Sat 17 Jul: Challenge Cup Final: Castleford Tigers v St Helens KO 15:00 (BBC TV)

[GeordieSaint]

18 hours ago, bobbruce said:

8 from 8

Lucky omen for this tomorrow… 8 from 8 too!  

Maybe next year for JB…

[Oxford]

4 hours ago, Just Browny said:

7 out of 8. First few are tough.

Yeah me too. And the one I got wrong was a toss up between that & the right one.

I said I'd support Cas but Billy Burgess keeps poppimg into my head and I opt for Saints then the GF pops into my head and I start all over again.

[Oxford]

Just now, Oxford said:

Yeah me too. And the one I got wrong was a toss up between that & the right one.

I said I'd support Cas but Billy Burgess keeps poppimg into my head and I opt for Saints then the GF pops into my head and I start all over again.

Cas score Booooooo!

Saints score Boooooo!

Yeah that might work.

[Futtocks]

 

[Gates1]

Looking forward to this.  Travelling down tommorow.  Night round London after to celebrate/commiserate.

I think the later is more likely, bookies have Saints +10, seems about right to me.

I think if Saints play at their best they win.  Cas need to play at their best and hope Saints arent quite on point to be in with a shout.

 

[THE RED ROOSTER]

Castleford for me , they have the best coach and judging by the sides put out have been gearing up for this final to define their season. Play as they did against Warrington and they will win.

St Helens the most consistent side in Super League but, in many ways reflective of the state of super league, not the side they once were a decade ago.

[Futtocks]

 

[WakefieldCityLoyal]

Forgot this match was on this weekend.  I recon cas they’ve been resting players for weeks and seem to be totally focussing on this match, coupled with  not been overly impressed with what I’ve seen of Saints this season.

[fieldofclothofgold]

Well I'm looking forward to it and I haven't a preference ,just want a good game .Hope it's a safe occasion for all who attend 

[George Watt]

Saw my first CC final back in 1950 and have not missed either watching on TV or being at Wembley since.

Forecast is for a warm to hot afternoon and looking forward to a good game.

Saints to win.

 

[JonM]

Seems like I'm going to have a spare ticket.

[Rupert Prince]

1 hour ago, George Watt said:

Saw my first CC final back in 1950 and have not missed either watching on TV or being at Wembley since.

Forecast is for a warm to hot afternoon and looking forward to a good game.

Saints to win.

 

Well done.

[Bleep1673]

What a garbage weekend Challenge Cup Final v Time Trial @TdF v British GP qualifying v British Open Golf. The RFL could not have chosen a worst weekend to stage the finals. IMO.

Apart from last Sunday. But Wembley was booked, for a wedding or something. 

Should have left it at end of August. BH weekend, end of School holiDasy

[Gerrumonside ref]

Hopefully a Saints win and a cracking game for everyone to enjoy.

[Futtocks]

 

[Futtocks]

27 degrees centigrade here in North London. We might see some fatigue and cramp this afternoon.

[Futtocks]

John Wilkin just called Paasi "Agnes".

[DavidM]

3 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

27 degrees centigrade here in North London. We might see some fatigue and cramp this afternoon.

Just among us here typing away 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

The world cup looks bloody lovely in that sun. I do love that chicken they stuck back on top of it. 

[Rupert Prince]

4 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

27 degrees centigrade here in North London. We might see some fatigue and cramp this afternoon.

Yes, but in the good olden golden days of the Final in May we often had hot days!  Not 1968 obviously.

But then again no one had invented Global Warming or this Climate Change business back then !!

1966 I confess was a bad year, with as well as H.Wilson giving the Cup and A.Murphy fiddling the rules, my dad had his wallet picked.

BTW, with such low gate, there cannot be many touts about can there?

[soulboy]

They’ll be no touts at the game , because they can’t make any money from it .

[northamptoncougar]

Where’s the actual crowd? I thought there were 45k in today, was that a myth?

[Padge]

5 minutes ago, northamptoncougar said:

Where’s the actual crowd? I thought there were 45k in today, was that a myth?

 A lot still on concourse. 

 

[Oxford]

York & Fev set this up nicely.

I have thoughts on the Regan Grace bit but I don't want to spoil this day for any fans involved.

Looking forward to this game, very much.

Boooo!    Boooo!  that's the warm up done and dusted.

[shrewsbury roughyed]

Powell and Woolf are great coaches but you wouldn’t see either of them modelling shirts in the Grattan catalogue.