Under 18s: St Helens 44 Wigan 10 Posted by Bilko
on April 10 2011 - 12:02
St Helens v Wigan Warriors
- Under 18s Valvoline Academy.
Saturday 9th
April 2011.
Kick Off 2:30pm at Thatto Heath Crusaders ARLFC.
Match
Summary
Wigan lost this one with a really poor first half display.
The pack, boosted by a blank weekend for the Under 20s,
really did not show up at all. Saints run ragged and
claimed five first half tries for a 24-0 lead.
In
fairness game ending injuries very early in the game to Tom
Hurst (suspected broken ankle) and John O'Donnell
(shoulder) really did not help Wigan's cause. It was a hot
day (despite the breeze) and to be reduced to two
interchange options so early really made it hard work.
For that reason I think Wigan did well in the second
half. They had a good dig, particularly Louis Jackson I
thought, he led the way up front. He claimed a try, along
with an earlier score for Shae Lyon-Fraser, which made it
30-10 with half an hour to go but the second half was very
stop start and in the final ten minutes the tiredness of
losing two bench options really took it's toll. Saints
claimed three late scores to make the final scores 44-10.
The match was refereed by former Castleford, Halifax and
Huddersfield player Jamie Bloem and I thought he did very
well indeed. Except that for all the stoppages in the
second half (and their were plenty for stuff like cramp
etc), he ended up adding just twenty seconds on. I mean in
the end I was glad because the Wigan legs had gone but how
does that work exactly? He seemed to be stopping his watch
every time!
So that's two losses from two for the Under 18s who have
struggled so far with an inexperienced half back
combination struggling to get a foothold. Leeds then Saints
is a tough start though. The next three games against Hull
KR, Crusaders and Castleford (all at Orrell) should give us
a clearer picture of how the team is going at this level.
Team Sheets
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Saints Under 18s
Position
Wigan Under 18s
1
1
Corey Lee
Full Back
Tom Hurst
1
2
Ste Yates
Winger
Tom Halsall
2
3
Mark Percival
Centre
Shae Lyon-Fraser
3
4
Josh Jones
Centre
Andy Whyte
4
5
James Hill
Winger
Danny Parkinson
5
6
Dom Speakman
Stand Off
Chris
Taylor
6
7
Danny Yates
Scrum Half
Liam
Fishwick
7
8
Joe Bate
Prop
Greg Burke
8
9
Marcus Baines
Hooker
Liam Carberry
9
10
Brad Ashurst
Prop
Louis Jackson
10
11
Alex Clare
2nd Row
Matty Crow
11
12
Joe Greenwood
2nd Row
John
O'Donnell
12
13
Connor Dwyer
L.Forward
Danny Bridge
13
-
14
Lewis Foster
Substitute
Jacob Almond
14
15
James Tilly
Substitute
Harry Naughton
15
16
Jordan O'Neill
Substitute
Joe Bullock
16
17
Chris Webster
Substitute
Craig Blakeley
17
-
Derek Traynor
Coach
Peter Williams
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Score Sheet
St Helens Under 18s 44
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Wigan Under 18s 10
Tries (9): Mark Percival Joe Greenwood Ste Yates Josh Jones
Alex Clare Lewis Foster Danny Yates 2 James Hill
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