new_age_ar
First Class Debutant
What the World Cup Challenge, nice win their by the boys, looks like we have a pretty good side.
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Superleague XI Discussion thread
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Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
Table after five games:
Stats:
Most starts: Gurunathan, Langley, Borcich, Bennett, Mamesh, Crampton: 5 starts
Most games as interchange: Patrick 4
Most games as captain: Brumby, Kennett 2
Most tries: Gurunathan, Cameron, Patrick 2
Most points: Fuller 28, Gurunathan, Cameron, Patrick all 8, Gray 6
Most player of the match points: Gurunathan, Patrick, Mamesh 3, Hingston, Bennett, Cameron, Fuller 2
Code:
Hull 5 4 1 0 134-42 9
St Helens 5 4 0 1 126-87 8
Warrington 5 4 0 1 103-92 8
Bradford 5 3 1 1 124-88 7
Wigan 5 3 0 2 126-96 6
Crusaders 5 3 0 2 82-72 6
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Huddersfield 5 2 1 2 115-80 5
London 5 2 1 2 120-119 5
Wakefield 5 1 0 4 82-146 2
Widnes 5 0 2 3 88-164 2
Leeds 5 0 1 4 76-112 1
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Salford 5 0 1 4 36-114 1Most starts: Gurunathan, Langley, Borcich, Bennett, Mamesh, Crampton: 5 starts
Most games as interchange: Patrick 4
Most games as captain: Brumby, Kennett 2
Most tries: Gurunathan, Cameron, Patrick 2
Most points: Fuller 28, Gurunathan, Cameron, Patrick all 8, Gray 6
Most player of the match points: Gurunathan, Patrick, Mamesh 3, Hingston, Bennett, Cameron, Fuller 2
Buddhmaster
International Captain
Oh well, got to have a bad game some time. Happy I got a game, disapointed I didn't do much.
steds
Hall of Fame Member
Wigan Warriors vs. CW Crusaders
Coming off the back of being nilled by Bradford, the Crusaders were desperate to get back on track, but have to overcome the intimidating atmosphere of 20,000 partisan Wigan fans baying for Manx blood (along with chunky steak)
If not the crowd, something obivously got to them as a nervy start, Brian Carney going over inside 2 minutes followed by Brett Dallas in the other corner 5 minutes later, quickly disintregrated into a full blown distaster when Stephen Wild scored Wigan's third try, combined with Danny Tickle's 3rd convertion, saw Wigan build a considerable lead whilst scoring at a point a minute.
The Crusaders really fell to pieces, conceding penalties and making handling errors everywhere. They were only saved going into the break further down by the video referee twice denying the Cherry and Whites.
The second half started in much the same vein as the first ended, Kris Radlinski being the first to reach Danny Orr's stabbed kick into the in goal. Sure enough, Tickle added the 2 points to make it 24-0. Despite improvements on the first half, The Crusaders' efforts were still lacklustre, but just before the hour they were given a tiny ray of hope when Sean Bennett got to make every St Helens lad's dream a reality when he broke through and put Radlinski on his **** before offloading to the mercurial Fuller, who crossed and converted to atleast get the Crusaders on the board. However, the Crusaders were unable to build on that and any last hopes of a late comeback were destroyed when young hooker Wayne Godwin took Sean O'Loughlin's invitation to go through a gap in the Crusaders' defence to score Wigan's fifth try. However, Sean Fuller was not to be denied his second try as he crossed for a late consolation, helped by quick hands from Hingston, Loganathan and Pickup. However his team's blushes weren't spared.
