Hot day for the final.
Hot day for the final.
Matautia has been given a two game ban and will miss the final
Great news!
https://www.saintsrlfc.com/2021/07/1...nge-cup-final/
Line up will now likely change to;
1. Coote
2. Makinson
3. Naiqama
4. Percival
5. Grace
6. Lomax
7. Fages
8. Walmsley
9. Roby
10. LMS
11. Thompson
12. Batchelor
13. Knowles
Bench: Welsby, Paasi, Lees, Amor
Weak spot clearly in our second row where Cas usually seem to do pretty well. Still confident we have more than enough to beat them.
Gutted for him. He had his best game last week. And he will miss his match up with his brother. Makes it more of an even contest now.
Really bad news that - leaves us with a very tame back row, probably the least dangerous I can recall us naming in a final.
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Another option is Welsby to attacking loose forward, Knowles to second row with Dodd on the bench for when gaps open up later in the game.
Maybe we should have played half a team or not bothered playing like the rest of the jokers in Super League. Reading the RFL meeting minutes one of the tackles was just reckless.
Bit of a nightmare for us that. No attacking threat in our back row now. Just seen the two incidents aswell and both very harsh bans IMO.
Originally Posted by Despondent Dave
Have seen both tackles as well and I can’t really complain. It may well be a shoulder to the head on the tackle on the kicker, which is hard to see without a zoom and a better camera altogether and the second one is a little harsh but I’ve seen them given before.
Shame because he’s actually started to settle and look a decent acquisition now but that’s life.
St Helens Rugby League Football Club
Very harsh to ban a player for a final when he wasn't even sent off
Is he allowed to appeal?
So let me put this into perspective…
Cas change 75% of their team to likely none playing members the week before Wembley thus throwing the game so to speak against Salford who were struggling to pick a team and loaned a few in (two of our own to pick a team against them). Putting the games reputation at risk, maybe. Cheating, likely. Unsporting, almost certainly. They now have a full team to choose in the final with seemingly no retribution.
Saints play virtually a full squad resting only 2 players. We struggle to beat Wakefield away from home but never the less win anyway. We cop a two match ban for our only first choice fully fit back rower meaning he misses the same final. A punishment dished out by the RFL.
You literally couldn’t write it, the RFL is a pathetic spineless waste of space.
No point having a referee anymore, just review every game on the following week.