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In the Round 18 edition of Saints & Proud, supporters can read exclusively:

• THE BIG READ with Waqa Blake
• Eamonn McManus writes his programme column
• Noah Stephens on relishing his opportunity
• Emily Rudge discusses 2024 so far
• Do You Remember: Citizens & Centurions - a look at some now extinct RL clubs
• Harry Roberton reflects on his debut
• Plus so much more...

Saints Line up

26 Harry Robertson
25 Tee Ritson
24 Jonny Vaughan
4 Mark Percival
3 Waqa Blake
1 Jack Welsby
7 Jonny Lomax
17 Agnatius Paasi
9 Daryl Clark
10 Matty Lees
11 Curtis Sironen
15 James Bell
14 Moses Mbye
5 Jon Bennison
7 Lewis Dodd
22 Sam Royle
21 Noah Stephens

Warrington Wolves Line up

1 Matt Dufty
33 Arron Lindop
14 Rodrick Tai
4 Stefan Ratchford
5 Matty Ashton
6 George Williams
7 Josh Drinkwater
8 James Harrison
32 Sam Powell
10 Paul Vaughan
13 Matty Nicholson
28 Adam Holroyd
11 Ben Currie
9 Danny Walker
16 Zane Musgrove
29 Tom Whitehead
41 Luke Yates

Last updated 19 Jul 24 22:02:31

FT

⏹️ A tough night sees the Saints lose to the Wolves.

#COYS

80'
Goal
Josh Drinkwater for Warrington Wolves

Vaughan on the charge is stopped by Paasi, who then gets judged to have stripped the ball so Warrington get a penalty.

The visitors call for the tee and Drinkwater adds the two to close the game.

77'

Percival and Paul Vaughan have a little push and shove after Vaughan grabbed at Percival’s face in the tackle.

🔄 Mark then comes off, with Bennison coming on.

76'
Goal
Josh Drinkwater for Warrington Wolves

Drinkwater after taking all the time he can adds the two.

75'
Try
Matty Nicholson for Warrington Wolves

Williams breaks the line, passes to a teammate and Jonny Vaughan sprints to stop the initial attack, but a short kick goes in from the play of the ball and Nicholson dives to ground it.

73'

Drinkwater misses the kick.

🔄 Stephens off, Paasi on.

72'
Try
Adam Holroyd for Warrington Wolves

Try. Warrington.

A high shot invites the Wolves to attack by our line, Saints scramble to stop a couple of chances, but an offload opens us up and Adam Holroyd dives in.

69'

Saints push the Wolves all the way back to their own line, a dazzling run by Clark and then a similar one by Welsby moved Saints close.

Vaughan almost goes over on the right edge, but agonisingly short.

68'

Percival pulls the kick wide.

Big twelve minutes left, come on now! ✊

😇 10-12 🐺

67'
Try
Sam Royle for Saints

👑 INSTANT IMPACT! SAMMMYYYY!

The Saints finally make a numbers advantage on an edge count, and he Sam Royle goes in for a try!

😇 10-12 🐺

65'

Williams and Dufty look to link up in the middle, but Williams’ pass was forward.

🔄 Robertson off, Royle on.

63'

The Saints bomb a golden chance, with numbers on the left we knock on with the try line begging.

62'

🔄 Dodd on, Mbye off.

Let’s go Lewis!

61'

Saints keep the Wolves out, they had a dangerous set but are knocked back.

60'

Robertson takes a kick return, but the ball goes loose. Wolves scrum, 30m out.

59'

Frustratingly, the Wolves hold Saints out well. A couple of close calls with Vaughan and Percival going in, but the visitors do well to keep St.Helens out for now.

57'

Saints have a set in front of the Wire line, it ends with a Lomax floating kick to Ritson who knocks it back in and Ashton knocks it out by the sidelines.

55'
Yellow Card
Matty Nicholson for Warrington Wolves

55′ Video ref called upon, Lomax puts a kick into the in-goal and the referee asks to check if a Saints man was pulled back.

🟨 After the check, Matty Nicholson is sent to the bin for a professional foul.

54'

Solid D from Saints once more, the Wolves knock on coming out of their own 20m.

Need to make the pressure count now.

52'

🔄 Paasi off, Stephens back on.

50'

We go close again!

