Widnes: Tries: Grady, Haggerty, Thackeray, Gardner Goals: Craven (0 from 1), Tyrer (2 from 3)
Saints: Tries: Graham (2), McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Soliola, Gardner, Roby, Armstrong, Dixon, Wheeler, Penalty Try, Goals: Foster (6 from 10)
Penalties: Widnes: 9 Saints: 6
HT (Sts First): 36-4 FT (Sts First): 52-20
REF: R Hicks
ATT: 3755
Teams:
Widnes:
1. Danny Craven; 19. Matt Gardner, 18. James Ford, 23. Tangi Ropati, 5. Paddy Flynn; 6. Anthony Thackeray, 14. Thomas Coyle; 3. Richard Varkulis, 9. Kirk Netherton, 10. Daniel Heckenberg, 20. Shane Grady, 16. MacGraff Leuluai, 17. Ben Kavanagh. Subs: 4. Steve Tyrer, 8. Steve Pickersgill, 12. Kurt Haggerty, 15. Chris Gerrard, 25. Chris Lunt, 29. Grant Gore, 34. Jack Owens.
Saints:
22. Jamie Foster; 2. Ade Gardner, 3. Michael Shenton, 17. Gary Wheeler, 5. Francis Meli; 6. Leon Pryce, 25. Lee Gaskell; 15. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, 9. James Roby, 10. James Graham, 4. Sia Soliola, 12. Jon Wilkin, 13. Chris Flannery, Subs: 11. Tony Puletua. 14. Scott Moore, 16. Paul Clough, 18. Matty Ashurst, 19. Andrew Dixon, 24. Tom Armstrong.
To Saints fan, I also noticed that we had far more success when we attacked down that side. On our right was Flynn on the wing who made a couple of good breaks and from memory, the centres were a mixture of Ropati and Ste Tyrer. Anthony Thackeray also scored from a break on our right.
Widnes: Tries: Grady, Haggerty, Thackeray, Gardner Goals: Craven (0 from 1), Tyrer (2 from 3)
Saints: Tries: Graham (2), McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Soliola, Gardner, Roby, Armstrong, Dixon, Wheeler, Penalty Try, Goals: Foster (6 from 10)
Penalties: Widnes: 9 Saints: 6
HT (Sts First): 36-4 FT (Sts First): 52-20
REF: R Hicks
ATT: 3755
Teams:
Widnes:
1. Danny Craven; 19. Matt Gardner, 18. James Ford, 23. Tangi Ropati, 5. Paddy Flynn; 6. Anthony Thackeray, 14. Thomas Coyle; 3. Richard Varkulis, 9. Kirk Netherton, 10. Daniel Heckenberg, 20. Shane Grady, 16. MacGraff Leuluai, 17. Ben Kavanagh. Subs: 4. Steve Tyrer, 8. Steve Pickersgill, 12. Kurt Haggerty, 15. Chris Gerrard, 25. Chris Lunt, 29. Grant Gore, 34. Jack Owens.
Saints:
22. Jamie Foster; 2. Ade Gardner, 3. Michael Shenton, 17. Gary Wheeler, 5. Francis Meli; 6. Leon Pryce, 25. Lee Gaskell; 15. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, 9. James Roby, 10. James Graham, 4. Sia Soliola, 12. Jon Wilkin, 13. Chris Flannery, Subs: 11. Tony Puletua. 14. Scott Moore, 16. Paul Clough, 18. Matty Ashurst, 19. Andrew Dixon, 24. Tom Armstrong.
To Saints fan, I also noticed that we had far more success when we attacked down that side. On our right was Flynn on the wing who made a couple of good breaks and from memory, the centres were a mixture of Ropati and Ste Tyrer. Anthony Thackeray also scored from a break on our right.
To Saints fan, I also noticed that we had far more success when we attacked down that side. On our right was Flynn on the wing who made a couple of good breaks and from memory, the centres were a mixture of Ropati and Ste Tyrer. Anthony Thackeray also scored from a break on our right.
Well, for your sake I hope your coach keeps that combination as it was effective. There were pacey players there who could sidestep and throw a good dummy.
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Paddy Flynn was very good today and I thought Thackery had a good spell after Saints hit the 40 point mark.
Flynn was Widnes MOM for me, good run out for both sides with a few players due back for both.
Just hope we get Widnes at home in the cup now!
I agree about Paddy, I thought he was our best player. It was also good to see Ste Tyrer having a go a Paddy for him taking drive on the wrong side of the pitch which meant later in the set when we kicked through to Paddy's side but he was still getting back into position. IMO if Paddy does less driving up the middle and stays on his wing; a) he'll be in position to recieve the ball if we break and also b) he won't be knackered all the time. The runs that he made on Sunday were full of pace and purpose - he can't do that if he's spent all game driving into forwards.
I still think Thackeray needs a good partner next to him to give him more time and space. Coyle doesn't do a lot to take the heat off Thacks, so when he does get the ball, the defenders are on him in a flash. Then again that also could just be the difference between championship defence and SL. If we get into SL and we take Thacks, he simply won't get the space that he currently gets. Thacks being quiet in the friendlies is probably a combination of lack of a good scrum half next to him and also playing against the likes of Wire and Saints.
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I agree about Paddy, I thought he was our best player. It was also good to Ste Tyrer having a go a Paddy for him taking drive on the wrong side of the pitch which meant later in the set when we kicked through to Paddy's side but he was still getting back into position. IMO if Paddy does less driving up the middle and stays on his wing; a) he'll be in position to recieve the ball if we break and also b) he won't be knackered all the time. The runs that he made on Sunday were full of pace and purpose - he can't do that if he's spent all game driving into forwards.
I still think Thackeray needs a good partner next to him to give him more time and space. Coyle doesn't do a lot to take the heat off Thacks, so when he does get the ball, the defenders are on him in a flash. Then again that also could just be the difference between championship defence and SL. If we get into SL and we take Thacks, he simply won't get the space that he currently gets. Thacks being quiet in the friendlies is probably a combination of lack of a good scrum half next to him and also playing against the likes of Wire and Saints.
Thacks did score a good try,and with a top class scrumhalf at his side he will be fine.
