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Super League fixtures came out earlier this week. Saints have Hull at home in the first game which will be an alright game. We should win it though. Intrestingly though it will be Sean Long's first game against us at Knowsley Road since he left! Speaking of Sean Long has anyone else got his book Longys? If you haven't you should get it. It's a great read and it's really funny ! The magic weekend fixtures are out to ( That's when all the super league games are played at a neutral ground in a different country this year like last year it's Murrayfield) and, I must say I'm dissapointed they didn't arrange any derbys ( like last year we got Saints-Wigan ) for it as that would have the weekend even better. I'm still going though it was class last year ( even though we got hammered by Wigan) and I'm sure it will be again .

. Sadly he's the sort of guy TNA would go for.

Yeah that was some piece of skill from Slater for Smith's try. As you say playing for the whole game was really the difference between the two sides but I also thought that the skill and technical levels were better to from the Aussies. Their tactical kicking, running into space and that skill from Slater was outstanding!

I see Tony Smith resigned. Wasn't a shock really as there was rumors going about he would leave even if England had won. The candidates so far look to be Justin Morgan ( who wouldn't be a bad appointment), John Kear who's been it before and failed but he's improved as a coach since then, Steve McNamara and Brian McDermott who are both probably to inexperianced to get the job but hey coaches have to start somewhere and even Ellery Hanley has been metioned as a candidate.

Some game the final was. England played really well but like the Aussies always do they pulled away in the last 10-20 minutes and scored something like six trys in ten minutes which meant they made it look like a complete massacre. I'm not saying England were the better team and Australia were bad as the Aussies were the better team but, I do think winning by thirty points did extremely flatter them.

Desmond Wolfe is class. Best thing in TNA just now even though his name's Desmond.

Unlucky to the Scotland team who narrowly got beat in the European cup final by Wales. Scotland were winning and were the better team until the 2nd half in which Wales just seemed to do everything right. Some of the Scotland team also look as if they could play at a higher level. Those players are Mick Nayn, Gareth Moore, The Henderson brothers although I think they may play Wakefield now but I could be wrong and James Nixon although, he could be in Super League and so could Steve McCormack the Scotland coach if Barrow apply and they get in.

Four nations final tomorrow and England have named un-changed side from the one that beat New Zealand last week. Can't wait for the tomorrow! If England play to their best then they may still not win ( unless the Aussies have a complete off day) but they should still be able to put in a respectable performance but, if they crap and the Aussies are up for I can see a massacre coming on.

Tony Smith has changed his right hand side completely replacing Smith and Briscoe(?) with Bridge and Fox. He's also dropped McGuire and is starting Eastmond with Tomkins his other half-back.

Scotland beat lebanon 22-10 yesterday to get the European cup final ! The final is this Sunday against Wales in Wales and it's on sky sports 3 at half past three if anyone's intrested. If Scotland win not only will they win the cup but they will qualifiy for the 2011 Four Nations ! Imagine Scotland playing the Aussies, England and the Kiwis! They would be unmissable games!

That was a good game. At half-time I thought Australia would go on and totally embarass England even more but England raised their game in the 2nd half and managed to restore some pride in themselves. Burgess has been great this season for a very poor Bradford Bulls team and, he should get even better from the experiance he'll get in Australia. Just like Gareth Ellis has. I think the Aussies will beat France but England will need to play to their full potential and they'll also need to play well in the first half not just the 2nd half if they want to beat New Zealand.

Matty King's done well this season. he scored a hat-trick in the challenge cup semi for Warrington to get them in their first final in twenty years. He's a good player from what I've seen of him.

The mighty St Helens . Of of the best if not the best Super League team of the decade. I see you follow Melbourne Storm. From what I seen of the NRL this year they were easily the best team. Are ESPN going to be showing the whole NRL season this year? I hope they are last season what I seen was superb and I would love to watch it every week like I do with Super League. Can't wait for England -Aussie tonight and Scotland - Lebanon tomorrow. Should be a good weekend of Rugby League .

The mighty St Helens . Of of the best if not the best Super League team of the decade. I see you follow Melbourne Storm. From what I seen of the NRL this year they were easily the best team. Are ESPN going to be showing the whole NRL season this year? I hope they are last season what I seen was superb and I would love to watch it every week like I do with Super League. Can't wait for England -Aussie tonight and Scotland - Lebanon tomorrow. Should be a good weekend of Rugby League .

I really thought the Aussies were going to beat New Zealand but really they were fortunate to come away with anything. I do expect though if England play like they did against the French the Aussies will hump them!

First games on the 4 nations with England getting off to a pretty comfortable start beating France 34-12. The scoreline may suggest France got a bit of a humping but they actually played really well and they gave England a scare when they were up 12-4 at half-time. It's going to be Australia's title I think. Their squad just looks unstoppable with guys like Haynes, Slater, Smith, Lockyer and Inglis in it. They'll play New Zealand or England in the final. I don't really see France getting anywhere and they will likely get a dooing in both or if not one of the games against the Aussies or the Kiwis.

No I love The Miz as well . He's awesome!

Well done. From what I seen they were by far the best team in the NRL. Anyway ScotlandRL got off to a flying start in the European cup beating Italy 104-0 . I'm going to their next game home to Lebannon at old Anniesland.

No suprises with who was in the grand final. Once again leeds vs Saints but once again sadly Leeds won. Oh well there's always next year.

Not suprised Leeds got through to the final last night but Catalans did play really well. Can't wait for the other semi tonight! COME ON YOU SAINTS!

I think that's a good idea. Less kicking means more running with the ball which means more trys !

What does everyone think about Aregintina getting put in the Tri-nations. I think it's a good idea as it will freshen up a tournament which is getting stale ( at least for me it is) and it will mean Aregentina will get better which can only be good for the state of the game.

Wow the catalans are through to the semis . Who would have thought that at the beginning of the season. I'm not suprised Leeds picked them as their opponents though. I think Leeds will be to strong especailly since they're at home. It would have been really intresting if Leeds had been able to pick Saints but they weren't allowed. It would certainly have been suprising and it would have made for a very spicy and entairtaining semi. The Wigan game ( the other semi) I'm sure will be spicy and entairtaining though with hopefully not to many injuries for Saints. COME ON YOU SAINTS ! I've been watching the NRL semis as well ( paramatta and Melbourne through the final) and sadly I see both of them being to strong for whoever wins the Super League. I heard they might be bringing back the Yorkshire-Lancashire games or they might introduce an Super League international select to play against the English players in super league. I reckon both of these would be good ideas as Australia has something similar ( state of origin) and it works well. I'd also like to see the super league team of the year against the NRL team of the year. That would be a very entairtaining match!

Good start to the play-offs for saints. Good performance and good score. Hopefully they can keep it upn and get to the final which will probably be against Leeds who, also put in a solid perfromance against Hull KR.

get in there.