. Came across really well over the radio.

Wolves beat Wigan 16-8

Salford beat Bulls 18-10

HullKR beat Cas 16-6

hope Bulls dont sack Coach,but knowing our luck they do it the week before we play them.

No:

Ward
Haggerty
Robinson
Williamson (for most of the night)

It was a good effort.

Your right. Losing Williamson didnt help one bit,so playing with three of the bench. Didnt hear Gafa's name mentioned much tonight

Might have done St's with a couple of them in team tonight, esp Robinson hes a tackle machine and the new Steelo i think

.

Still cant help feel with this attack we have, that sooner then later we going to get it right and run up a big score against someone again.

Good effort.

I think we missed

Meli
Gardner
Cayless
Hargreaves

It was good to see Saints bring through the some of their home grown talent… Wheeler, Ashurst, Emmitt etc. and who was the other local lad you had playing in the orange shirt?

Purdham was outstanding for you tonight as was your new international!

In fact, I enjoyed watching Quins play tonight more than I did watching Saints, who were as dull as ditchwater (hence the silence of Saints fans for most of the match). You could have won that game, you know, if you hadn't dropped the ball a couple of times. You were in our faces the whole 80, you were up for it, 100% effort, and some of your kicks were awesome.

Your fans were fab, btw. They never stopped all night (though in the last 15 I think we finally managed to drown them out!). They are a real credit to your club, your away crew.

I hope your injured player is ok and that it was nothing we did. We all clapped him off the pitch, btw. It's never good to see a player injured.

Very impressed with Quins tonight.

Back 30 minutes ago so some observations. It was a game we could have won, could not should. Saints do their trademark of scoring a try right at the end of each half. Shame about the Cougar going off that didn't help. We just seem (as we have in several games IMHO) to lack the creative spark near their line, I mean in the first 10 minutes we seemed to spend most of it on their line and came away with nothing. Then we made 2 mistakes and go in 10 - 0 down.

As for Ganson it is hard to tell from behind the sticks but he seemed to make a couple of funnies, giving a knock on against young Jamie when it looked like interference at the ptb and that was when we had the wind in our sails at 16 - 12 and was probably the last time we were in their half. Then a short kick off after Cunningham's try Howell goes up for the ball gets whacked in the back Willy picks it up and the Tango man gives Saints a Pen

. Mind you I was glad to see him following Dorny down the pitch on the intercept after he disallowed Donalds try at Leeds



Long's part in Robys try was excellent

but thought their MOM was Clough seemed everywhere.

Reserves won but can't remember the score - think it was quite close but Saints came back at the end.

Night Night

PS Only heard one chant of When the Saints go marching in, I think we won on the vocal score

(bring out the Strepsils).

He's come into his own for us this season, though he's been developing for a while. Last night we had Wellens, Clough, Graham and Cunningham who played their little hearts out. I think the rest of the team was in snoozeville: they really were a dull lot. Not our most inspiring performance though that might have been something to do with the way our coach messed about with the team due to injuries (Pryce on the wing ?!?)


The score was 38-40. Well done to your guys.


And that wasn't exactly sung with gusto! (Unlike your lot who were great) You did get some 'forwards' though and you know you're perceived as a threat if the Popular Side yell forward!

Easily.

I'm getting fed up of trying with those plebs, they'd rather winge about the direction of a pass.

Someone told my parents that they heard Louie broke his arm last night? Anyone hear this aswell or is it just someone making up rumours?

He was a holding a few times after being tackled.
Hope it aint broke.

Quote ="Don Brennan"He was a holding a few times after being tackled. Hope it aint broke.'" Interview with Mac here suggests Louis thought it might be broken on the night - news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 065280.stm Let's hope not.....

Quote ="Don Brennan"He was a holding a few times after being tackled. Hope it aint broke.'" Interview with Mac here suggests Louis thought it might be broken on the night - news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 065280.stm Let's hope not.....

Well done to Paul Cullen on picking that up on Boots n'all tonight.