Crusaders go close with a grubber through from Witt, Mellars hacks it forward but the ball beats the chasing Hep Cahill into touch.

After some Saints pressure on the Crusaders line, Crusaders survive. However they only manage to get 30m away before dropping the ball under no pressure.

Lomax goes close from a Gary Wheeler short kick but can't quite get the ball down. Crusaders come away and think they make a break, however it is pulled back for crossing and a penalty to Saints. At the DW, Wigan 10 - 42 Catalans.

Saints go for the 3rd set onb the Crusaders line without converting it into points. They then give a penalty away and Crusaders have finally got some relief from the onslaught.

Lloyd White scores for Crusaders, Witt adds the extras. Is there life in this game yet?

Another break from White sees Martin stopped just short. Saints are very lucky to get a penalty from crossing otherwise it definitely would of been back to back tries.

Same old inconsistent crap this year from Saints.

Gaskell attempts a long range drop goal but falls short.

Wigan 10 Cats 42

Wigan 16 - 46 Catalans

Jamie Foster spills the ball from a Crusaders kick giving them great territory. Luckily Crusaders can't capitalise, spilling the ball and giving the ball back to Saints.

"That player should be hauled off the pitch and made to write a hundred lines I shall not pass the ball like that" Ray French, Priceless

which pass was that referring to?

Ball goes wide to Shenton who gives a great quick ball to Gardner to go in for his second. Foster misses the covnersion.

Full time hooter goes, Saints 34 - 18 Crusaders.

Well atleast we only got beat 12 - 4 in the second half! Our performances once we gain a lead are shocking but still it's 2 points in the bag! Welldone lads.

why oh why do they let the other team make a comeback every week?
surley simmons can see it......with a big lead they shoul'd be putting the other teams to bed.
...(never satisfied even when we win

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Not sure, I was making a brew at the time with the sound down (son in bed and his room is right above), just caught him saying it and gut laughed

I'm inclined to agree, the fact that we let the other team score 2 or 3 tries at the death when we're winning needs to be addressed. Last year 4 points was the difference between 2nd and 3rd, who's to say that won't be the case again this year.

He can. He said so in his pre-match comment on the Saints site. He also said in his post match comment that he told them at halftime to respect the opposition. But they didn't. They got casual again.

Guys 2nd in the league??????

Are we turning into the Whino's on here??

We want to be a championship winning side. You don't become one of those by putting your cue on the rack when things are looking good. You become one of those by killing off your opposition. We have adopted a casual attitude which is a bad habit that is proving hard to break.

Thankfully that is our only realy gripe at the moment and they must be doing a lot right if we are complaining about things when our team is winning games in one half, things could be a lot worse.

But I agree it is something that has got to go from our game before it costs us in our final position or worse a knockout match, its casual rather than just lazy but it is a bad habit than can be hard to stop.

Oh yeah, I agree with all that. In some ways, though, that makes the second half attitude worse to take! Knowing what the team can now do, having a hint of what it has the potential to do, only to watch them put it under threat in the second half is very frustrating!


Yep. Exactly.

The bigger tests are still to come, if we can put on an 80 minute perfomance against Wigan in 2 weeks time, I will be happy. Mentally, being totally focussed for 80 minutes, week in, week out, is draining, doing enough to win, and then raising the bar for the big games is a better option.