It looked like a knock on on tv but I only saw it once.



Saints have another young prop Noah Stephens in the academy who looks very good.

Yeah he’s played a few for the Reserves now but I think he’s a couple of years away at least before being first team ready.

It does come off the Salford player but how does it end up hitting him?



Knowles has it and appears to try and pass it, but it hits the shoulder of a Salford player stood between him and the tryline.



I'm guessing the ref has given a pass rather than a lost ball, but if that's the case then it surely comes out of the hands forward?

Just watched it again. Definitely a pass, just depends which angle you view as to which way it's going I think, but seeing as the Salford player is ahead of him.........

We need far more than two young props for England to be successful, Australia are producing them by the bucket load. We have got to encourage more juniors into the game and cut back on the non-federation numbers.

For me Saints are still the team to beat until they are beat, bookies still have them favourites for a reason.



I think Wigan and Saints will finish 2nd and 3rd in either order.



I was disheartened after our loss at Saints away a month or so ago, however with Paasi and Walmsley out and the size and athleticism of KPP, Dupree and Havard back into our team it levels it up.

One thing is for sure, Saints aren’t going to roll over. Top two is very important - home advantage and a week off. I am just hoping that the Wakefield loss doesn’t come back to haunt us.

Plenty will come down to further injuries between now and the end of the season. If Saints got another in the front row, that would be big trouble for them. I think it was precautionary but Sironen went off again yesterday and Hopoate looks to be injured. We're obviously without some real experience in the form of Cooper and Isa and that hurts us, especially in the big games. We had Cust go off on Friday and while that isn't a huge blow in truth, we'll have to see how we go elsewhere, because there are one or two players we could really do with being available at the back end.



As things stand, Catalans are just flying along nicely, without too many issues and with them looking guaranteed a home semi, you can't see past them making the Grand Final. The only other side you could see making a real run at Old Trafford would be Leigh. It'll depend what happens at the weekend and how they pull up from it but they're not in that top 4 by chance. They have possibly the best 7,9 and 13 in the league and also the best prop in Tom Amone (and Mulhern is not a million miles behind on form).

Just watched Salfords first try back and there's a clear obstruction with a decoy runner. I didn't notice it at the game yesterday but if that game is on TV, that try gets disallowed in my opinion.



Rowley can moan all he wants but refs decisions go both ways. He needs to look at his full strength team being 15-2 up at HT against a team missing 9 players and they didn't score a point in the second half. He's deflecting attention from him and his players.



In relation to Sironen, he only played 20 mins then went off. He seemed to be walking okay at the end and there was no ice on his hamstring so hopefully he will be ok. Matautuia will be back on Sunday and there is a chance Batchelor and LMS will be too. There is also a slight chance of Wingfield being back for the play offs which adds some depth

The juniors are there. Its the pathways that are lacking. Saints and Wigan both have the blueprint in how to introduce youngsters into super league.



Other teams find a gem and then just put them straight into SL, playing as many games as possible leading to burnout, injuries, lack of confidence and disillusionment

Nowhere near enough juniors coming through. Less and less schools are playing RL. Yes, Wigan and Saints do contribute more than their fair share but we need more clubs doing so and more RL played at school - both primary and secondary.

Good to see young Delaney extending his contract with Saints. Let’s hope they don’t overplay him and that he starts to pick up injuries.