Quote ="SLS"There was a stat showing that after 70 minutes, Warrington had made less than 900 metres. You ended up with 1200 so literally made a quarter of your metres in the last 10 minutes, the period of the game which Saints will be very disappointed with.
Three tries from dummy half and one from a charge down. As you all know, any tries conceded from dummy half are poor and Saints won't be happy with it.
Still, I'd despair at anyone that watched the game in a balanced fashion who couldn't recognise that Saints absolutely battered Warrington up front. It isn't going too far to suggest that Saints will probably feel that they should have won by 20/30 points. Obviously, the final period made the scoreline look close; to anyone there the game was anything but. Saints fans, players and coaches know it and so do Warrington's.
Anyhow, gone now. We move on to next week.'"
One point on the dummy half tries. I can't speak for other teams, but Warrington are making a habit of scoring tries against Saints from dummy half in the last few seasons. Why? Because you're defensive line is so good at (ahem) "moving up quickly" that you leave gaping gaps behind the ptb. When we're within touching distance of your line and your defense is, (ahem again) "reluctant" to stand on the line as the rules dictate it generally leads to a try. Just thought I'd mention it.