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Sat 24th Feb: WCC: Wigan Warriors v Penrith Panthers KO 8pm (Sky/BBC/SuperLeague+)

John Drake

By John Drake
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Who will win?  

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  1. 1. Who will win?

    • Wigan Warriors by 13 points or more
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    • Wigan Warriors by 7 to 12 points
      4
    • Wigan Warriors by 1 to 6 points
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    • Penrith Panthers by 1 to 6 points
      4
    • Penrith Panthers by 7 to 12 points
      7
    • Penrith Panthers by 13 points or more
      10

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Dunbar
Dunbar

43 tackles by Brad O'Neil and a wonderful performance from a young hooker.

Dave T
Dave T

Just had "the chat" with my wife who questioned if this watching matches three nights on the bounce would be a regular thing.  I explained sometimes it may be 4 nights. 

George Watt
George Watt

Well I am a Penrith fan and really enjoyed the match. We did not take our chances and Wigan were stoic in defence and deserved their win in the end. My opinion on the 2 controversial try decisions is

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Maximus Decimus

Maximus Decimus

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6 minutes ago, Roy Haggerty said:

Look, I think that there were some hard decisions which went against Penrith consistently tonight: the Wardle try, the last minute try, the forward pass try, the ball steal, a couple of ‘knock ons’ at the ptb etc. But that’s why home advantage matters: crowds don’t shout for their own team’s forward passes.

 

If Penrith are honest though, they’ll need to look to themselves. They dominated territory, and looked stronger throughout, but they couldn’t do anything with it. Butchered two certain tries with an easy drop and then trying to outrun Field instead of passing to support. And the kicking game to get repeat sets was non-existent. 
 

They could and should have won even with the unfavourable decisions. The fact they didn’t is on them, really  

 

As Bevan French himself said, Penrith controlled pretty much the whole game.

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Gomersall

Gomersall

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Just now, MattSantos said:

A message to everyone from Peacock there. Great clubs are humble, great people are. People on here could take note. 

Kiss. 

I’ll have you know I’m more Humble than Kate.

JohnM

JohnM

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Just now, Copa said:

James Graham on kayo saying the only really 100% wrong call was the strip.

How many games has he refereed?

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graveyard johnny

graveyard johnny

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Nathan Cleary still having selfies and signing stuff way after the hooter- what a class act

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gingerjon

gingerjon

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8 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

If it carrys on the way it is doing now and the underarm rules come in, you won't be watching Rugby League as we know it, it will be some kind of plastic sanitised version, hand on heart ginger one what is the better rules to watch what we have witnessed in the last two weeks or this tonight?

It’s all rugby league to me.

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JohnM

JohnM

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Just now, graveyard johnny said:

Nathan Cleary still having selfies and signing stuff way after the hooter- what a class act

Yes, certainly broke the stereotype.  

Bernard Manning lives! Welcome to be New RFL, the sport's answer to the Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club.
 
Futtocks

Futtocks

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2 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

Nathan Cleary still having selfies and signing stuff way after the hooter- what a class act

There's an interview with him in the Grauniad where he and hid dad come across really well: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/feb/23/nathan-cleary-interview-penrith-panthers-rugby-league-world-club-challenge 

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Futtocks

Futtocks

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6 minutes ago, MattSantos said:

We're here to enjoy it though? 

Nutter.

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JohnM

JohnM

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7 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:

Because they are a talking point ona discussion forum. Were not all here to blow smoke up Wigans backside

"By ye words, all will know ye."

Of course it's a discussion forum, hence me expressing my evidence-based opinion.  Might be better if the haters just said they didn't like Wigan and didn't want them to win, then leave us to celebrate the victory.

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Dunbar

Dunbar

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I am beyond impressed how much heart Wigan showed tonight.  To keep this Penrith outfit to 12 points with the field position they had is absolutely incredible. 

"The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby.

"If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn't value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?" — Sam Harris

Bedford Roughyed

Bedford Roughyed

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5 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

There's an interview with him in the Grauniad where he and hid dad come across really well: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/feb/23/nathan-cleary-interview-penrith-panthers-rugby-league-world-club-challenge 

Hard not to like him.

With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on!

Chrispmartha

Chrispmartha

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3 minutes ago, JohnM said:

"By ye words, all will know ye."

Of course it's a discussion forum, hence me expressing my evidence-based opinion.  Might be better if the haters just said they didn't like Wigan and didn't want them to win, then leave us to celebrate the victory.

Who’s stopping you celebrating? You’re choosing to come on here.

I don’t hate Wigan, I wanted Penrith to win but not really that bothered either way.

OriginalMrC

OriginalMrC

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What a game and what a performance from Wigan. A real rear guard action. World class performance from Harry Smith but Bevan French, Liam Marshall, Kaide Ellis and Jai Field all superb. 

EssexRL

EssexRL

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Saturday night in London. My one year old grandson’s birthday. Watched the game with family (some of whom watched the RU international). Everyone loved the game. Skill, physicality, tension. 

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StandOffHalf

StandOffHalf

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32 minutes ago, JohnM said:

That's not the story of tonight, sadly.

True. The story is that of the Wigan-haters grasping at straws, trying to outdo each other in trying to find reasons why Wigan should not have won.

I was hoping for Wigan.

Viewers don't have to grasp at straws. Some of the calls tonight turned my stomach. I very nearly turned off when the strip penalty was incorrectly given.

I have to stress that Wigan played well and made it an absorbing game.

 

Futtocks

Futtocks

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1 minute ago, Maximus Decimus said:

I was surprised it went up as a try. There was defo a chance the ball touched the line, however I would say the Penrith example was more likely a try.

I agree. At most, it should have been sent upstairs as a "no try". But, by the laws of historical averages, the *ahem* messy end of the stick swaps ends once in a while.

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