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Fri August 20, 2010
Source: www.crusadersrfl.comIestyn Harris believes St Helens will struggle to fill the void left by Wales legend Keiron Cunningham when he retires at the end of season.
Cunningham will be part of the Saints team that visits the Racecourse Ground this Saturday to take on Crusaders (kick-off 7.15pm) in what is a huge game for both sides.
The hooker, 35, will hang up his boots at the end of Super League XV after a glittering 17-year career in the game. Since making his debut for Saints back in 1993, Cunningham has made over 400 appearances for the club, scoring 163 tries in the process.
During that time he has won every major honour in the game, including 5 Super League Championships, 7 Challenge Cup Winners Medals and 2 World Club Challenge Winners Medals.
He is widely recognised as one of the best hookers to ever grace the game. He has been named in the Super League Dream Team on 6 occasions season and in July 2007 Rugby League World magazine ranked him as the greatest player of the Super League era.
And his legendary status at Saints was confirmed earlier this season when Cunningham won a supporters vote to be cast as a statue in the town. He beat the likes Tom Van Vollenhoven and Alex Murphy and the statue will be moved to Saint Helens new stadium once it has been built.
Crusaders first team coach Harris played alongside Cunningham for both Great Britain and Wales, and both were part of Wales's 1995 and 2000 Rugby League World Cup squads.
The two have remained good friends over the years, and Iestyn believes his former international team-mate will retire at the top of his game.
"Keiron has been a stalwart for St Helens for about 16-17 years now," Harris said.
"He is like a good wine - he gets better with age and he is as good now as he was all those years ago. That is a credit to him and his professionalism and fitness - he is a key part in what St Helens do and he is a big part of what St Helens have been about in the past decade.
"There has been big things made of the stranglehold Saints have over certain teams - Warrington Wolves spring to mind. The time that Keiron retires is probably the time teams can start to get at Saints because they have built the structure of the team around him.
"They've had the emergence of James Roby in recent years, which changes the way Saints play but if Keiron isn't there they are going to have to change the dimensions of how they play. He is going to be a huge loss for them.
Crusaders and Saints clashed earlier this year at the GPW Recruitment Stadium. It was a thrilling encounter as the Welsh gave St Helens a huge fright before eventually losing 30-37.
The Saints are in good form of late but Iestyn Harris insists Crusaders will be focussing on their own performance this Saturday at the
Racecourse.
"Saints have got some really top quality internationals - world class players. You have to do your homework on them but sometimes if you focus on the opposition too much you forget about your own plans.
"It is really important this week that we focus on our own style of play and keep playing the way we have in recent weeks. That form has brought us a bit of mini-success so if we focus on that, while also bringing some care and attention to the way Saints play and look after their key players then we will be in with a shout."
And Iestyn also admitted he will be looking for a response from his players following last weekend's controversial loss to Hull FC as Crusaders look to secure a maiden play-off spot.
" Obviously we were disappointed with the loss against Hull and the performance wasn't great. We could put all of our eggs in one basket and start blaming the officials but if you break it down our performance probably wasn't where it should have been against Hull.
If we are truthful; we probably got what we deserved because we were under par but we will certainly be looking to put that right this week.
"Hopefully it is not going to come down to a crucial decision again and we can play a lot better than we did last week."
You can get your tickets for Crusaders vs St Helens on Saturday August 21st (kick-off 7.15pm) in person by visiting the club shop, by calling the ticket hotline on 0871 221 9511 or online at www.crusadersrfl.com.
Sat February 27, 2010
by engage Super League
Source: www.superleague.co.ukVeteran hooker Keiron Cunningham celebrated his 500th match with a trademark try to help lift St Helens to third place in Engage Super League with a third successive victory.
The 33-year-old Cunningham, whose landmark appearance was delayed by three weeks following the sudden death of his mother Annie, entered the field with his side trailing 12-0 but his 60th-minute score put them in front for the first time and changed the momentum of the match.
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats were on course to repeat last year's victory at Knowsley Road when they hit their hosts with two tries in three minutes early in the game but Saints found their rhythm to condemn them to their first defeat of the season.
Wakefield spent the early early part of the game under self-imposed pressure with Sam Obst, Glenn Morrison and Jason Demetriou all coming up with handling errors in the first 10 minutes, but when they eventually managed to string their passes together, they struck with devastating effect.
