Re: Saints (h) : Fri Jul 12, 2024 6:00 pm  

No-one guessed Shorrocks at 6 for Good Friday and that worked out OK.

If French is out a few weeks then 1st place is back up in the air.

Re: Saints (h) : Fri Jul 12, 2024 6:14 pm  

I hope Peet embraces the chaos of Thompson at 9 and spells him with Mago

Re: Saints (h) : Fri Jul 12, 2024 6:51 pm  

French out for 8 weeks - game changer. Hope Field can get back in a few weeks and French has enough time to be ready for the playoffs.

Re: Saints (h) : Fri Jul 12, 2024 6:58 pm  

8 weeks? Were you heard that

Re: Saints (h) : Fri Jul 12, 2024 7:17 pm  

WWste wrote:

8 weeks? Were you heard that

They said it on Sky. Torn hamstring

Re: Saints (h) : Fri Jul 12, 2024 8:21 pm  

We've dropped quite a bit this 2nd half

Re: Saints (h) : Fri Jul 12, 2024 8:56 pm  

Young lads on both sides really showed up tonight. Made a game that on paper was heading towards a bit of a bore fest but was really up there

Re: Saints (h) : Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:02 pm  

That’s as good as a win as I’ve seen this season.

Saints really came and turned up and it was right form counts for nothing going into a game like this.

Not having a 9 for us was a disaster and no offence to both lads who took that role on they were not good at the ruck (which is understandable). It also meant that when Farrimond was in there Smith was an easy target for Saints so to find a way to win today was fantastic.

Eckerskey….what a player we have on our hands there if we manage him right.

Re: Saints (h) : Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:15 pm  

That was a tough game (especially given how much the ref let go in the ruck), not having a proper 9 out there really did cause us some issues but we still found a way to grind out a result. Both sides really went for it but I thought we just had that slightly smarter edge when we needed it - Smith, Ellis and Eckersley were stand-outs for me - they were the difference makers.

Re: Saints (h) : Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:38 pm  

Great win but let's not do that again re. no.9, should've just stuck Farrell there and left him, as said above we've ended up playing with one halfback for most of the game.
Hopefully the rumour about O'Neil being injured anyway is just that, we really need him back in the side next week and beyond.
Take a bow Zach Eckersley, never put a foot wrong all night and a shout out to the Saints youngster, he looks a real talent, that might be the end of Dodd and Bennison as Saints first teamers bar an injury crisis