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Only thing keeping the score down now is that Wigan are taking the mick.

Hopefully, Adrian Lam is about to deliver the kind of half time team talk that not even Ryan Hall would disapprove of. Otherwise, this is done.

I resemble that remark ...

Disappointing from Leigh so far and a bit of an anti climax after all the build up. Wigan finding it all a bit too easy. Hoping for a bit more drama in the next 60 minutes.

Rugby league in Norway is under the effective control of the Norwegian Rugby Union. Hence the issue.

There's 'radio' coverage of the final on the BBC sport website and the app.

Some defence from KR that. They’ll need the extra day’s rest to recover.

THE VIDEO REF HAS THE CHANCE TO DO THE FUNNIEST THING

No, but it’s how a neutral might weigh up what they’ve seen

"Just like we worked it out on the training field ..."

Thanks for that. Annoyingly helpful.

Regardless of how it happened, KR up by 10 at the break feels a fair reflection of how the teams are performing.

Possibly but we need sharper and brighter pictures - other sports manage it but our tech hasn’t developed in 20 years.

We need better cameras.

It was. Very well handled.

The ref was in a better position than any camera. But …

Indeed. Could be something, could be nothing - but it would have to be *credible* for a suspension to occur.

Examiner Live story: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/robert-hicks-one-two-rfl-30070409

It also has the intangible - especially when it turns out to be true - of creating a feeling that this is an event, and that has an impact on how supporters behave and the match atmosphere.

That's fair. I tend to exclude the top 8 when thinking about formats because it was so, so bad.

I think we can overthink the format side of things and could also accept that, actually, a lot of this is down to the momentum of a mostly fun season that had plenty of talking points, and that the quality of the matches - and the atmosphere people have either been in or seen - is making them games that people don't want to miss out on.

But it's the key bit here because, otherwise, some of those who are happy with specific Catalans measures would have to explain why clubs who have never participated in Super League, and so have never been part of any of the value Sky get from showing it, should receive millions (over the years) through Super League's TV deal. And, of course, they should get that funding. But ...

I had forgotten the rather strong opinions that Rochdale FC folk who remember the time have about Cannon. Short version: RL dodged a bullet.

Cannon was Chairman of Rochdale football in the 1980s. EDIT And googling around that tells me that Bobby Ball was on the board at Hornets for a year between 1985-1986.

Then, as per the reasoning behind it, those fourteen teams need to justify their presence by being able to run a full time squad and a trip to France. If they can't then there's a competition better suited to them.