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Hello and welcome to the first utility superleague play-off | :00:40. | :00:45. | |
semifinals. 2016 has seen a notable change of fortunes for some of the | :00:46. | :00:49. | |
teams in the sport's top tiers with many ups and downs over the past | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
eight months. What is guaranteed, however, is a different name being | :00:54. | :00:56. | |
engraved on each piece of silverware on offer this year. | :00:57. | :01:40. | |
It's the second year of the super eights, the top eight teams play | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
once more with teams one to four playing off in the semifinals for a | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
place in next Saturday's Old Trafford grand final. The bottom | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
four teams were joined by the top four finishes in the championship to | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
form the qualifiers. They've all started on zero points | :01:58. | :02:01. | |
with the first three teams being guaranteed superleague status for | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
next season. The final superleague spot for 2017 will be decided on | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
Saturday afternoon when Hull KR play Salford in the Million Pound Game. | :02:10. | :02:13. | |
For many it will be a life-changing match and we will have highlights | :02:14. | :02:21. | |
and reaction tomorrow on BBC Two. Joining us here at the DW stadium, | :02:22. | :02:31. | |
Jonathan and David. How do you look at the season? The consistency of | :02:32. | :02:37. | |
Warrington, the Challenge Cup final was a great game. A showpiece event | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
for the game. But for me again it's the demise of Leeds and | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
Huddersfield, how they've fallen from grace so dramatically in the | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
space of 12 months. What have you made of the overall quality? | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
Probably not been the best season in that respect. But we have seen | :02:57. | :02:59. | |
exciting games through the season. Probably not as many as we are used | :03:00. | :03:06. | |
to. It might be or might not be an issue, Leeds and Huddersfield | :03:07. | :03:10. | |
falling from grace. Wigan and Saints down there and Warrington in there | :03:11. | :03:13. | |
as Jonathan says, I think that we had a lot of exciting things through | :03:14. | :03:18. | |
the year, probably the challenge cup was awesome, the games we offered. A | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
lack of consistency, sometimes you will have great games and defensive | :03:24. | :03:31. | |
games. Then again you will see a poor defence but Solomona you have | :03:32. | :03:34. | |
to give him a mention, a fantastic achievement. It show what is | :03:35. | :03:38. | |
Castleford could do on their day. What do you think has been at the | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
root of Leeds' problem this year? It's difficult to put your finger on | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
it. It just can't be the timing of three key players. As a club of that | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
standing and quality of their playing squad, they should have | :03:54. | :03:56. | |
planned that in a progression to say this is what is happening, these are | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
retiring, these boys are coming through. Yes, maybe finishing lower, | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
not winning the treble or superleague, but to fall so far | :04:07. | :04:10. | |
down, I still can't get my head around it. I can't. Huddersfield are | :04:11. | :04:19. | |
they fortunate to be relegated? The league table and the way they played | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
got them out of that mix. What we saw through the year reinforcing | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
some points you made there is that every team that's had injuries, the | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
team that's coped better and the size and quality of the squad mean | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
they're either at the top or bottom of the pile. You go into the | :04:38. | :04:46. | |
play-offs and you go we will be OK and all of a sudden, now it's a big | :04:47. | :04:53. | |
play-off. The play-off semifinals kicked on Thursday with Warrington | :04:54. | :05:07. | |
taking on St Helens. I want to win, I want that trophy! # I want that | :05:08. | :05:09. | |
trophy. That's what they will be playing for | :05:10. | :05:39. | |
in just over seven days at Old Trafford. Here they come. History | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
suggests St Helens are favourites. Recent form points to a Warrington | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
win. But this is too close a call to make. A committed prediction at this | :05:51. | :05:57. | |
stage, however it plays out, there is a real sense of occasion here | :05:58. | :06:03. | |
tonight. Warrington welcome back the hugely | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
influential Kirk Kidly into the half. | :06:09. | :06:22. | |
That's a pass that took a touch. So it's a zero tackle. | :06:23. | :06:59. | |
So they got the advantage play here. The free play. Can't make anything | :07:00. | :07:03. | |
of that. Welcome repeat set for Warrington | :07:04. | :07:11. | |
and another set to go because they had the penalty. | :07:12. | :07:16. | |
Do they go for goal here, Jonathan? Or continue the attack? Well, I | :07:17. | :07:20. | |
would go for goal. You got to build your score sometimes. These games | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
are very, very close. That's the decision they have taken. Young | :07:27. | :07:30. | |
Declan Patton with the responsibility of trying to give his | :07:31. | :07:33. | |
side the first points of the night. His kicking this year, 22 attempts, | :07:34. | :07:39. | |
he has an 86% success rate. So, he has a cool head for big occasions. | :07:40. | :07:48. | |
And very good level of accuracy. He found that accuracy this time, he | :07:49. | :07:52. | |
has. First points of the night with 20 minutes played. Warrington lead | :07:53. | :07:53. | |
2-0. This is the last. Walsh with a kick. | :07:54. | :08:16. | |