Welsby spins away from a tackle and runs to the right, he hits Bell who tries a late pass to Vaughan but we knock on.

Pressure reliever for Wolves.

49'

Drinkwater knocks on as the Saints try a kick on the right, Saints get another go to attack.

48'

What a strong run by Moses Mbye, off a Paasi offload he fended and kept Warrington away from him to make more metres!

47'
Goal
Mark Percival for Saints

✌ Mark Percival adds two more points with a kick.

😇 6-12 🐺

46'
Try
Agnatius Paasi for Saints

IGYYYYYY! 🇹🇴

Our Tongan bulldozer gets on the end of a short ball and crashes under the sticks for a try! Agnatius’ first since his return from injury!

After a video ref check, another long one, it’s given!

46'

Warrington penalised by their own line for being offside.

45'

Brilliant carry from Percival off the scrum and in the middle, driving for another 15m with Wolves on him.

44'

Williams from a late pass knocks the ball on by the halfway line, more good defence from the Red V.

42'

Good first defensive hit-up by Saints, Wolves kept by the halfway line.

40'

⏯ Big second half needed.

We’re back to it.

HT

⏸️ The Saints are down by twelve against the Wolves.

#COYS

39'

Welsby goes close to the line and dives in to score, but Lomax’s pass is judged forward.

37'

Warrington throw a wayward pass, it goes behind a man stopping their momentum briefly, then they punt the ball out once more.

36'

Yet again, the Red V waste a good chance. The Wolves lose the ball by the halfway line and we have them moving back, but Lees taking a carry in the middle knocks on.

34'

The Saints waste a good opportunity to attack, a great run by Vaughan makes metres, but as we pass out to the left Sironen cannot take the ball cleanly.

33'

Bell and Paasi combine well and show strong line speed to cut Wire down.

The visitors on the left punt the ball out to end a set.

31'

Robertson with a brilliant kick return, firmly in the right corner and needing to take it he does and avoids three Warrington men.

🔄 Paasi on, Stephens off.

31'

Saints look to move the ball to the left, but a pass goes to ground and Warrington will attack.

30'

Half hour gone.

29'

Warrington push up into our half, they kick and Robertson fields it well but they are offside on the next tackle.

27'

A let off for Warrington, the Saints had them stuck by their own line but an offside gives the Wolves some needed pressure relief.

26'

A great break by Robertson off a late Percival pass, a great run by the centre back in the middle, but our young fullback is just cut down.

24'

Saints get two sets near the Wolves line, the visitors scramble well though to stop the Red V a few times.

Lomax’s kick on the last is contested by Ritson but taken by Ashton.

21'

Saints go in at the left corner, the ball was kicked and looked to be knocked back by Blake and Percival dives in to ground it

Red sends it to the VR as a no try

After a *long* video ref check, the try is not given

20'
Red Card
James Harrison for Warrington Wolves

James Harrison shown a red for a shot to the head on Noah Stephens.

19'

Shot by James Bell on George Williams, stopped the Wolves half well on the run.

16'
Goal
Stefan Ratchford for Warrington Wolves

Ratchford adds the kick from in front.

🔄 Stephens on, Paasi off.

14'
Try
Matt Dufty for Warrington Wolves

Try. Warrigton.

Dufty on the left edge cuts back inside and sprints to the middle and goes under the sticks.

13'

Saints poke their nose through off an offload, a high one is kicked and chased by Mbye gets pinged for tackling in the air.

11'

Ratchford misses the conversion.

10'
Try
Matty Ashton for Warrington Wolves

Wolves are gifted a set 20m out after a judged late hit. They quickly play it left and Ashton races into the corner.

😇 0-6 🐺

7'

Tough set through the middle from Saints, we end it off a high bomb which Percival gets under but is stopped quickly after.

6'
Goal
Stefan Ratchford for Warrington Wolves

Wolves get a scrum 40m out, Saints get penalised for messing about at the scrum and the Wolves call for the kicking tee.

Ratchford adds the first points of the game.

😇 0-2 🐺

3'

Let off for Wire, after being pinned this time in their own 30m, Ritson on the return is judged to have lost the ball in the tackle.

1'

Superb defence first up by the Saints, the Wolves are pinned by their own 40m line.

1'

Well after the smoke has cleared a little! We are underway!

Kick Off

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😇 0-0 🐺

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