Saints Line up

1 Jack Welsby
2 Tommy Makinson
3 Konrad Hurrell
4 Mark Percival
25 Tee Ritson
7 Jonny Lomax
7 Lewis Dodd
8 Alex Walmsley
James Roby
10 Matty Lees
11 Curtis Sironen
12 Joe Batchelor
13 Morgan Knowles
11 Sione Mata’utia
14 Joey Lussick
17 Agnatius Paasi
15 James Bell

Wigan Warriors Line up

1 Jai Field
23 Abbas Miski
21 Iain Thornley
4 Jake Wardle
5 Liam Marshall
2 Bevan French
7 Harry Smith
15 Kaide Ellis
22 Brad O'Neill
10 Liam Byrne
19 Joe Shorrocks
12 Liam Farrell
13 Morgan Smithies
6 Cade Cust
8 Brad Singleton
20 Patrick Mago
26 Harvie Hill

Last updated 9 Jun 23 22:45:05

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79'
Goal
Harry Smith for Wigan Warriors

Smith adds the kick.

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Try
Abbas Miski for Wigan Warriors

Wigan get a late consolation try through Miski.

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76'

Wigan make a break with French, he chips ahead but into the arms of the waiting Tommy Makinson.

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75'

Makinson on the shortside goes for a kick and chase but Smith collects well stopping us for now.

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74'

More sustained pressure on our line but Wigan cough up the ball.

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73'

πŸ”„ Roby off, Bell on.

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71'

Wigan kick across the field and we stop them scoring but give away a penalty in the process.

πŸ”„ Batchelor comes off, Mata’utia back on.

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70'

Chaotic end to a Wigan set, they look to have knocked on but the ref judges it as a strip. Ritson then clears a kicked ball for a GLDO.

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65'

πŸ”„ Knowles off, Lussick on.

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64'

Makinson misses the kick this time from the touchline.

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63'
Try
Tommy Makinson for Saints

TWO FOR TOMMY! What a beauty of a pass from Jack Welsby to set him up for a dive in the corner!

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61'

Saints go close on the left edge, Ritson chases a kick of his own but it’s just too strong.

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60'

Saints get penalised for an incorrect play of the ball, shortly after the visitors go for a big pass out to Marshall and Makinson intercepts to stop the attack!

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57'

πŸ”„ Bell off, Knowles back on. Let’s go Morgs!

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Goal
Tommy Makinson for Saints

Makinson gets two more points! ✌

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53'
Try
Jack Welsby for Saints

SUPER JACKY WELSBY AGAIN! Credit to Roby with a great run before to set us up, and Dodd with a pass to Jack!

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52'

πŸ”„ Paasi and Mata’utia off, Walmsley and Lees on. Great shift boys!

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51'

Paasi with two great tackles in succession in the middle of the field. πŸ’ͺ

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50'
Goal
Tommy Makinson for Saints

🦡 Tommy boots the ball into the East Stand.

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Try
Agnatius Paasi for Saints

IGGYYYYY! The big Tongan helped create that one with a big run before offloading to Bell, Roby then passes to Dodd and Doddy with a short ball to Paasi! Superb!

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46'

French kicks a cross field ball which Makinson wisely leaves to run out.

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46'

St Helens get a six-again and move towards the Wigan line, Lomax on the last goes for a dummy and run but is short of the line.

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43'

Saints with a couple of early mistakes in the half allow Wigan to attack in our half, but we firm up and force Miski out of the field of play.

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39'
Goal
Tommy Makinson for Saints

Two more added by Tommy! ✌

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38'
Try
Jack Welsby for Saints

SUPER JACK ON GAME πŸ’―!

Running across the line he puts a small kick in and chases it well and grounds it!

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37'

Saints get a set 25m out, Wigan knocked the ball down as we try pass on the move. They follow it with a high shot.

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34'

BIGGG run from Paasi gets us beyond halfway, Bell and Mata’utia follow it up in the middle with some link up. Saints on the last try on the left edge and come close but short

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33'

Another great catch off a high ball from Welsby.

