Round 12
Harlequins 6 l. St Helens 44

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Saints put the cleaners through Harlequins
Mon April 30, 2007
Source: www.superleague.co.uk

St Helens kept up the pressure on the engage Super League's leading pack with a nine-try demolition of an off-colour Harlequins RL.

Paul Wellens and Matt Gidley did the majority of the damage for the reigning champions, helping themselves to two tries each, while Saints skipper Paul Sculthorpe scored a try and also added three goals.

The visitors drew first blood through a scrappy Leon Pryce try - the Great Britain international stand-off the quickest to react to a loose ball before bundling over in the corner.

The lead was then further extended when Keiron Cunningham released Sculthorpe, who eased over the line.

After being outplayed in the first quarter, Quins began to dominate and after 25 minutes dragged themselves back into the game with a try.

Mark McLinden burst through the Saints defence and released Chris Melling, who went over for his first of the season.

The ascendancy was now with the home side and McLinden was proving a constant threat - his pass to Zeb Luisi nearly providing the Kiwi with a first try of the season but he was repelled by strong Saints defence.

World club champions St Helens eventually showed their class to score two tries in the final minutes of the half.

First Matt Gidley went over and then, right on the half-time hooter, Sean Long provided the pass for Pryce, who in turn slipped in Francis Meli to score.

Harlequins never got a look-in after the break as Saints ran in five unanswered tries in an all-star showing.

Steve Tyrer was the first to touch down, running half the length of the pitch to score. His effort seemed to open the floodgates as St Helens ran in tries at will.

Wellens then scored after being released by Long as Saints created chaos down the left flank.

Last season's Man of Steel, Wellens, added another try to his account midway through the half, while further touchdowns from Willie Talau and Gidley completed the rout to condemn Quins to their third home loss of the season.

Harlequins RL: (6) 6
Tries: Melling
Goals: Purdham

St Helens: (20) 44
Tries: Gidley 2, Wellens 2, Pryce, Sculthorpe, Meli, Tyrer, Talau
Goals: Sculthorpe 3, Wellens

Harlequins RL: McLinden, Wells, T. Smith, Lucky Luisi, Melling, Hill, Orr, Temata, Randall, Heckenberg, Hopkins, Grayshon, Purdham.
Replacements: Rinaldi, Worrincy, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, A. Smith.

St Helens: Wellens, Tyrer, Gidley, Talau, Meli, Pryce, Long, Fozzard, Cunningham, Cayless, Sculthorpe, Bennett, Hargreaves.
Replacements: Roby, Graham, Clough, Fa'asavalu.

Referee: I Smith
Att: 4,362

Report source: www.superleague.co.uk

Article Anderson: There is more to come


Harlequins make changes for clash with champions
Fri April 27, 2007
Source: www.quins.co.uk

Harlequins RL have made a few changes for the visit of the champions to the Twickenham Stoop this Sunday.

Henry Paul and Matt Gafa are still out through injury while head coach Brian McDermott calls back Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook and Julien Rinaldi, as well as Joe Walsh and Dave Tootill. Also omitted from the squad are Richard Villasanti and David Mills.

McDermott believes that his team can once again defeat St Helens with some improvements in key areas:

"We have made a few changes from last week, some to do with the stage of the season, and others to do with performance. We are lucky to be in a position that we can do that because we have healthy competition within the squad.

"We have worked hard on our 'D' this week because it let us down at Huddersfield. Defence is something that we pride ourselves on. The other thing that was most disappointing about last week was how we let the game get away from us. We have worked hard on that as well.

"We've proven already this season that we can beat St Helens, and again we are going in for the win."

Harlequins RL v St Helens, Sunday 29th April, kick-off 3pm

Harlequins RL 20: Grayshon, Heckenberg, Hill, Hopkins, Luisi, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, McLinden, Melling, Orr, Purdham, Randall, Rinaldi, A. Smith, T. Smith, Sykes, Temata, Tootill, Walsh, Wells, Worrincy.

St Helens 20: Wellens, Gardner, Gidley, Talau, Meli, Pryce, Long, Fozzard, Cunningham, Cayless, Sculthorpe, Roby, Bennett, Graham, Hargreaves, Moore, Smith, Clough, Fa'asavalu, Tyrer.

Referee: I Smith

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