thanx saddened thought we played well no 6 is quentin cant spell the rest we just call him QT ,when we get misi back to full back hopefully he'll slot in at proper no 6 . I'd like to thank the lads for the effort today they were awesome especially the young lads ,what a game to be thrown in to ,playing the super league leaders and giving such an effort . keep it up for next week lads .

Thought we were excellent. Corey Hanson in particular impressed me, didn't look out of place at all playing against the joint leaders of Super League, some very strong carries. Also Sam Scott seemed to get absolutely mullered with every tackle

but got up every time and went in for some more which impressed me. Q was awesome and thoroughly deserved his hat-trick. I thought the referee was absolutely abysmal, he didn't blow for offside once throughout the whole game, only for standing in front of the kicker. At times there were players stood a full two yards in front of him, like directly in front of him it's not even as if he had to look down the line, and he still didn't blow up, add that to the whole drop-out/20m tap debacle and you have a shocking performance. Worst ref we've had this season, and he's supposed to be one of the best in Super League. Unreal.

Agree entirely. I've read the BBC report and their usual $upper League bias is there. I thought we were excellent, we made early errors and gave away early points on the back of them but the heads never went down. Our first try was lucky but the rest we worked for and earned. The gulf in class is there to see, Saints ball and line speed was the difference. But our effort and attitude was outstanding. Third tear running we've come up again top SL opposition and third time we've risen to it. The signs are good.

Thought the ref was very poor. Lots of things got left and petty things pinged. I know the speed of the game in SL is faster but the rules are the same.

Got told by Kyle Eastmond's mother that "my son hasn't gone to Bath for the money". You keep believing that if you want love, the several Saints fans I saw waving tenners at him clearly don't agree.

Great eagles following today. More needed please.

Think Stringers about 28/29. (Awaits correction)

Came home very happy



Great performance from all but agree with ESO especially Q and the young 'uns but 1 - 17 all played a part. Nice to see Alex S back to full strength after his virus.

Just had a curry in Hillsborough and got thinking Eagles are like a good curry - red hot and in an hour I'll be wanting more.

Mitch born 1983............ close there Dr B

Year after me, so hes 27. But ive got more grey hairs.

Well done today, you played well and your support play was good. There was alot of offsides from both teams, lot of high tackles and grapple tackles, but, Ben Thaler just allowed the game to flow. He even tried to help you by tackling Francis Meli in his try, but got bounced off or as the Saints fans chanted " He fell over!". Hope you have a good season.

Great to see you at Widnes. Your support was very vocal which, as per the usual, contrasted to the Saints support which, er, ebbs and flows! Was well impressed with your no.6. A real talent. I was expecting to see Talepapa (sp?) in at no.1 as I'm sure I read somewhere that he has arrived in this country now after his visa problems? I am glad he wasn't there to be honest because I remember watching Sheffield on Tv in the playoffs last season and he was awesome. I'm not sure we could have handled too much more from Sheffield today; we were looking decidedly knackered at the end of that match!

I hope you enjoyed the game. Your team is looking good. I hope you go on to win some silverware this time around.

Good luck!

Misi arrived today, got picked up from the airport and driven straight to the game so he couldn't really play!! Thanks for the sentiments.

As most know on here i'm an exiled Saint living in Sheffield & follow the Eagles now too so I really didn't know what to do today. I went with my dad (an avid Saints fan) and sat near most Eagles fans & wore my Eagles shirt.

Decided to cheer on the Eagles, seeing as we were underdogs but I didn't cheer much as it was really weird to be cheeing against Saints. I did jump up and scream & shout as Q went in for the last few tries though.

Was a great display by the boys and really stood up against a good side. Thought the ref was harsh with his 10 metres (even my dad stook up for Sheffield on this) and the whole drop goal/20 metre debacle summed it up.

Excellent vocals by everyone and hope we can continue this & hopefully te performance with misi & our dual reg players back to perhaps get a win against Leigh next Sunday.

The futures bright!

The way EVERY player was cheered as they came off for interchanges was fantastic.

On another note - do visiting players often get hattricks vs Saints?

I don't know what everyone thought about the 6-1 penalty count. Seemed a bit harsh to me. The play the ball is generally slower in the Championship so I would have thought a bit of latitude is in order. What's reasonable for a full time player isn't necessarily reasonable for a part timer.

Well the fans in the "Sheffield end" told Ben Failure what we thought

at the time.

Indeed, whilst the rules are the same across the board, a bit of simple common sense is needed.

There's no specified time for a ptb in the laws of the game.

Having said that, there is a specified distance for the defenders to retire but referees just ignore that.

Correct, rules state defenders must retreat arms length when tackled called by the ref.

Ben got 58 out 100 rating - which I suppose is better than 48.....?

Couldn't have been more proud, not many SL teams will put 26 points passed Saints, had we have converted them all 30! Wish we'd have drawn Bradford we'd be playing Fev next. Bradford are absolutely garbage. We did out sing Saints, we're the best fans in any league and I'm in no way bias.

10m or not 10 m .... that is the question

Looks like the ball has already been played in the second one though

And it looks like the PTB is within 10 metres of the try line so they aren't exactly going to stand behind it are they!! Probably not the best example, unless that isn't the try line.

Corner Flag clearly visible behind players so it is the touch line - also ball on it's way down the line. Also the touch judge doesn't go back when it's on the touch line??

All nitpicking objections!

The photos clearly make the point.

It's probably the 20 metre flag anyway.