Fri 9th Apr: CC3: York City Knights v Wigan Warriors KO 19:45 (The Sportsman)

[dkw]

1 minute ago, Jim Prendle said:

Tony Rea is a great summariser. How can he not get a job with Sky instead of the usual muppets?

 

1 minute ago, JohnM said:

Good to hear George Riley's dulcet tone again.  

Agree over Rea. Is he UK based now? 

Agree with both these, George Riley is very good, just describes what's happening without daft clichés or catchphrases. And again Tony Rea injects good understanding of what's happening. Both much better than the Sky lot.

[Futtocks]

Harry Smith scores, on the end of a long sequence of passes.

[andyscoot]

Bit of backyard rugby from Wigan there. Zak's forgot his kicking boots. 0/2

[Spidey]

What on earth was Washbrook doing then 

[RBKnight]

Really pleased with this York start - making Wigan work very hard....

[Man of Kent]

Was that Havard with the flick pass? Great ball.

[Futtocks]

Good to see a be-mulleted Nikau in a York shirt.

[Futtocks]

Sam Halsall gets Wigan's third try.

[andyscoot]

Hopefully not a sign that the floodgates are going to open. 2 quick tries and that looked easy.

 

York made a really good account for themselves in the first half.

[RBKnight]

Saying that, Wigan eat up a York error (offside) and Wigan score again.

[Futtocks]

York are putting up a good fight, but fitness levels may tell later on. The hosts have worked very hard to limit Wigan's scoring.

[Man of Kent]

Saw the ‘watching now’ tally get up to around 22.5k. Pretty good. 

[Rob Nash]

Pleased with York's performance. Nikau is the spitting image of his dad. Looks a promising player.

I will say though I'm struggling to understand the praise being lavished on this stadium. It's ugly. Yeah I understand the community side of it but honestly Doncaster and Leigh have done the same with better stadiums. 

[Jim Prendle]

16 minutes ago, dkw said:

 

Agree with both these, George Riley is very good, just describes what's happening without daft clichés or catchphrases. And again Tony Rea injects good understanding of what's happening. Both much better than the Sky lot.

He is exactly what a summariser should be. Knowledgable, well-spoken and gives a coaches insight of what is actually happening.

Apart from Wells, I find it uncomfortable watching RL on Sky these days.

[JohnM]

Ref very keen and doing a good job, in my view. 

[Davo5]

Enjoyed that half,gutsy effort from York,stadium looks great,would have been some atmosphere with a big crowd in.

[Steven Grason]

Had to tune in to Rea's voice at first but I now think he is a very good co-commentator. He reads the games very well and always find the right words to sum up the moment

[dkw]

7 minutes ago, Jim Prendle said:

He is exactly what a summariser should be. Knowledgable, well-spoken and gives a coaches insight of what is actually happening.

Apart from Wells, I find it uncomfortable watching RL on Sky these days.

Wells is the only decent one as all he wants to do is discuss rugby, the others are more intent on shouting their catchphrase louder than the other ones catchphrase.

[Futtocks]

Hanley was all round, over and under that catch, but never on it.

[Futtocks]

Great dummy and break from Hastings, feeding Hanley (who probably needs a confidence boost) for the try.

[Just Browny]

Try for Jordi Cruyff.

[Davo5]

That’s class from Hastings 

[RigbyLuger]

Can't stand Riley, must be in a minority of one. Game on mute.

[andyscoot]

Beauty of a dummy from Hastings.

[The 4 of Us]

14 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

Hanley was all round, over and under that catch, but never on it.

Poor sod. Imagine being the son of one of the best ever players. Reckon I would’ve chosen a career as a pig farmer instead of attempting to follow that act!