Well water on the ball is now illegal....does this mean we will stop play during rain and call it cricket?

If the rules keep going the way they are Cricket will be a rougher game than Rugby League.

No, there was a question to him from a reporter. He laughed, and said "It's pretty old school, something that would be done (or we did ?) at St. Pats"

So he did think of it first? I think a warning letter from the RFL is in order.

Her's the latest news. www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/sai ... in_future/

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Quote ="Agent Mulder"Her's the latest news. www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/sai ... in_future/'" That's fair enough.

Quote ="Agent Mulder"Her's the latest news. www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/sai ... in_future/'" That's fair enough.

I said it was Wilkin at the start - I saw him do it.

Start a Wello is innocent pettion.

I think it was down to Sky that Wello got the blame. Eddie must have been confused by the fact that both their surnames started with a W.

Mind you, he called Langtree Park Knowsley Road on at least one occasion so maybe he is just simply confused.

Did he mention whether two of his forward attempting to maim our playmakers off the ball was a tactic, or did they take it upon themselves?

Excellent stuff from Wellens/Wilkin/Simon Cowell. About time we managed the Michael Mcguire 'win at all cost' attitude.

The RFL just love making up rules off the back of Saints ingenuity.

Heading the ball, banned
Watering the ball, banned
Quick taps, banned
I'm sure there was another one, but it escapes me at the moment.

Either way we'll just have to think up another rouse.

Squads being named was another

Quick play the balls was another, remember Scully mentioned they always tried to play the ball in 3 to 4 seconds. The RFL and refs have dumbed it down to over 10 seconds now.
Can anyone remember our man Cooper hiding the ball under his jersey and getting a match ban for it.

*Awaits Rogues mentioning Alex Murphy at the 1966 Challenge Cup Final*

Shouldn’t even be that, it just gave a stick for the totally bias to use as an excuse. It didn’t make a blind bit of difference to the outcome of the game, but that said if it had been a pie who had done it there still would have been some who would have made a song and dance about a bit of nonsense.

Can you imagine the amount of brain explosions on here if Sam had done it!

You know him well?

I didn't need too.


The first line of my sig. says it all.

Sam has enough on his plate, holding the man who has tackled him to be also squirting water.

I don't mind ratboy, apart from the fact he plays for Wigan there is nothing wrong with the lad. But I beleive he has found a cure for that disease.

Samantha will be winding up Aussies with his Maguire inspired tactics next season so that will be perfect

Lomax is a better full back. The aussie will show him up in the world cup. He needs to practice catching those bombs

Tbh I'm surprised how many people are ok with this. I personally think it reflects badly on the sport. Tampering with a ball, however transient, is cynical and brings the game into disrepute. Like trapping the arm, the phantom flop, and all other types of cynical theatrics, it is unsportsmanlike. I always thought we prided ourselves on having possibly the least unsportsmanlike game in the world?

Come off it!!!

Golf/Cricket/Snooker have always been more streets ahead in terms of sportsmanship.

Take a look at some black and white footage of RL, some of the shots on there make the Taylor hit look tame.

We used to have players throwing extra balls onto the pitch, pulling balls out in tackles conning the ref about knock - ons.

Eye gouging - yes it used to happen, hence the rule against it.
conning the ref by holding a player so it looks like he is holding you down. Ratboy is a great exponent of this.

Nice attempt to reflect fake disgust, but putting water on the ball is very tame. What are they going to do when it rains, stop the team rubbing the ball in the mud before handing it over. Making the ref walk around with towels, like snooker refs with their cloths, cleaning the ball at the say so of a players request..

As I say, nice attempt.

What point are you actually trying to make? That it's not the worst thing that goes on? I agree, never said otherwise. But like conning the ref by trapping the defenders arm (something we both mentioned btw so there's no need to try and bait me by pointing out Sam, sorry "rat boy", does it) it's a cynical part of the game I'd prefer not to see, certainly not sportsmanlike and doesn't advertise the sport well. I wouldn't say I'm disgusted by it though, if you read that into my post you probably need a thicker skin mate.