5 Talking Points From Catalans Dragons 12 Saints 21 Stephen Orford 12th February 2018 5 Talking Points A different kind of win The razzle-dazzle of the opening weekend rout of Castleford was replaced by a different sort of performance as Saints continued their winning start to 2018. Ben Barba’s break ...
5 Talking Points From Saints 46 Castleford Tigers 6 Stephen Orford 5th February 2018 5 Talking Points Saints and Barba live up to the hype It seemed that everyone was tipping Saints for great things going into the opening weekend of the 2018 season. The perceived wisdom was that with a largely unch...
5 Talking Points From England 36 France 6 Stephen Orford 15th November 2017 5 Talking Points, Uncategorized Has Bennett Found The Right Spine? It is often said that a full-back, stand-off, scrum-half, hooker and loose forward are the real spine of a team. Between those players they do it all. They create,...
5 Talking Points From England 29 Lebanon 10 Stephen Orford 8th November 2017 5 Talking Points It’s Just Like Watching Saints Watching England toil away in this 29-10 victory over Lebanon would have felt uncomfortably familiar to us Saints fans. And not in a good way. In the way that your sev...
5 Talking Points From England 4 Australia 18 Stephen Orford 1st November 2017 5 Talking Points Same Old Story... Conventional wisdom before this one was that England would be very unlikely to beat the Australians twice during this World Cup, and that if that was going to be the case we would all rather ...
5 Talking Points From Saints 2017 Season Stephen Orford 25th October 2017 5 Talking Points, Uncategorized The Coaching Change Was Disruptive But Necessary After two middling seasons in which Saints stumbled to fourth placed finishes Keiron Cunningham went into this season against a backdrop of significant fan oppo...
5 Talking Points From Castleford Tigers 23 Saints 22 Stephen Orford 2nd October 2017 5 Talking Points A Spectacular Death If Saints season was going to eventually die it was always going to be in spectacular fashion. Every game Justin Holbrook’s side has played has felt like a must-win since some t...
5 Talking Points From Salford Red Devils 4 Saints 30 Stephen Orford 25th September 2017 5 Talking Points One-Hundred Percent Attendance Some things are just inevitable. Things like…..having someone in your office who will from today start telling you each and every day how many days there are to Chris...
5 Talking Points From Saints 40 Huddersfield Giants 16 Stephen Orford 18th September 2017 5 Talking Points Holbrook Gets It Right On Barba Having dished out some criticism of his team selection for last week’s win at Wakefield it is only fair to point out this week that Saints coach Justin Holbrook got it sp...
5 Talking Points From Wakefield Trinity 16 Saints 18 Stephen Orford 11th September 2017 5 Talking Points Never Write Off The Saints The season that just won’t die took another desperate gasp for air as Saints produced another late, late show to squeak past Wakefield and keep their top four hopes alive...