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

[GeordieSaint]

Game. Set. Match… Boom!!!  

[Cheshire Setter]

Just now, Dave T said:

Well done Saints, they've done what they need to, but jeez this is uninspiring stuff. 

Not that they care I'm sure. 

Poor end but the game has been much better than I expected. 

[Spidey]

Just now, DavidM said:

In these instances to give the try the ref must have seen it on the ground so he should just give it . 

If he’s seen it on the floor he wouldn’t have needed to send it to video ref

[graveyard johnny]

cas cant come back when saints are nailing them with union style penalty kicks - stifles the play has it has done for the last 15 mins 

[Dave T]

Just now, Cheshire Setter said:

Poor end but the game has been much better than I expected. 

I mean Saints' performance. Hard graft, but nothing memorable in the actual Rugby stakes. 

[DavidM]

Just now, Spidey said:

If he’s seen it on the floor he wouldn’t have needed to send it to video ref

Well he gave a try 

[Bleep1673]

Video relay check on every try, can't the referee keep up with play? Doesn't he have the confidence to award the try?

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

Makinson has been brilliant taking those short drop outs.

[Cheshire Setter]

Just now, Dave T said:

I mean Saints' performance. Hard graft, but nothing memorable in the actual Rugby stakes. 

Yeah, that’s why I’m quite excited about Powell for next year.

[Cheshire Setter]

Just now, Wollo Wollo Wayoo said:

Makinson has been brilliant taking those short drop outs.

He’s pretty good at getting hold of what drops out of shorts, too….

[Futtocks]

Evalds MotM, but the cup goes to St Helens.

[Cheshire Setter]

1 minute ago, Bleep1673 said:

Video relay check on every try, can't the referee keep up with play? Doesn't he have the confidence to award the try?

Ask Saints fans and Robert Hicks about that

[DavidM]

That must have been totally sapping 

[Bedford Roughyed]

Great game.  Well done all.  

[graveyard johnny]

saints played kick n clap for the last quarter - ruined the final as it denied cas any chance to play rugby league in that period

[Waynebennettswinger]

Heads up Cas, you’ve done the town proud.

Evalds outstanding.

Like the Grand Final, perhaps not the greatest quality, but great intensity in the heat.

Well done Saints

[Oxford]

I love that it means so much to our players.

I hate it when they say the wait is over for a side that last won it only 13 years ago.

Great match!

[Dave T]

Fair play to every player - that must have absolutely battered them in that heat. 

[moorside roughyed]

Well done saints, best team on the day. What did strike me during this game is what supreme athletes we have in our sport, I applaud them all. To play in such difficult conditions with the heat to play at this tempo is absolutely amazing. We are lucky to have them. What a game. 

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

2 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

saints played kick n clap for the last quarter - ruined the final as it denied cas any chance to play rugby league in that period

I think the needle has stuck mate.  Move on.

[Phil]

Saints best team on the day, more big match experience saw them through

[DavidM]

Incredible endurance as much as anything else , then add the quality of entertainment on top and it really is a rare achievement in sport 

[Roy Haggerty]

Roby said it all then. The heat made it impossible to maintain the speed and ferocity of the 1st half. 
 

The 2nd half not a classic for neutrals, but I can tell you for a partisan, that was heart-pumping till the last 10 minutes. 

[JohnM]

Great advert for the sport. [mode:gritted teeth] well done Saints. Better team won [/reset]  Well done Cas for making a game of it but just did not have enough of it when it mattered. Certainly nothing to complain about regarding the officiating decisions. Spot on in my view.

[ShropshireBull]

For 60 that was fantastic. Feels like the end of an era for this Saints team.  

Might be a few years before they are back now with turnover. 

Cas were a credit to the first post pandemic final. I note that Wigan are getting close to a decade without a challenge cup trophy. 5 different winners in last decade, 2 in this one.