Wigan Warriors 28 CW Crusaders 10
Wigan Warriors
Tries: Kris Radlinski, Brett Dallas, Stephen Wild, Wayne Godwin, Brian Carney
Goals: Danny Tickle 4 ( 5 )
CW Crusaders
Tries: Sean Fuller x 2
Goals: Sean Fuller 1 (2)
Player of the Match Awards
3 points: David Vaealiki
2 points: Wayne Goodwin
1 point: Sean O'Loughlin
Code:
Wigan Warriors CW Crusaders
1 Kris Radlinski (C) 1 Rich Hingston
2 Brett Dallas 2 Nick Borcich
3 Martin Aspinwall 3 Nath Patrick
4 David Vaealiki 4 Tharmi Longanathan
5 Brian Carney 5 Neil Pickup
6 Danny Orr 6 Sean Fuller
7 Dennis Moran 7 Alex Crampton
8 Jerry SeuSeu 8 Sean Bennett
9 Wayne Godwin 9 Sriram Gurunathan
10 Danny Sculthorpe 10 Rich Langley
11 Harrison Hansen 11 Rob Malone
12 Danny Tickle 12 Thamba Mamesh
13 Sean O'Loughlin 13 Dale Brumby (C)
++Interchange
14 Jerome Guisset 14 Jack McNamara
15 Kevin Brown 15 Andrew Cameron
16 Sean Gleeson 16 Håkon Mørk
17 Stephen Wild 17 David KennettIf not the crowd, something obivously got to them as a nervy start, Brian Carney going over inside 2 minutes followed by Brett Dallas in the other corner 5 minutes later, quickly disintregrated into a full blown distaster when Stephen Wild scored Wigan's third try, combined with Danny Tickle's 3rd convertion, saw Wigan build a considerable lead whilst scoring at a point a minute.
The Crusaders really fell to pieces, conceding penalties and making handling errors everywhere. They were only saved going into the break further down by the video referee twice denying the Cherry and Whites.
The second half started in much the same vein as the first ended, Kris Radlinski being the first to reach Danny Orr's stabbed kick into the in goal. Sure enough, Tickle added the 2 points to make it 24-0. Despite improvements on the first half, The Crusaders' efforts were still lacklustre, but just before the hour they were given a tiny ray of hope when Sean Bennett got to make every St Helens lad's dream a reality when he broke through and put Radlinski on his **** before offloading to the mercurial Fuller, who crossed and converted to atleast get the Crusaders on the board. However, the Crusaders were unable to build on that and any last hopes of a late comeback were destroyed when young hooker Wayne Godwin took Sean O'Loughlin's invitation to go through a gap in the Crusaders' defence to score Wigan's fifth try. However, Sean Fuller was not to be denied his second try as he crossed for a late consolation, helped by quick hands from Hingston, Loganathan and Pickup. However his team's blushes weren't spared.
Wigan Warriors 28 CW Crusaders 10
Wigan Warriors
Tries: Kris Radlinski, Brett Dallas, Stephen Wild, Wayne Godwin, Brian Carney
Goals: Danny Tickle 4 ( 5 )
CW Crusaders
Tries: Sean Fuller x 2
Goals: Sean Fuller 1 (2)
Player of the Match Awards
3 points: David Vaealiki
2 points: Wayne Goodwin
1 point: Sean O'Loughlin
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
Looks like our SL cousins are stumbling a bit, come on lads we're expecting you in the WCC
steds
Hall of Fame Member
Superleague Round 6
Bradford's resurgence continued at Odsal, when they beat league leaders Hull 30-22. Iestyn Harris scores 18 of the Bulls' points in a dominant performance that takes the defending Champions level on points with the Challenge Cup winners.
Widnes threw a solid first half performance away in London, conceding 2 tries in the 3 minutes before half time to go into the break 12-6 down. This proved to be the turning point as the Broncos ran out convincing winners in the second half.
Leeds Rhinos finally managed a win in the battle of the basement. The Salford City Reds went down fighting, but remain winless as the Leeds pack bossed the game. The game wasn't safe until McKenna's 2nd try in the 79th minute, but any win is good enough for the Rhinos, who have finally started heading in the right direction.
St Helens were made to sweat in the first half by Wakefield, but Ade Gardner's 3 tries, scored in the 47th, 49th and 53rd minutes, gave the Saints a lead that they didn't relinquish as they keep pressing for the top spot.
