GAME ON : St. Helens v Wigan Warriors - 15:15:00

GENERAL CHAT ABOUT THE GAME, BUILD UP, THE ACTION AS IT HAPPENS AND AFTERMATH BELOW.

That defensive effort at the end of the game, is why Wayne Bennett isn’t keen on picking Mark Percival for England.

He should pick Hicks

When are we going to realise where never going to out defend Australia, we have been going that for 25 years, let's out play out attack them.

Never mind the 2 points he gifted Saints with the 'ball steal', whoever passed the ball to Grace for his try was on a different coloured area of grass, yet it's not obvious that it's forward somehow.

Cracking game between the 2 best sides in the league

Regards

King James

Agreed. A strong Saints and a strong Wigan means a better Super League.

Agreed.
Percival might not have the best defence but he's the best attacking left centre we've got. We ain't gonna keep the Aussies scoreless so need to score as many points as we can and he, in my opinion, is one of our best chances at that.

You have to be able to defend to a high standard to be successful at international level.

I thought the first half was rubbish, to be honest. Too many errors and penalties, but the second half definitely made up for it.
I know he scored a good try, but I didn't think Barba was man of the match, I'd have given it to Liam Farrell

Thought Wigan got the rub of the brown, courtesy of Hicks.

I think we should just accept that James Roby is man of the match in every game he plays in. It'd save the other 33 players worrying about it, and it'd always be right.

Roby was enormous tonight, not just his usual tackle count and distribution, but when we were on the ropes, he was able to get us out of trouble. What a guy. Barba is, for me, now in Jamie Lyon and Mal Meninga territory, as someone I feel privileged to watch. But Roby is almost beyond all normal categories of player, and has been for over a decade. Unbelievable athlete.