I have finally run out of words to describe how poor #StHelens are this season. On current form, Harry Robertson is the only one worthy of a Saints shirt. #RugbyLeague
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That's the season done #StHelens #RugbyLeague. The final nail in the coffin and frankly it's all you deserve Too many poor performances, uninterested, mediocre players and appalling discipline Congrats on being part of a history making side - the first Saints team not to make the playoffs
My money is on Coventry winning this Cup match in @kevintoms.bsky.social Football Star Manager. The only trouble is I don't know which Coventry is me 🤣😂😅
The state of #Wigan #RugbyLeague. Celebrating a win against a coach less, injury-ravaged #Saints side like they've just beaten the Australian national side. Reckon they've lost their identity 😂
If #Toulouse don't come out for the second half, I reckon this #Saints side would still manage to concede multiple penalties and fail to score. I've been watching the #StHelens for over 40 years now and I honestly don't think I have ever witnessed a worse performance. #RugbyLeague
Kendall has done absolutely everything he can to win this game for Wigan. Every 50/50 is being given to Wigan. High tackle from Wigan? Play on. High tackle from Saints? Penalty Wigan. #RugbyLeague
I am utterly against the honours system, but if ever anyone deserves a knighthood, it's #KevinSinfield. If he'd been a footballer or a Rugby Union players he'd have had one years ago. #RugbyLeague
As a #StHelens fan it's obviously hard to admit this, but first and foremost I'm a #RugbyLeague fan and #WiganWarriors are clearly head and shoulders above everyone in the #SuperLeague right now.
Tenuous links to famous people (conversation overheard today): "I went to a concert once and was sat next to Gary Barlow's mum"
Saints haven't helped themselves at all in this game, but Jack Smith has done everything possible to win Leeds this march except actually score a try for them. #RugbyLeagur
Very sad news this morning. I always had a lot of respect for John Kear. He was deeply knowledgeable and passionate about #RugbyLeague and epitomised the down to earth, straightforward nature of the sport. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
John Kear: Rugby league legend dies aged 71
Former rugby league player and coach John Kear has died at the age of 71.
bbc.co.uk
Worrying that the body slam tackle seems to have crept back into #RugbyLeague. There's been at least 3 in as many weeks - Ayden, Hastings and Walters/Nsemba. In fairness to the RFL, they've tried to stamp it out with cards/bans, but the players need to stop it before someone is seriously injured.
Ok. So Peet's decision to chuck two league points for cup success paid off, but it's not a good look for the sport. You could almost say it damages its identity. (And before anyone points it out. Yes, I'm aware Saints have done this in the past, as well as other clubs and I was against it then too)
This is poor, spineless coaching from Willie Peters. I get Lewis is a critical player, but he's little more than a passenger in this game now. On a blisteringly hot day at Wembley, when you're already down an interchange you can't afford to effectively be down to 12 on the pitch.
I'm getting close to ending my 40+ years as a #RugbyLeague fan. The fast flowing, exciting game I fell in love with has been lost in an endless parade of stoppages, penalties, six agains, video reviews & players milking penalties. It used to be The Greatest Game. Increasingly it's The Slowest Game.
Sadly it looks like #StHelens Women #RugbyLeague side has decided to take a leaf out of the men's book in the #ChallengeCup final. Really subpar performance meant the game was gone after less than half an hour. The rest of the match will just be damage limitation.
All credit to #Castleford who absolutely deserved their win, but that was an utterly shameful performance from #StHelens. It's hard to pick out a single player who is worthy to wear the shirt on that display. #RugbyLeague Pathetic.
If #StHelens are the second best team in #SuperLeague (which according to the league table they are) it shows how much trouble #RugbyLeague in this country is in. And I say that as a Saints fan.
Feel sorry for #SkySports #RugbyLeague commentators who have to try & make this farcical Hull KR/Wigan game sound vaguely exciting Lost count of the number of times they've already said "Peet will learn a lot about his players from this" Like they're not ready for Super League yet, maybe?
Dear #Microsoft I understand that updates depend on lots of factors like download speeds, processor speed etc. However, when an update gives an estimated update time of 5 minutes, it really should not take nearly 40. Love Every PC owner in the whole world xx
TV coverage of #RugbyLeague this season has been shocking. Sky constantly losing the on-screen clock/score graphics, several games where either the pictures or the commentary have gone down for several minutes; and don't even get me started on the endless loss of comms between the officials.
I thought this background checking of every try by the video ref was meant to speed the game up? Instead we just all get to sit/stand around doing nothing while we wait for it to be confirmed. #RugbyLeague
Once again #StHelens women showing the men how it should be done. #RugbyLeague #ChallengeCup
Fair play to #WiganWarriors. Second best for much of the game in terms of possession and position their defence was unrelenting & their attack ruthless in the few first half chances they had Sometimes you just have to accept you were well beaten by a team that wanted it more #RugbyLeague
Conversation with my 12yo this morning. Them: I've lost my notebook Me: Which notebook are you looking for? Them: I don't know Me: Well, how do you know you've lost it then? Them: because I can't find it. You can't fight logic like that 🤣😂🤪
Watched #HorribleHistories : the Concert at the #SunderlandEmpire today. Absolutely fantastic show. Laugh out loud funny, brilliant audience interaction and great songs. We went as three different generations and all of us had a blast!
What I love about @retrogamermag.bsky.social is that you always learn something new. Sometimes it's a big thing, sometimes a small one. This month it's a small one: I learned that Tim Follin's originally from the same place I am. Never knew that!
The Rugby Football League. The only professional sports body in the world that buys its referees' communications kit from Temu. #RugbyLeague #CommumicationProblems
Toulouse have been on the wrong end of some really dubious decisions in this match. #RugbyLeague