Huddersfield shocked high flying Warrington, running in 7 tries to really open up the battle for the top 6. Stuart Jones' fantastic hattrick gave Giants fans reason to sing and made the rest of the Halliwell-Jones stadium sit in stunned silence.
Bradford's resurgence continued at Odsal, when they beat league leaders Hull 30-22. Iestyn Harris scores 18 of the Bulls' points in a dominant performance that takes the defending Champions level on points with the Challenge Cup winners.
Widnes threw a solid first half performance away in London, conceding 2 tries in the 3 minutes before half time to go into the break 12-6 down. This proved to be the turning point as the Broncos ran out convincing winners in the second half.
Leeds Rhinos finally managed a win in the battle of the basement. The Salford City Reds went down fighting, but remain winless as the Leeds pack bossed the game. The game wasn't safe until McKenna's 2nd try in the 79th minute, but any win is good enough for the Rhinos, who have finally started heading in the right direction.
St Helens were made to sweat in the first half by Wakefield, but Ade Gardner's 3 tries, scored in the 47th, 49th and 53rd minutes, gave the Saints a lead that they didn't relinquish as they keep pressing for the top spot.
Huddersfield shocked high flying Warrington, running in 7 tries to really open up the battle for the top 6. Stuart Jones' fantastic hattrick gave Giants fans reason to sing and made the rest of the Halliwell-Jones stadium sit in stunned silence.
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
Right, we really need to get back up lads...
Code:
Superleague P W D L GF-GA Pts
St Helens 6 5 0 1 158-107 10
Hull 6 4 1 1 156-72 9
Bradford 6 4 1 1 154-110 9
Wigan 6 4 0 2 154-106 8
Warrington 6 4 0 2 113-128 8
Huddersfield 6 3 1 2 151-90 7
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London 6 3 1 2 152-131 7
[b]Crusaders 6 3 0 3 92-100 6[/b]
Leeds 6 1 1 4 97-122 3
Wakefield 6 1 0 5 102-178 2
Widnes 6 0 2 4 100-196 2
Salford 6 0 1 5 46-135 1steds
Hall of Fame Member
Widnes Vikings vs. CW Crusaders - Super League Round 7
The statistically 2nd worst attack in Superleague travelled to Widnes to face the worst defence, in what promised to be a spectacle if nothing else. The Crusaders switched Nick Borcich back to fullback and Rich Hingston to centre again after the humiliating defeat in Pieland, whilst prolific points machine Jamee Gray found himself a place on the bench to make an impact from along with Alex Blackman, supersub Nath Patrick and David "The 7th Beatle" Kennett. Widnes' main threat comes from an experienced pack, containing Superleague winners Terry O'Connor, Mick Cassidy - who won their rings in 1998 with Wigan - and Julian O'Neill, who tasted Grand Final triumph with the Saints in 1999 and 2000.
Widnes showed why they've conceded more points than anyone else just 6 minutes into the game, when none of them reacted to Alex Crampton's stabbed kick in goal and captain Dale Brumby charged through to ground the ball and put the Manxmen ahead. Sean Fuller converted but 10 minutes later had handed kicking duties to substitute Gray, who punished Frank Endacott's team for interfering with Rob Malone's play the ball to stretch the Crusaders early lead to 8. However, the evergreen Mick Cassidy powered through to close the gap soon afterwards, and before the half hour mark repeated the trick to, with the aid of Stephen Myler's convertions, put the Vikings in the lead and in control. Things went from bad to worse for the Crusaders in the 33rd minute, when Rich Hingston was sin binned for his part in a spear tackle on young Tim Holmes, but the Crusaders managed to see themselves through to half time and re-organise during the break.
Just 78 seconds into the second half, Nick Borcich grounded the ball to regain the lead, having been assisted by Dale Brumby, leading from the front as usual, and his break. Grays boot, as usual, didn't fail. Straight from the kick off the Crusaders, still down to 12 men, broke through, this time with big Mamesh, and Gray finished off the move and added the convertion to give him 8 points in less than 2 minutes and the Manx team an 8 point lead over the relegation favourites. In the 56th minute, Neil Pickup flew over for his first try after a Patrick offload to Fuller, who linked up well with Hingston to work an opening for the ginger winger, who double his tally just after the hour to give the Crusaders a 20 point lead.
