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| 'You shall not pass'- St Helens stand firm yet again as they win at Warrington |
Last night St Helens recorded their second consecutive win as their upturn in fortunes continued under interim duo Mike Rush and Kieron Cunningham. Another impressive display earned Rush's side a 28-10 victory over the Warrington Wolves at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.
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| Two wins in a row since Simmons departure |
After thumping current champions the Leeds Rhinos 40-6 last week, St Helens form continued as they made it two wins from two since the departure of previous Head Coach Royce Simmons (right) as they beat current table toppers Warrington.
This rejuvenated St Helens side raced into a 22-0 lead in only 23 minutes as Warrington were stunned by the aggressive and intense forward play of St Helens. Wolves coach Tony Smith must have wonder was was happening to his team. A brace from Paul Wellens, and tries from Ade Gardener and Francis Meli and conversions from Jonny Lomax put Saints in a commanding position and leaving the Wolves a mountain to climb. Warrington seems to be panicking as they continued to make mistakes and handling errors. Their mistakes presented more chances for Saints who continued to push forward. St Helens had many more chances for points however failed to take them, notably when Sia Sollila crossed however failed to control the ball and apply adequate downward pressure.
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| Hodgson gave Warrington hope at the break |
This could have been a turning point and when Brett Hodgson scored just before the break, Warrington had hope. Hodgson converted the try to make it 22-6 at the break. It seemed that maybe just maybe the comeback was on. This was even more so when Joel Monaghan crossed 6 minutes after the break and Warrington were well and truly back in the game. However the Warrington onslaught which was expected any really came as St Helens defended resiliently and only a few times did Warrington truly trouble them. The points were sealed as Solliola scored Saints' five try of the game. Solliola powerfully smashed his way through despite the attempts of Warrington pair Chris riley and Chris Hill. Lomax converted and the game was over and Warrington were condemned to their first defeat since June of last year. Warrington did have the final say with a try on the hooter as Ryan Atkins scored. This defeat costing the Wolves top spot as Huddersfield returned to the summit of the Stobart Super League table after beating Leeds at Headingley 22-12.
On this form St Helens are very dangerous and I expect their rise up the table to continue. For Tony Smiths' Warrington I think they will bounce back, no doubt, and do not envy Widnes who whom they meet on Thursday. This one could be a long night for Widnes and a difficult watch for coach Denis Betts.
This year's Super League is looking fantastic as so many great games have already been seen and we are only a couple of months into the season. With so much to come it is all set up for another enthralling year of Rugby League
Fridays Nights Results in Full:
| Castleford | 34 - 30 (18 - 16) | Hull K R |
| Tries: Griffin, Youngquest 2, Owen, Dixon, Orr | Tries: Welham 3, Hodgson, Withers | |
| Goals: Dixon 5 | Goals: Dobson 5 | |
| Hull | 24 - 18 (12 - 6) | Bradford |
| Tries: Horne 2, Manu, Briscoe | Tries: Lulia, Pryce, Bateman | |
| Goals: Tickle 4 | Goals: Sammut 3 | |
| Leeds | 12 - 22 (6 - 12) | Huddersfield |
| Tries: Hardaker, Leuluai | Tries: Crabtree, Chan, Eden, McGillvary | |
| Goals: Sinfield 2 | Goals: Brough 3 | |
| Salford | 20 - 40 (8 - 30) | Wigan |
| Tries: Holdsworth, Williams, Patten, James | Tries: Goulding 2, Charnley, Tomkins 2, Carmont, Farrell, Russell | |
| Goals: Holdsworth 2 | Goals: Charnley 4 | |
| Warrington | 16 - 28 (6 - 22) | St Helens |
| Tries: Hodgson, Monaghan, Atkins | Tries: Gardner, Wellens 2, Meli, Soliola | |
| Goals: Hodgson 2 | Goals: Lomax 4 |
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