Great opportunity and challenge for the young ones, the game after easter weekend is usually a flat one. Lets hope the young ones provide a bit of energy and get the win.
Great opportunity and challenge for the young ones, the game after easter weekend is usually a flat one. Lets hope the young ones provide a bit of energy and get the win.
50-14, what a result. No Robes, Thommo, Percy, Makinson, Coote, Lomax, the Young Guns are up for it. Good times ahead! Tremendous result.
Plus LMS and knowies
See the 'Leigh lads' did well today....
For me that was our best win of the season so far, a really big team effort, we talked about the squad having strength in depth, everyone showed and proved that today.
Did anybody notice that grubby rat boy yanking the arm of Welsby against the elbow joint, luckily Welsby didn't incur a serious injury and made a break on the next play.
Superb effort with so many missing. Welsby is a complete natural as a full back. If we’d lost today you would’ve found it hard to be critical so the margin was very impressive
The fitness levels are outstanding. They get better the longer the game goes on. Whoever is responsible for it deserves a massive pat on the back.
There's a saying, if you throw enough shit some sticks! (my predictions not the team)
Onto the game, what a pleasing result, those kids out there today really worked hard and did us proud. Hope saddened comes back and gives his thoughts on the game (does he only appear when we loose or the chips are down?)
Really enjoyed the Sunday game and the community tickets were a great idea. Hats off to saints I heard it was reduced ticket price for the east stand and if you're affiliated to a rugby club half the ticket price goes back to the club. Awesome effort on and off the field.
That was an exceptional performance given the circumstances. Catalans really pushed it in the first half but the young lads stood up to them. By the first 5-10 minutes of the second half we'd beaten them into submission.
On the young players:
Welsby looks like the real deal. Clearly a natural talent.
Costello looks more powerful and more confident since his last stint in the team. He finished his tries well.
Smith has an amazing work rate and is smart. I worry a bit about his size - it's a guaranteed quick play the ball when a big forward runs at him - but that should improve as he gets stronger with age. He did throw a few moonballs from dummy half as well, but what a shift he puts in.
Barring one cock up, Bentley looked very good when he came on at hooker, I thought.
Made up for the young lads who did themselves and the club proud. Thought it was Costello and Ashworth's best performances for us and Welsby had a great game
Holbrook and the coaching staff played a blinder with the Easter schedule being tougher on Catalans with the travel, plus their form's pretty patchy away anyway. Sets us up nicely for a tricky trip to Rovers and then the cup match.
Win of the season for me. The young talent we have is embarrassing and the biggest job we have is keeping hold of them. Really enjoyed that and nice to see Tomkins get his arse handed to him on several occasions.
I said it at the game and will say it again now, that was our best win of the season. Missing 8 regulars against a big horrible set of grubs.
Walmsley lead the way, Lees was exceptional, I thought Smith was very very good but my MOM was Welsby I think. Very excited to see more of him after that today; I was very impressed.
NEVER WRITE OFF THE SAINTS
A great win against a shitbag of a team. I’m proud and made up we battered a team that plays total anti-rugby into submission. Not sure why Catalans still receive good Will when their approach to the game leaves so much to be desired. Would never usually say this but good to see Kenny Edwards body bagged and go off injured. Hope he got a good reception
roy litherland it's happened i told you it would
Firstly I have to apologise to JH. When I saw the team I thought he had taken the changes (not enforced) a step to far, and thought we would at best be in a massive fight today and at worse get stuffed. I guess this is why I sit in the stands.
I agree in many ways this was our best win. It must make other teams think WTF, they put 50 on Catalans with so many changes. Well done Justin.
Humans are more concerned with having than being.
I thought it would be tough today with the players who I knew before the game would be missing. Then with Lomax and Coote also out I feared the worst. However, our young guns stepped up and played it the best way against the Grub Cats, move their big forwards around and play quick controlled rugby. Gigot and Tompkins were rattled throughout the game and it was an exceptional performance by the Saints. What riches we have when we can cover, and then some, 8 of the first choice players in such a seamless way. The future’s bright, the future’s red and white!