Danny Brough shaped to kick on the last tackle but instead sent out a long pass which Morrison palmed onto Sean Gleeson, who ran into space before combining with Tevita Leo-Latu to get winger Dale Morton over at the corner.
Brough added the touchline conversion and the Wildcats quickly extended their lead when winger Aaron Murphy got his foot to the ball following Obst's chip over the Saints defence and centre Darryl Millard won the race to the line.
Brough's second goal made it 12-0 and it could have been worse for the home side with Morrison just inches away from touching down a splendidly-judged kick from the scrum half.
Saints finally got on the scoreboard on 27 minutes when stand-off Leon Pryce showed his strength with a half-break and winger Jonny Lomax took his long pass to cross at the corner.
Kyle Eastmond's conversion crept over the crossbar to cut the deficit to six points.
St Helens enjoyed all the play at the start of the second half and Brough managed to relieve the pressure by intercepting Scott Moore's pass.
But the pressure told thanks to a touch of magic from England half-back Eastmond, who opened up the Wakefield defence with a hand-off and outpaced the cover in a sprint to the corner.
Eastmond failed with the goalkick but Saints took the lead for the first time on 49 minutes when Cunningham forced his way over for a trademark try from dummy half.
It was the veteran hooker's 169th try for Saints on his 470th appearance and underlined his continuing importance to the club.
With Pryce beginning to exert his influence on the side, St Helens got on top and Wakefield's problems worsened when Brough was forced off with a cut head.
It was no surprise when Saints extended their lead on 57 minutes when left winger Francis Meli took a long pass from Paul Wellens to grab a fourth try and Eastmond's third goal made it 22-12.
Wakefield hit back when winger Aaron Murphy palmed Ben Jeffries' kick into the grateful arms of Millard to enable the Australian centre to score his second try and cut the gap to just six points.
Cunningham went close to grabbing a second try but it was Wakefield who dominated the closing stages and Saints were forced to defend heroically to retain their lead.
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 2010 engage English Super League
St Helens
24 games; 5 tries, 20 points.
[View] Round 1 [06 Feb 10] L 12-32 v Hull FC (H). [DH]
[View] Round 4 [26 Feb 10] W 22-16 v Wakefield (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 5 [07 Mar 10] L 24-28 v Hull KR (A). [BE]
[View] Round 6 [12 Mar 10] W 37-30 v Crusaders (H). [DH]
[View] Round 7 [19 Mar 10] W 28-18 v Warrington (H). [DH]
[View] Round 8 [28 Mar 10] W 24-6 v Huddersfield (A). [DH]
[View] Round 9 [02 Apr 10] L 10-18 v Wigan (H). [DH]
[View] Round 10 [05 Apr 10] W 52-18 v Castleford (A). [DH]
[View] Round 11 [10 Apr 10] W 32-24 v Harlequins (A). [BE]
[View] Round 12 [24 Apr 10] W 41-20 v Leeds (H). [DH]
[View] Round 13 - Magic Weekend [02 May 10] W 54-0 v Hull KR. [BE]
[View] Round 14 [15 May 10] L 34-42 v Salford City (A). [DH]
[View] Round 15 [21 May 10] W 68-12 v Hull KR (H). [DH]
[View] Round 16 [04 Jun 10] L 26-27 v Hull FC (A). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 17 [11 Jun 10] W 30-22 v Huddersfield (H). [DH]
[View] Round 18 [20 Jun 10] W 26-24 v Wigan (A). [DH]
[View] Round 19 [25 Jun 10] W 58-34 v Salford City (H). [DH]
[View] Round 24 [31 Jul 10] W 26-24 v Warrington (A). [BE]
[View] Round 25 [13 Aug 10] W 60-12 v Bradford (H). [BE]
[View] Round 26 [21 Aug 10] W 36-10 v Crusaders (A). [BE]
[View] Round 27 [04 Sep 10] W 40-30 v Castleford (H). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Finals Week 1 [10 Sep 10] W 28-12 v Warrington (H). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Finals Week 3 [24 Sep 10] W 42-22 v Huddersfield (H). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Grand Final [02 Oct 10] L 10-22 v Wigan. [DH]
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2009 engage English Super League
St Helens
27 games; 5 tries, 20 points.