Ratchford comes across. It's back into the hands of Percival. A big | :08:17. | :08:22. | |
set of six now for Warrington. I think it's the first set St Helens | :08:23. | :08:29. | |
have started within sight of the Warrington line. Here comes the | :08:30. | :08:42. | |
urgent run from Walmsley. The penalty given away. Two points says | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
the coach. There is the penalty. You can sense | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
the nervousness. St Helens creep into the 20-metre area of | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
Warrington. Kickable for Walsh. He will take his | :08:59. | :09:05. | |
time again. It's not a big run-up but it's all square again at two | :09:06. | :09:08. | |
points each. Patton with a dummy trying to get | :09:09. | :09:18. | |
through. Good reaction from Greenwood. | :09:19. | :09:26. | |
Gidley has lost it. St Helens have it back. I think the referee will go | :09:27. | :09:34. | |
again with... Oh he has given Warrington. Decided there it was | :09:35. | :09:41. | |
Walmsley knocked it on. That's a good call. Hits it with the right | :09:42. | :09:47. | |
hand. It is Warrington's head and feet, ten metres out. | :09:48. | :09:53. | |
A big moment in the game here. 30 minutes played. Neither tryline | :09:54. | :09:57. | |
breached yet but as good a chance Warrington have had so far from this | :09:58. | :10:03. | |
position. Westerman. Clarke. Taken on again by | :10:04. | :10:11. | |
Sims. It's Clarke. Patton looks for the runners! From | :10:12. | :10:18. | |
behind them all came Gidley to find a way through. There is is a | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
question about whether he was shepherded through. Was there an | :10:23. | :10:29. | |
obstruction? Yeah, just watch. Ball comes out. Misses the first player. | :10:30. | :10:40. | |
That's a great dummy run. Now Walmsley has to step in. He could | :10:41. | :10:44. | |
have given it to either player really. This is the block maybe. | :10:45. | :10:49. | |
Does he run a shepherd? I don't think he does. Both men make a | :10:50. | :10:55. | |
tackle. A try. They're looking at the ground. It | :10:56. | :10:59. | |
gives you the sense of the what the individual yes referee is thinking. | :11:00. | :11:02. | |
Is he short? Well, he is short. Does the ball carry on? | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
Well, here we go. A try given. | :11:08. | :11:15. | |
This place gets a little louder. Gidley first try of the night with | :11:16. | :11:20. | |
30 minutes played. Warrington have a 6-2 advantage. Is there a question | :11:21. | :11:26. | |
on the grounding there? He was short and... A try has been given. | :11:27. | :11:33. | |
Declan Patton to extend this lead to the magical number of six. A try and | :11:34. | :11:37. | |
a goal separates Warrington and St Helens. | :11:38. | :11:51. | |
The referee says dominant. I think that was an understatement. Bang. | :11:52. | :11:59. | |
Stay down. St Helens looking left again. Turner. Good ball away. Smith | :12:00. | :12:05. | |
down this left side. Swift. Back on the inside. That's a wonderfully | :12:06. | :12:11. | |
crafted try for Lomax to finish. That was a thing of beauty in terms | :12:12. | :12:16. | |
of speed and execution. St Helens get their first try of the | :12:17. | :12:20. | |
night. It's one to celebrate and remember. This is typical St Helens. | :12:21. | :12:27. | |
Under pressure, Turner goes in. Takes it across the field but gets | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
his hands free. Swift is away. Inside pass. Lomaax is there again. | :12:33. | :12:40. | |
And just goes. Just watch. Nothing on. Turner goes in. This is crucial. | :12:41. | :12:47. | |
Gets on the outside of the centre, sucks the winger in, Swift is away. | :12:48. | :12:51. | |
The covering defender doesn't get to him. It commits the fullback and | :12:52. | :12:55. | |
then the fullback goes. Brilliant comeback! | :12:56. | :13:08. | |
I think the coach enjoyed that. They're staying in the game, that's | :13:09. | :13:14. | |
what they're capable of doing. En Luke Walsh with a kick to make it | :13:15. | :13:17. | |
all square. What a first half we have seen here. | :13:18. | :13:26. | |
So Ratchford with a big kick down field. St Helens, all things being | :13:27. | :13:31. | |
equal, will finish the half with ball in hand. Have they an appetite | :13:32. | :13:38. | |
to get something else here? What is also typical of St Helens is how | :13:39. | :13:42. | |
they score back-to-back tries sometimes. Roby is in the hunt. | :13:43. | :13:52. | |
Walsh up there quickly. Here comes Walmsley. Dragged down. Two tackles | :13:53. | :13:58. | |
to go. It's a penalty. There are no doubts, are they, what they're going | :13:59. | :14:05. | |
to do here? I wonder how costly that moment might be from George King as | :14:06. | :14:09. | |
the hooter sounds in the background. The penalty goal is going to be the | :14:10. | :14:15. | |
last act of this first half. These are anxious moments. I think she | :14:16. | :14:20. | |
knows, we all know, how important these two points might be. Luke | :14:21. | :14:27. | |
Walsh to give St Helens the last word in a pulsating first half. The | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
Saints lead, unlikely as it is, by 10-8. | :14:33. | :14:36. | |
Clarke. A head down and drive by King. | :14:37. | :14:42. | |
George King. Clarke is in there again. | :14:43. | :14:51. | |
Gidley. Here is Toby King. Ball has gone to ground. Referee has a | :14:52. | :14:55. | |
decision to make. Decides not to make it, says play on. | :14:56. | :14:58. | |
He had the whistle in his mouth momentarily. | :14:59. | :15:06. | |
Evans takes it on. Here is the 6th. Put high by Gidley. It's going to | :15:07. | :15:14. | |
fall into no-man's-land. Gidley a stumble and a dive! Evans. But I | :15:15. | :15:18. | |
don't think there was any downward pressure on that. Brilliant defence | :15:19. | :15:32. | |
again. What a hit, Lomax. Great hit. That's a high tackle. Warrington | :15:33. | :15:37. | |
penalty. Five metres from the halfway line. They can find touch | :15:38. | :15:42. | |
and some distance here. So pressure might be about to be | :15:43. | :15:47. | |
mounted here on this St Helens line. That's a big kick. 25 metres away. | :15:48. | :15:52. | |
Warrington's wave of attack starts here. | :15:53. | :15:57. | |
The question is where does it finish? | :15:58. | :16:02. | |
Ratchford with a dummy. He is going nowhere. Eight minutes of the second | :16:03. | :16:07. | |
