This Week in Saints - with packman Paul Forber grabbing two tries

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THIS week in Saints saw the men in the red vee clock up some big scores and pull off a Good Friday win at Wigan in front of nearly 35,000 fans.

25 Years Ago. 16 April 2000. Saints 52 Halifax 20.

Tommy Martyn and Keiron Cunningham scored twice, with other tries coming from Paul Wellens, Kevin Iro, Sean Long, Steve Hall and Apollo Perelini. 30 Years Ago. 17 April 1995.



Saints 54 Widnes 22. Alan Hunte scored a hat-trick, with braces from Bobbie Goulding and Sonny Nickle and tries from Steve Prescott, Vila Matautia, Mark Elia and Tommy Martyn. 40 Years Ago.

17 April 1985. Saints 68 Hunslet 7. There were hat-tricks for Barry Ledger and Andy Platt, a brace for Paul Forber and tries from Phil Veivers, Roy Haggerty, Paul Round, Gary Ainsworth and 10 goals from Sean Day.

50 Years Ago. 15 April 1975. Saints 36 Dewsbury 14.

David Hull and Roy Mathias grabbed two tries each with Les Jones, Jeff Heaton, John Mantle and George Nicholls also crossing. Kel Coslett kicked six goals. 55 Years Ago.

18 April 1970. Saints 36 Warrington 8. Saints progressed past the Championship Round 2 with braces for Les Jones, Frank Myler and Frank Wilson plus further sores from Billy Benyon and John Walsh.

70 Years Ago. 16 April 1965. Wigan 8 Saints 16.

34,796 packed into Central Park to see Saints take the Good Friday spoils with tries from Alex Murphy and Len Killeen, with the latter kicking four goals. Mervyn Hicks also kicked a goal..