Excellent performance although ball control still needs to be better if we want to beat Wigan. Some very good rugby on show and good defence mostly. Makinson's tackle to keep Welham out was unbelievable, tackle of the season for me.

Thaler was pants.

Good turn out y hull kr, Shame they had few thrown out



Saints did play well, I thought roby doing Briscoe(I think it was hi
) to go under the posts was top class.

She won't appologise mate.



I knew it was the team as he's never got anything wrong he's told me yet. I'd be pretty shocked if he didn't know the team as he plays in it

I don't know people doubt St Pete's team news, I can vouch that it's concrete.

When I do the match thread I get the team off him before it's officially announced.

And before saintsfan starts moaning again that I'm giving out top secret info and team tactics by sending backrow saint the team, I always do it few hours before the kick off so it's not like the other team could use it and I doubt they read this forum for team selection.



Plus I only send it to backrow saint for his excellent msg h thread he does.

That was my thread, I left it as over 10 points as I did not want to seam to arrogant to the Hull KR lot , by adding lots of + 20, +30 etc for Saints. Also thought with it being a quarter final the game would have been tighter than 20 points.

How did people feel playing Wilkin at loose went?

It's the first time for a long time this season where we have played 2 props, rotated with 2 props, if you count megennis as a prop with LMS.

Will Royce stick with this if he gets a fit clough back and leave TP at prop.

Great. But he played there at the start of the season and looked great then. He should stay there. He looks great. (Oh, and he played very well too!

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I thought wilkin played well but wasnt involved as much as he's been in recent games, if that's down to the position change I dint know. I think wilkin has been the best British backrow in super league this season.

I thought it was strange we didn't use magennis or Kyle more than we did on such a very hot day. We never seem to use all the players on the bench as often as we should.

Just got back from the game. You were too good for us in all departments today. However have to say Kris Welham's chase and tackle of Meli was absolutely fantastic and made my afternoon bearable (just)

Good luck against Wigan.

It was a great tackle.

nowt wrong with arrogance mate.

I know I shouldn't laugh but was it lovegrove who took the knock to his head and lost the plot?

He could hardly stand up, the physio tried to get him off but then run in to the line and attempted a few tackles before he got escorted off.

What did you Saints fans think to the Rovers team today ?
Did you expect a tougher game ?

I expected more from you, you were really poor and your completion rate was terrible.

Saints were brilliant at times though, as good as we've been all season. Some of our tries were sensational, with Roby's probably being the pick.

To be honest I expected to win by about 20 points but with it being a tough hard fought game which it wasn't.

I thought hull kr looked poor. Dropped the ball far to much and was opened up far to easy.

I expected Dobson to kick wello to death but he was playing behind a beaten pack and was missing nearly all the game.

I thought they played OK in patches especially when they tried a few offloads. The problem was they didn't see enough ball due to forced errors and getting pinged by the ref around the ruck area. Don't know why Newton is on the outside at centre he doesn,t seem to offer anything in attack.
I was expecting a similar game to the previous superleague game, but Saints have gone up a few notches since then with getting most of there players back from injury.

dobson was poor today is kicking game was rubbish should of made wellens work instead he keep putting the ball dead

I definitely expected a tougher game but I think in the end we really stepped up big time and your guys weren't quite at the races.

talking of great tackles, i thought Makinsons in the first half to stop Welham scoring was magnificent.

He just stopped him dead in his tracks on a one on one with Welham running flat out to smash his way over the try line.

What made it even more impressive was that Welham was completely wrapped up and could not put the ball down.

Cheers ,good luck against the Pies .

It was a very good tackle by tommy.

That's the second try saving tackle he has made in as many weeks. It was tremendous. He is looking like a very promising prospect on that wing, is Makinson. Secure under the high ball, working hard in defence, taking the ball up, got pace, looks for work, can score tries. If Garder is re-signed, he will have a fight on his hands getting his wing spot back if Makinson continues to develop at the present rate.

IMO, obviously.

Tackle of the season that mate right in front of me.

Good luck against the Pies hope you stuff them

You were as equally amazing as we were appalling, you are playing some fantastic rugby and it is a joy to watch

Well done again and hope you win the cup!