[View] Round 1 [13 Feb 09] W 26-14 v Warrington (H). [DH]
[View] Round 2 [22 Feb 09] W 23-6 v Huddersfield (A). [DH]
[View] Round 3 [27 Feb 09] L 19-20 v Hull KR (H). [DH]
[View] Round 4 [07 Mar 09] W 4-0 v Celtic (A). [DH]
[View] Round 5 [13 Mar 09] W 38-12 v Salford City (H). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 6 [20 Mar 09] W 26-18 v Leeds (H). [DH]
[View] Round 7 [27 Mar 09] W 42-18 v Wakefield (A). [DH]
[View] Round 8 [09 Apr 09] W 19-12 v Wigan (A). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 9 [13 Apr 09] W 44-22 v Hull FC (H). [DH]
[View] Round 10 [19 Apr 09] W 68-22 v Castleford (A). [DH]
[View] Round 11 [24 Apr 09] L 30-34 v Bradford (H). [DH]
[View] Round 12 [02 May 09] L 18-38 v Wigan. [DH]
[View] Round 13 [16 May 09] W 32-28 v Les Catalans (A). [DH]
[View] Round 14 [22 May 09] W 22-12 v Harlequins (H). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [05 Jun 09] W 30-6 v Hull FC (A). [DH]
[View] Round 16 [12 Jun 09] W 50-10 v Castleford (H). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 17 [21 Jun 09] W 44-18 v Bradford (A). [DH]
[View] Round 18 [26 Jun 09] W 30-0 v Celtic (H). [DH]
[View] Round 21 [17 Jul 09] L 20-22 v Wakefield (H). [BE]
[View] Round 22 [25 Jul 09] W 44-24 v Harlequins (A). [DH]
[View] Round 23 [31 Jul 09] W 10-6 v Wigan (H). [DH]
[View] Round 25 [21 Aug 09] W 12-10 v Huddersfield (H). [DH]
[View] Round 26 [04 Sep 09] L 10-18 v Leeds (A). [DH]
[View] Round 27 [11 Sep 09] L 12-24 v Les Catalans (H). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Finals Week 1 [19 Sep 09] W 15-2 v Huddersfield (H). [DH]
[View] Finals Week 3 [03 Oct 09] W 14-10 v Wigan (H). [DH]
[View] Grand Final [10 Oct 09] L 10-18 v Leeds. [DH]
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2008 engage English Super League
St Helens
23 games; 8 tries, 32 points.
[View] Round 1 [10 Feb 08] L 22-24 v Hull KR (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 2 [15 Feb 08] W 30-22 v Warrington (H). [BE]
[View] Round 3 [22 Feb 08] W 22-16 v Bradford (A). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 4 [02 Mar 08] W 34-30 v Wakefield (H). [DH]
[View] Round 5 [07 Mar 08] W 30-29 v Hull FC (H). [DH]
[View] Round 12 [25 Apr 08] W 30-22 v Warrington (A). [DH]
[View] Round 13 [04 May 08] W 57-16 v Wigan. [DH]
[View] Round 14 [17 May 08] W 28-10 v Les Catalans (H). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [25 May 08] W 16-8 v Hull FC (A). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [06 Jun 08] W 52-10 v Hull KR (H). [DH]
[View] Round 17 [13 Jun 08] W 58-20 v Bradford (H). [DH]
[View] Round 18 [20 Jun 08] W 26-12 v Leeds (A). [DH]
[View] Round 19 [29 Jun 08] W 46-16 v Huddersfield (H). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 20 [05 Jul 08] W 54-0 v Harlequins (A). [DH]
[View] Round 21 [11 Jul 08] W 68-12 v Castleford (H). [DH]
[View] Round 22 [18 Jul 08] W 46-12 v Wigan (A). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 23 [03 Aug 08] W 42-10 v Wakefield (A). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 24 [09 Aug 08] W 17-16 v Warrington (H). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 25 [17 Aug 08] W 32-16 v Harlequins (A). [DH]
[View] Round 26 [24 Aug 08] W 40-22 v Huddersfield (A). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 27 [05 Sep 08] D 16-16 v Wigan (H). [DH]
[View] Finals Week 2 [19 Sep 08] W 38-10 v Leeds (H). [DH]
[View] Grand Final [04 Oct 08] L 16-24 v Leeds. [DH]
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2007 World Club Challenge
St Helens
1 games; [View] WCC [23 Feb 07] W 18-14 v Broncos (H). [BE]
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2007 engage English Super League
St Helens
29 games; 4 tries, 16 points.
