....and now he pretends to be oh so respectable.

Until this day still remains my all time fav game.





5.The prototype Ultimate Comeback

[iBoxing Day and our annual trek to Pieland. 22-6 down at half-time, it’s drubbing time. Except it wasn’t. A quite magnificent effort from all saw Saints pull back the deficit outscoring the Pies 26-0 in the second half. What more can you say? Unfortunately for us this match will always be remembered for two incidents. Adrian Shelford’s knees in Kevin McCormack’s back and more importantly the hamstring pull that effectively ended the career of one of our brightest young players. It still brings tears to the eyes now. [/i

I think I might go and watch the DVD of that match this afternoon. Nothing betterthan a proper Boxing Day derby that really meant something.

Wigan at their benevolent best. They all went on the traditional fancy dress Boxing day night out.



Trouble is they went at half time.



Was Murphy Saints coach that day?

Certainly was, I've put the highlights on Youtube if you fancy a gander

my last mem would be the last try....just love having that over them St. Tommy what a guy







Cant remember why i was their but i was their for when henrey paul made his debut, came on got the ball chiped it caught it ran in to score...great try

That was one of my most embarrassing moments as a Saints fan. We were, unsurprisingly, under the stewardship of Eric Hughes and Wigoon dropped out to about 40m+ and the players just stood around waiting for somebody to pick up the ball. Henry Paul raced from the goal line drop out and picked up the ball, untouched, to race the rest of the way for a try. Hideously embarrassing and one of the iconic moments of Eric Hughes' reign.



People keep talking about how Hughes built up the side to take Super League I and that's a load of crap. He was backed by the board to bring players in, however he was tactically inept. The drop out was typical of Saints slack attitude under Hughes. Defensively we dropped off the pace to become as weak as we were in the final Murphy days. You could tell the difference between Hughes and McClennan. Under the latter, whenever there was a situation like a restart or penalty you could guarantee that the players would be alert to what's going on i.e. if there was a kick for goal the players would line up in a proper formation prepared for incidents like the ball bouncing off the posts. We never had that under Hughes and the drop out was one of the nails in the coffin for Hughes. We lacked a professional approach which McRae addressed in Super League I and got the best out the players, particularly in defence.

Gus O'Donnell.

great memories of central park,but the lancashire cup final when meninga blitzed them in the first half will stick in my mind for ever.

Have to agree with the above, after losing the toss to decide where it was to be played feared the worst, but to then witness that monster of a centre 'Big Mal' smash Edwards and a few others around Cenny Park was sublime and in my opinion would have to be Saints most momentous occasion at that heathen pit.

Ive got that game on an old Micron video!! have to get it on DVD now youve all reminded me

Henry Paul was offside from that drop out, but even so you're correct Saints stood there and were just unaware of what was going on.