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31'

πŸ”„ Bell and Mata’utia on, Walmsley and Knowles off.

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30'

Smith misses the kick.

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29'
Try
Bevan French for Wigan Warriors

French puts in a kick towards the line, Welsby waits for it to bounce up but slips and the Wigan man jumps on it to score.

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28'

Saints get a penalty and kick into the opposing half, marching 20m out Dodd places a kick which is carried in the wind and Wigan catch to stop our attack.

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25'

KABOOOOOM! WOW! What a hit from Jack Welsby on Miski!

Saints must defend their own line after a knock on from the restart and boy do we ever!

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24'
Goal
Tommy Makinson for Saints

🦡 Makinson kicks this one – from the sidelines!

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22'
Try
Tommy Makinson for Saints

TOMMY! Makinson in at the corner for the Saints after prolonged pressure on the visitors’ line!

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21'

Saints off the post get the ball back and again try grind to the line, Wigan knock on off a kick on the last. Another Saints set.

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19'

Lomax and Dodd both with juking runs come close, but Wigan for a third time are penalised for offside and we’ll go for the two but Makinson’s kick comes off the post!

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18'

Great hit by Percival! The Wigan man goes to offload but does so passing forward. Saints ball – 20m out.

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17'

Warriors get penalised for being offside, we start 30m out. We’re slowed down in the ruck and go through some tackles getting to 10m out but knock on.

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15'

πŸ‘ Great hands from Welsby off a spiral bomb from Smith.

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14'
Goal
Harry Smith for Wigan Warriors

Harry Smith adds the two.

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Try
Jai Field for Wigan Warriors

Wigan on the back of the penalty push into our half, a chipped kick bounces well for Field to run onto and get Warriors’ first points.

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12'

Makinson this time with an offload in the tackle pushes us up-field, but we knock on as we go by the 20m line and compound it with a penalty.

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9'

Walmsley with a barnstorming run has three men on him and gets the ball away, Roby hunts to break the line and is taken high. We call for the kicking tee but Makinson misses.

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7'

Warriors on the last try passing to their left edge but a forward pass stops them by the halfway line.

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6'

Good set after points, from our own ten we get into the opposing half and shut down Field quickly after a high kick is well caught.

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5'
Goal
Tommy Makinson for Saints

Tommy with the two! ✌

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Try
Joe Batchelor for Saints

WAKA WAKAAA! Superb start for Saints with a short ball by Welsby to Joe and he rolls over defenders to get the opening points!

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Kick Off

πŸ’₯ KICK-OFF! π—§π—›π—˜ π——π—˜π—₯𝗕𝗬 is underway at the Totally Wicked Stadium! Come on you Saints!

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😍 West Stand you are looking GLORIOUS tonight

Let’s hear you all night long ✊

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Wellens confirmed that Knowles is keen to get back to his best and that he as his coach is backing him. The boss also stated it was a hard decision due to James Bell’s good form.

Paul Wellens has given his gameday update discussing his team, with the main talking point being the return of Morgan Knowles.

😀 The Saints line-up like this for π—§π—›π—˜ π——π—˜π—₯𝗕𝗬 against Wigan

πŸ’― Jack Welsby makes his 100th appearance in the Red V tonight, whilst Morgan Knowles also returns to the starting 13!

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😀 The Saints line-up like this for π—§π—›π—˜ π——π—˜π—₯𝗕𝗬 against Wigan

πŸ’― Jack Welsby makes his 100th appearance in the Red V tonight, whilst Morgan Knowles also returns to the starting 13!

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πŸ”₯ π—›π—’π— π—˜ π—¦π—˜π—Ÿπ—Ÿ 𝗒𝗨𝗧 πŸ”₯

The Totally Wicked Stadium tonight will be electric with over 14,000 of the Saints faithful! ⚑

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πŸ”₯ The Derby
πŸ†š Wigan Warriors
πŸ“Œ Totally Wicked Stadium
πŸ•’ 8pm KO
πŸ“Ί Sky Sports Main Event & Arena

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