Saints edged off the perch by The Robins...

With five minutes remaining The Robins bobbed over a penalty to take the game from Saints winning 19-20. Both teams made errors throughout the game, and both teams played some exciting rugby, but it was Saints slack defence that led to them conceding a penalty and losing the game. Not a dissapointing score...but a wake up call for St Helens. For full match report Click Here.

Match Summary...

Full Time Score:
Saints 19 Hull KR 20

Saints:
Tries: Puletua, Wheeler, Wellens
Goals: Long (3)
Drop: Long

Hull KR:
Tries: Galea, Fox, Webster
Goals: Dobson (4)

Teams:
Saints:
1. Paul Wellens; 2. Ade Gardner, 3. Matt Gidley, 11. Lee Gilmour, 29. Tom Armstrong; 14. James Roby, 7. Sean Long; 10. James Graham, 9. Keiron Cunningham, 15. Bryn Hargreaves, 12. Jon Wilkin, 16. Tony Puletua, 17. Paul Clough.
Subs: 20. Gareth Frodsham, 21. Gary Wheeler, 23. Maurie Fa’asavalu, 24. Andrew Dixon.

Hull KR:
1. Shaun Briscoe; 2. Peter Fox, 4. Jake Webster, 19. Kris Welham, 28. Ben Cockayne; 21. Chaz I’Anson, 7. Michael Dobson; 8. Nick Fozzard, 15. Daniel Fitzhenry, 17. Makali Aizue, 3. Chev Walker, 12. Ben Galea, 13. Scott Murrell.
Subs: 9. Ben Fisher, 11. Clint Newton, 16. Jason Netherton, 24. Rhys Lovegrove.

Referee: Ian Smith (Oldham)

Attendance: 11,830

Saints Overpower The Giants...

Saints secured two points this afternoon at the Galpharm Stadium beating Huddersfield Giants 23-6. Long had another bad kicking day, but nevertheless scored his 1,000 goal for St Helens. For full match report Click Here.

Match Summary

Final Score
Huddersfield 6 St Helens 23

Huddersfield:
Tries: Whaturia
Goals: Hodgson (1)

Saints:
Tries: Wellens, Gardner, Gilmour, Puletua, Wheeler
Goals: Long (1)
Drop: Long

Teams:
Huddersfield:
1. Brett Hodgson; 2. Martin Aspinwall, 19. Michael Lawrence, 4. Paul Whaturia, 5. David Hodgson; 3. Kevin Brown, 7. Luke Robinson; 16. Keith Mason, 20. Scott Moore, 10. Darrell Griffin, 12. Andy Raleigh, 13. Stephen Wild, 14. Simon Finnigan.
Subs: 11. Jamahl Lolesi, 15. Paul Jackson, 17. Michael Korkidas, 24. Shaun Lunt.

Saints:
1. Paul Wellens; 2. Ade Gardner, 3. Matt Gidley, 11. Lee Gilmour, 29. Tom Armstrong; 6. Leon Pryce, 7. Sean Long; 16. Tony Puletua, 9. Keiron Cunningham, 15. Bryn Hargreaves, 12. Jon Wilkin, 13. Chris Flannery, 17. Paul Clough.
Subs: 14. James Roby, 20. Gareth Frodsham, 21. Gary Wheeler, 23. Maurie Fa’asavalu.

Referee: Thierry Alibert (France)

Attendance: 11,338

Saints keep the Wolves form the door...

The Boys are Back in Town!!!

Friday the 13th wasn't an unlucky day for Saints first game of the Super League XIV Season, they staged a superb fightback to defeat Warrington 26-14 at Knowsley Road.

Warrington had a 14-0 advantage early in the second half and it looked like Saints would struggle to come back...but they 'upped the anti' after Gilmour's 30 yard dash resulted in a successful try putting St Helens on the scoreboard. From then on it was business as usual for Super Saints with 4 tries in 21 minutes. For full match report Click Here.

Match Summary...

Final Score:
St Helens 26 Warrington 14

Saints:
Tries: Gilmour, Gardner, Gidley (2), Graham, Armstrong
Goals: Long (1 from 6)

Warrington:
Tries: Higham, Rauhihi
Goals: Hicks (3 from 3)

Teams:
Saints:
1. Paul Wellens; 2. Ade Gardner, 3. Matt Gidley, 11. Lee Gilmour, 29. Tom Armstrong; 6. Leon Pryce, 7. Sean Long; 10. James Graham, 9. Keiron Cunningham (c), 15. Bryn Hargreaves, 12. Jon Wilkin, 13. Chris Flannery, 16. Tony Puletua.
Subs: 8. Jason Cayless, 14. James Roby, 17. Paul Clough, 23. Maurie Fa’asavalu.