Although the video ref was called upon to deny both teams a try, no further points were scored and the Crusaders march on.
Widnes Vikings 12 CW Crusaders 32
Widnes Vikings
Tries: Mick Cassidy x 2
Goals: Stephen Myler 2 (2)
CW Crusaders
Tries: Nick Borcich, Jamee Gray, Dale Brumby, Neil Pickup x 2
Goals: Sean Fuller 1 (1), Jamee Gray 5 (5)
Player of the Match Awards
3 points: Jamee Gray
2 points: Dale Brumby
1 point: Alex Crampton
Code:
Widnes Vikings CW Crusaders
1 Tim Holmes 1 Nick Borcich
2 Aaron Moule 2 Neil Pickup
3 Gary Connolly 3 Tharmi Longanathan
4 Adam Hughes 4 Rich Hingston
5 Gray Viane 5 Andrew Cameron
6 Stephen Myler 6 Sean Fuller
7 Gary Hulse 7 Alex Crampton
8 Julian O'Neill 8 Sean Bennett
9 Shane Millard (C) 9 Sriram Gurunathan
10 Stephen Nash 10 Rich Langley
11 Terry O'Connor 11 Rob Malone
12 Mick Cassidy 12 Thamba Mamesh
13 Simon Finnigan 13 Dale Brumby (C)
++Interchange
14 Andrew Emelio 14 Nath Patrick
15 Daniel Frame 15 Alex Blackman
16 Sala Fa'alogo 16 Jamee Gray
17 David Mills 17 David KennettWidnes showed why they've conceded more points than anyone else just 6 minutes into the game, when none of them reacted to Alex Crampton's stabbed kick in goal and captain Dale Brumby charged through to ground the ball and put the Manxmen ahead. Sean Fuller converted but 10 minutes later had handed kicking duties to substitute Gray, who punished Frank Endacott's team for interfering with Rob Malone's play the ball to stretch the Crusaders early lead to 8. However, the evergreen Mick Cassidy powered through to close the gap soon afterwards, and before the half hour mark repeated the trick to, with the aid of Stephen Myler's convertions, put the Vikings in the lead and in control. Things went from bad to worse for the Crusaders in the 33rd minute, when Rich Hingston was sin binned for his part in a spear tackle on young Tim Holmes, but the Crusaders managed to see themselves through to half time and re-organise during the break.
Just 78 seconds into the second half, Nick Borcich grounded the ball to regain the lead, having been assisted by Dale Brumby, leading from the front as usual, and his break. Grays boot, as usual, didn't fail. Straight from the kick off the Crusaders, still down to 12 men, broke through, this time with big Mamesh, and Gray finished off the move and added the convertion to give him 8 points in less than 2 minutes and the Manx team an 8 point lead over the relegation favourites. In the 56th minute, Neil Pickup flew over for his first try after a Patrick offload to Fuller, who linked up well with Hingston to work an opening for the ginger winger, who double his tally just after the hour to give the Crusaders a 20 point lead.
Although the video ref was called upon to deny both teams a try, no further points were scored and the Crusaders march on.
Widnes Vikings 12 CW Crusaders 32
Widnes Vikings
Tries: Mick Cassidy x 2
Goals: Stephen Myler 2 (2)
CW Crusaders
Tries: Nick Borcich, Jamee Gray, Dale Brumby, Neil Pickup x 2
Goals: Sean Fuller 1 (1), Jamee Gray 5 (5)
Player of the Match Awards
3 points: Jamee Gray
2 points: Dale Brumby
1 point: Alex Crampton
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
That's the ticket. Ok, it's Widnes, but it's still good to see a few tries. Especially from such a high wantage point as you get from VIP spots in the stands. 
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
Since the Crusaders came to town.steds said:Since when has Widnes had VIPs?