half played. King steps back, Toby King. | :16:08. | :16:15. | |
12 away. Now it's Clarke. Here is Gidley. Support from Patton. The | :16:16. | :16:21. | |
ball is squeezed to Russell. He had to wait. He goes back towards the | :16:22. | :16:31. | |
middle. Russell held up. Three more tackles to go in this set. Ratchford | :16:32. | :16:37. | |
to the middle. Across to goes. There is an opportunity here. A reach for | :16:38. | :16:41. | |
the line by Clarke. He is just held up short. Great defence, had to go. | :16:42. | :16:46. | |
Evans. Oh, it's another penalty. Interference of the play. Definitely | :16:47. | :16:50. | |
foot in there. That was an opportunity. They created three on | :16:51. | :16:55. | |
two and didn't execute it properly. Clarke went for the line and didn't | :16:56. | :16:58. | |
get there. Here is a moment in the match. A repeat set for Warrington. | :16:59. | :17:04. | |
10 metres out. It is prime position. What do they | :17:05. | :17:09. | |
make of it? Clarke waits at dummy half. Skips it to the left side. An | :17:10. | :17:22. | |
urge again. But Patton is held up. Ratchford at dummy half. Hill tries | :17:23. | :17:26. | |
to push his big framed body over the line. St Helens hanging on. Clarke | :17:27. | :17:30. | |
goes to the right side. They're missing men out here to create a | :17:31. | :17:37. | |
gap. Lineham has the offload to Evans. Evans runs into a brick wall. | :17:38. | :17:41. | |
What a hit. They try again. Two tackles to go. | :17:42. | :17:50. | |
Give it. The passing is good. But Patton can't keep it alive. | :17:51. | :18:03. | |
Ratchford finds a way over! Really sharp work from Stefan Ratchford on | :18:04. | :18:09. | |
his 150th appearance. His 99th try. It gives Warrington a lead. The pace | :18:10. | :18:17. | |
of Ratchford gets over. Won't be happy with the defending. He spots | :18:18. | :18:24. | |
it and just goes. Patton will take all the time in the world before | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
slotting it over. 14 points now for Warrington. 10 for St Helens. The | :18:29. | :18:34. | |
pendulum swings again but it isn't stopping here. | :18:35. | :18:38. | |
The old routine comes to pass again here. So many times down the years | :18:39. | :18:43. | |
Warrington have had a winning lead here against St Helens, only for | :18:44. | :18:48. | |
Saints to steal it at the last. Is this the night Warrington hang on? | :18:49. | :18:53. | |
Well, they've hung on here. Forcing the error, Toby King wins it back | :18:54. | :19:01. | |
for his side. Penalty. Offside. Double whammy. | :19:02. | :19:09. | |
Warrington fans are enjoying the moment. | :19:10. | :19:16. | |
The kick has gone to touch. Here come Warrington. | :19:17. | :19:21. | |
A try here might be conclusive. Although there are still 17 minutes | :19:22. | :19:26. | |
left to play. Against Saints. This is Sims. He has had a big game, Sims | :19:27. | :19:34. | |
and Hill have played extremely well. Clarke goes right. It's going | :19:35. | :19:39. | |
further right. Ratchford out to the corner. Tom Lineham dives in again! | :19:40. | :19:48. | |
His two tries last week helped his side lift the League leaders shield. | :19:49. | :19:52. | |
Has that try booked a ticket to the grand final? It's a massive try, | :19:53. | :19:59. | |
whatever. There is the mistake. King gets the ball. Penalty. Field | :20:00. | :20:07. | |
position. Again it's this man again, the money ball, Ratchford. What a | :20:08. | :20:14. | |
pass. He had to come in and create that little bit of genius. Patton | :20:15. | :20:20. | |
will consider this needs kicking. It's a two-score lead they have at | :20:21. | :20:24. | |
the moment. An element of comfort, but another two wouldn't go amiss. | :20:25. | :20:32. | |
Oh, no, it's not over. It's short. 18-10 and because of that just | :20:33. | :20:36. | |
Warrington are in the driving seat. Just held on to it. Saints fans | :20:37. | :20:41. | |
won't be happy with that. There is barely time to fashion a miracle. If | :20:42. | :20:46. | |
anyone can do it, it's usually the St Helens lot. Walsh. Lomax. For a | :20:47. | :20:55. | |
corner. Owen steps back in. There is just a forest of defenders. He can't | :20:56. | :20:59. | |
cut a way through. Greenwood. He will have a go. Yeah, the pass was | :21:00. | :21:05. | |
too slow. He had to go back in that direction. Less than two minutes. A | :21:06. | :21:13. | |
little go from dummy half. Has he got in? Oh, no. No try. He thinks he | :21:14. | :21:26. | |
scored. Again it's a big decision by the referee. It has to be absolute | :21:27. | :21:32. | |
evidence. The video referee has to see that ball being touched down. | :21:33. | :21:37. | |
You can't see that, can you? No. The referee was as close as anyone. | :21:38. | :21:43. | |
Have a look at this. Have a look at this! | :21:44. | :21:50. | |
Is this compelling? Oh, that... You can see the white line. And you can | :21:51. | :21:55. | |
see the ball. It's a good effort by Peyroux from | :21:56. | :22:03. | |
dummy half. The ball is on the line there. I | :22:04. | :22:07. | |
think you got to give it. A massive decision. This is the last hope for | :22:08. | :22:13. | |
St Helens or Warrington are going to Old Trafford. It is no try. A rueful | :22:14. | :22:21. | |
shake of the head. Peyroux feels he has been robbed of a try. Warrington | :22:22. | :22:25. | |
know they're on the way to the grand final. I think that the referee has | :22:26. | :22:31. | |
no try on field was so influential. If he had said try I am sure he | :22:32. | :22:40. | |
would have given it. They'll just keep slogging away until the hooter | :22:41. | :22:46. | |
sounds. Those seconds will be going at a quick rate by St Helens point | :22:47. | :22:54. | |
of view. We are now into the final 40 seconds. | :22:55. | :23:02. | |
Turner with a kick. That is that. Ratchford concedes the drop out | :23:03. | :23:23. | |
again. That's as good as a full-time hooter for those Warrington fans. | :23:24. | :23:26. | |
Challenge Cup defeat at Wembley a month or so ago. Now they go to Old | :23:27. | :23:30. | |
Trafford for the grand final hoping that it's a different story they can | :23:31. | :23:37. | |
write this time. The kick down field is taken by Turner. Here they go. | :23:38. | :23:43. | |
The hooter will sound next time the ball goes dead. It will go dead with | :23:44. | :23:49. | |
Ratchford's kick. A flurry of celebration. A semifinal won, a | :23:50. | :23:56. | |
bigger job still to do but my word what a performance, what a Cup tie | :23:57. | :24:02. | |
