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It was all Lancashire yesterday. It is all Yorkshire today. We are into | :00:03. | :00:13. | |
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the final furlong of the Carnegie Doncaster racecourse, home of | :00:39. | :00:43. | |
racing's all this classic, the St Leger, which takes place in a month, | :00:43. | :00:48. | |
but the focus this weekend is down the road at the Keepmoat Stadium | :00:48. | :00:52. | |
way to Yorkshire club's come head- to-head in the second of this | :00:52. | :00:57. | |
weekend's Challenge Cup semi-finals. It is the big city of Leeds against | :00:57. | :01:01. | |
their Soltan neighbours Castleford, and the first past the line will | :01:01. | :01:06. | |
win the right to face the Wigan at Wembley in rugby league's of his | :01:06. | :01:16. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :01:16. | :02:15. | |
It is 25 years since Castleford last won the Cup against Hull KR. | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
And this year there have been wearing a shirt commemorating that | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
victory. Could it be a good luck charm? Coach Terry Matterson | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
suddenly hope so. -- certainly. He's taking -- banking on Danny Orr | :02:28. | :02:34. | |
to inspire them to Wembley. He has good views as well in that Rangi | :02:34. | :02:37. | |
Chase are definitely plays. As for Rhinos, they have all the right | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
moves. This is their ninth semi- final in 12 years but they have not | :02:41. | :02:46. | |
won for 12 years ago. That last success was back in 1999 and since | :02:46. | :02:51. | |
then they have lost four Cup finals despite being crowned champions | :02:51. | :02:58. | |
four times. Their coach is desperate to get the Cup back to | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
Headingley and he has an experienced squad on which to call. | :03:01. | :03:06. | |
The fans will have been saying to themselves, our side are just 80 | :03:06. | :03:12. | |
minutes away from Wembley. Wigan await in the final. Coach Terry | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
Matterson knows his players are up to the challenge. Danny Orr will be | :03:17. | :03:23. | |
key, so, too, will be Rangi Chase. Fans on both sides extremely vocal | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
and they will share their passion whatever age they are. Brian | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
McDermott are looking to his players, including Kevin Sinfield, | :03:30. | :03:36. | |
to produce some form of consistency. Jamie Peacock are rare, the England | :03:36. | :03:39. | |
captain, and Rob Burrow, who looks as though he has had a bit of a | :03:39. | :03:46. | |
haircut. There is the Racecourse two miles away. There is a big | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
tattooed jam going on there. A number of the players have tattoos | :03:49. | :03:54. | |
as well, with words of inspiration. They will need inspiration today. | :03:54. | :04:01. | |
You can wear whatever outfit you like. They will -- there is a fun | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
atmosphere here today. It is Castleford Tigers against Leeds | :04:05. | :04:12. | |
Rhinos. I would like to say, about my pronunciation of Castleford, I | :04:13. | :04:16. | |
do say in Windsor Castle, so I say castle that. We have plenty of | :04:16. | :04:22. | |
variety. Justin, leaves are hot favourites for this but not | :04:22. | :04:29. | |
certainties? Now, and consistency has been an issue this year. The | :04:30. | :04:35. | |
form going into the game is similar for both teams. As you mentioned in | :04:35. | :04:41. | |
the build-up, Rangi Chase and Orr are key then for Castleford. | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
the talk this week about Rangi Chase. Has it been a mind-games? | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
little bit of cloak-and-dagger, Schon what homes. But the reality | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
of all of that, they have no all week that he is going to be in the | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
team. He has trained all week. Number six for Castleford and a | :04:58. | :05:06. | |
huge player. His play has been terrific or year. He has a great | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
complementary couple of people with him as well. Ryan McGoldrick at | :05:10. | :05:16. | |
fullback and Danny Orr, the experienced half-back. A great | :05:16. | :05:19. | |
piece about Danny Orr in the programme and how much he wants to | :05:19. | :05:22. | |
make a final with castle that. He did it with Wigan but will be | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
desperate to do it for his home town. Whichever side wins today, | :05:27. | :05:33. | |
that is who they will meet in the final, the most successful final -- | :05:33. | :05:43. | |
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fullback! Across the line it goes. Look at the overlap! And Carmont | :06:00. | :06:10. | |
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my word! They didn't know where he Sam Tomkins somehow, somehow it | :06:41. | :06:51. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :06:51. | :07:33. | |
himself. And the chance slips by. St Helens are finding a way back | :07:34. | :07:43. | |
into this cup-tie. The countdown into the final few seconds. The | :07:43. | :07:49. | |
hooter sounds and look what it means for those Wigan players. Sam | :07:49. | :07:57. | |
Tomkins the local hero. To those in the terraces, it is a dream come | :07:57. | :08:05. | |
CLARE BALDING: And Sam Tomkins was rightly the man of the match but a | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
terrific effort from Wigan all across the team. St Helens really | :08:09. | :08:14. | |
fought back but Wigan held on. Fair to say, Justin, but whoever makes | :08:14. | :08:21. | |
the final against them, Wigan will still be the favourite to win? | :08:21. | :08:28. | |
There was fantastic defence early on in the game. Whoever wins | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
today's game will be going in as underdogs but it is a cup final and | :08:32. | :08:37. | |
we will see what happens. You feel with Wigan that the machine is | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
