11th of january... friday night

not long to go now till our first taste of RL again for 2013



Anderson has already stated that every player will get some game time for this one, prob start with a strong team then change at half time.. are st helens doing the same??? you would think so.

will be good to see fielden in a giants shirt and to see how the combo of brough and robinson works.
also whos playing full back and how they go.

dont think we will see o'donnell, crabtree,mcgillvary, fairbank, taai due to rehab, visa

January !!!

Yeah,that is generally the way these 'friendlies' play out.I'm seriously thinking of going across if anyone fancies it (hint hint),well it is only £12 and it is a game of rugby league after all.

Good to see how some of ours are shaping up in their new roles if nothing else.

Been having a read of the StH local paper and Nathan is still having to defend himself against 'wrestling' tactics as being the main way he got us success,which in some ways now is quite amusing



Also been checking the google map,doesn't look to be much in the way of watering holes around the new stadium,but now they have built a modernistic bridge/walkway from the town centre about a 10/15 minute stroll.

edited for daz the month oops



forgot to mention it was £12 in too.

really think dawson and blackmore are going to be pushing george this season for a starter spot, will be good to see these playing.



wrestling tactics and us being boring...heard it all before, time for saints to have it thrown at them the entertainers

cording will be starting on friday night..apparently been going well in pre season, needs a big year for another contract

I have to work Friday night but if someone would be so kind as to keep me up to date i'd appreciate it. PM me and i'll give you my number, cheers

squad :-
Grix; Dawson, Cudjoe, Murphy, George; Robinson, Brough; Kopczak, Faiumu, Patrick, Chan, Cording, Lawrence: Subs: Connor, Wardle, Blackmore, Aspinall, Mullally, Lunt, Mason, Johnson, Ferguson, Miller, Leeming.

bruno at 13



A shadow of our starting line up in a few weeks time against the same club - but a mixture of youth and experience and those having had surgery given another week to recover.

6 seniors left out, looking forward even more to next weeks game v widnes now to see fielden!

murphy starting ahead of wardle at centre is abit of a surprise but cant read too much into it at this stage

faiumu starting... think this is the right idea with lunt of the bench

will be interesting to see how mullally and kopczak get on

nathan brown saying that lee gaskell is going to be given a chance to nail down the half back role at st helens... this is why he didnt let us sign him

also stated that his kicking game is as good as danny broughs

I think we peaked at our most boring last year. Wrestling would have been a god send. In fact big daddy in the front row, and ray mysterio at half back in place of Perry and Lance, may have livened us all up a little bit.

Wardle was one of those who has had surgery - he's not played those players who have missed a large chunk of preseason so it makes sense.

why not just play him next week at widnes then with the others instead of sticking him on the bench..

doesnt really matter i suppose just seemed to be the one that stood out most as i wardle is our first choice centre unless anderson had other plans!

Odonnell is in australia went to is brothers wedding,the other guys that arnt playing are still in rehab.

Chan looks like hes done ankle ligaments

HT st 16 v 0 hg

Once kopczak and Patrick went off after 25 mins looked very weak.

2 soft tries conceded on our goal line.

Faiumu dh disrtibution crap.

Chan was putting weight on ankle as he walked round bit could be 2 weeks

thanks for updates

sounds abit better on chan if hes putting weight on ankle



would of though kopczak and patirck would of lasted till halftime..

come on you giants

Chan Got strapping below left knee,back on bench might come back yet
Brough hasnt come out for half two and not on bench

10 left

26 v 0

We cant get out of our half

Chan never went back on,neither did Brough or Bruno after first half.

Some of the forwards who have played first grade did not impresseemed like they werre going thru the motions at times.problems if the big name forwards get injured.

What could have Got out of the second half no idea,couldnt get out of own half so no Link up play possible.


Best player on show for us was Kopczak.

He certainly was, played very well.

I wouldn't be too concerned if I was a Hudds fan, it's only pre-season after all...but: your attack was pretty rusty and predictable if im honest, and that accounts for the reason why you didn't score a point. It was poor attacking play as opposed to superb defence.

What was worrying for you lot though is that once Brough went off you were terrible, but I understand you had 6/7 players out and the rotation in the forwards didn't help as they didn't have the same impact as your starting props. You made some sloppy errors and just couldn't win any territory. But it's one of the first hit outs so that's expected really.

It should be a different score line on the 2nd Feb!

More fuel for the fire of those that have turned their backs and will be watching batley this year. Could have been worse as saints had three ruled out. A pretty meaningless game on he face of it but won't do much for the confidence of those fickle fans, lets hope it doesn't affect the composure of those delicate players!
It will be a different focus in two weeks time.

Good news that kopzchak look good before being taken off



seems our attack wasnt up to much which is a worry brough/robinson combo hmmm early days...also the amount of pens we conceded!! lack of discipline? hope not, had enough of that last season, 5 were for not playing the ball correct!

oh well onto next week when we get a few more big guns back and at home

chan fine... 10 stitches in a knee wound...may even be considered for next week

i would not worry about it .

Th only thing that does seem an issue is that none of our forwards could make any head way in the second half.

WE may have been missing some of our big hitters but they had Perry and puletua out so it evens things out a bit.

I heard Walmsley did OK for saints

You conceded 5 penalties for incorrect play the ball alone. The lack of discipline and threat in attack stood out in my opinion, I know it doesn't mean much in a friendly, but that was your downfall last night.