Four new injuries add to Saints' night of woe at Leigh Leopards
IT never rains but it pours and for Saints last night’s 46-4 defeat at Leigh started to unravel from the moment of Jack Welsby’s second-minute injury when supporting a Daryl Clark.
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Mike is a senior sports writer and editor who specialises in covering rugby league, primarily for the St Helens Star, Leigh Journal and the Runcorn & Widnes World. With three decades of journalism experience, Mike is considered to be one of the most authoritative voices in journalism on the sport of rugby league and has had a number of books published. He has a keen passion for nostalgia and sharing fascinating sporting stories of the past. Mike also writes about a wide range of grassroots sports and other professional sports, including darts - following St Helens darters Michael Smith, Stephen Bunting and Dave Chisnall. Before joining his hometown newspaper, the St Helen Star, in 2001, Mike trained as a news and sports journalist for titles in Birmingham.
Mike is a senior sports writer and editor who specialises in covering rugby league, primarily for the St Helens Star, Leigh Journal and the Runcorn & Widnes World. With three decades of journalism experience, Mike is considered to be one of the most authoritative voices in journalism on the sport of rugby league and has had a number of books published. He has a keen passion for nostalgia and sharing fascinating sporting stories of the past. Mike also writes about a wide range of grassroots sports and other professional sports, including darts - following St Helens darters Michael Smith, Stephen Bunting and Dave Chisnall. Before joining his hometown newspaper, the St Helen Star, in 2001, Mike trained as a news and sports journalist for titles in Birmingham.
IT never rains but it pours and for Saints last night’s 46-4 defeat at Leigh started to unravel from the moment of Jack Welsby’s second-minute injury when supporting a Daryl Clark.
SAINTS have suffered an embarrassing 46-4 defeat at Leigh to slump to a fifth consecutive defeat. They were punished for their three early handling errors which led to the sin-binning of Mark Percival and three Leigh tries. The game was done by half time when Leigh led 24-0. Although Harry Robertson created a gem of a try for Ben Davies, Leigh soon regained a grip of the game and scored at will - attacking from any point on the pitch. In contrast, even when Waqa Blake had a walk-in on the left hand side he somehow managed to blow it. A sorry night for Saints that shows how much work they have to do to pick this year back up.
WITH a side decimated by injuries since late spring, it has once again been left to England prop Matty Lees to lead Saints' pack.
SAINTS coach Paul Wellens was asked about the challenge facing his injury-depleted squad that is in a tough spot after losing four on the spin.
FOR today's regular #Throwback Thursday feature we have dug into the St Helens Star's archives from 2001.
SAINTS coach Paul Wellens spoke about dealing with the losing streak, the challenge of Leigh and why they could not bring in players on loan.
SAINTS welcome back two injured players to their 21-man squad for Friday at Leigh.
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