5 Talking Points From Saints 16 Wigan 26
Did Holbrook Get It Wrong?
It’s 20/20 hindsight of the most fatuous kind to suggest that Ben Barba should not have started Saints 26-16 home loss to Wigan on Friday night (September 1). The former ...
5 Talking Points From Leeds Rhinos 16 Saints 14
Didn't They Do Well? Er...No.....
Nice to see you, to see you.....nice. What a lovely audience. So much better than last week. Unfortunately you're here to help me lament another entirely avoidable...
5 Talking Points From Saints 6 Hull FC 8
A Bad Day At The Office
Justin Holbrook called this 8-6 home defeat by Hull FC ‘one of the worst games I have been involved in’ and it is hard to argue with that assessment. All but the most optimist...
5 Talking Points From Castleford 12 Saints 26
Bend....Don't Break
Like the proverbial buses Saints waited a while for an away win and when it finally came others have started to follow. Four months separated Saints' first regular season away w...
5 Talking Points From Saints 46 Catalans Dragons 28
A Different Kind Of Win
All season long this column has lamented the weakness in Saints attack. It's had all the balance of Madonna at the 2015 Brit Awards, with right-sided backs Ryan Morgan and T...
5 Talking Points From Saints 19 Hull FC 12
The Agony Of Hope
It's the hope that kills you. Either that or horse meat, sleep or whatever else causes deadly disease according to this week's scientific blather. Either way you're going and it's...
5 Talking Points From Leeds Rhinos 24 Saints 22
Small Margins
Taken in isolation this two-point loss at Leeds is not a disaster. The problem is that it follows the collection of mess-ups and mishaps that have gone before it in 2017 which have co...
5 Talking Points From Saints 25 Salford Red Devils 24
Never Write Off The Saints
The staggering, barely credible finish to this one was a thrilling reminder of why we all love this team. Few clubs in any sport can match Saints for their continued abil...
5 Talking Points From Saints 26 Widnes Vikings 10
A Selection Surprise
Ever since the Bradford Bulls battered their way to success in the late 1990's and early 2000's it has been standard Super League procedure to have four forwards on the interch...
5 Talking Points From Saints 22 Wigan Warriors 19
The Holbrook Effect
Saints new Head Coach Justin Holbrook took official charge of the side for the first time in this thrilling if somewhat scrappy win over the old enemy. He's only been in the cou...