Thurs 21st July : SL : Leeds Rhinos v Wigan Warriors KO : 20:00 SKY

[Man of Kent]

After you, Claude

[Mark S]

Cup final for Leeds, just another game for Wigan.

[andyscoot]

That Wigan defence was like the red sea.

[DavidM]

Wow what a week Cameron Smith is having

[Davo5]

We’ll thatjust about sums up Wigan’s first half,abysmal.

[andyscoot]

Wigan don't look at the races. Looked like every pass was needing an awkward catch.

[Guest]

Worst I have seen us play for a while.

[Scubby]

Just now, Davo5 said:

We’ll thatjust about sums up Wigan’s first half,abysmal.

Horrible. Sam Powell is struggling to throw a pass from dummy half. All over the place.

[Man of Kent]

We neutrals could do with an early second half Wigan try. They can’t be as bad as that.

[Dunbar]

Well that was a really weird half of rugby.

Leeds massively struggled with go forward in the middle compared to Wigan getting down field with relative ease.

But the scoreboard says it is all about taking advantage of field position. 

[FearTheVee]

Didn’t see this coming! Lots of errors but great fun.

[Harry Stottle]

11 minutes ago, andyscoot said:

That Wigan defence was like the red sea.

And Willie Isa is like Moses.

[Tommygilf]

What an excellent half of Rugby League Football, exactly how I thought it would go!

[M j M]

42 minutes ago, DavidM said:

Sorry for being dense but is there a reason for that or just the way the fixtures are

 

[Davo5]

Really good effort from Leeds but the same faults that keep costing Wigan are repeated,unforced errors,lack of grunt up the middle,no attacking threat from dummy half & the worst centre combinations in the comp.Christ Hull must be awful.

[Ullman]

Ash Handley might have got caught but that interception changed the course of the game. It killed the momentum Wigan were building.

[Davo5]

2 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

And Willie Isa is like Moses.

Yeah he has feet like tablets of stone.

[Scubby]

2 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

And Willie Isa is like Moses.

No interest from Isa

[Harry Stottle]

Oh and there was a revelation on or about 25 minutes, all the Rhinos fans shouted "Forward Pass" now I wasn't sure they actually knew there was such a rule, I am positive over the years I have witnessed multiple examples of this misdemeanor happening at Headingley but it has been treated with stoney silence

[DavidM]

7 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

And Willie Isa is like Moses.

He looks nowt like Charlton Heston

[Ullman]

Just now, Davo5 said:

Really good effort from Leeds but the same faults that keep costing Wigan are repeated,unforced errors,lack of grunt up the middle,no attacking threat from dummy half & the worst centre combinations in the comp.Christ Hull must be awful.

Leeds might be missing several of their best players but their team tonight has a far greater physical presence than the team Hull could cobble together last week. Makes a big difference if you can stand up to your opponents physically. 

Looks to me like Wigan were expecting to win without working for it. Often happens the week after a walkover victory.

[Davo5]

2 minutes ago, DavidM said:

He looks nowt like Charlton Heston

More Elsie than El Cid though.

[Scubby]

Wigan need a big 10-15 minutes here.

[GUBRATS]

10 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

And Willie Isa is like Moses.

Maybe if his inside second rower actually didn't keep tackling dummy runners 

[GUBRATS]

I hope Peet has explained to Pearce Paul that you don't try to tackle round the ankles on your own line