Gillette Fusion Test Series 2007: Squad Named...

Gillette Fusion Test Series

Great Britain Vs New Zealand
(all kick offs 6.15pm)

1st Test 27 October
Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
2nd Test 3 November
KC Stadium, Hull
3rd Test 10 November
JJB Stadium, Wigan


Tony Smith has named his 'Lions' 20 man squad to face the 'Kiwis':
Sam Burgess (Bradford Bulls)
Rob Burrow (Leeds Rhinos)
Gareth Ellis (Leeds Rhinos)
Marie Fa’asavalu (St Helens)
Ade Gardner (St Helens)
Martin Gleeson (Warrington Wolves)
James Graham (St Helens)
David Hodgson (Salford City Reds/Huddersfield Giants)
Adrian Morley (Warrington Wolves)
Terry Newton (Bradford Bulls)
Sean O’Loughlin (Wigan Warriors)
Jamie Peacock (Leeds Rhinos)
Leon Pryce (St Helens)
Gareth Raynor (Hull FC)
James Roby (St Helens)
Keith Senior (Leeds Rhinos)
Kevin Sinfield (Leeds Rhinos)
Paul Wellens (St Helens)
Stephen Wild (Huddersfield Giants)
Jon Wilkin (St Helens)

'Ready to Rumble'...but Saints took a tumble...

St Helens 6 Leeds 33
Leeds Rhinos shattered Saints dreams of becoming the first team to lift the double-treble. Leeds were the dominant side and Saints seemed to lack their normal lustre. Leeds burst Saints bubble, outscoring them five tries to one, giving their coach Tony Smith the perfect send-off in his final game before taking up the Great Britain reins.

It wasn't meant to be...but with the Challenge Cup, World Club Challenge and League Leaders trophies in the cupboard you can hardly say that the 'Super Saints' have had a bad season...you can't win 'em all...you're still my champions...see you next season...

Match Summary:
Saints:
Tries: Roby
Goals: Long (0 from 1)

Leeds:
Tries: Webb, Lauitiiti, Donald, Smith, Jones-Bucchanan
Goals: Sinfield (6 from 7)
Drop: Burrow

Half Time:
Saints 6 Leeds 8

Full Time:
Saints 6 Leeds 33

Attendance: 71,352

Saints scoop more awards...

Last night Old Trafford, Manchester hosted the engage Super League award ceremony which saw St Helens born, St Helens and Great Britain hooker James Roby win Super League's engage Man of Steel award. At 21, Roby became the youngest winner of the Man of Steel award in a decade, and the sixth St Helens recipient in the last eight years, following Sean Long (2000), Paul Sculthorpe (2001 & 2002), Jamie Lyon (2005) and Paul Wellens (2006). Only Jamie Peacock (2003) and Andy Farrell (2004) have broken the St Helens monoploy in recent years.

The award is regarded the most coveted individual award in rugby league. The winner is regarded as the player who has made the greatest impact on the 2007 engage Super League season. Roby received the unique Man of Steel trophy and a cheque for £5,000...Roby also won the engage Super League Metre Maker award, the player making the most metres with the ball during the regular season, (he ran for a total of 3,303 metres). He was presented with a trophy and a cheque for £1,000.

Saints Head Coach Daniel Anderson, who has led St Helens to two successive League Leaders Trophies, two Challenge Cups, two Grand Finals and the World Club Championship, retained his title as Coach of the Year. Anderson becomes the first coach to receive the award back-to-back since Wigan's John Monie who was the winner four times from 1990-93.

Click here for report...

Saints are on the road to Old Trafford...Again!...

The Champions held off Leeds Rhinos in the ferocious qualifying Semi-Final at Knowsley Road tonight. It was a tense game with Leeds dominating the second half of the game but Saints held them out to a 10-8 victory, securing a place in the Grand Final at Old Trafford on October 13th 2007 where they will face the winners of Leeds v Hull/Wigan. Click here for the full match report.