[View] Round 1 [09 Feb 07] L 6-14 v Harlequins (H). [DH]
[View] Round 2 [18 Feb 07] L 22-29 v Wakefield (A). [DH]
[View] Round 3 [04 Feb 07] W 18-10 v Huddersfield (A). [DH]
[View] Round 4 [02 Mar 07] W 34-22 v Bradford (H). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [09 Mar 07] W 48-12 v Warrington (A). [DH]
[View] Round 6 [17 Mar 07] L 12-24 v Hull FC (A). [DH]
[View] Round 7 [23 Mar 07] W 42-14 v Hull KR (H). [DH]
[View] Round 8 [06 Apr 07] W 32-14 v Wigan (A). [DH]
[View] Round 9 [09 Apr 07] W 48-4 v Salford City (H). [DH]
[View] Round 10 [13 Apr 07] W 53-10 v Catalans (H). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 11 [21 Apr 07] L 19-38 v Leeds (A). [DH]
[View] Round 12 [29 Apr 07] W 44-6 v Harlequins (A). [DH]
[View] Round 13 [05 May 07] W 34-18 v Wigan. [DH]
[View] Round 14 [18 May 07] W 34-14 v Wakefield (H). [DH]
[View] Round 15 [28 May 07] W 40-12 v Warrington (A). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [01 Jun 07] W 27-26 v Salford City (H). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 17 [17 Jun 07] W 40-0 v Hull KR (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 18 [30 Jun 07] W 54-4 v Huddersfield (H). [DH]
[View] Round 19 [06 Jul 07] L 10-22 v Leeds (H). [DH]
[View] Round 20 [13 Jul 07] L 4-10 v Bradford (A). [DH]
[View] Round 21 [20 Jul 07] W 19-12 v Wigan (H). [DH]
[View] Round 22 [03 Aug 07] W 31-20 v Hull FC (H). [DH]
[View] Round 23 [11 Aug 07] L 0-21 v Les Catalans (A). [DH]
[View] Round 24 [17 Aug 07] W 32-20 v Salford City (A). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 25 [31 Aug 07] W 32-10 v Harlequins (H). [DH]
[View] Round 26 [07 Sep 07] W 36-16 v Warrington (H). [DH]
[View] Round 27 [14 Sep 07] L 12-20 v Wigan (A). [DH]
[View] Finals Week 2 [28 Sep 07] W 10-8 v Leeds (H). [DH]
[View] Grand Final [13 Oct 07] L 6-33 v Leeds. [DH]
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2006 International Test Matches
Great Britain Lions
1 games; [View] XXXX Test [27 Jun 06] W 46-14 v New Zealand (H). [DH]
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2006 engage English Super League
St Helens
29 games; 6 tries, 24 points.
