Saints March Into the Semi-Finals - Includes Semi Draw : Sun Jun 28, 2015 5:16 pm  

Saints March Into the Semi-Finals - Includes Semi Draw With Hull KR, Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves already in the hat for this afternoons Ladbrokes Challenge Cup semi-final draw, this afternoon it was the turn of St Helens and Widnes Vikings to vie for that last place. Super Leagues second place side had a home game against the team nine places below them with the bookies making the home side the clear favourites. Denis Betts would have spent the time since the draw readying his side for this match and they would come to Langtree Park intending to make progress. Make no mistake, Saints were embarking on the post-Wellens era with a tough encounter against a side who could upset the pundits and take the spoils. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

Saints March Into the Semi-Finals - Includes Semi Draw With Hull KR, Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves already in the hat for this afternoons Ladbrokes Challenge Cup semi-final draw, this afternoon it was the turn of St Helens and Widnes Vikings to vie for that last place. Super Leagues second place side had a home game against the team nine places below them with the bookies making the home side the clear favourites. Denis Betts would have spent the time since the draw readying his side for this match and they would come to Langtree Park intending to make progress. Make no mistake, Saints were embarking on the post-Wellens era with a tough encounter against a side who could upset the pundits and take the spoils. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

Re: Saints March Into the Semi-Finals - Includes Semi Draw : Sun Jun 28, 2015 6:07 pm  

Widnes gave it a real dig there – great effort.

The Turner ball steal penalty certainly changed the momentum, St’s couldn’t buy any yards in the second half before that.

It’s getting very messy now, really tricky for the ref to decide in real time, too faffy to go to the VR, but it’ an area of the game that’s becoming very contentious.

Re: Saints March Into the Semi-Finals - Includes Semi Draw : Sun Jun 28, 2015 6:13 pm  

The Devil's Advocate wrote:

Widnes gave it a real dig there – great effort.

The Turner ball steal penalty certainly changed the momentum, St’s couldn’t buy any yards in the second half before that.

It’s getting very messy now, really tricky for the ref to decide in real time, too faffy to go to the VR, but it’ an area of the game that’s becoming very contentious.

No excuse for poor officiating again. It happened right in front of me and was clear as day that Turner was trying to offload. The touch judge and the referee have no excuses for seeing it correctly in real time.

I think we would still have come out on top in the end regardless of that decision, but all credit to Widnes they gave it all they had and no complaints had they won.

Re: Saints March Into the Semi-Finals - Includes Semi Draw : Sun Jun 28, 2015 8:01 pm  

Be interesting to see if a saints no 21 (Greenwood?) gets a ban and there are people calling for a ten game ban for his leg twisting on Brown.

Re: Saints March Into the Semi-Finals - Includes Semi Draw : Sun Jun 28, 2015 8:04 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Be interesting to see if a saints no 21 (Greenwood?) gets a ban and there are people calling for a ten game ban for his leg twisting on Brown.

Thats a load of garbage, straight forward grab tackle on his bad ankle.

Re: Saints March Into the Semi-Finals - Includes Semi Draw : Sun Jun 28, 2015 8:07 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

Thats a load of garbage, straight forward grab tackle on his bad ankle.

Watch it again, twists him once and half attempts to do it again, but Brown kicks him off.

Re: Saints March Into the Semi-Finals - Includes Semi Draw : Sun Jun 28, 2015 8:10 pm  

It's on Paul Fletchers twitter account, not quite as bad, but if the RFL are consistent should at least be called up and a one match ban. https://twitter.com/paulfletcher14/stat ... 8187074560

It's on Paul Fletchers twitter account, not quite as bad, but if the RFL are consistent should at least be called up and a one match ban. https://twitter.com/paulfletcher14/stat ... 8187074560

Re: Saints March Into the Semi-Finals - Includes Semi Draw : Sun Jun 28, 2015 9:19 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Watch it again, twists him once and half attempts to do it again, but Brown kicks him off.

Still Garbage, Brown hits the deck on his backside and twists his own body around to put himself in the play the ball position. Greenwood
didn,t release his ankles until instructed so by the referee.
Brown didn,t even kick him off, he just stepped forward to play the ball, and then realised he had been tackled with his bad ankle, which he got much earlier on in the match.

Re: Saints March Into the Semi-Finals - Includes Semi Draw : Sun Jun 28, 2015 9:34 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

Still Garbage, Brown hits the deck on his backside and twists his own body around to put himself in the play the ball position. Greenwood
didn,t release his ankles until instructed so by the referee.
Brown didn,t even kick him off, he just stepped forward to play the ball, and then realised he had been tackled with his bad ankle, which he got much earlier on in the match.

It’s not garbage when you’re so biased towards your own club, that you will use any allegory to refute the Sneyd incident.

Re: Saints March Into the Semi-Finals - Includes Semi Draw : Sun Jun 28, 2015 9:39 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Be interesting to see if a saints no 21 (Greenwood?) gets a ban and there are people calling for a ten game ban for his leg twisting on Brown.

Precedent has been set. 2 game ban.