rolling? They are healthy. They're very physical at the moment. Notes | :08:41. | :08:47. | |
that deed creeping in at all. Three or four players that did not play | :08:47. | :08:53. | |
yesterday that could have played if needed. -- no fat Teague at all. | :08:53. | :09:00. | |
Many people were a betting on them for the double. The players are in | :09:00. | :09:06. | |
a huddle giving each other support. They have a huge challenge but they | :09:06. | :09:09. | |
know this is a winnable match. Let's have a look at the teams' | :09:10. | :09:18. | |
The Tigers' charge for the Challenge Cup gathered pace at | :09:18. | :09:22. | |
Wakefield in the fifth round with a thrilling victory. Win and defeat | :09:22. | :09:26. | |
followed before a stunning comeback against Wigan -- Wigan. Richie | :09:26. | :09:30. | |
Mathers went in at the last minute to tie the game. One win and three | :09:30. | :09:34. | |
losses later, there face Bradford at home and the comeback continued | :09:34. | :09:38. | |
as Stuart Jones went over for the last score of the game, the first | :09:38. | :09:43. | |
and Cas have led. The never-say-die attitude helped against Crusaders, | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
winning in Wales. Victory over Huddersfield Giants in the | :09:47. | :09:52. | |
Challenge Cup made it three wins on the bounce. An outstanding display | :09:52. | :09:57. | |
from Rangi Chase could not stop a heavy defeat at home to inform | :09:57. | :10:05. | |
Saints, though. They overcame Hull in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals. | :10:05. | :10:09. | |
Last week's bring out Salford was all about Captain Kevin Sinfield. | :10:09. | :10:14. | |
His five kicks ensured he is the current all-time Super League point | :10:14. | :10:19. | |
scorer, one ahead of Paul Deacon. CLARE BALDING: These teams very | :10:19. | :10:29. | |
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close in terms of what they have at the moment in sixth, Castleford | :10:31. | :10:38. | |
right behind them in seventh a great job done by Terry Matterson. | :10:38. | :10:44. | |
Their highest Super League finish, seventh in 2009, so they could yet | :10:44. | :10:54. | |
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A wonderful, sunny day here. Let's find out what Castleford coach | :10:54. | :10:58. | |
Terry Matterson -- Terry Matterson makes of it all. | :10:58. | :11:04. | |
It is a long time since your team had a sniff at Wembley. There is a | :11:04. | :11:10. | |
lot of excitement around the place. We are really looking forward to it. | :11:10. | :11:15. | |
We have a mix of senior and younger players. You have been a Castleford | :11:15. | :11:21. | |
for six years. How would you sum up the rivalry between them and the | :11:21. | :11:26. | |
big city slickers of Leeds? It is as good as you get. They are a | :11:26. | :11:28. | |
wonderful side and they have shown that with all the trophies they | :11:28. | :11:35. | |
have won. It is a great rivalry and it has worked out perfectly with | :11:35. | :11:39. | |
the semi-finals. What is happening with Rangi Chase? There was a | :11:39. | :11:42. | |
suggestion he was going back to Australia for a quarter Biarritz. | :11:42. | :11:50. | |
He was and it all was planned. for a court appearance. But we | :11:50. | :11:56. | |
worked around it. When he found out he was going to play, he was over | :11:56. | :11:58. | |
the moon. He was down after we beat Huddersfield because he thought he | :11:58. | :12:01. | |
would not be here for the semi- final but we have worked their way | :12:01. | :12:07. | |
around it and easier had key his people this afternoon? He is a | :12:07. | :12:10. | |
massive key but we have other players that have to play their | :12:10. | :12:18. | |
role. Good luck. Thank you. CLARE BALDING: And that is why | :12:18. | :12:26. | |
Rangi Chase is a number one in our one to watch list. He is a youth | :12:26. | :12:30. | |
player for them, Justin. He gets his hands on the ball more than | :12:30. | :12:36. | |
most of backs in the game. He is very good at taking the line arm. | :12:36. | :12:43. | |
As you can see there, fantastic, turning the players Inside Out. I | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
watched the game against Wakefield a couple of rounds ago. It is | :12:47. | :12:53. | |
important for him to stay composed today. He can pick and choose his | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
time to inject himself into the game. There have been accusations | :12:58. | :13:03. | |
for Cas been a bit of a one-man team, Ryan? That is extremely | :13:03. | :13:11. | |
unfair. What they have to do is come together as 87 team. The other | :13:11. | :13:18. | |
at 16 need Rangi Chase to show his price and win the game for them. | :13:18. | :13:23. | |
Beat will he, won't he, play, I wonder if that isn't unsettling for | :13:23. | :13:29. | |
the other players. I wonder if they had a plan from the off to find out | :13:29. | :13:34. | |
what was going on with Rangi Chase. That would be an unsettling | :13:34. | :13:39. | |
situation. They will have had one eye on Leeds. Let's have a good | :13:39. | :13:44. | |
look at Leeds. They arrived fairly early and spent a lot of time in | :13:44. | :13:49. | |
the changing room, all watching the TV screen in the corner. They were | :13:49. | :13:53. | |
in silence. The team want to perform for Brian McDermott, | :13:53. | :13:57. | |
because he has been under pressure, and every year these guys are so | :13:57. | :14:05. | |
good. This collection of players have not yet won. We have been | :14:05. | :14:08. | |
speaking to Damian Johnson. REPORTER: You have appeared in | :14:08. | :14:12. | |
Challenge Cup finals as a player. What does it take to win a semi- | :14:12. | :14:21. | |
final? Composure, control, do not lose your nerve, do not get too | :14:21. | :14:24. | |
emotional and it is the steam -- team that stays the calmest. | :14:24. | :14:27. | |
just saw your team watching a manner to in the dressing room. | :14:27. | :14:31. | |
What were they doing? We missed Neighbours the night before so we | :14:31. | :14:37. | |
thought we would catch up on it before kick-off. OK, your secret is | :14:37. | :14:43. | |
safe! What is the plan today? Castleford, near-neighbours, a lot | :14:43. | :14:46. | |
of emotion around the place, and they will be really up for this as | :14:46. | :14:51. | |
