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Last Update Thursday, May 8, 2008 23:26
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8th May. Head Coach Paul Cullen has named his 19-man squad to face St Helens in Round 5 of Carnegie Challenge Cup at GPW Recruitment Stadium on Saturday 10th May, Kick off 3pm:
1. Stuart Reardon
2. Chris Hicks
3. Martin Gleeson
4. Matt King
5. Kevin Penny
6. Lee Briers
7. Michael Monaghan
8. Adrian Morley
10. Paul Rauhihi
11. Louis Anderson
12. Ben Westwood
13. Vinnie Anderson
14. Mark Gleeson
15. Rob Parker
17. Paul Johnson
19. Simon Grix
20. Chris Riley
21. Andrew Bracek
22. Ben Harrison
Not Selected
9. Jon Clarke - Suspended for 2 matches
16. Paul Wood - Dislocated shoulder injury
18. Steve Pickersgill C ruciate knee ligament injury
23. Mike Cooper - Reserves
24. Lee Mitchell - Reserves
25. Chris Bridge - Achilles tendon rupture injury
26. Matty Blythe - Reserves
27. Adam Neal ' Reserves
6th May. Kevin Penny was placed on report by referee Ben Thaler after Huddersfield full back Rod Jensen scored the final try of the first half. Wolves' winger slid in to challenge Jensen and appeared to catch the Huddersfield full back's face with his knee. Rugby Football League disciplinary chiefs have to decide whether to charge Penny and call him to a disciplinary hearing later this week. , nothing in it in my opinion. However the RFL have ruled the wingman has no case to answer
A better balanced squad is Cull's hope for the Tellins cup game, Simon Grix, Mike Cooper and Vinnie Anderson could all return. Chris Riley, a full back or winger, ended up being an unused substitute against Huddersfield Giants in Cardiff on Saturday because Cullen focused on rotating the forwards in that game. Cullen said: "We're looking forward to hopefully welcoming Vinnie Anderson back for the St Helens game, although Jon Clarke will be missing the second match of his two-match suspension. "Fingers crossed, we get Mike Cooper and Simon Grix through their reserves game against St Helens on Tuesday night. "And that would just put a bit more pressure on players and maybe give me a chance to re-balance that bench."
5th May.Paul Cullen said: "We're looking forward to hopefully welcoming Vinnie Anderson back for the St Helens game. "He banged his shoulder against St Helens in last week's league game. "He's been carrying an injury for quite a period and he just got one whack too many on it. "He was rested as a precaution against Huddersfield and hopefully he's now ready to train and prepare for the Saints game."
Huddersfield 34 Warrington 36. Warrington overturned a 16-point deficit to edge Huddersfield in an exciting opening to Millennium Magic. Michael Monaghan gave the Wolves an early lead but Michael Lawrence, Luke Robinson, Andy Raleigh and Rod Jensen put the Giants 22-6 up at half-time. But second-half tries from Stuart Reardon, Lee Briers and Andy Bracek (2) put the Wolves 30-22 ahead. John Skandalis pulled the Giants to within two points but Briers touched down to seal victory for Warrington.
Coach Paul Cullen: "It was a bit like King Canute, you can't stop the tide. "Huddersfield had all the ball and all the pressure, there was very little we could do and they went for the throat. "But half-time was at the right time for us. We'd have like to have gone in without conceding that try on the last play of the first half, usually that's the psychological killer blow. "We've been knocked about and took a real hiding, but we gave them one back. We wanted to give them a taste of what they gave us in the first half."
CHRIS Riley missed out on playing at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. Paul Cullen explains "The 17 that we played against Huddersfield was the 17 fittest and healthiest that we had.It didn't give me the most balanced of benches that I would have liked and unfortunately Chris Riley didn't get any game time."But it literally wasn't a game for us to be swapping wingers and full backs around."We just had to keep rotating those big units in the middle."
Scorers Huddersfield (22) 34 Tries: Lawrence, Robinson, Raleigh 2, Jensen, Skandalis Goals: Robinson 3, Hemingway 2 Warrington (6) 36 Tries: Monaghan, Reardon, Briers 2, Bracek 2 Goals: Hicks 6
Squads. Huddersfield: Jensen, Aspinwall, Lawrence, Whaturia, Elford, Brown, Robinson, Griffin, Hudson, Skandalis, Snitch, Raleigh, Lolesi. Replacements: Crabtree, Jackson, Mason, Hemingway.
Warrington: Reardon, Hicks, Martin Gleeson, King, Penny, Briers, Monaghan, Morley, Mark Gleeson, Rauhihi, L. Anderson, Westwood, Harrison. Replacements: Parker, Johnson, Riley, Bracek.Attn 30,628
The numbers game.
Cardiff by numbers 63,144:
The number of spectators who turned up for the two days of Millennium Magic.
500: Catalans fans who made the trip from Perpignan.
450: Stewards on duty in the Millennium Stadium.
300: Hotel rooms booked for players, coaches and backroom staff of the 12 clubs.
160: Accredited media covering the jamboree.
0: Arrests to further enhance Rugby League's family image.
2nd May. Speaking to the Warrington Guardian Ben Westwood gives his thoughts on the game against Huddersfield on Saturday at the Millennium Stadium Cardiff. He said: "I enjoyed Millennium Magic last year and I always enjoy going away for a few days with the boys and keeping close together. "Plus the venue is the Millennium Stadium. I don't know how many they're expecting to be there, maybe 20,000 on the first day. advertisement "We'll be on first so the pitch should be in mint condition, which will give us the chance for the backs to be running out wide." He added He said: "The stadium seems to be compact, the roof's on and all the atmosphere will all stay inside. "I don't know really notice the crowd to tell you the truth. "When you come out you notice the crowd but when you're playing it doesn't make it any difference whether there's 1,000 or 101,000 there!" 2:40am today
1st May. Head Coach Paul Cullen has named his 19-man squad to face Huddersfield Giants in Round 13 of engage Super League XIII at The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on Saturday , Kick off 3.00pm:
1. Stuart Reardon
2. Chris Hicks
3. Martin Gleeson
4. Matt King
5. Kevin Penny
6. Lee Briers
7. Michael Monaghan
8. Adrian Morley (C)
10. Paul Rauhihi
11. Louis Anderson
12. Ben Westwood
13. Vinnie Anderson
14. Mark Gleeson
15. Rob Parker
17. Paul Johnson
20. Chris Riley
21. Andrew Bracek
22. Ben Harrison
23. Mike Cooper
Not Selected
9. Jon Clarke - Suspended for 2 matches
16. Paul Wood - Dislocated shoulder injury
18. Steve Pickersgill - Cruciate knee ligament injury
19. Simon Grix - Reserves v Saints Tuesday 7.30pm
24. Lee Mitchell - Reserves v Saints Tuesday 7.30pm
25. Chris Bridge - Achilles tendon rupture injury
26. Matty Blythe - Reserves v Saints Tuesday 7.30pm
27. Adam Neal - Reserves v Saints Tuesday 7.30pm
