: Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:35 pm  

tvoc wrote:

07-Jul-06 ….. St Helens 52 ….. Catalans 26 ….. Karl Kirkpatrick ….. 8,058
13-Apr-07 ….. St Helens 53 ….. Catalans 10 ….. Phil Bentham ….. 7,918
17-May-08 ….. St Helens 28 ….. Catalans 10 ….. Phil Bentham ….. 8,550

Yes another close game in prospect there.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:36 pm  

I can't even raise a yawn at those ties, hopefully one of them will attract more than a 5000 crowd.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:44 pm  

El Diablo wrote:

I suspect you're right. I'll be a bit disappointed though. Truthfully I think Batley have as much chance against Salford as the Dragons do against Stains. It would make a nice change for the RL viewing public too.

Batley are poop. They will get hammered.

Halifax might take Cas a lot closer.

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:50 pm  

tvoc wrote:

07-Jul-06 ….. St Helens 52 ….. Catalans 26 ….. Karl Kirkpatrick ….. 8,058
13-Apr-07 ….. St Helens 53 ….. Catalans 10 ….. Phil Bentham ….. 7,918
17-May-08 ….. St Helens 28 ….. Catalans 10 ….. Phil Bentham ….. 8,550

Yes another close game in prospect there.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:54 pm  

DISA wrote:

Halifax might take Cas a lot closer.

My Cas supporting colleague tells me they've never beaten Halifax in the Cup, including two defeats this decade.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:58 pm  

I was hoping Saints would draw Catalans, but in France not at KR.

If the game was in France on a scorcher of a day an upset could have happened. Alas the game will be in St. Helens and they will stroll to the cup again.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:23 pm  

Lord_Percy wrote:

My Cas supporting colleague tells me they've never beaten Halifax in the Cup, including two defeats this decade.

Their right.

I am not saying Halifax will spring a shock, but it will be a good game, and it will certainly be close for a while.

Would be nice to see that as Sunday game, and Wakey V Wigan on Saturday.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:00 pm  

Assuming they all win through I think there are only three teams that can have some sort of chance of stopping Saints getting to Wembley and thats if they get drawn away in the Quarters to either Hull KR,Cas or Huddersfield.

Cannot see any of those teams beating them on neutral ground in a semi.

I'm discounting Wigan as they've had some right beatings from Saints last couple of seasons and are playing crap at the moment.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:07 pm  

This year's competition more or less ended on Sunday.

I'd liken what's left of the comp to Ray Quinn in Dancing On Ice. A series of exhibitions round after round. Not a pretty sight.

That wouldn't have been the case had Leeds won.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:55 pm  

tvoc wrote:

This year's competition more or less ended on Sunday.

I'd liken what's left of the comp to Ray Quinn in Dancing On Ice. A series of exhibitions round after round. Not a pretty sight.

That wouldn't have been the case had Leeds won.

Presumably Batley would be Colleen Nolan then, the one that everyone votes right through to the semi-final but with zero chance of winning ?