the small-town club. They are your words, not mine. I do not think | :14:52. | :14:56. | |
they are a small-town club. They are an exceptional team, the | :14:56. | :15:02. | |
brothers in the league. That suggests they are better than us. | :15:02. | :15:07. | |
They will be eaters today if we do not do what we have plant. We have | :15:07. | :15:12. | |
a huge amount of respect for Castleford. They are a good club in | :15:12. | :15:17. | |
the competition, so they definitely isn't a big city looking down on a | :15:17. | :15:22. | |
small-town mentality from inside the dressing room. About Bobby | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
burrow, potentially a game breaker on a day like this? -- Robert | :15:26. | :15:32. | |
burrow. Yes, he has some attributes their back to the opposition will | :15:32. | :15:37. | |
have to take care of. These fellows need to make sure they do what they | :15:37. | :15:42. | |
planned to do so Burrow has some threat, as other players do on | :15:42. | :15:45. | |
paper. We need to make sure we do it out there after the referee | :15:45. | :15:55. | |
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Rob turned the game. A different some time of half. Rangi Chase more | :15:57. | :16:02. | |
of a running threat. He won't open up the defence. What he does when | :16:02. | :16:06. | |
he gets the ball is electric. He ducks under the line. Any broken | :16:06. | :16:12. | |
field or anybody jumping out and he is gone. He is brilliant in the | :16:12. | :16:17. | |
back field along with Danny McGuire. They have more support but once he | :16:17. | :16:21. | |
in the clear he is quick. He is a Graham breaker in a different style | :16:21. | :16:27. | |
to Rangi Chase. This time the decision to taken to put Danny | :16:27. | :16:32. | |
McGuire on the bench. Depend if he come nons the half backs. The other | :16:32. | :16:36. | |
players are big. They are two contrasting sides. While Rob | :16:36. | :16:42. | |
burrows is one of the smallest players the rest of the side is big. | :16:42. | :16:44. | |
Castleford have gone for a mobile side. It will be interesting to see | :16:44. | :16:48. | |
how they match up today. What is your feeling about it? I'm not | :16:48. | :16:51. | |
going to write Castleford off. They have a good chance, especially with | :16:51. | :16:56. | |
Rangi Chase, he is a key player for them. If Leeds play to their | :16:56. | :17:01. | |
potential, they should win the game on paper but they have been | :17:01. | :17:04. | |
inconsistent at times this year. The psychology of the player, | :17:04. | :17:07. | |
particularly in the Challenge Cup, interesting, I wonder what they | :17:07. | :17:12. | |
were watching before. Would it have been a motivational video? It might | :17:12. | :17:17. | |
have been something Castleford do, they want a remind er of. I doubt | :17:17. | :17:22. | |
very much whether it is an emotional type of video. It may be, | :17:22. | :17:25. | |
there maybe a change in mentality. They need to be focused on what | :17:25. | :17:29. | |
they need to do on the field. Stay calm and composed. It will have | :17:29. | :17:32. | |
been a couple of reminders to that effect. Interesting that Brian | :17:32. | :17:35. | |
McDermott was wanting to play down the passion. We all watch their | :17:35. | :17:41. | |
final at Wembley last year, I think we agreed they almost watched it -- | :17:41. | :17:47. | |
wanted it too much. He pensioned words like composure and being calm, | :17:47. | :17:51. | |
but they stick 15 or 18,000 people in front yoif and there is an | :17:51. | :17:55. | |
element of emotion you have to control, to be great players on the | :17:55. | :17:58. | |
big stage you have to have that motion but you have to bottle it | :17:58. | :18:03. | |
and put it out in the right places. It is a difficult balance. One of | :18:03. | :18:06. | |
the Castleford key players will be Danny Orr, and he really | :18:06. | :18:10. | |
desperately cares about this. He wants to go to Wembley with his | :18:10. | :18:15. | |
home team town. He is a great kicker, he was seven-year-old when | :18:16. | :18:19. | |
Castleford last won the Challenge Cup. He is 33 now. He knows what to | :18:19. | :18:26. | |
do out there. He complimented Rangi Chase very well. He directs round | :18:26. | :18:29. | |
the park very well. You have mentioned his kicking game. He has | :18:29. | :18:35. | |
a short kicking game F the forwards can get forward and into that zone, | :18:35. | :18:40. | |
he can put on a lot of good plays. He can sense when opposition teams | :18:40. | :18:44. | |
retired. Again, if he comes to the game today, with his great kicking | :18:44. | :18:48. | |
game, I think they are in a good chance of winning the semifinal | :18:48. | :18:54. | |
today. What would you say is the perfect age for a rugby league | :18:54. | :18:59. | |
player? Depends who it is. If you look at Steve Menzies at 38 he is | :18:59. | :19:02. | |
going great. It is about how well you play. We have spoken about the | :19:02. | :19:06. | |
emotion and who will be emotional. Danny Orr will be emotional and | :19:06. | :19:10. | |
Brian will be emotional because they failed last week. I think it | :19:10. | :19:14. | |
is about who performs on the day. It is an interesting one. Brian | :19:14. | :19:17. | |
McDermott already in the stand, waiting for his players to appear. | :19:18. | :19:22. | |
I wonder whether one of the unsung heroes of the team is Carl Ablett. | :19:22. | :19:27. | |
He scored twice in the quarterfinal against Hull and he could be a big | :19:27. | :19:31. | |
man today. You have billed him as the right person. He plays in the | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
back or in the centre but he shows up and hits a hole as we say at the | :19:36. | :19:41. | |
right time. He is a strong player. A physical player, he is reliable | :19:41. | :19:45. | |
and comes up quick, he comes up with super plays at the right time. | :19:45. | :19:50. | |
We had a low scoring first half yesterday. What would you predict | :19:50. | :19:54. | |
today? I think Leeds are going to win. Their form going in is better | :19:54. | :19:58. | |
than Castlefords. That is the element of physicalty. It is the | :19:58. | :20:01. | |
team that controls the ball the better, the least mistakes, we talk | :20:01. | :20:07. | |
about errors through the game, but however, I think Leeds, I can see | :20:07. | :20:10. | |
