Thurs 23rd March : SL : Huddersfield Giants v St Helens KO 20:00 (Sky)

[Just Browny]

Are they actually disputing that was forward? me.

[Chrispmartha]

Just now, Just Browny said:

Are they actually disputing that was forward? me.

No just Wilkin

[DavidM]

Close game but a lot of the quality has been pretty average 

[Chrispmartha]

Poor decision to kick there 

[Man of Kent]

Huddersfield has loads of good ball but they couldn’t use it. Good pack but directionless in attack, very poor. 

[The Blues Ox]

High quality game? Not sure about that. Thought it made for decent entertainment though, Huddersfield looking to play rugby against Saints who are the masters of slowing the play the ball down made for a decent watch.

[Johnny Ringo]

Scrappy arm wrestle , Giants poor decisions or ideas every play from 20 metres out.

[GeordieSaint]

Exceptional defensive performance by Saints. Incredibly clunky in attack. But superb in defence.

Commiserations to Huddersfield. Thought they were really good and contributed to an excellent game. With Connor coming back, I have no doubt they’ll improve in attack. 

[Just Browny]

Leeds showed the sort of rugby to beat Saints with. Huddersfield's meat and two veg stuff isn't it.

[Jughead]

Superb win at a very good side. The defensive effort was exceptional, even more so when you consider they’ve just done that with sixteen players. 

Sironen and Lees have put in some serious shifts to get that two points. 

I’m not on board with this Sky nonsense that Huddersfield are somehow hard done by or the better side. They may well have had more of the ball but they didn’t do much with it and didn’t really threaten, with a lot of repeat sets at the hands of Saints errors. I thought both sets of halves were quite poor, Lomax aside, and neither created any sort of platform to build upon. 

[Phil]

Giants not showing much spark in attack tonight 

[Harry Stottle]

34 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:

Wilkin can shut right up, he's on full Saints blinkers mode

Tommy you are of the age that has invented these people called 'Influencers' would I be correct in saying that Jon Wilkin has influenced me, to not turning on the TV when Saints are playing and he is in commentary. 

[Padge]

2 minutes ago, Jughead said:

Superb win at a very good side. The defensive effort was exceptional, even more so when you consider they’ve just done that with sixteen players. 

Sironen and Lees have put in some serious shifts to get that two points. 

I’m not on board with this Sky nonsense that Huddersfield are somehow hard done by or the better side. They may well have had more of the ball but they didn’t do much with it and didn’t really threaten, with a lot of repeat sets at the hands of Saints errors. I thought both sets of halves were quite poor, Lomax aside, and neither created any sort of platform to build upon. 

That should read Saints attempts at cheating, you dont get a reset for an error.

[Tommygilf]

1 minute ago, Harry Stottle said:

Tommy you are of the age that has invented these people called 'Influencers' would I be correct in saying that Jon Wilkin has influenced me, to not turning on the TV when Saints are playing and he is in commentary. 

Haha not quite Harry, but sadly his comments are influencing several poor comments!

[Jughead]

1 minute ago, Padge said:

That should read Saints attempts at cheating, you dont get a reset for an error.

Well, yeah, giving away six agains are errors though but yeah, Saints run the game and all the referees love us. 

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

13 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

Huddersfield has loads of good ball but they couldn’t use it. Good pack but directionless in attack, very poor. 

Yeah...curious statistics for them about the tries per PTB in oppo's 20m continues 

I thought Jake would give them some more ideas but apparently not 

[JohnM]

4 minutes ago, Jughead said:

Well, yeah, giving away six agains are errors though but yeah, Saints run the game and all the referees love us. 

You've missed an i out of a word.

[Man of Kent]

Just now, Bedfordshire Bronco said:

Yeah...curious statistics for them about the tries per PTB in oppo's 20m continues 

I thought Jake would give them some more ideas but apparently not 

There’s no structure there, no moves, no deception. Not good enough any Super League side, let alone a fancied one. 

[Jughead]

It’s interesting that Wilkin and Brown, both retired in the last 4-5 years, see late hits very differently to McDermott, O’Connor and Clarke, retired approximately 20+ years ago. 

 

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

8 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

Tommy you are of the age that has invented these people called 'Influencers' would I be correct in saying that Jon Wilkin has influenced me, to not turning on the TV when Saints are playing and he is in commentary. 

Someone elsewhere has suggested we need to use a warning for all content that..... 'May contain Wilkin' 

[Jughead]

Has anyone on Sky watched Rugby League, more specifically Saints, since the six again rule come into place? It’s actually mental that they’re wetting themselves about Saints openly giving away six agains and Clarke claiming it’s “cheating” is ridiculous.

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

4 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

There’s no structure there, no moves, no deception. Not good enough any Super League side, let alone a fancied one. 

Yep it's curious how well they can get into position but then do nothing ....maybe taking those succession of twos last game was a good idea after all!

[OMEGA]

6 minutes ago, Jughead said:

Has anyone on Sky watched Rugby League, more specifically Saints, since the six again rule come into place? It’s actually mental that they’re wetting themselves about Saints openly giving away six agains and Clarke claiming it’s “cheating” is ridiculous.

It is cheating, that’s why the opposition get 6 again.

it’s no different to giving a penalty away rather than let the opposition gain an advantage or “taking one for the team”

[Fevrover]

42 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:

Welsby is having a poor game

It wa good at moaning and chelping at ref or anyone within earshot.

[Jughead]

7 minutes ago, OMEGA said:

It is cheating, that’s why the opposition get 6 again.

it’s no different to giving a penalty away rather than let the opposition gain an advantage or “taking one for the team”

It’s not, though. To vociferously claim “cheating” is wrong and not a word used in the vocabulary at almost any juncture of a game and the penalising of any teams.

But hey, it’s only taken Silly Philly three years to work out what Saints do in defence. I look forward to his thoughts on the 2023 season in 2026.