Fri 27 Nov: SL Grand Final: Wigan Warriors v St Helens KO 8pm (Sky)

[DoubleD]

Bentley was the immense, best player on the pitch. Come on leaps and bounds this season

[Gerrumonside ref]

Wigan are shell-shocked

[Wiltshire Rhino]

Rugby League delivers more than any other sport!  

[RayCee]

4 minutes ago, 7723 said:

Silly decision to go for the penalty goal from Wigan. Should have kicked to touch and played for the drop goal.

Agreed, but like all those decisions, if it comes off a stroke of genius. 

[Nate90]

I'm absolutely gutted. What a way to lose. Rugby League is an absolute emotional rollercoaster. Sometimes it is about those great moments that we celebrate but there are also plenty of sickeners. Amazing defence by both sides

[snapski]

Thought Kendall had a great game. Let everything go that he could and let both teams play. 

[dkw]

1 minute ago, DoubleD said:

Bentley was the immense, best player on the pitch. Come on leaps and bounds this season

Hes a machine, plays like a young Bateman.

[GeordieSaint]

Just now, DoubleD said:

Bentley was the immense, best player on the pitch. Come on leaps and bounds this season

This... utterly fantastic performance.

Absolutely over the moon! I thought we’d win... but in an incredible close game. Two fantastic sides. Two fantastic defensive performances. Breathtaking finish. Unbelievable finish. 

Immense game. Immense sport. Very proud Saints fan tonight.

[Padge]

Adrian Lam is totally gutted.

[Jim Prendle]

Just now, snapski said:

Thanks.

After such a fantastic game, it really does you no credit to start spewing out your usual Pro-Cas garbage.

Why don't you just close your laptop and go to bed, and do us all a favour.

[Hughsehhh]

Gutted. Fair play to saints tho. Humdinger of a game

[DavidM]

Just now, Padge said:

Adrian Lam is totally gutted.

Yeh he didn’t really need that interview

[Man of Kent]

Can’t remember such a tearful reaction. From both sides.

[dkw]

3 minutes ago, Dave T said:

We have had two world class finals. Maybe we should stop criticising our comp and bigging up other sports and the NRL and celebrating what we have and fill the grounds. 

Well put, we have an amazing sport that we seem to spend as much time bagging as praising. That's as incredible a game as you will ever seen in any sport tonight.

[ATLANTISMAN]

If anyone said to me prior to the restart of SL that a grand final played in an empty stadium could bring so much commitment and drama I would have said your mad.

To ALL the players officials and everyone involved all I can say is WELL DONE THAT WAS SPORT AT ITS HIGHEST AND MOST PASSIONATE

 

Paul

[Rupert Prince]

Far easier to lose by 20.  Pretty rotten to lose by a fluke.  Of course, it still might have gone to golden point.  And Wigan could have gone to touch for a drop goal.

[Chrispmartha]

4 minutes ago, Dave T said:

We have had two world class finals. Maybe we should stop criticising our comp and bigging up other sports and the NRL and celebrating what we have and fill the grounds. 

This 100% the sport has done itself proud throughout this season IMO and some supporters have done nothing but moan.

This was an outstanding game and a game some fans  said didn’t mean anything and its all been a farce!

[Padge]

Is Coote p!$$£d already.

[Rupert Prince]

5 minutes ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

Wigan are shell-shocked

Would you be?   A real fluke, but thats what happens when a ball bounces... off a poor drop goal.  And millimetres on/off side and millimetres to dead in goal !

[HKR AWAY DAYS]

I don't know how to put that into words without swearing.

 That is Rugby League!

[andyscoot]

RL is certainly the winner. I expect this will end up on people's radars that otherwise don't even realise the sport exists because of how it played out.

[Guest]

Watched the drop goal again and I can’t believe how slow French was. Completely oblivious to any attacking players. Hopefully that spells the end for Lam as well. He just doesn’t know how to win big matches.

[Just Browny]

Hang on a sec, hear me out.

Was it actually a drop goal anyway? I think it bounces and then goes over the crossbar before Welsby puts it down.

[Padge]

Congratulations to Hull for putting on such a great show.

[northamptoncougar]

When you think about it Saints won with their starting props doing minimal minutes