Castleford winning it and I think there will be a lot more points in | :20:10. | :20:14. | |
the first half than yesterday. I think plenty of points in the | :20:14. | :20:19. | |
first half. It will be a close game. Might come down to the good ball | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
kicking. It will be one hard to split. They are going to come out | :20:23. | :20:27. | |
to bright sunshine here at the Keepmoat stadium and a roar from | :20:27. | :20:31. | |
the crowd. The pitch in perfect condition, despite the fact | :20:31. | :20:35. | |
Westfield played here last weekend. It should be a humdinger. The | :20:35. | :20:42. | |
second of the Challenge Cup semifinals and your commentary team | :20:42. | :20:45. | |
is here. The first Challenge Cup fixture between these great rivals | :20:45. | :20:48. | |
in ten years and the first semifinal in 40 years. Little | :20:48. | :20:54. | |
wonder this match has caught those fans' imagination. Plenty of | :20:54. | :20:59. | |
experience in the two captain, Kevin Sinfield, prolific points | :20:59. | :21:05. | |
scorer and dor in his 400 career game. All the speculation over | :21:05. | :21:11. | |
Rangi Chase is over. Look out for McGoldrick and dor posing problems | :21:11. | :21:15. | |
and Terry Matterson will expect work from Jackson and Parker to | :21:15. | :21:25. | |
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create the space for those half off position. The Rhinos' captains | :21:31. | :21:36. | |
place is filled by the 21-year-old Chris Clarkson, a player with | :21:36. | :21:42. | |
plenty of promise. And on the interchange bench plenty of talent | :21:42. | :21:52. | |
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but in Hudson and McGuire they have talent. The pitch apart from a | :21:52. | :21:58. | |
little patch at the entrance, in excellent condition. Phil Ben tham | :21:58. | :22:02. | |
a referee of some six years senior experience. Well, shielding his | :22:02. | :22:06. | |
eyes from the sun John, it's a beautiful day out there. It is a | :22:06. | :22:12. | |
beautiful day and it is a great staid -- stadium. Packed full. | :22:12. | :22:17. | |
There the Rhinos colours to the left. The Castleford's to the right. | :22:17. | :22:22. | |
There are two teams ready to go into battle. Two sets of gladiators | :22:22. | :22:26. | |
with a massive prize at stake. we are under way. Castleford in the | :22:26. | :22:36. | |
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the Castleford tigers but they have had plenty of battles in the past | :22:53. | :23:03. | |
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with Leeds, always a great spirit trying to get away from that line. | :23:06. | :23:15. | |
Plenty of experience in this Castleford pack. Jackson and Jones, | :23:15. | :23:22. | |
Martin Aspinwall, all played at the Challenge Cup final before.. That | :23:22. | :23:25. | |
was an excellent defensive set from the Leeds Rhinos. They restricted | :23:25. | :23:29. | |
the yard damage of the Castleford forwards. Because they put all that | :23:29. | :23:39. | |
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work in Rhinos start 40 metres away Wembley. 1999 since their last | :23:44. | :23:54. | |
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lost it. Still going. He took it well.. He did initially, but | :24:19. | :24:23. | |
Youngquest alert and on hand to help McGoldrick out, and | :24:23. | :24:28. | |
interesting to see the first Leeds kick very much a high one. What a | :24:28. | :24:38. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :24:38. | :25:20. | |
Danny Orr, just toe poking it along the ground, making Webb retreat | :25:20. | :25:24. | |
into the corner. Three men in the tackle driving the Rhinos back. | :25:25. | :25:29. | |
think in the early stages of any Challenge Cup game, position on the | :25:29. | :25:33. | |
field is vital. It certainly is. It is a time when both sets of | :25:33. | :25:40. | |
forwards really test each other out. That is what they are doing. | :25:40. | :25:46. | |
Baderas looking for another willing pack member but he finds burrows | :25:46. | :25:51. | |
who finds a forward in Delaney. Once a centre, now operating in the | :25:51. | :26:01. | |
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he has experience at full back. Beautiful ball! Dixon couldn't get | :26:24. | :26:34. | |
away. Good tack thrl with Sinfield and Watkins. -- good tackle there. | :26:34. | :26:44. | |
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Still Castleford on the attack. midfield. Not the best of passes | :26:48. | :26:55. | |
there. No prop forward should be expected to put a final kick in. | :26:55. | :27:05. | |
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of that earlier.. That was a marvellous kick there but it was a | :27:11. | :27:16. | |
scruffy end, that allowed it to be a fracture kick chase and didn't | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
Jones-Bishop take advantage of this? He picked the players off and | :27:20. | :27:30. | |
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this opening 20 minutes, trying to drive a wedge down first receiver. | :27:41. | :27:51. | |
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indicated, it is about field position. You look after the ball. | :27:53. | :27:57. | |
You get a bit of field position and you play your way into games like | :27:57. | :28:07. | |
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here. Good work by Youngquest. That quick play of the ball meant the | :28:13. | :28:17. | |
markers weren't set and Dixon picked up and immediately took the | :28:17. | :28:23. | |
yards and forced the marker Delaney to have to tackle him. Good work by | :28:23. | :28:30. | |
Youngquest returning the ball from the Leeds's kick. All clubs looking | :28:30. | :28:35. | |
for speed and momentum. Terrific kick!. Fortune favours the brave. | :28:35. | :28:40. | |
They went for distance and it landed in the field of play, but | :28:40. | :28:44. | |
skipped outside. It is a great place to start the set for | :28:44. | :28:54. | |
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Castleford. Five metre s from that think it is about ripping the ball | :29:21. | :29:26. | |
out there, the signal he gave.. Whatever, it is a penalty. He has | :29:26. | :29:31. | |
given the ball exactly right there Ray. It is another set of six, in | :29:31. | :29:35. | |