tonight. St Helens took it to the very last this evening but it's | :24:03. | :24:08. | |
Warrington who are through to Old Trafford. Sometimes it's execution | :24:09. | :24:17. | |
or a kicking game or sloppy in defence that has let us down from | :24:18. | :24:21. | |
time to time but not character. They've shown it a whole lot there | :24:22. | :24:25. | |
tonight. Certainly Saints, I thought they were tremendous. They were | :24:26. | :24:28. | |
really good. You know, their character was enormous, as well. The | :24:29. | :24:32. | |
way they defended their try line and denied us a few times. Right on the | :24:33. | :24:39. | |
tryline and, yeah, I thought without each team being at their best it was | :24:40. | :24:42. | |
a gutsy effort from both teams. I haven't got the words to express the | :24:43. | :24:46. | |
pride that I have for this group. There is many teams probably would | :24:47. | :24:50. | |
have gone through what we went on early on and crumbled and not had a | :24:51. | :24:53. | |
good finish to the year and a testament to the players that | :24:54. | :24:57. | |
they've really kicked on and had something in the sights for a long | :24:58. | :25:01. | |
period and it's hard to stay in there and won a fair few games now | :25:02. | :25:05. | |
and no matter how we won them, we won them and that's the biggest | :25:06. | :25:10. | |
thing. Suddenly two in one season in a couple of months. Yeah, the | :25:11. | :25:15. | |
disappointment of the challenge cup and missing the last 20 minutes of | :25:16. | :25:18. | |
that game, having to go off with injury and losing the game, look, | :25:19. | :25:22. | |
it's a tough one to get over that. As a club we have shown again a lot | :25:23. | :25:26. | |
of character to get back on the horse the following week and again | :25:27. | :25:31. | |
tonight. Everyone was talking about Saints' record and we were aware of | :25:32. | :25:35. | |
that. We were aware of it for the previous two games this year t | :25:36. | :25:40. | |
hasn't been great over the number of years. But I thought we done | :25:41. | :25:44. | |
ourselves proud tonight. There is an inevitability these days that the | :25:45. | :25:47. | |
video refereeing decisions come into focus and the try at the end by | :25:48. | :25:52. | |
Peyroux, what was your view of that? I don't watch them. I just, you | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
know, often I joke around that that they should take a coin and toss it | :25:58. | :26:02. | |
and see how it finishes and probably finish out, even by the end of the | :26:03. | :26:07. | |
year hopefully. I think that the disappointing thing about today is | :26:08. | :26:11. | |
that it's come down to the referee decisions again. We have had our | :26:12. | :26:17. | |
fair few stiff calls in the last few weeks. You ride those, they do even | :26:18. | :26:22. | |
out but I don't think - it's probably a blight on the game that | :26:23. | :26:26. | |
today everybody is going to talk about decisions and video decisions | :26:27. | :26:30. | |
and not going to video referees for tries and not looking at certain | :26:31. | :26:36. | |
aspects for their tries and ruling Don's try out. We have a lot of | :26:37. | :26:40. | |
tough calls today. We wouldn't have minded a few of them ourselves and | :26:41. | :26:43. | |
be in a different position, that's the sport, you can't take anything | :26:44. | :26:47. | |
away from what Warrington have done. They had a good dig and have been | :26:48. | :26:51. | |
brilliant the last two weeks, you wish them all the best but lots of | :26:52. | :26:55. | |
what ifs in there if we had our calls. | :26:56. | :26:58. | |
Well certainly not happy after that match. Did he have a point, | :26:59. | :27:02. | |
Jonathan? Throughout the season it even it is self out, for me the best | :27:03. | :27:08. | |
side won. They should have won by more to be honest. There was that | :27:09. | :27:15. | |
kind of element of doubt. They were always worried about St Helens, they | :27:16. | :27:21. | |
totally dominated. Sims, Hill and Clarke were superb and two pieces of | :27:22. | :27:26. | |
magic by Ratchford and won the outcome of the game. For me the best | :27:27. | :27:30. | |
side won. Is it a pity that video referees is what we are talking | :27:31. | :27:34. | |
about afterwards? Well, I think we have changed the system twice now. | :27:35. | :27:38. | |
We are still getting a little bit of confusion. Ciaran will be upset, he | :27:39. | :27:46. | |
will reflect on that and both teams will look at what they could have | :27:47. | :27:50. | |
done better. They were debatable the tries but they always are. When you | :27:51. | :27:53. | |
slow something down and look at these things in the light of day | :27:54. | :27:58. | |
there might be 10,000 people in the stadium tonight and 5,000 opinions | :27:59. | :28:03. | |
one way and 5,000 the other. Take criticism away from the referee, we | :28:04. | :28:07. | |
had a heated debate earlier in the pie shed as we call it about what | :28:08. | :28:10. | |
they should and shouldn't do. I think the system is right. The video | :28:11. | :28:14. | |
referee needs to be more clinical if he thinks he has evidence. The St | :28:15. | :28:19. | |
Helens try f the referee said I think it's a try on the field, the | :28:20. | :28:23. | |
video referee would have given it. That's a debate that could run and | :28:24. | :28:27. | |
run. Sadly, we don't have time to go all the way on it. Earlier this week | :28:28. | :28:32. | |
the 2016 dream team was announced. Here it is. | :28:33. | :28:36. | |
Five superleague clubs are represented this year with Hull FC | :28:37. | :28:39. | |
six players and four from Warrington dominating the selection. There are | :28:40. | :28:49. | |
nine debuts in the side. The winners of this year's Challenge Cup and | :28:50. | :28:55. | |
league leaders shield make up the four. | :28:56. | :28:59. | |
In the back division both wingers are debutants. | :29:00. | :29:16. | |
So is that a correct dream team for you? Yes, I think it is. I don't | :29:17. | :29:23. | |
think there is any massive ommissions. I think that for me that | :29:24. | :29:28. | |
is a fair reflection of the season. Have you seen two teams dominate | :29:29. | :29:31. | |
quite so much with Hull and Warrington there? It's unusual. I | :29:32. | :29:36. | |
think they're the best two teams, the Challenge Cup finalists, they'll | :29:37. | :29:39. | |
be talked about and deserve to be in the team. That's right. If it was | :29:40. | :29:43. | |
Wigan and Saints they would dominate the side. Looking to this game, | :29:44. | :29:50. | |
