That's a pity, I was looking forward to seeing Amos running round him.St Helens will be without full-back Paul Wellens for a month with a torn quad muscle.
The England international went off with what was thought to be a recurrence of a "dead leg" in last Friday's 28-18 win over Warrington but scans have revealed a tear in his quad.
It is a major blow for Saints ahead of Sunday's trip to third-placed Huddersfield and the busy Easter programme which features matches against Wigan and Castleford.
With Wellens' natural understudy Jonny Lomax also sidelined through injury, coach Mick Potter is likely to switch Matt Gidley from the centre, although he also has the option of moving Kyle Eastmond from scrum half.
WELLENS OUT FOR A MONTH
WELLENS OUT FOR A MONTH
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weststand-rich
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I was just going to post on this - you beat me to it Geoff.
You get the feeling with Saints this year, that they've just kept hold of their main players just that bit too long and they're past their best.
Roll on Good Friday!!!
You get the feeling with Saints this year, that they've just kept hold of their main players just that bit too long and they're past their best.
Roll on Good Friday!!!
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Lets be realistic, any replacemenbt that is even half decent will be far quicker than Wellens. He can read a play well to be under a kick, but quick he ain't.
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"BANG,CRASH,WALLOP, TRY". E. Hemmings describing Palea'asina's try against KR, Play off 26/09/09
"BANG,CRASH,WALLOP, TRY". E. Hemmings describing Palea'asina's try against KR, Play off 26/09/09
Re: WELLENS OUT FOR A MONTH
Very true with a good licking game its really easy to expose Wellens by making him turn. Any replacement will be quicker at dealing with it, although I don't particularly think our long kicking game has been anything special this year.
Gareth Thomas before his first game: "You wanna spend 10 mins getting smashed up by these guys..Big dudes here.."
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Incidentally I meant kicking game rather than licking game. I have no idea what the players get upto in their own time and quite frankly its none of my business 
Gareth Thomas before his first game: "You wanna spend 10 mins getting smashed up by these guys..Big dudes here.."
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Poor Paul.
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Re: WELLENS OUT FOR A MONTH
Haha nice one!ancientnloyal wrote:Poor Paul.
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I would play Wellens at Loose Forward, defensively he is still strong, he has a good set of hands and is still a clever player, albeit slowing down somewhat.mickw wrote:granted he`s not the quickest but he`s a big loss for them,his legs have gone but he`s got a good brain on him and great positional sense i hope he`s missing next week.
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weststand-rich
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Did he ever have legs in the first place?? :eh:mickw wrote:granted he`s not the quickest but he`s a big loss for them,his legs have gone but he`s got a good brain on him and great positional sense i hope he`s missing next week.