great field position, and as yesterday, it was St Helens putting | :29:35. | :29:40. | |
Wigan under pressure. In the early parts of today it is Castleford | :29:40. | :29:43. | |
putting the Leeds Rhinos under pressure. Rangi Chase calming | :29:43. | :29:53. | |
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people down with that little kick get over. Just held there on that | :30:06. | :30:16. | |
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Rhinos, there. That was a shocking a sequence of passing by Castleford. | :30:35. | :30:39. | |
Terry Matterson must be wondering what he has been coaching them for | :30:39. | :30:46. | |
a week. Yes, there has been a lot of talk about composure and not | :30:46. | :30:56. | |
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getting caught up in the demotion not get over. -- Burrow. Could last | :31:17. | :31:27. | |
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isolated. But he did well. Twice in five minutes of that young man has | :32:28. | :32:38. | |
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injured for a considerable time. Amy injury but thankfully now fit | :33:02. | :33:12. | |
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am making my way up to Dean Widders. It is a bit of a trek. I will come | :34:29. | :34:39. | |
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a penalty against Castleford for actually interfere with on the | :35:18. | :35:22. | |
chase and the referee there, judging that Danny Orr took the | :35:22. | :35:27. | |
player out, and didn't hesitate in tapping the ball and trying to turn | :35:27. | :35:37. | |
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I cannot understand why. -- ball play. I think it was Robert | :36:17. | :36:27. | |
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took the ball, Brent Webb, sorry, took the ball. But a good called up | :36:35. | :36:45. | |
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position there. I have got Dean Widders, the 18th man for | :36:50. | :36:54. | |
Castleford first. What to do you make of their start? It has been | :36:54. | :36:59. | |
pretty solid. Late in the half we can take advantage. There was it | :36:59. | :37:08. | |
lack of composure in the Riaz' line. That is the nerves are coming out. | :37:08. | :37:18. | |
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Danny will steer the boys towards Jones-Buchanan avert might well | :38:12. | :38:17. | |
have been thinking, can he get his arms a free for the offload? He was | :38:17. | :38:22. | |
looking around the corner. I think he was trying to flick it in. But | :38:22. | :38:27. | |
no doubt about it, it was a knock- on and once again, that error has | :38:27. | :38:37. | |
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Following the pattern of yesterday take that ball, not knowing what to | :39:58. | :40:04. | |
do. He was in two minds. What was he going to do with it? It was all | :40:04. | :40:09. | |
a little hesitant there. The final pass was not the best. Above his | :40:09. | :40:13. | |
head but there was no purpose, no intent with that ball movement. | :40:13. | :40:18. | |
They need to be a little direct so that they are buying a little bit | :40:18. | :40:28. | |
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of space on the outside three first class skill from the | :41:28. | :41:33. | |
youngster Ben Jones-Bishop. It was a teasing kick. Lots of pressure. | :41:33. | :41:40. | |
There is a penalty for tackling while he was in the air but Ben | :41:40. | :41:44. | |
Jones-Bishop are very much an Australian Rules player. What first | :41:44. | :41:52. | |
class rugby league from the youngster on the wing backward. -- | :41:52. | :42:02. | |
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he was rolled back. Terrific defence there from castle that. | :43:03. | :43:12. | |
They saved a certain four pointer! That took everyone by surprise that | :43:12. | :43:22. | |
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was great online defence from the McGoldrick did really, really well | :43:59. | :44:09. | |
to get under the ball and stop Buderus from scoring. Fascinating | :44:09. | :44:16. | |
game at the minute, Ray. All those hours spent in the gymnasium, a | :44:16. | :44:22. | |
weight lifting worth it there. He has a cut over the eye. A bit of a | :44:22. | :44:28. | |
head clash of air between Ablett and Martin Aspinwall. A magnificent | :44:28. | :44:36. | |
online tackle from McGoldrick. I agree with you, Ray, it is about | :44:36. | :44:43. | |
the time spent in the gymnasium, and he was first class. I am | :44:43. | :44:51. | |
speaking to Ali, who did not make the squad today. The boys are | :44:51. | :44:56. | |
holding them up but it is a tough, par-4 game. Jamie Jones-Buchanan | :44:56. | :45:06. | |
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got over the line. It is just a top game. We will see how it goes at | :45:07. | :45:13. | |
the moment. What do Leeds have to do to take control? Try to hold | :45:13. | :45:17. | |
onto position and give going forward and try to play them down | :45:17. | :45:27. | |
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head clash! He has about four feet but it is off side. Martin | :45:56. | :46:00. | |
Aspinwall, I don't think retreated back but we have Youngquest many in | :46:00. | :46:04. | |
the background having treatment. Kevin Sinfield just got try and get | :46:04. | :46:08. | |
some points on the score board. It is knock out rugby league Ray, the | :46:08. | :46:13. | |
prize is massive. I doesn't matter whether you win by one point or 100 | :46:13. | :46:18. | |
points. It is Wembley at the prize. You have played this game John. You | :46:18. | :46:22. | |
know 22 minutes after nil apiece it is worth going for a goal for | :46:22. | :46:28. | |
confidence. It is worth going for a goal. It was Aspinall there off | :46:28. | :46:34. | |
side from the overhead shot. A good call by the referee and Nick | :46:34. | :46:40. | |
Youngquest, who is coming towards this sideline. He looks distinctly | :46:40. | :46:46. | |
groggy, he has take an bad knock. He does. Kevin Sinfield and the | :46:46. | :46:52. | |
record points scorer, goalscorer for Leeds, looking for two points. | :46:52. | :46:56. | |
This match running very similar to yesterday, remember the first | :46:56. | :47:06. | |
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points were a goal. And the first points today are a goal from the | :47:06. | :47:13. | |
