Waynebennettswinger
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Catalans confirm Sio Siua Taukeiaho signing
Waynebennettswinger replied to UTK's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Thanks for that. Napa hasn’t lived up to the hype, interesting to see if this signing will help bring the best out of him. -
Catalans confirm Sio Siua Taukeiaho signing
Waynebennettswinger replied to UTK's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Great signing. Just what Catalans need. Wonder how many years Napa is signed for? -
Hard to find the stats on this but if you Google you’ll find mention of him on the Saints heritage site at Full Back, Centre and Loose Forward. Another article has him filling in at 9 under Eric Hughes. I remember (maybe incorrectly) an interview on Radio Merseyside where they said to him something like ‘you have played every position at Saints bar prop..’ and Veivers interrupted to say he filled in there when there was an injury. Absolutely a full back, without doubt a back but did play all over the park. Wonderful servant.
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Phil Veivers definitely played every position at St Helens pre- Super League.
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Agree with that mate, thankfully I don’t think the coaching and playing group believe the hype from some. Sure they know they are good but they work damn hard at being good. Wigan proved 2 weeks ago that we are beatable and others, like Wire tonight, have shown our vulnerability. That said the desire within the group pulls Saints through most weeks.
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Got to say as a Saints fan that I have been guilty of calling Wigan as a one man/two man team, French and Field obviously, but a great performance in a great game across the park. Wigan don’t seem to lose anything from O’Neill coming in for Powell. The Matty Peet story is a great one, to lead out your side in a Challenge Cup Final as a homegrown coach is just amazing. Seems a nice humble guy too.
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Saints not at the races, Wigan have taken their chances brilliantly. I would always back Saints to score 3 tries even with 10 to go but these really need to step up and play more composed on the last tackle. I can see Saints pushing back but if Saints tire Field and French could rip us apart. Anyway game on!
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Hoping for 2 cracking semi finals, I always back my own team but I don’t think the term shock should be used if Wigan do win this one. I’ve never bought into the hype of some with my team, particularly in the media, we were never going to go unbeaten for instance. I also don’t buy into this so called huge gap between Saints and the rest, although certain times it might appear that way. Wigan are far better than some made out early in the season and even now. I think Saints are coached brilliantly and will just have enough but Wigan are capable, with Field and French in particular, of some real exciting Rugby, the sort that wins tight semi finals. Whatever the result, it’s worth saying what a great job Peets and his coaching staff are doing. It’s a brilliant story, coming up through the coaching ranks at such a big and famous club. He really seems to have instilled belief in his players and got them playing exciting stuff. At a push I am going Saints by 1 score in a nail biter.