Sat 7th May: CCSF: Wigan Warriors v St Helens KO 14:30 (BBC One)

[latchford albion]

Wigan's goalkicking issues could be crucial at the end of this game. 

[Roy Haggerty]

Commentators talking about Wigan targeting Simm. They’re not, they’re targeting Hurrell, who is a liability defensively because of poor lateral movement and a tendency to rush out of the line and miss. 

[Roy Haggerty]

Ultimately, Woolf has rolled the dice including an unfit Lomax because we’re desperate in the halves having lost Dodd already. But it’s a gamble which is losing badly atm. 

[Padge]

5 minutes ago, Barley Mow said:

@tonyXIII - fancy a pint with Padge?

Tony is having trouble with outlaws. We met up earlier in the week.

[Damien]

Class from farrell.

[Futtocks]

Liam Farrell really enjoyed that!

[DavidM]

Wow what happened there . You could have drove the Queen Mary through that gap … sideways 

Edited May 7, 2022 by DavidM

[Padge]

Get in the ginger pearl. Great try.

 

[Roy Haggerty]

Just now, DavidM said:

Wow what happened there . You got have drove the Queen Mary through that gap … sideways 

Lomax slipped, but tbh he looked like he wasn’t getting there anyway. It’s going to be a pretty heavy win for Wigan this. You can’t play big games with just half a halfback. 

[Mark S]

Nice use of the referee by Farrell. Saints look very nervous.

[Man of Kent]

Saint are having a proper Lionel

[sweaty craiq]

Can’t see a way back for Saints t’humbles are that dominant up front and halves

[johnh1]

What would the restart have been there if the video ref had ruled that the ball was not out on the full?

[Futtocks]

3 minutes ago, DavidM said:

Wow what happened there . You could have drove the Queen Mary through that gap … sideways 

I think that it was Cust intercepting a high, wide pass out of the air and immediately moving the ball on in the centre of the field. St Helens were moving to their right wing to cover where the ball looked like it was going. But even so, that was a big gap.

[StandOffHalf]

Extraordinary chase back and double tackle on French from young Welsby. I didn't realise he was THAT fast. I thought there might have been a knock-on from Wigan before French scooped up, so it's probably good for the Cherry and Whites that he came up short. Plus, the yellow card for Saints!

French looks on today. Hot-stepping down the right and they come back to the middle for Farrell to rampage over under the sticks.

Wigan playing brave and having a go, and defending tough against a slightly off but still dangerous Saints. Awesome opening half!

Edited May 7, 2022 by StandOffHalf

[Roy Haggerty]

Just now, johnh1 said:

What would the restart have been there if the video ref had ruled that the ball was not out on the full?

Good question because the ref blew. Don’t know. 

[Chrispmartha]

6 minutes ago, Roy Haggerty said:

Lomax slipped, but tbh he looked like he wasn’t getting there anyway. It’s going to be a pretty heavy win for Wigan this. You can’t play big games with just half a halfback. 

We Leeds fans have been telling you this for the last few years

[Futtocks]

St Helens players having to reach and snatch to catch passes. Not typical.

[DavidM]

Clunky is the right word used by jiffy 

[Harry Stottle]

51 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

Is Ben Davies an experienced half back?

He most certainly looks inexperienced, Saints resemble a rudderless ship In the first half, Woolf needs to sort it out for the second half if they are to get back into the game.

Edited May 7, 2022 by Harry Stottle

[Roy Haggerty]

Very poor saints attack, which is basically down to having half a halfback instead of 2!

[jacksy]

No fan of Wigan but i'm enjoying seeing them put the most amazing super dooper SL ever team in their place.

[Chrispmartha]

2 minutes ago, Roy Haggerty said:

Very poor saints attack, which is basically down to having half a halfback instead of 2!

Saints have been fortunate in the last few years to have avoided injuries to their spine at the same time, that luck was always going to run out at some point.

[Dallas Mead]

Loved that first half the unbeatable best team in the history of sport The saint helens saints looking a bit shakey….

[Futtocks]

1 minute ago, ShropshireBull said:

Anyway,  been class from Wigan so far.  40 mins away from first challenge cup final in a fair few years. 

It'd be good to see a new name on the trophy for a change...