prolific scorer, Kevin Sinfield. And I think that two points to nil | :47:13. | :47:18. | |
John, gives you an indication of both sides, that this is very tight. | :47:18. | :47:22. | |
It is going to be very tight and even tighter. It will be and it | :47:22. | :47:26. | |
could go down o the wire but you have to be prepared to win the game | :47:26. | :47:31. | |
in minute 80s that is what is necessary. Just as Castleford tiger | :47:31. | :47:38. | |
demonstrated earlier in the Cup against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. | :47:38. | :47:42. | |
Many might not say who not keep the momentum going, with this modern | :47:42. | :47:47. | |
game. If you have two points on the board and you are lead, it is a | :47:47. | :47:51. | |
massive confidence boost isn't it. It is knock out rugby league, that | :47:51. | :47:54. | |
is the top and bottom. It is interesting to see Youngquest has | :47:54. | :47:59. | |
been replaced by Willie Isa, that means that Kirk Dixon is pushed out | :47:59. | :48:07. | |
on the wing and Isa has taken up the centre position. Jamie Jones- | :48:07. | :48:12. | |
Buchanan, another one of the local academy players for Leeds. And | :48:12. | :48:17. | |
Bailey getting through a lot of work, forcing his way down there. | :48:17. | :48:27. | |
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But it is Sinfield who is a very difficult kick to tai, | :48:30. | :48:35. | |
because it is spiralling in the trajectory, it dips all of a sudden. | :48:35. | :48:40. | |
There is Willie Isa's first involvement. This Moz earn balls | :48:40. | :48:45. | |
are so light aren't they. That is a great catch. It might be unorthodox | :48:45. | :48:51. | |
but it was eye on the ball all the time. It was a really difficult | :48:51. | :49:01. | |
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Leeds side -- Danny Orr keeping the pressure on this Leeds side. Some | :49:22. | :49:26. | |
news Damian? Yes, oniest who came off with bang to the head p it was | :49:26. | :49:30. | |
a blow to the temple. He is slightly disorientated. They are | :49:30. | :49:35. | |
giving him a few moments to gather his senses. He is a part-time model. | :49:35. | :49:39. | |
Sometimes doubt whether rugby league is the right career for him! | :49:39. | :49:47. | |
Very very silly boy. Ferres there, lifting up, once the legs are above | :49:47. | :49:51. | |
the horizontal that is a penalty. He knew when he had done it. He did. | :49:51. | :49:56. | |
It was unnecessary that, because they had halted the momentum. They | :49:56. | :50:00. | |
could have put him to the ground. It is the hand between the legs. | :50:00. | :50:04. | |
Taking him past the horizontal and a poor kick there. Well, they have | :50:04. | :50:08. | |
got away with it. You can see by the expression on his face, he | :50:08. | :50:18. | |
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thought "What am I doing here?" the Leeds defence. Castleford | :50:30. | :50:40. | |
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Webb. But he is hauled over the line. Oh terrific play by | :51:05. | :51:10. | |
Castleford. Leeds will have to drop out. I was only thinking John, | :51:10. | :51:18. | |
these high kicks to Leeds, in the likes of Brent Webb Bishop and | :51:18. | :51:23. | |
Watkins, they are not big men. is the chase that is great there. | :51:23. | :51:28. | |
It was a high kick and it is Jones there and Arundel who have worked | :51:28. | :51:33. | |
so hard with the leg drive, see the leg drive, to push him over the | :51:33. | :51:37. | |
ingoal area and that has earned Castleford a repeat set, another | :51:37. | :51:47. | |
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set of six. Great defensive work Castleford. The fans on the terrace, | :51:51. | :52:01. | |
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in yellow, in good voice, roaring sciched -- switched to Castleford | :52:05. | :52:09. | |
since Leeds took that two points so it may be working against the | :52:09. | :52:19. | |
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Rhinos. Here they are now. Moving work down this right hand channel. | :52:39. | :52:44. | |
Good chance there for Willie Isa, just couldn't hold the ball. It was | :52:44. | :52:49. | |
Baderas's last action before he is replaced by Danny McGuire. It will | :52:50. | :52:57. | |
be interesting to see if he goes to dummy half. Thieth over the two | :52:57. | :53:00. | |
sides, although they have forced their way down the middle. We are | :53:00. | :53:05. | |
seeing a lot of good defence. Neither have any fluency in their | :53:05. | :53:10. | |
play yet. It is very edgy, as we described yesterday. Very nervy. | :53:10. | :53:20. | |
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This guy will inject a spark content for Chase, who appears to | :53:46. | :53:52. | |
be standing off, rather than really going for the gap John. They are | :53:52. | :54:02. | |
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placing him very close but they are can't. Did well to stay in play | :54:14. | :54:24. | |
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there. Hudson setting his stall out there for Watkins. It is getting | :54:27. | :54:35. | |
tough. It is rough. That is how to run at your man. Bailey. He is not | :54:35. | :54:45. | |
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anybody's ball. Well picked up that was well chased by Carl Ablett. | :55:07. | :55:13. | |
Penalty. It spoiled all his good work rate, didn't it. It was an | :55:13. | :55:17. | |
excellent chase there turned an indifferent kick into a good one. I | :55:17. | :55:23. | |
think they are looking at whether there is still a bit of blood. | :55:23. | :55:31. | |
could see animosity between the two there. There we have got it. Held | :55:31. | :55:36. | |
down by Ablett. Just spoiled it by trying to buy that extra half | :55:36. | :55:43. | |
second. Well he is certainly in some difficulty there John. To say | :55:43. | :55:51. | |
the least. Did you say we had somebody modelling? I think Nick | :55:51. | :55:57. | |
Youngquest. I don't think Ablett will be modelling tonight! You said | :55:57. | :56:07. | |
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it was a bit of a knock! Any way. tackles missed in the whole game so | :56:23. | :56:30. | |
far. Oh, bad pass. He tried to isolate the short side and it shows | :56:30. | :56:34. | |