Wigan without a lot of big names. But they've been like that all year, | :29:51. | :29:53. | |
do you think they can cope with that tonight? I think they play to a | :29:54. | :29:58. | |
structure where whoever they put in they step into that structure. | :29:59. | :30:06. | |
Tonight is all about Hull, if they can find their mojo they have an | :30:07. | :30:09. | |
opportunity of going to the grand final. After the Challenge Cup | :30:10. | :30:15. | |
they've dropped their energy and they've lost that belief they had | :30:16. | :30:19. | |
throughout the season. For me Hull are the better side but have they | :30:20. | :30:20. | |
got enough left in the tank? Ellis is missing, the man is | :30:21. | :30:35. | |
missing. Ellis, he is the heartbeat of that team and het gets them | :30:36. | :30:40. | |
through sticky patches. It is about energy for Hull, for Wigan and their | :30:41. | :30:45. | |
structure I would like to sea Shaun snip the purse strings a bit and | :30:46. | :30:49. | |
offload football. I remember a game when they got down to 12 men and | :30:50. | :30:53. | |
they played brilliant rugby league, which got them over the line. If | :30:54. | :30:56. | |
they can mix their style up I fancy Wigan. Who will face Warrington in | :30:57. | :31:03. | |
next weekend Grand Final? Wigan or Hull? | :31:04. | :31:15. | |
Jonasson. And Wigan are coasting. Fantastic offload. Wigan are right | :31:16. | :31:29. | |
back in the contest. What a game this is. | :31:30. | :31:38. | |
They are 80 minutes from anticipation, or desolation. Hull | :31:39. | :31:42. | |
still on course for a potential double, Wigan desperate to get back | :31:43. | :31:46. | |
to rugby league's top table, but the year is all over, for the losers | :31:47. | :31:51. | |
tonight. Hull have one trophy in the bag | :31:52. | :31:56. | |
already, of course, the Challenge Cup. Wigan desperate to make 2016 | :31:57. | :32:03. | |
memorable for something here. This is the way they have lining up | :32:04. | :32:10. | |
tonight, Wigan missing some of their star names, skipper Shaun O'Loughlin | :32:11. | :32:14. | |
and Sam Tomkins rule out. Their first choice front row, is either | :32:15. | :32:18. | |
injured or suspended. But they still keep winning games. | :32:19. | :32:24. | |
Hull can also play the injury card tonight. Captain and man of steel | :32:25. | :32:30. | |
candidate Gareth Ellis sidelined with a hand injury. Robert Hicks is | :32:31. | :32:39. | |
our referee tonight. Big game atmosphere, big game. Old Trafford | :32:40. | :32:45. | |
and Warrington are waiting the winners. | :32:46. | :32:48. | |
It has been a scrappy start to the game but Wigan won't mind that if | :32:49. | :32:51. | |
they can make something from this position. Two tackles to go. Powell | :32:52. | :32:58. | |
now. Whisks to Smith. Smith and Williams with a little kick that is | :32:59. | :33:05. | |
being chased heard and it's a Hull hand a that puts it dead. Clever | :33:06. | :33:10. | |
play, a little kick. Farrell is in front of the ball there, just get it | :33:11. | :33:15. | |
out to play. So is it has been for the most part | :33:16. | :33:21. | |
Wigan, who are dominant in this hoping six-and-a-half minute, they | :33:22. | :33:25. | |
will have another set to have a go at this no doubt fatiguing Hull | :33:26. | :33:32. | |
defence, that is great Nuuausala, Bateman coming in on the angle. And | :33:33. | :33:38. | |
Wigan start the set again in a very good position. | :33:39. | :33:48. | |
A step by Sarginson. Gelling. Real character Anthony Gelling. | :33:49. | :33:55. | |
It is Williams, Powell out of dummy half rather who puts it back to | :33:56. | :33:58. | |
Smith. Driven in by Crosby. Powell. Waiting again. Worked by | :33:59. | :34:05. | |
Smith, across to Williams. Williams with a pass to Sarginson, who goes | :34:06. | :34:10. | |
wide, to Tierney, who might just have found a way over the line here. | :34:11. | :34:18. | |
He has. No need for a referral. Referee Robert Hicks happy enough | :34:19. | :34:22. | |
that is a try, what a start for Wigan, they make their domination | :34:23. | :34:27. | |
count. Just watch, they create the three on | :34:28. | :34:31. | |
two here, there it is. They are not sure what to do. But that is a very | :34:32. | :34:38. | |
good finish by Tierney. They turn the pressure into points. | :34:39. | :34:48. | |
Very good finish. Smith looking to add the two. Oh my | :34:49. | :34:52. | |
word! That was a horrible kick. I don't know what went on there but | :34:53. | :34:57. | |
that was an absolute horrible kick. Think he has hurt his foot. It is | :34:58. | :35:02. | |
like a golfer failing to get off the teat a the Ryder Cup, wasn't it. | :35:03. | :35:08. | |
Powell. Smith. He is going to go, to Williams and | :35:09. | :35:17. | |
this is Farrell. Hull defending more or less in their own line at moment. | :35:18. | :35:23. | |
Sarginson will probe here with a pass that didn't give Gildart much | :35:24. | :35:27. | |
to work with. I thought Sarginson could have gone on his own, the | :35:28. | :35:30. | |
defence drifted, dummy and gone. Sarginson again. Williams. Putting | :35:31. | :35:35. | |
the kick in, Shaul is after this, had to tidy this up and get out the | :35:36. | :35:40. | |
danger donings he is not going to get there. Enthusiasm for the Wigan | :35:41. | :35:45. | |
defenders. It is a second Hull drop out of the game. A lovely kick by | :35:46. | :35:50. | |
Williams. Shaul gets it. Turns the wrong way, that is where the | :35:51. | :35:55. | |
defenders were, and I think Wigan t plan would be to get the repeat set, | :35:56. | :36:01. | |
keep the intensity up, they have lost their energy levels after the | :36:02. | :36:04. | |
Challenge Cup, and haven't regained them. Wigan will be rye doing that. | :36:05. | :36:13. | |
Nuuausala is providing plenty of punch here tonight, isn't he. | :36:14. | :36:23. | |
Gelling. Cutting back in. Here is Crosby. | :36:24. | :36:28. | |
Again, their position is good here, Wigan. | :36:29. | :36:33. | |
With tackles to play with. William, Farrell, Tierney. Same formula, same | :36:34. | :36:41. | |
outcome, Tierney with his second of the night, and Wigan with less than | :36:42. | :36:45. | |
14 minutes plays are wrestling control of this game early on. | :36:46. | :36:52. | |
This is where he gets caught in the repeat set. Again, down the same | :36:53. | :36:59. | |
side. They just gather numbers there, there is one dummy runner | :37:00. | :37:02. | |
that holes the defence, they won't be happy the Hull defence, one comes | :37:03. | :37:08. | |
