Thu 23 Sept: Wigan Warriors v Leeds Rhinos KO 19:45 (TV)

[Futtocks]

Absolutely no idea who's going to win this.

[graveyard johnny]

does the loser go out?

[sentoffagain2]

1 minute ago, graveyard johnny said:

does the loser go out?

   Yes  

[Man of Kent]

Hottest ticket in town!

[Cheshire Setter]

12 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

Hottest ticket in town!

 

[andyscoot]

This is dreadful

[graveyard johnny]

1 minute ago, andyscoot said:

This is dreadful

is it that bad? why?

[andyscoot]

Just now, graveyard johnny said:

is it that bad? why?

It's a boring, low skill game

[dkw]

O'connor praising defences just basically ignores that both attacks are abysmal, some terrible last tackle plays.

[Barry Badrinath]

5 minutes ago, Saint 1 said:

Think the rules around challenging for a kick are awfully reffed in Super League. I want Leeds to win tonight there but Isa only had eyes for the ball and there was no attempt to tackle. You can't prevent all contact if you want there to be any contest for kicks at all

Yeah there was nothing wrong with isa there, it was just unfortunate 

[JohnM]

1 minute ago, Barry Badrinath said:

Yeah there was nothing wrong with isa there, it was just unfortunate 

Yes indeed. Some you win, some you lose.

[Northern Eel]

I might even sack this one off. It's in no way a classic, other than if we are looking for fine examples of turgid, mistake-ridden, atmosphere-less tussles. 

[Cheshire Setter]

For God's sake, just somebody please at least drop a goal or something 

[corvusxiii]

2 minutes ago, JohnM said:

Yes indeed. Some you win, some you lose.

Or the ref just gets it right.

[DavidM]

1 minute ago, Cheshire Setter said:

For God's sake, just somebody please at least drop a goal or something 

Cant see the other team coming back from that 

[Leeds Wire]

This is so, so poor. O’Connor still trying to polish the ###### though.

Call it for what it is, man. Awful.

[Man of Kent]

Erm, well. Yes! That was some rugby. 

[JohnM]

6 minutes ago, corvusxiii said:

Or the ref just gets it right.

Indeed. They generally do. But not all the time. When they do get it wrong, you just have to live with it.

[Futtocks]

I have the BBC Five Live SE radio commentary and it sounds like everyone's scared to try anything risky.

[dkw]

That was hard to watch, only seeing hardaker get smashed raised it to a 1 out if 10 half.

[Jim Prendle]

1 minute ago, dkw said:

That was hard to watch, only seeing hardaker get smashed raised it to a 1 out if 10 half.

And that was a shoulder charge.

[DavidM]

There’s a total disconnect between the commentary and the game i’m watching . 

[Leeds Wire]

2 minutes ago, Saint 1 said:

This is a real tough watch. Don't know why I'm going to put myself through the second half. 

It’s strangely gripping. It’s a case of who will be the worst of the two rather than who is the best.

I’m going for 1-0 to Wigan.

 

 

[Futtocks]

James Simpson, the captain of the Leeds Wheelchair RL team being interviewed at half time. Apparently, everyone on the squad finished that final with an injury.

[Man of Kent]

2 minutes ago, Leeds Wire said:

This is so, so poor. O’Connor still trying to polish the ###### though.

Call it for what it is, man. Awful.

An Aussie NRL commentator more secure about the sport would’ve said it was a stinker of a half. We feel the need to insult the viewer’s intelligence by resorting to describing rudimentary defence as exciting.