the commitment. Three tackles missed by Kas, won by Leeds, but | :56:34. | :56:43. | |
Chase there trying to isolate the short side defender but this | :56:43. | :56:53. | |
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Castleford again? Yes, another set of six. Kas, moving in very very | :57:10. | :57:20. | |
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quickly. Restricting Leeds's normal just can't get through. Terrific | :57:51. | :57:55. | |
tackle by Stuart Jones but burrow is causing problems. Can he get | :57:55. | :58:05. | |
over. He has lost it! Play on. Castleford are coming away. Did he | :58:05. | :58:09. | |
lose that or was it taken from him? There is one, two, three in the | :58:09. | :58:13. | |
tackle. He put it in his arms. don't know about that but | :58:13. | :58:17. | |
McGoldrick has do that to prevent the try. He has got away wit. It is | :58:17. | :58:21. | |
better to act rather than reason when it is like that, you are | :58:21. | :58:25. | |
defending your own line. I thought he put it in his arm John. Not to | :58:25. | :58:31. | |
worry. It is all action here round this ruck area. A lot of driving | :58:31. | :58:41. | |
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and running by Hudson. Burrow, another error there from the Tiger, | :58:55. | :59:00. | |
they will be talking about ball control, ending the sets and they | :59:00. | :59:05. | |
need to remain composed because this is when fatigue is setting in | :59:05. | :59:15. | |
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in the six, seven minutes before 250. Good ball here, Jones-Bishop, | :59:20. | :59:28. | |
kicks it, can he get it over? No. That was good ball movement Ray. It | :59:28. | :59:31. | |
really was. Very clinical ball movement there. No hesitation. | :59:31. | :59:38. | |
Lovely pass there from centre, Watkins, to wing man Jones-Bishop. | :59:38. | :59:43. | |
McGoldrick had to be there to rescue the day but that has earned | :59:43. | :59:49. | |
them a repeat set. A lot of these players seem to be breathing very | :59:50. | :59:54. | |
deeply so far. It is very warm and muggy down there. It is the motion | :59:54. | :00:03. | |
of the occasion as well. But this is when you have to dig deep. | :00:03. | :00:13. | |
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just beginning to open the play out Chase. I think he placed it down. | :01:07. | :01:13. | |
He did, he placed it down. A little bit of handbags afterwards but | :01:13. | :01:23. | |
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calm or you're over the line, John. Yes. A lovely little kick their | :01:41. | :01:49. | |
front Sinfield. -- from Sinfield. He crowns the ball there so that is | :01:49. | :01:55. | |
the game finished. Anything afterwards is irrelevant. Kevin | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
Sinfield said he was trying to pick it up but it made no difference. It | :02:00. | :02:10. | |
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was just a little bit forward. Should it not have been called | :02:36. | :02:41. | |
forward it would have been a try. That is why the referee is there, | :02:41. | :02:51. | |
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there to take the Castleford Tigers Open ball can produce a cruel | :03:41. | :03:49. | |
bounce and it did that. That was the few chances of the half there. | :03:49. | :03:56. | |
It looked as if Sinfield had cleaned it up but it came free. | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
Unfortunately, it just went over the sideline. That definitely was a | :04:01. | :04:10. | |
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the 23rd minute is the difference could be absolutely vital, Ray, | :04:40. | :04:46. | |
there. He lost the ball while playing it. Ryan Hall. And 20 | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
metres away from the opposition line, just two points down, in the | :04:50. | :04:55. | |
full set of six, coming up to half time, a great situation for | :04:55. | :05:05. | |
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that with time running out but... I thought the Castleford player lost | :05:58. | :06:06. | |
that. He certainly did not ask any questions. You can see the thought | :06:06. | :06:09. | |
process they're behind bridging bid to ball. That is the half-time | :06:09. | :06:19. | |
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whistle. -- the process of their CLARE BALDING: If in to the | :06:39. | :06:44. | |
Challenge Cup semi-finals march of the two Yorkshire side's. Leeds | :06:44. | :06:52. | |
thought they had scored but a pass says referee. Kevin Sinfield did | :06:52. | :06:58. | |
the chance when he could. Could a strong defending from both sides. | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
Plenty of Rosalind going on out there. Ablaze looked like Hannibal | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
Lecter and has shown plenty of man eating capabilities. Castleford | :07:07. | :07:14. | |
went close near the end there but just two points are on the board. | :07:14. | :07:19. | |
You would not have predicted that. Perfect conditions for a high- | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
scoring match but that is not what we have got at all. It is very | :07:23. | :07:33. | |
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tight. In terms of possession and All of those figures are so close | :07:41. | :07:49. | |
and that is reflected in the scoreline. Brian Noble is watching | :07:49. | :07:56. | |
this with me. I think it shows how much it means to both teams because | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
we have seen Castleford scramble to keep Leeds out at the last minutes | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
and at the other end, Castleford have the opportunity and the same | :08:04. | :08:13. | |
I know all the effort they have put in, I think we will see it broken | :08:13. | :08:18. | |
open in the second half. Just in, which side have created depth of | :08:18. | :08:25. | |
squad. Leeds, mostly, because of the position they have had. You got | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
the sense in the first half that Leeds were going to score so I | :08:29. | :08:33. | |
think Castleford will go in at half-time very pleased. If they | :08:33. | :08:37. | |
keep defending like that, you will see some more errors from the Leeds | :08:37. | :08:43. | |