up, one stays back, once in, all in, very good play by Wigan. Sir Bradley | :37:09. | :37:16. | |
Wiggins, he appreciates that moment. So Matty Smith, his first attempt | :37:17. | :37:20. | |
from here was pretty disastrous, what about the second? He is getting | :37:21. | :37:28. | |
closer, but it remains 8-0. Again, just watch, the dummy run e | :37:29. | :37:35. | |
one shoots out to the line by Hull. Sam Tomkins's role is one of | :37:36. | :37:40. | |
supporter from the touchline with a foot injury that has ruled him out | :37:41. | :37:43. | |
of Wigan's season and the international season. England, trail | :37:44. | :37:52. | |
and Scotland in the four nations which you can see on the BBC this | :37:53. | :37:59. | |
year, all games live. Caught by Bateman, he injectings pace, and | :38:00. | :38:03. | |
offloads to Smith. Smith goes to his right. Here is Williams not a lot of | :38:04. | :38:07. | |
room in which to work. His intentions are suffocated quickly by | :38:08. | :38:12. | |
the three Hull defenders. Bretherton. | :38:13. | :38:20. | |
Propping it four. Sixth tackle coming up. Shore rocks spins wide. | :38:21. | :38:31. | |
Back to one.ed the vansing player, Bateman almost to the tunnel. To get | :38:32. | :38:38. | |
to that try line, but did he come up and touchdown? Bateman saw the line. | :38:39. | :38:51. | |
He didn't go round or over them, he went under them. Does he lose the | :38:52. | :38:55. | |
ball here? Good finish. That was a terrific | :38:56. | :39:00. | |
finish. Absolutely sensational from John Bateman. Here is the decision, | :39:01. | :39:07. | |
try is given. Timely as well. There is a Smith conxxxx conversion to | :39:08. | :39:11. | |
come, but that will be the last agent of the first half. John | :39:12. | :39:15. | |
Bateman's try. He has missed a couple from outside, he won't miss | :39:16. | :39:21. | |
the one in front of the sticks so half-time, Wigan a deserved 14-0 | :39:22. | :39:23. | |
lead. That is with Watts and Sneyd who | :39:24. | :39:44. | |
hurls a poor pass, it really was, picked up. Poor play. Sneyd here is | :39:45. | :39:55. | |
Watts. Wigans are enjoying chanting the name of Sneyd here tonight. He | :39:56. | :40:02. | |
has not had the best of games. Tuimavave. On the angle comes | :40:03. | :40:12. | |
Washbrook. The offload has got Bowden away and Hull might, I say | :40:13. | :40:16. | |
might have claimed their first trial of the night. | :40:17. | :40:22. | |
He thinks it is S Wigan defenders trying to snatch it off him but has | :40:23. | :40:32. | |
he got it down? Here is the finish. Try. The fact the referee has given | :40:33. | :40:38. | |
it helps the whole cause doesn't it. Yes. No conclusive evidence | :40:39. | :40:46. | |
against... The onfield decision remains. Bowden have a try. Have | :40:47. | :40:50. | |
Hull got a foot hold back many this game? This is a lovely play. It | :40:51. | :40:58. | |
stretches defence, lovely inside ball, spins in the tackle. Bowden is | :40:59. | :41:01. | |
there, that is the third time he has had a good run in this half, he | :41:02. | :41:06. | |
deserves something, he has made an impact since coming on. Drags | :41:07. | :41:12. | |
across, he brings shore rocks round, creates the space, and there is good | :41:13. | :41:24. | |
support. Bowden scores. It stretches defence, lovely inside ball, spins | :41:25. | :41:27. | |
in the tackle. Bowden is there, that is the third time he has had a good | :41:28. | :41:30. | |
run in this half, he deserves something, he has made an impact | :41:31. | :41:32. | |
since coming on. Drags across, he brings Shorrocks round, creates the | :41:33. | :41:34. | |
space, and there is good support. Bowden scores. Gb 14-6, something to | :41:35. | :41:37. | |
cheer at last for those in black-and-white. | :41:38. | :41:38. | |
Smith kicks it away. Has that given renewed belief to | :41:39. | :41:45. | |
Hull FC? Minichiello was almost the recipient of a forward pass. | :41:46. | :41:50. | |
Shaul. Out of dummy half. There is an extra spring about Hull now. | :41:51. | :42:01. | |
There is. There is. Tuimavave. Washbrook. He made things happen. | :42:02. | :42:13. | |
Thompson. Sneyd to Minichiello. Minichiello is troubling them. Good | :42:14. | :42:28. | |
yard, good set this. Tuimavave, kicking beyond. Sarginson takes it | :42:29. | :42:31. | |
easily, he has lost it, he has lost it! The referee is saying play on | :42:32. | :42:37. | |
and a zero tackle. Look at this for an opportunity for Hull. There is a | :42:38. | :42:41. | |
tackle from behind. That has to be a yellow card. Knocked down by Farrell | :42:42. | :42:47. | |
and a penalty for offside. An element of panic to Wigan at the | :42:48. | :42:52. | |
moment. Yes. That is a yellow card. That is a professional foul and that | :42:53. | :42:58. | |
should be ten minutes. Hull have another set. And a renewed | :42:59. | :43:05. | |
sense of purpose here, no doubt. This last four or five minutes is | :43:06. | :43:09. | |
the best we have seen of them in the entire game, so far. | :43:10. | :43:13. | |
And the Hull fans are making a racquet. | :43:14. | :43:21. | |
Sneyd wide to Yeaman. Too many defenders there to attempt the pass. | :43:22. | :43:24. | |
The winger would have had nowhere to go. Bowden. | :43:25. | :43:36. | |
Stepping in. And stepping up. Shaul and over he goes. Watts crashes in, | :43:37. | :43:43. | |
it is a second Hull try, in the space of three-and-a-half minutes. | :43:44. | :43:48. | |
Boy, do we have a cup tie now. That is a great angle by Liam Watts. That | :43:49. | :43:53. | |
is where they have had success this year. Their forwards. Just tearing | :43:54. | :43:59. | |
everyone up, piling in going in forward. | :44:00. | :44:03. | |
So Marc Sneyd with a chance to win another two to put this over and | :44:04. | :44:09. | |
Hull are back with a chance. Who would have thought that, they could | :44:10. | :44:13. | |
dramatically claw their way back in to this contest, but they are 14-12, | :44:14. | :44:21. | |
with half an hour still to play. Lovely ball, great angle. Sarginson. | :44:22. | :44:35. | |
Powell. Nuuausala. Dealt with relatively easily. Couple to go. | :44:36. | :44:43. | |
They have reached the last tackle here. | :44:44. | :44:48. | |
Back with William, now it is Smith. Smith with a kick, chased after it, | :44:49. | :44:53. | |
was he dragged down? Yes he was, taken off the ball. Penalty given by | :44:54. | :44:57. | |
the referee. It has been an interesting call. | :44:58. | :44:59. | |
Definitely penalty, will they go for goal? I doubt it. The tee is on. | :45:00. | :45:07. | |
