The game was great, full throttle from the 1st minute to the last. Leeds were nothing short of miraculously lucky in the game, everything went their way from 50:50 video ref calls to amazing fluke mistakes leading to their tries. The game always looked comfortably in Leeds favour, but take out the two flukes and it was a very tight game. Leeds only scored one try of their own making and besides that didn't trouble Saints' defense once.
Saints were brilliant in the forwards with the likes of Fozzard, Anderson, Graham and Fa'asavalu totally dominant. Only Leeds superior kicking game helped their lightweight pack to cope. Saints were often camped on the Leeds line for repeat sets, at 19-0 to Leeds the Yorkshire team had conceded something like 5 drop outs. Had Sean Long or Sculthorpe played Saints could have slaughtered them. As it was it took Jamie Lyon 71 minutes to get a grip of the game. Once he did he looked truly awesome once more. The most beautiful body swerve to put McKenna on his bum started it, the he handed one to Hardman on a plate then scored another himself. Saints scored 16 points in 332 seconds and were inside Leeds' 40 once more as time was called. Lyon put up a bomb which was just a few feet too long, with the Leeds player receiving it, with about 6 Saints players chasing it and no other Leeds players in sight.
Saints v the Bulls will be a similar scoreline to the Hull game, perhaps slightly less one-sided as it is at Knowsley Road.
Saints are going to be missing Sean Long, Paul Sculthorpe, Darren Albert (Although it is thought he has bizarely declared himself fit despite breaking his cheakbone a few weeks ago) Mark Edmonson and Jason Hooper. Without ANY halves it is going to be a mighty ask against Bradford. I'd expect them to simply power through Saints, such is the form they have.
Personally if I were Daniel Anderson I would be starting with Jamie Lyon at stand off with Scott Moore at scrum half. That would leave the wing facing Hape and Rolacola totally exposed, but what else can he do? I suspect he may have to leave Lyon against Hape which would mean potentially Wilkin and Higham (A loose forward at stand off and a hooker who cannot pass at scrum half).
