FearTheVee

Boo hoo.

Much less clear cut You can't actually believe that. Hohaia was actually stood on the try line when he was tackled without the ball! And even all the Oz commentators in that game were saying "that has to be a penalty try".

The foul happened when he made contact with the head. By that time Yaha had already been shifted off course by earlier contact that wasn't itself a foul. That said, I was expecting a PT to be given at the ground.

Even you realise that this is nonsense. The 40k at wembley was at a time when you needed a vaccine passport to attend amidst a pandemic. How does the 40k compare to other years when you've needed to take those steps to attend Wembley? The 45k at OT was about where I expected it to be with Catalans in the final and covid still playing a part in people's decision making. We haven't filled OT for a long while and we were never going to at the weekend. The one thing I will agree with is that more needs to be done to sell tickets earlier for these events but at the end of the day the people complaining about the crowd tend to be those RL die-hards who watched on TV. Those of us at the game enjoyed a great atmosphere and a great match.

I get your point here but better to have them separated for all sorts of reasons IMO, including cost for fans and clubs.

Every one of the post match interviews brought a smile to my face. Loved watching it - what a credit to the sport these girls are. Fantastic stuff.

Genuine question - do readers “all over France” relate to a “Catalans” team? I only ask because readers all over Spain wouldn’t relate to one based in Barcelona for example. Is there the same vibe in France or are they viewed as 100% a French team? it’s just so wonderful to see such a well run club performing so well, with Toulouse smashing not too. Great days.

We’ll see my man, we’ll see. Amazing how we can be back to back champions and cup holders given our choking isn’t it. im sure we beat a team called Leeds on the way to winning the cup. As we will next week.

Put it this way - I'm very pleased to be playing Leeds and not Wire next week.

Jonny Lomax?! The MOS award gets less meaningful every year. Sam Tomkins for me.

Slowing down with age but the speed and quality of his distribution , together with his ridiculously effective defence, mean he's still a high quality player. When you're used to watching Roby at 9 some of the other hookers seem to move in slow motion getting the ball away from the PTB. What a player he's been - labelled as nothing but an impact scooter in his early years, matured into a magnificent all round hooker.

I dunno, they managed it twice last time out with half a team and playing with 12 for 20 minutes so I can see them causing some real problems. If the returning guys are match fit (big if) Leeds will cause Wigan problems.

I think Leeds will have too much in the pack and with ball in hand. I think they'll get the 3/4 tries that will probably see them win the game.

I got it spot on thanks - Challenge Cup games are still games of rugby that can contribute to fatigue. They don't just magically disappear because your team got knocked out.

I hear this a lot from Wigan fans. You’ve played the same games as Cas and what, two more than Saints? You’d think Wigan were playing every other day the way people talk.