They are going for goal. Matty Smith has not had the best of kicking | :45:08. | :45:12. | |
nights tonight. No he hasn't. He can quickly rectify that. It is an | :45:13. | :45:16. | |
interesting call when the bench says go for two points, on the field you | :45:17. | :45:21. | |
can really feel what the best decision is, I don't think you can | :45:22. | :45:27. | |
feel it from the stands. Stands. Well, Smith puts it over, Wigan lead | :45:28. | :45:35. | |
now by 16-12. Wigan's defence is on its own line. Backs to the wall | :45:36. | :45:43. | |
stuff for Wigan at the moment. Hull sensing, sensing they could get | :45:44. | :45:52. | |
something here. Danny Houghton, flicks it on. | :45:53. | :45:57. | |
Brought back towards this centre spot. Shaul's pass. Yeaman. Yeaman | :45:58. | :46:02. | |
will take on Gelling. Gelling is not for being beaten. | :46:03. | :46:07. | |
It is breathless stuff at the moment. To snaid. Snaid now, here is | :46:08. | :46:16. | |
to Tuimavave. Shaul joins the line, the kick for the corner it is lost | :46:17. | :46:21. | |
by Tierney, was there a touch there? The referee says play on. Wigan are | :46:22. | :46:27. | |
away, it is going to be ged who runs down the left-hand side, they will | :46:28. | :46:33. | |
chase hard, they will not catch, ged scores but I don't think that is the | :46:34. | :46:38. | |
end of it. -- Gildart. I think the referee might be asking a couple of | :46:39. | :46:47. | |
questions here. It might be a try at either end. You have to look now if | :46:48. | :46:53. | |
the ball was grounded. Think this is a first, isn't it. A video referee | :46:54. | :46:58. | |
to find out if we have a try at one end or a try at the other end? They | :46:59. | :47:03. | |
only have to look at the Hull. If there is down warted pressure, here | :47:04. | :47:07. | |
is the play, it is a great little kick. No full-back at home, everyone | :47:08. | :47:13. | |
is onside. Tierney gets to it. Then loses it. Now here we go, is this | :47:14. | :47:23. | |
grounded? Just watch. Oh. Is that enough from Michaels? Sounds like he | :47:24. | :47:33. | |
has a finger on it P This is a massive call. It is not the | :47:34. | :47:40. | |
Icelandic clap you can hear, it is the get on with it clap you are | :47:41. | :47:44. | |
hearing. The longer it goes on. Put your Necton block and call, that is | :47:45. | :47:48. | |
your job. So here goes a big, big decision in | :47:49. | :47:54. | |
the context of the season, and the night. Steve Michaels is given the | :47:55. | :48:02. | |
try. That defies belief in some quarter, it will be greeted with | :48:03. | :48:08. | |
triumph in others. Michaels' try makes it all square. | :48:09. | :48:12. | |
You have to credit Hull, they have pulled them off and fought their way | :48:13. | :48:17. | |
back into this game. Tuimavave has been a big part of it. Shaul kicks, | :48:18. | :48:22. | |
Tierney loses it. I don't think that is a try. How dig is this kick? What | :48:23. | :48:36. | |
about a touchline conversion to put his side within touching distance of | :48:37. | :48:41. | |
the Grand Final. He has nailed it. He has nailed it! And from 14-0 | :48:42. | :48:48. | |
down, Hull are now leading. Almost into the last ten minutes. | :48:49. | :48:58. | |
Powell, Smith. Here comes Williams, Williams with a dummy, Williams. | :48:59. | :49:02. | |
Oh... Inches away from dragging himself over. Farrell, back to Smith | :49:03. | :49:10. | |
again. Powell. Powell, to Gelling. Gelling with the dancing feet. | :49:11. | :49:14. | |
Flicks it to Charnley. Powell. Here is Bateman. Bit of a | :49:15. | :49:22. | |
gap. Can't get through. They have to go left, now, quickly. Sixth tackle | :49:23. | :49:29. | |
coming up. Smith inside for Isa. Flicks it away, Powell. Powell has | :49:30. | :49:36. | |
got it! Powell with the try. It is Wigan back with the lead. Is that | :49:37. | :49:43. | |
decisive? Or is there response yet from Hull? But you can see what it | :49:44. | :49:53. | |
means for those in cherry and white. Great play by Smith. Finds Isa, it's | :49:54. | :49:59. | |
a brilliant offload. Desperate offload. Powell is is there to | :50:00. | :50:08. | |
support him. Wigan back in front. Matty Smith to reestablish the four | :50:09. | :50:14. | |
point lead, over it goes. It is 22-18. Now, it is over to Hull, what | :50:15. | :50:24. | |
have they got in reserve? The drums are beating. At either end. This is | :50:25. | :50:33. | |
a big set, just Wigan now will take this up, there won't be many passes | :50:34. | :50:38. | |
in this and a kick over the touchline. Sarginson. A great set | :50:39. | :50:43. | |
from Wigan. Taking it a long way down field. | :50:44. | :50:49. | |
Yes, one more in and then Smith will look to put it over the touchline. | :50:50. | :50:57. | |
Here comes Matty Smith. Chips it. Making Hull play at it. Shaul | :50:58. | :51:02. | |
collects, has to get out of there and he can't. Charnley drags it back | :51:03. | :51:07. | |
in and Wigan celebrate that moment as if that is the match winner and | :51:08. | :51:11. | |
it might just be because they should get the ball back here from the drop | :51:12. | :51:19. | |
out. Lovely kick. Watch the chase. Smith gets there first. Charnley | :51:20. | :51:24. | |
drags him into the end goal. He recovered the ball in his own try | :51:25. | :51:27. | |
line. There he is there to make a tackle. | :51:28. | :51:31. | |
They are going to go short. They want that ball back, it has gone ten | :51:32. | :51:35. | |
metres. Farrell punched it backwards, | :51:36. | :51:38. | |
Tierney has it. Tierney! Through the gap. Tierney with a step, snaid | :51:39. | :51:46. | |
grabs a hold. Two-and-a-half minutes to go. They are short. Gildart | :51:47. | :51:53. | |
running. They are short on the left-hand side. If they doll right | :51:54. | :51:59. | |
they score. Crosby, Powell goes the other way, | :52:00. | :52:03. | |
tries to drive over. An try wins it for certain here for | :52:04. | :52:06. | |
Wigan. The clock is on their side. | :52:07. | :52:17. | |
Smith. Sarginson. Gelling. Gelling, Wigan are going to Old Trafford. | :52:18. | :52:23. | |
Gelling knows that, his team-mates know that, everybody knows that now, | :52:24. | :52:29. | |
it has been a sensational semifinal, but it is Wigan who are on their way | :52:30. | :52:37. | |
to the Grand Final. Desolation on one side, pure | :52:38. | :52:42. | |
celebration on the other. Wigan have found a way to win. Gelling just | :52:43. | :52:48. | |
sneaked over, that is what it means to these player, getting into the | :52:49. | :52:52. | |
