24 Aug: Coral Challenge Cup Final: St Helens v Warrington Wolves KO 3pm (BBC)

[Futtocks]

 

[Davo5]

Bottled it again,well done Warrington great effort 1-17

[Rupert Prince]

1 minute ago, Bleep1673 said:

it was a good game, but I think Stains were robbed of the first try

No way.  If that was a try i am a banana. 

[moorside roughyed]

Well done Warrington, deserved victory. Some sore heads in Warrington tomorrow, enjoy the moment. Congratulations. 

[Bleep1673]

I used to go to Warrington on the 10 Selnec bus, and it cost me 10p the same as the 26 to Leigh, and the 32 to Wigan. I miss being up north sometimes

[Guest]

Warrington learn to win without Austin when it matters. 

[GeordieSaint]

Well done Warrington. Thoroughly deserved. Gutted. Battered us after 20mins. The Knowles no-try no excuse. We were beaten by the better team.

[Bleep1673]

Just now, Rupert Prince said:

No way.  If that was a try i am a banana. 

Bananananananananananananana, when do you join the Minions?

[fieldofclothofgold]

Saints need to dig deep to pick themselves up now 

[Man of Kent]

Feel slightly cheated as a neutral. Warrington were superb but I’m stunned by how bad Saints were today. Hideously bad.

[Essai Machine]

If only Bernard was there to present the cup , ah well ...

[jannerboyuk]

Well done warrington, well deserved and very enjoyable game.

[glossop saint]

Well done Wire. After the first 20 mins they have been by far the better team. They have had a plan and done it really well.

I don't think that Saints believed any of their own hype as some have suggested. But I think that they did want it too much, probably because of the monkey of underperforming in big games on their back. They made too many errors which in this heat is really compounded, especially in the second half. Pressure builds even more for the play offs, can they change the mentality to cope??

[Denton Rovers RLFC]

Just now, glossop saint said:

We get told constantly about the good old days when neutral supporters from clubs all across the North used to have their big day out in London. Many people have suggested schemes encouraging spectators to buy tickets well well in advance of the later rounds of the cup. So yes, neutral supporters do play a part in selling out Wembley.

Someone on here said there was half neutrals BITD, that was complete and utter B ollocks! If you are a heartland club and aren't taking at least 30.000 home fans then there's something wrong! Many neutrals went last year simply because it was Catalans, I wasn't interested in going this time around.

It was an excellent game and Warrington thoroughly deserved to win, I'm happy for their fans.

[Gates1]

40 minutes ago, Cheshire Setter said:

How on earth does Steve Price make a side look so rubbish yet make 3 finals and win 1.

Stranger things happen.  How on earth did  Lochlan Coote make Greg Eden look like a safe pair of hands?

[ELBOWSEYE]

4 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

Not surprised, if you're spelling his surname like that.

Quite a bit has passed my lips but top bloke.

[Wildcat]

Jamie Peacock - St Helens to win by 30.

 

Snigger.

[JohnM]

The forum's Jeremiahs have 365 days and 22 hours a year to have a go at attendances, venues, Sky, the BBC,  the game, the refs, the RFL and more. Wouldn't it be great if they could spare us all that for just two hours a year?

[M j M]

Congratulations to the Wire. Always great to see an underdog come up with the goods. And I had a small wager on them, the odds in a final when we know heavy favourites often struggle were just too good to ignore.

I hope Saints win the Grand Final though, it's a real challenge to bounce back from a Wembley defeat but it will prove they are a champion team and dispel the choker tag.

[Denton Rovers RLFC]

1 minute ago, Man of Kent said:

Feel slightly cheated as a neutral. Warrington were superb but I’m stunned by how bad Saints were today. Hideously bad.

Saints were put under pressure by Warrington's great play, Saints were very likely expecting to score a few at least n the first half but they didn't, that's what causes errors.

And now Saints coach talking about 12 points swing due to officials errors. I didn't really see the no try in slow mo from a clear angle, was it a try or not?

[Old Frightful]

Wasn't too bothered about who won but after the way the Wire fans on here were so magnanimous when we beat them three years ago, I'm absolutely delighted for them today.

Commiserations to the Saints' lot,  I'm sure you'll have a big say in the end of season run in.

Until you get beat by Wigan in the GF that is...

[Essai Machine]

Johnny Vegas , Johnny Vegas , your boys took one hell of a beating !

[Denton Rovers RLFC]

10 minutes ago, Cheshire Setter said:

Is Daryl Clark the finest athlete ever in any sport?   He’s just done that having put in massive defensive stint at hooker, scored a try, set up another and picked up a couple of trophies at the same time.

No, but he's one of the very elite at this moment in time.

[Bleep1673]

What was the attendance, and will people moan like they did last year, and then will the RFL ask for a £500,000 bail for next year like they did for Catalans, Toronto & Toulouse to guarantee a full house

[ELBOWSEYE]

Man of kent, lioner,munksey so how did that pan out.