[View] Round 1 [11 Feb 06] W 40-16 v Harlequins (A). [DH]
[View] Round 2 [17 Feb 06] W 44-8 v Castleford (H). [DH]
[View] Round 3 [24 Feb 06] W 13-4 v Leeds (H). [DH]
[View] Round 4 [03 Mar 06] W 18-10 v Warrington (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 5 [12 Mar 06] W 18-16 v Huddersfield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 6 [17 Mar 06] W 38-16 v Bulls (H). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 7 [24 Mar 06] W 46-0 v Hull (A). [DH]
[View] Round 8 [07 Apr 06] W 16-6 v Harlequins (H). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [14 Apr 06] W 48-10 v Wigan (H). [BE]
[View] Round 10 [17 Apr 06] W 34-20 v Les Catalans (A). [DH]
[View] Round 11 [21 Apr 06] W 12-10 v Salford City (A). [DH]
[View] Round 12 [28 Apr 06] W 34-8 v Wakefield (H). [DH]
[View] Round 13 [06 May 06] L 16-19 v Huddersfield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 14 [12 May 06] W 34-22 v Warrington (H). [DH]
[View] Round 15 [27 May 06] W 28-14 v Wigan (A). [DH]
[View] Round 16 [08 Jun 06] L 26-27 v Hull FC (H). [DH]
[View] Round 17 [16 Jun 06] L 18-20 v Bradford (A). [DH]
[View] Round 18 [24 Jun 06] W 28-6 v Salford City (H). [DH]
[View] Round 19 [02 Jul 06] W 52-36 v Wakefield (A). [DH]
[View] Round 20 [07 Jul 06] W 52-26 v Les Catalans (H). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 21 [14 Jul 06] W 30-24 v Harlequins (H). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 22 [22 Jul 06] W 18-14 v Leeds (A). [DH]
[View] Round 23 [04 Aug 06] W 56-8 v Huddersfield (H). [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 24 [13 Aug 06] W 72-4 v Castleford (A). [DH]
[View] Round 26 [01 Sep 06] W 34-12 v Wakefield (H). [DH]
[View] Round 27 [09 Sep 06] W 54-18 v Leeds (H). [DH]
[View] Round 28 [17 Sep 06] W 38-30 v Warrington (A). [DH]
[View] Finals Week Two [29 Sep 06] W 12-8 v Hull FC (H). [DH]
[View] Grand Final [14 Oct 06] W 26-4 v Hull FC. [DH] 4 Pts; 1t
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2005 Tri-Nations Test Series
Great Britain Lions
4 games; [View] Tri-Nations Match 3 [29 Oct 05] L 26-42 v New Zealand (H). [BE]
[View] Tri-Nations Match 4 [05 Nov 05] L 6-20 v Australia (H). [BE]
[View] Tri-Nations Match 5 [12 Nov 05] W 38-12 v New Zealand (H). [BE]
[View] Tri-Nations Match 6 [19 Nov 05] L 14-26 v Australia (H). [BE]
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2005 English Super League
St Helens
30 games; 12 tries, 48 points.
[View] Round 1 [11 Feb 05] W 40-18 v Widnes (H). [BE]
[View] Round 2 [18 Feb 05] L 18-30 v Rhinos (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 3 [25 Feb 05] W 34-24 v Huddersfield (H). [BE]
[View] Round 4 [04 Mar 05] W 18-16 v Warrington (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 5 [11 Mar 05] W 46-12 v Salford (H). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 6 [19 Mar 05] W 64-16 v Wildcats (H). [BE] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 7 [25 Mar 05] L 20-22 v Wigan (A). [BE] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 8 [28 Mar 05] W 34-27 v Bulls (H). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [08 Apr 05] W 60-16 v Leigh (H). [BE]
[View] Round 10 [16 Apr 05] W 30-20 v London (A). [BE]
[View] Round 11 [24 Apr 05] W 36-22 v Huddersfield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 12 [29 Apr 05] W 31-30 v Warrington (H). [BE]
[View] Round 13 [13 May 05] L 6-44 v Hull (A). [BE]
[View] Round 14 [21 May 05] W 29-22 v Widnes (A). [BE]
[View] Round 15 [27 May 05] W 38-24 v Rhinos (H). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [05 Jun 05] W 66-4 v Bulls (A). [BE]
[View] Round 17 [10 Jun 05] W 33-22 v Salford (A). [BE]
[View] Round 18 [17 Jun 05] D 28-28 v London (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [03 Jul 05] W 38-26 v Wildcats (A). [BE]
[View] Round 20 [08 Jul 05] W 18-10 v Hull (H). [BE]
[View] Round 21 [15 Jul 05] W 40-18 v Wigan (H). [BE]
[View] Round 22 [22 Jul 05] W 27-20 v Leigh (A). [BE]
[View] Round 23 [05 Aug 05] W 30-10 v Warrington (A). [BE]
[View] Round 24 [12 Aug 05] W 60-4 v Wildcats (H). [BE]
[View] Round 25 [20 Aug 05] W 50-4 v London (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 26 [04 Sep 05] W 78-4 v Leigh (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 27 [09 Sep 05] W 38-12 v Wigan (A). [BE] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 28 [17 Sep 05] L 18-32 v Bulls (H). [BE]
[View] Qualifying Semi-Final [30 Sep 05] L 16-19 v Rhinos (H). [BE]
[View] Final Eliminator [07 Oct 05] L 18-23 v Bulls (H). [BE]
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