Super League Grand Final. It has been one hell of a second half. You | :52:53. | :53:03. | |
are going to Old Trafford and this squad has been through the rafters | :53:04. | :53:06. | |
this past season, to get there is some achievement. We have been | :53:07. | :53:11. | |
through a lot. A lot of injury, a lot of big layers out. It is a | :53:12. | :53:15. | |
massive achievement for the young lads. We are looking forward to it. | :53:16. | :53:21. | |
Your side gave it everything out there?. . Yes. All we did in the | :53:22. | :53:29. | |
first half, seemed to defend, and I think it paid in the end, but great | :53:30. | :53:34. | |
effort by the boys to come back in the second half, we nearly went out | :53:35. | :53:39. | |
at the end but... I am smothered in disappointment tonight. In the main | :53:40. | :53:43. | |
we have been consistent this year, it has not been fluke, we are not | :53:44. | :53:47. | |
one season wonders, the group are going to stay together, we will be | :53:48. | :53:50. | |
better for that, there are a couple of adigs that will make us better, | :53:51. | :53:55. | |
so, yes, I think on wards and upwards for next season. I have | :53:56. | :54:00. | |
every respect for what Lee has done. They are a fantastic club with a | :54:01. | :54:04. | |
fantastic roster, to get that win was satisfying. You weren't getting | :54:05. | :54:08. | |
worried in the second half? No we have won so many games this year, we | :54:09. | :54:14. | |
know with the last gasp tries so I am used to it. We will be, we have | :54:15. | :54:19. | |
to a challenge with Warrington next week but we will be there or | :54:20. | :54:24. | |
thereabouts. When I said I was leaving I said I am focussed on | :54:25. | :54:28. | |
getting a bit of silverware before I left, so, yes, putting that game | :54:29. | :54:32. | |
today, you know, it is 80 minutes away from doing what I have said. | :54:33. | :54:37. | |
Jonathan, what a fantastic and dramatic second half we had. Yes, | :54:38. | :54:41. | |
the second half was superb, I thought that Hull were, looked out | :54:42. | :54:45. | |
of it, dead and buried in the first half. I don't know what he said at | :54:46. | :54:50. | |
half-time but they came out with all guns blazing. Tuimavave stepped up a | :54:51. | :54:55. | |
bit. Took a bit of pressure off Sneyd. It was last minute a try by | :54:56. | :54:59. | |
Gelling to secure their place in the final. A brilliant second half. I am | :55:00. | :55:03. | |
delighted for Hull. After the Challenge Cup they haven't played | :55:04. | :55:07. | |
very well. It is great for them to pinnish on a high. Wigan, they have | :55:08. | :55:11. | |
got some character in that rank, those youngsters. And with a lot of | :55:12. | :55:16. | |
kids, they have had the same injury problems of most big teams and they | :55:17. | :55:18. | |
have come through the other side better, we thought it was going to | :55:19. | :55:23. | |
be 30-0 but they stormed away in the first half with cracking tries, but | :55:24. | :55:28. | |
Irene force what was said, and Lee Radford must have given them round | :55:29. | :55:31. | |
the houses at half-time. They came out a different team. They couldn't | :55:32. | :55:34. | |
quite defend their own chalk well enough. Full credit to Wigan, many | :55:35. | :55:38. | |
teams would have crumbled when Hull went ahead in that second half. They | :55:39. | :55:44. | |
found their resolve, Wigan and the determination to post another couple | :55:45. | :55:47. | |
of scores. Warrington versus Wigan, how do you see it going? It is very | :55:48. | :55:54. | |
tough to call both semifinals. I was impressed by Warrington's front row | :55:55. | :55:58. | |
yesterday, they run from half-backs, they haven't got the cutting-edge I | :55:59. | :56:02. | |
thought they did v so selection will be interesting, but again, Wigan | :56:03. | :56:06. | |
with the structure they have and the youngsters, with the performance, | :56:07. | :56:11. | |
the belief they have, they will go in thinking they are underdogs, it | :56:12. | :56:16. | |
is a dauful. Warrington just start as favourite, I think, but again, | :56:17. | :56:21. | |
anyone's game. You are sitting on the fence! I think Warrington just. | :56:22. | :56:26. | |
What about you Brian The team with the most energy, after this winter | :56:27. | :56:30. | |
night that will enthuse Wigan, so Warrington have their hands full. | :56:31. | :56:33. | |
They have unfinished business, they have lost a Grand Final and they | :56:34. | :56:38. | |
haven't quite got it on their their CV I am probably just tipping | :56:39. | :56:42. | |
Warrington. It is Warrington versus wig none the Grand Final and we will | :56:43. | :56:49. | |
have highlights of that game on BBC Two. Before that we have highlights | :56:50. | :56:55. | |
of the Million Pound Game, Hull versus Salford. Highlights tomorrow | :56:56. | :57:01. | |
BBC Two at 6.00. So just one weekend left of the domestic rugby league | :57:02. | :57:04. | |
season, but the rugby league doesn't stop there here on the BBC. In just | :57:05. | :57:08. | |
four weeks' time, the four nations starts, and it starts with this. | :57:09. | :57:33. | |
Our coverage starts on Saturday 29th October, with England versus New | :57:34. | :57:41. | |
Zealand, live. We will also have highlights of Australia against Scot | :57:42. | :57:47. | |
Scotland. That is BBC One at 1.15. The Four Nations how will they get | :57:48. | :57:50. | |
on? I don't think Scotland will do well, unfortunately. It's a | :57:51. | :57:54. | |
development, you know, for them. They are up against the big three, | :57:55. | :57:57. | |
you don't expect much from them, but they will gain a lot 06 experience | :57:58. | :58:03. | |
from it. Englandic just think, half-backs selection is crucial, if | :58:04. | :58:06. | |
they go well at half-backs, I think they have got a great chance of | :58:07. | :58:11. | |
doing particular I well. Wane what will he bring, what Stam of Wayne | :58:12. | :58:17. | |
Bennett will we see Wayne's world. He will make a difference game day, | :58:18. | :58:23. | |
he says some things and does things that will enthuse the squad, so we | :58:24. | :58:27. | |
will see, the proof of the pudding will be in the eating. I think he | :58:28. | :58:31. | |
will make a big difference. All that is to come, here, Wigan have booked | :58:32. | :58:36. | |
their place in the Grand Final to take on Warrington. My thanks to | :58:37. | :58:41. | |
Brian and Jonathan, we will see you there. | :58:42. | :59:19. | |
JOHNNY CASH: # You can run on for a long time | :59:20. | :59:21. |