Warrington:
19. Chris Riley; 23. Chris Hicks, 2. Paul Johnson, 4. Matt King, 5. Kevin Penny; 6. Lee Briers, 7. Michael Monaghan, 8. Adrian Morley (c), 14. Mickey Higham, 16. Garreth Carvel, 11. Louis Anderson, 12. Ben Westwood, 21. Matty Blythe.
Subs: 10. Paul Rauhihi, 15. Paul Wood, 24. Ben Harrison, 25. Chris Bridge.

Referee: Ian Smith (Oldham)

Attendance: 17,009

RAE puts IRIS in the top two in the UK

News: 18th December 2008
The UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) outcomes, announced today, show that 75% of the research activities of the Informatics Research Institute are at international level, with 25% at the world leading level.

Based on a research measure that takes account of the number of staff submitted, Research Fortnight ranks IRIS activities in the top 2 submissions made to the Library and Information Management panel.

Over 29 staff were included in the submission compared with 20 in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise, showing significant growth in research activity.

This confirms the Informatics Institute as one of the leading multidisciplinary research institutes that brings together expertise in social, technological and computational aspects of information systems.

Source: Information Research Institute (IRIS)

Saints Falter at the Final Hurdle...

Saints lost out to Leeds in the Grand Final at Old Trafford tonight. Leeds retained the Super League Grand Final Trophy beating St Helens 24 - 16. Click Here for full match report.





Saints:
Tries: Graham, Gidley, Gardner
Goals: Long (2)

Leeds:
Tries: Smith, Hall, McGuire (2)
Goals: Sinfield (4)

Attendance: 68,810

TEAMS
Saints:
Paul Wellens; Ade Gardner; Matt Gidley; Willie Talau; Francis Meli; Leon Pryce; Sean Long; James Graham; Keiron Cunningham; Bryn Hargreaves; Lee Gilmour; Jon Wilkin; Chris Flannery.
Subs: Nick Fozzard; James Roby; Paul Clough; Maurie Fa’asavalu

Leeds:
Lee Smith; Ryan Hall; Carl Ablett; Keith Senior; Scott Donald; Danny McGuire; Rob Burrow; Kylie Leuluai; Matt Diskin; Jamie Peacock; Jamie Jones-Buchanan; Gareth Ellis; Kevin Sinfield.
Subs: Ali Lauitiiti; Ryan Bailey; Nick Scruton; Ian Kirke

But Saints fans shouldn't be too down hearted and should be looking at what their team have achieved this season:

Carnegie Challenge Cup Winners Click Here for report
Lance Todd Trophy Winner: Paul Wellans (second year in succession)
League Leaders Trophy: For the fourth year in succession Click Here for report
Rugby League Writers' Association's Player of the Year: James Graham...Click Here for report
Man of Steel: James Graham...the seventh St Helens player to be crowned Man of Steel in the last nine years. Click Here for report.
Carnegie Community Player of the Year Award: Mike Bennett Click Here for report.
Record Breakers: The longest winning run by a Super League club in the summer era.
St Helens Club proclaimed the greatest in the history of the game. Click Here for report.

Great Season..Great Achievement...Great Team...

SEE YOU NEXT SEASON!

Stunning Saints Sail Through To Old Trafford...

In a spectacular performance St Helens far outshone Leeds Rhinos in tonight's Semi Final Play Off at Knowsley Road to secure a place in their third Grand Final in sucession at Old Trafford on October 4th.
For full match report click here.



Final Score: St Helens 38 Leeds 10

Saints:
Tries: Gardner, Gidley, Meli, Roby (2), Wilkin (2)
Goals: Long (5)

Leeds:
Tries: McGuire, Ellis
Goals: Burrow (1)

Attendance: 11,407

Saints News...

Let's have a quick loojk at what's been going on during a well deserved week's rest from play...

8th September: Another Award for Saints...
James Graham was named the Rugby League Writers' Association's Player of the Year for 2008. For full report Click Here.

12th September: Saints RL Academy beat Wigan 44-36 to get through to the Grand Final. Click here for match report.