Match Summary:
Saints:
Tries: Pryce
Goals: Smith (3 from 3)
Leeds:
Tries: Smith,
Goals: Sinfield (2 from 2)
Half Time: 8-6
Full Time: 10-8
Attendance: 12,064
Man Of Match: Matty Smith (Saints)
Referee: Ashley Klein

Teams
Saints:
1. Paul Wellens; 2. Ade Gardner, 3. Matt Gidley, 4. Willie Talau, 5. Francis Meli; 6. Leon Pryce, 21. Matty Smith; 8. Nick Fozzard, 9. Keiron Cunningham (c), 10. Jason Cayless, 11. Lee Gilmour, 30. Chris Flannery, 12. Jon Wilkin. Subs: 14. James Roby, 15. Mike Bennett, 17. James Graham, 22. Paul Clough.

Leeds:
1. Brent Webb; 2. Scott Donald, 3. Clinton Toopi, 4. Keith Senior, 5. Lee Smith; 6. Danny McGuire, 7. Rob Burrow; 8. Kylie Leuluai, 9. Matt Diskin, 10. Jamie Peacock, 11. Jamie Jones-Buchanan, 12. Gareth Ellis, 13. Kevin Sinfield (c). Subs: 14. Ali Lauitiiti, 18. Ian Kirke, 22. Carl Ablett, 23. Jordan Tansey.

Article Published in JOEUC KMS Special Issue

The Journal of Organizational and End User Computing Special Issue: Interacting With KM Systems, Vol. 1 has been published. Ben Light and myself were lucky enough to have our paper accepted and included in this special issue.

A special thanks to the Guest Editors for their invaluable support and guidance:
Peter Baloh, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Yukika Awazu, Bentley College, USA
Vincent Ribière, New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), USA

Title: Users as Developers: A Field Study of Call Centre Knowledge Work

Abstract: We report the findings of a field study of the enactment of ICT supported knowledge work in a Human Resources contact centre, illustrating the negotiable boundary between what constitutes the developer and user. Drawing upon ideas from the social shaping of technology, we examine how discussions regarding producer-user relations require a degree of greater sophistication as we show how users develop technologies and work practices in-situ. In this case different forms of knowledge are practised to create and maintain a knowledge sharing system. We show how as staff simultaneously distance themselves from, and ally with, ICT supported encoded knowledge scripts, the system becomes materially important to the project of constructing the knowledge characteristic of professional identity. Our work implies that although much has been made of contextualising the user, as a user, further work is required to contextualise users as developers and moreover, developers as users.

Citation: Burns, B. and Light, B. (2007). Users as Developers: A Field Study of Call Centre Knowledge Work. Journal of Organizational End User Computing, 19(4), 42-56

Warriors Fight Their Way Into The Playoffs...

Wigan Warriors tackled like demons to keep the Super Saints from denying them a place in the playoffs and were rewarded with a 20- 12 victory. It was Wigan's first win in eight games against St Helens and it was a classic local derby game in front of a 22,031 record crowd at the JJB Stadium.


Match Details:

Saints:
Tries: Talau, Gardner
Goals: Wellens (2 from 3)

Wigan:
Tries: Vaealiki, Leuluai, Colbon
Goals: Richards (4 from 5)

Half Time: 10-6
Full Time: 20-12

Teams:

Saints:
1. Paul Wellens; 2. Ade Gardner, 3. Matt Gidley, 4. Willie Talau, 5. Francis Meli; 6. Leon Pryce, 12. Jon Wilkin; 17. James Graham, 9. Keiron Cunningham, 10. Jason Cayless, 11. Lee Gilmour, 15. Mike Bennett, 30. Chris Flannery.
Subs: 14. James Roby, 18. Bryn Hargreaves, 22. Paul Clough, 23. Maurie Fa’asavalu.

Wigan:
5. Pat Richards; 2. Mark Calderwood, 3. Phil Bailey, 14. David Vaealiki, 23. Liam Colbon; 6. Trent Barrett, 7. ThomasLeuluai; 8. Stuart Fielden, 16. Shane Millard, 10. IafetaPaleaaesina, 19. Harrison Hansen, 12. Bryan Fletcher, 13. Sean O'Loughlin.
Subs: 9. Mickey Higham, 11. Gareth Hock, 18. Paul Prescott, 20. Darrell Goulding.

Another successful season for the Super Saints...

St Helens have again added to the trophy cupboard. Last Friday's game saw a win for St Helens against Warrington at Knowsley Road which secured Saints retaining the League Leaders Shield for the third year running. In adition Paul Wellans was voted Player of the Year. Tomorrow's game is the final game of the season and what a better way to end the season than to play local rivals Wigan...JJB Stadium watch out...The Saints are Coming...