Widnes Match Thread - Saints 28 v 35 Widnes : Fri May 03, 2013 6:12 pm  

Saints: 28
Tries: Thompson (3), Laffranchi (16), Gardner (47), Puletua (70), Walmsley (78)
Goals: Makinson (4 from 5)

Widnes: 35
Tries: Pickersgill (9), Owens 2 (26,40), Clarke (37), Marsh (38), Mellor (56)
Goals: Owens (5 from 6)
Drop Goal: Danny Craven (76)

Half Time Score: St Helens 12 v 28 Widnes Vikings, Bradford Bulls 6 v 24 Leeds Rhinos, Hull FC 12 v 6 London Broncos, Wigan Warriors 22 v 0 Salford City Reds

Full Time Score: St Helens 28 v 35 Widnes Vikings, Bradford Bulls 22 v 42 Leeds Rhinos, Hull FC 42 v 18 London Broncos, Wigan Warriors 46 v 6 Salford City Reds

Referee: Robert Hicks

Saints Line Up:

21. Tom Makinson
2. Ade Gardner
3. Jordan Turner
24. Joe Greenwood
30. Mark Percival

19. Josh Jones
23. Nathan Ashe

8. Josh Perry
36. Stuart Howarth
11. Tony Puletua
14. Anthony Laffranchi
33. Luke Thompson
1. Paul Wellens

6. Lance Hohaia
10. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook
13.Willie Manu
25. Alex Walmsley

4. Sia Soliola and 16. Paul Clough are omitted from the 19 man squad.

Widnes Lineup:

26. Jack Owens
20. Paddy Flynn
4. Stefan Marsh
3. Cameron Phelps
15. Chris Dean

6. Kevin Brown
14. Joe Mellor

10. Steve Pickersgill
9. Jon Clarke
16. Eamon O’Carroll
22. Gareth Hock
11. Frank Winterstein
12. Dave Allen

17. Ben Kavanagh
18. Lloyd White
21. Danny Craven
23. Phil Joseph

27. Grant Gore and 29. Adam Lawton are omitted from the 19 man squad.

Re: Widnes Match Thread : Fri May 03, 2013 6:12 pm  

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Re: Widnes Match Thread : Fri May 03, 2013 6:13 pm  

The team has changed a hell of a lot since yesterday.

Josh Jones at stand off, Joe Greenwood at centre and Stuart Howarth starts at hooker.

Re: Widnes Match Thread : Fri May 03, 2013 6:14 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

The team has changed a hell of a lot since yesterday.

Josh Jones at stand off, Joe Greenwood at centre and Stuart Howarth starts at hooker.

Is that actually how we will line up or just Brown playing games?

Re: Widnes Match Thread : Fri May 03, 2013 6:16 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

Is that actually how we will line up or just Brown playing games?

If I could tell you what was going on in Brown's head I could probably earn a lot of money in the psychic circuit.

Re: Widnes Match Thread : Fri May 03, 2013 6:18 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

If I could tell you what was going on in Brown's head I could probably earn a lot of money in the psychic circuit.

Haha fair enough. I just thought you might be privvy to more than the rest of us!

I can't decide if Jones at 6 is better than Wellens or not. I suppose we'll all find out shortly!!

Re: Widnes Match Thread : Fri May 03, 2013 6:21 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

Haha fair enough. I just thought you might be privvy to more than the rest of us!

I can't decide if Jones at 6 is better than Wellens or not. I suppose we'll all find out shortly!!

When it comes to the match day decisions unfortunately nobody but the players, coach and immediate support staff could tell you anything with a degree of certainty.

I personally would have gone with Turner at 6 over Jones, I haven't seen the skill set needed for stand off as of yet from Jones. However, we don't get to see what they can do in training and the best person to judge where players are suited is indeed Brown.

Re: Widnes Match Thread : Fri May 03, 2013 6:57 pm  

Wello will be at 6, Jones in the centre and greenwood will be 13. No idea why brown does this weird stuff

Re: Widnes Match Thread : Fri May 03, 2013 7:01 pm  

We're underway here with Saints kicking to Widnes.

Re: Widnes Match Thread : Fri May 03, 2013 7:01 pm  

Widnes break away in the middle of the park but called back for a forward pass to Eammon O'Carroll