HOW A GAME CAN TURN
TALKING RUGBY LEAGUE
With
MARTYN SADLER
Editor
WATCHING the clash between St Helens and Wigan on Friday night, I was struck by how a game that seems to be dominated by one team can turn because of one particular incident.
For 27 minutes St Helens had been absolutely outstanding, despite missing two key players in Morgan Knowles and George Delaney.
Jack Welsby was acquitting himself brilliantly at loose forward, standing in for Knowles, and he had already created a try for Deon Cross with a brilliant pass early in the game that had put Saints four points ahead.
On 27 minutes he made another break and slung another pass to Cross, but this time it fell too low for the winger to be able to collect it and score.
Nonetheless at that point in the game St Helens had been playing a blinder and it only looked to be a matter of time before they would increase their lead.