WEll, after last nights affair, we move on to what probably should have been the opening game of the season.

Very very interested to see how todd carney gets on in his first game, also how saints get on with a proper halfback pairing after giving up on youth led replacements.

Isn't Walsh still out injured?
You meaning Wilkin??

Officials are at it again!

Absolutely awful decision to start this game off.

tackled in the air .....? WTF

the contest was fair and the saints hand knocked it on to saints hand the Catalan player took it and grounded it.........

in the voice of Graham Taylor.....and then they go up the other end and score.....

wigan got the decisions last night and sts are getting them tonight...9 bells this is going off and benidorm will get a viewing

Are we watching Super League or Super Bowl?

enough time outs!

and you'll still be viewing a Saints fan!

Saints are taking an absolute liberty with the offside rule..... its a joke

why the Saints fans are singing you dont know what your doing is beyond me ......for the first half an hour they have got away with murder.....

Saints are doing a good impression of Wigan here tonight.

Kin hell How far offside was Travis burns for the very tap penalty right after the sinbinning..............?

they may as well just pull Benthams pants down its that bad......

I'm not joking, EVERY play of the ball could have been a penalty to Catalan for either a slow ruck or off side...EVERY one!

They were that far offside they were almost beyond the play of the ball.

I'm sick of seeing players getting "trapped" as well.

honesty I've never rated Travis Burns, there's been a lot of hype over him and how moving to a big club would fetch out his shine, but I've seem nothing from him tonight to change my mind.
Lomax looks the more threatening.

Referee's are going to ruin the season based on what i have seen so far.

It pains me to say the 6 nations has had more flowing rugby

Did I miss the new rule that James Roby must not be called for a penalty?

He stole the ball when Richards got binned
Twice he's stole the ball in a 2 man tackle within 5 mins

Saints are the better team, there's no denying that but some of these calls ????

whistle!
Thank god for that.

Well that was a bit of a letdown wasn't it? Keiron Cunnigham seems to have aquired a copy of the Shaun Wane book of PTB shannanigans from somewhere, and the offside was, ahem, generously policed. Then Bentham went mad for 10 mins and came down justifiably hard on Saints, then gave up 2nd half again.

Shoulder charge is obviously the new obstruction rule for this season.

If Catalans can sort their away form out, they'll be more of a threat than Saints.

Agreed morrisseyisawire.
Catalan away could be our yard stick early doors.
I fear us not against any of our neighbours.

Catalans without early injuries that effectively took some juice out of them, especially over 130mins+ of rugby, Hull fc and Salford look to be the only teams that are less exposed than the rest, each could potentially be anything this season with the shrewd signings.

if Catalan had a halfback on the pitch last night they would have won. No invention twenty metres out.

i was thinking the same thing..these stupid rules dont help.i.e cats having a try dis-allowed for contesting a ball in the air..it justs complicates what basically is a simple game

What was the pen count ?

no idea you tell me..i turned it over to watch corry and benidorm