Sat 5th Oct: SL SF: Wigan Warriors v Leigh Leopards KO 17:30 (Sky/BBC)

[tiffers]

Wigan just look like they are a team that switch right on for occasions like this. They are pretty clinical with playing out their territorial game plan.

Grinds you down and Leigh just aren't able to  build any field position to counter at the mo. Leigh need to score early or this is over. 

[Gerrumonside ref]

Leigh need to score next and hope for a piece of indiscipline from Wigan that might level the odds in the second half.

It was though an object lesson in turning errors into points straight away by the home side.

If Leigh are feeling the effects of fatigue then nothing will empty their tanks quicker than facing a big deficit on the scoreboard. 

[sentoffagain2]

2 minutes ago, tiffers said:

Wigan just look like they are a team that switch right on for occasions like this. They are pretty clinical with playing out their territorial game plan.

Grinds you down and Leigh just aren't able to  build any field position to counter at the mo. Leigh need to score early or this is over. 

 It was over after Wigans second try.

[Agbrigg]

4 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

I hope Beaumont hasn't wasted any money getting a pie baked this week.

He must be lying low, the cameras would have picked him out by now

[Rubecula]

There’s a lack of intensity. A game too far for Leigh who have been playing catch up for weeks now.  Too many penalties and soft defence from them. Wigan still in first gear.

[tiffers]

3 minutes ago, sentoffagain2 said:

 It was over after Wigans second try.

Not if Leigh had made the man overlap count... Miski made a half decent job of it minus the speed.

[bratman]

Flipping heck, error on first tackle

[Futtocks]

Oof, that was a big gap, even for Walters.

[Chrispmartha]

Terrible defending there

[Agbrigg]

Game well and truly over now

[Futtocks]

That rated half a smile on the Peet-o-meter.

[N2022]

11 minutes ago, Agbrigg said:

He must be lying low, the cameras would have picked him out by now

How can you lie low in a leopard-skin suit? 

[Futtocks]

Just now, N2022 said:

How can you lie low in a leopard-skin suit? 

Leopards (and indeed Jaguars) manage it.

[bratman]

Very disappointing from Leigh, this could go from bad to worse quickly

[tiffers]

Does this help KR or Wigan most?

A week off and not getting out of 1st gear in your semi is not ideal prep. But then you are pretty fresh. 

[M j M]

Christ have we not evolved past the time when supposedly professional commentators joke about how they can't pronounce a player's name?

[M j M]

Just now, M j M said:

Christ have we not evolved past the time when supposedly professional commentators joke about how they can't pronounce a player's name?

*BBC coverage

[Futtocks]

2 minutes ago, M j M said:

Christ have we not evolved past the time when supposedly professional commentators joke about how they can't pronounce a player's name?

To be fair, the name in question is an intimidating four whole letters long.

Not something simple and straightforward like Nawaqanitawase. 

[Just Browny]

2 minutes ago, M j M said:

*BBC coverage

It seemed odd that Robbie Hunter-Paul explained how to pronounce it properly and he was like 'nah not doing that'.

[Futtocks]

Just now, Just Browny said:

It seemed odd that Robbie Hunter-Paul explained how to pronounce it properly and he was like 'nah not doing that'.

Followed by a mention of Martin O'Fire in the stands. No relation to Martin Offy-ah.

[StandOffHalf]

Dwyer has speeded things up, but no breakthrough.

I thought that penalty was harsh on the Wigan defence.

[bratman]

Pretty blatant steal

[bratman]

Leigh missing Charnley, think he could have been in there

[dkw]

That's ridiculous. 

[Futtocks]

Bevan French does that Bevan French thing.... AGAIN!!!