Apparently Eastmond is starting at scrum half for Saints in tonights game v Huddersfield at Widnes.

Wonder how many minutes he'll last.

5 penalties in the first 3 minutes following on from a penalty fest in the Salford game the other night - have a feeling Wigan might get penalised a lot in the tackle this season . . . . .

In all seriousness though, they seem to be clamping down big time at the PTB.

I've heard that there are now 3 levels of PTB
1. Attacker wins the tackle =quick PTB
2 Defender wins tackle = slower PTB
3.50/50 =normal PTB

Not at the game but nearly all the penalties 11/4 at the mo. are for PTB tonights ref told someone at Brook what I have just posted. Now 14/5 penalty count and Fa'alogo in the bin

Is Ganson the referee?

If so that says a lot. He was terrible in the England v Australia U18's game, looked overweight and was struggling to keep up.

Result, a lot of penalties.

Strange in the second game with a different ref that there were far less.

Yes he' is ref - leave him alone lol

20 penalties in 29 minutes.

It'll be interesting to compare the penalty count at the Wire v Wigan game on Wednesday.

That's ridiculous.

Yup.

Saints up 8-6 close to half time - Wheeler missed 2 kicks (assume Kyle not risked for kicking).

Tries for Roby and Wheeler, converted try for David Hodgson in reply.

23 penalties and counting.

For a friendly aswell? If thats how the season is going to go i want to sell my season ticket! They need to let some things go as professional refs & not be so petty or the game will never get going.

At half time as the players were leaving the dj played "It's all about you" for Steve Ganson.

"Look at Me" by Geri Haliwell..!