They have played to the very obvious limits of foul play but Saints are no angels. They twist every rule to the absolute limit. I’m not talking foul play but things like time wasting, feigning injury, milking penalties etc. Saints are the benchmark side, they’re so untraditional when it comes to what you expect of a Saints side and are as tough as they come but the gamesmanship on show is getting tedious, I must admit.

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LMS is a pantomime villain and windup merchant I'll give you that, but other than him what are you talking about? Lomax got studded on his shin, that's going to sting a little if you're talking about that? Time wasting?

This isn’t just today, this is the Woolf era of players going down umpteen times a game with injuries to give your defence breathers (Lomax and previously Coote being the masters), and waste time/restore energy, playing for penalties (as Welsby did today) and Walmsley rolling around and moving off the mark constantly. Add in the old post challenge cup final ‘Covid’ debacle and Woolf is the new Michael Maguire in pushing every rule, for every single percent he can get, in any area he can find, to help win games.



That’s absolutely fine but Saints shouldn’t get a free ride and should be called out on it, just as Brett Hodgson called Welsby out after the game.

Hmm as anyone ever witnessed Walmsley playing the ball on the mark, think it’s rare as hens teeth.

How very dare you? Only Chris Hill ever feigned injury, although now he’s at Huddersfield the mantle of time wasting has passed to Whizzy Rascal.

Saints good team poor winners and even poorer losers..

I call this new green card ‘The Saints Card’



Make of that what you will.



I hope Lomax has got over his 14 injuries today.

Lomax is the whiniest rugby league player since the king of it… Wellens. That club, despite what they may say, started the footballification of RL with the moaning and berating of refs. Winning culture but a horrible one. Sick of getting battered by Wigan in the 80s early 90s they decided to sell their soul. To be fair they got a decent pay out.

Catalans have not looked clever so far. They are currently missing Mourgue & Davies who will no doubt give them a bit of umf. Pearce has been very quiet.

As usual I reckon St Helens and Wigan look to be main contenders and Leeds are bound to come good after their shaky start.



Toulouse huge favourites to go down. They looked dreadful v Hudds. It could be embarrassing.

Did Gale actually catch Lomax were he was rubbing it for the cameras ? Any contact on my tv looked higher up the leg. The policing of offside & moving off the mark was a joke.

Yes, Lomax missed the first 15 minutes of the second half getting stitches following the incident, or do you think we were playing Sironen at 6 for some tactical reason? Good to know getting spear tackled is playing for a penalty …



There was one team waving imaginary cards in the air yesterday, and it wasn’t Saints. We have teams claiming late tackles against us when the contact is before the ball leaves the foot, but good to know we’re living rent free here

Whether or not there was contact, and where upon Lomax's leg, it was a stupid and dangerous attempt at stopping a kick by Gale.



As for referees consistently bothering with offside, and moving forward two paces off the mark before playing the ball, well that irks me a lot. I don't kid myself that this will be monitored properly, and appropriate action taken, any time soon.