Thought he was outstanding for Saints today, Roby just did not have the same effect when he came on in my opinion.
Eastmond was just a little too greedy for me and wanted to take the line on all the time instead of giving some good service to your centres.

Roby has gone pretty dire at times since he got MOS, he thinks he has made it as a great player. He still deserves his England place but will have to get back to his former best to make an impact come the end of the year.

This was Roby's first game back after a broken hand.

Cunningham was immense today. When him and Long move on then they will take some replacing!

Cunnigham was great today for Saints,,,,as for Roby,,,Was he 100% fit,,,he did*nt look like it to me,,,,,,bit like O*Loughlin for wigan yesterday....

As an outsider looking in and to be fair it's pretty obvious that loosing both Cunningham and Long is a massive loss as both are irreplaceable in that saints side.

Cunningham will be out for weeks looking at him at the end.

and he was appalling

maybe he shouldn't have played in a semi final then.

I thought Roby was one of our better player, he looked dangerous at dummy half

I feel sorry for Kerion as he tried hard and he deserves to get the record

What record?

Cunningham changed Saints' play for the better when he came on and their speed around the ruck was superb, but they still struggled to breach a steely Huddersfield defence which was the match winner.

As for Eastmond, he's an outstanding prospect and credit to him for trying to do things, especially when Cunningham went off. He was probably the only one who looked like he could create something at times and it didn't work out for him. The experience will still have done him good.

Getting to the CC final the most times, or won it the most times (as a player) i can't remember which one it is

If he had won it this year he would have equalled Shaun Edwards record of 9 challenge cup wins.

It really shows how important the hooker role is. When Cunningham went off saints started to fall apart. This is very similar to leeds with danny buderus. When he is on the whole game changes as he keeps the forwards rolling and keeps the defense organised. Cunningham Is exactly the same

Cunningham is the heart and soul of our club and will be impossible to replace! Totally agree with your post.

And for the record he would not have equalled or broken any records had Saints made it to Wembley this year.

Keiron has 7 winners medals from 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008 - plus a losers one from 2002.

Shaun Edwards won 9 winners medals (1985, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94 and 95) from 11 Wembley final appearances - losing with Wigan in 1984 and London in 1999.

I think they're getting confused. Someone mentioned he equalled a record for consecutive semi final appearances.

Roby certainly has some work to do to step up to Cunningham's level of play from the kick off. Doing damage from dummy half midway through a game is a very, very different role to setting up plays from the off.

Cunningham was like a man posessed in his second spell and summed up his career as a leader and a winner in that spell.

I thought he was let down by one or 2 senior players around him in that spell. I said last week after the game against us that i thought Pryce didn't have the best of games and i thought he was quiet again yesterday. Too much pressure to create something seemed to be on Eastmonds shoulders whilst the more senior halfback in Pryce just looked to drift through the game.

Agree totally with that.

KC was ferocious in defence; really gave his all. On a slightly negative note I thought his execution let him down a bit when it came to distribution though. Kyle seemed to be having to jump for a lot of his passes at 1st receiver, and it did slow down our attack at a few key moments. Immense leadership though.

Roby's a top player, and will continue to be so years to come.

I'm not sure he was fit yesterday. I can only remember him running from dummy half on a couple of occasions.

Any news on Keiron's injury situation? Jonathon Davies mentioned on the Beeb that it looked to him like he'd torn his hamstring at the end.

KC was a true gem, he put some of the best hits in on the shudds players, some real wowzers. Got us going when came back on in 2nd half. Hope he isnt out for to long with the hamstrng