They certainly cannot go in there regretting what might have been but | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
we can certainly have a look at it. Jamie Jones-Buchanan, it was this | :08:48. | :08:56. | |
forward pass or not? I do not think it was. Brent Webb passes the ball | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
to him. He is going forward here. It looks like he's going to pass. | :09:01. | :09:08. | |
That looks like it is backwards to me. When it was the referee or the | :09:08. | :09:14. | |
touch judge, it is a forward pass. That one is definitely a forward. | :09:14. | :09:20. | |
That extra man there, they proceed through the hands. Another version | :09:20. | :09:27. | |
of events there. That is slightly forward, and I just think that at | :09:27. | :09:32. | |
that point in the game Castleford were just hanging on. We thought | :09:32. | :09:37. | |
Leeds might just break the game open. Unlucky. Both sides have been | :09:37. | :09:43. | |
very close and Ryan Bailey had a big chance for leaves again. Ryan | :09:43. | :09:48. | |
McGoldrick has to play this ball. Boris is threatened. He's going to | :09:48. | :09:53. | |
stretch out and try to put the ball down but he passes it and gives it | :09:53. | :10:01. | |
to Ryan Hall. There we are. He is going to take Ferres or Davies. | :10:01. | :10:06. | |
Good fullbacks in the mix that. If he is not there, that is a try. | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
Soak it is difficult to say it is a strip. I think he had every right | :10:11. | :10:21. | |
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to play that. And this? This was a nice bit of ball movement. He does | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
fantastically well to hold the ball there. You think he's going to get | :10:27. | :10:33. | |
there. Last ditch effort. He wrong for its ability there. Great play. | :10:33. | :10:43. | |
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The first bit of attacking play. -- he wrong foots Ablett there. | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
what do you think now, what is being said of the Castleford | :10:51. | :10:59. | |
players? -- said to. They managed to get there with a couple of | :10:59. | :11:03. | |
penalties but when they look bare - - get there they look really | :11:03. | :11:10. | |
dangerous. Chase there has not quite have the fluency but we have | :11:10. | :11:14. | |
seen when he gets in the right part of the field, he is trying to open | :11:14. | :11:22. | |
something up and it is his passing moment. He's a smart cookie and he | :11:22. | :11:27. | |
will get the opportunity to run. Thank goodness for that one went | :11:27. | :11:33. | |
out. In the main, his kicking game has been OK. Castleford have chased | :11:33. | :11:39. | |
really, really well. That has been part and parcel of it. Leeds look a | :11:39. | :11:42. | |
little bit more physical around the middle and have not struggled to | :11:42. | :11:47. | |
get out of their own half. Brian Hall got a chance to get that one | :11:47. | :11:53. | |
on the floor. I would like to see Rangi Chase get in. Here he goes, | :11:53. | :11:58. | |
back against the grain, -- against the grain, trying to create | :11:58. | :12:03. | |
something that is not really there. Here he is on the other side of the | :12:03. | :12:09. | |
game defensively. Begin that ball up and Grandin did it. He's a great | :12:09. | :12:19. | |
leader and did the very well there. CLARE BALDING: Brian McDermott | :12:19. | :12:23. | |
talking to them their about what he wants in the second half. The | :12:23. | :12:29. | |
leaves will go has been influential. He was killing them early on. This | :12:29. | :12:35. | |
is an example of the couple of runs he has had. And him and Burrow | :12:35. | :12:39. | |
added their together, probably showing how Castleford should be | :12:39. | :12:46. | |
attempting to have a go at the game. Here he goes. Another great play | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
from McGoldrick. To all intents and purposes, Danny Buderus is over the | :12:52. | :13:02. | |
:13:02. | :13:03. | ||
line there. He is a physical Goret. Yes. He has turned out very well. | :13:03. | :13:06. | |
- he is a physical man. We can look at mistakes and say, could this | :13:06. | :13:13. | |
have been done differently? I've wonder now whether James -- Jones- | :13:13. | :13:19. | |
Bishop is regretting this. He has Brett Ferres coming across there | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
and note disrespect to him but he is a bit elusive there, the wing | :13:23. | :13:30. | |
man. Maybe he could have tried and to get past Ferres. He kicked it | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
eight metres out from the line. Good result there but we asking | :13:34. | :13:39. | |
players to make decisions in split seconds. Maybe if he would have | :13:39. | :13:43. | |
backed himself it could have been a try. Note tries yet so everything | :13:43. | :13:52. | |
still to play for as Castleford try to win this. It was 1999 when they | :13:52. | :14:01. | |
last won. The man who lifted it is You watched that first half. What | :14:01. | :14:06. | |
do you make of Leeds performers? They have been pretty dominant, | :14:07. | :14:12. | |
especially in the last 50 minutes. Castleford had the first half. The | :14:12. | :14:17. | |
interchanges that meads -- leaves has made as the game has progressed | :14:18. | :14:23. | |
has been very significant. They look more and more positive. | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
Another couple of forward passes that could have been tries. If it | :14:27. | :14:32. | |
was a boxing match you would think a Castleford was against the ropes. | :14:32. | :14:40. | |
Is there a fear that Leeds might live to rue those mistresses? | :14:40. | :14:46. | |
sure that Castleford will be talking about that. The game of | :14:46. | :14:53. | |
rugby league, with the pressure, eventually the points will follow. | :14:53. | :14:57. | |
Certainly the last 15 minutes, you could see that the points were | :14:57. | :15:02. | |
starting to come. The fact that the are in the lead by two points will | :15:02. | :15:09. | |
put them in a comfortable position so they will not fail to agitated. | :15:09. | :15:14. | |
From Cas's point of view, field position? It is up and they have | :15:14. | :15:19. | |
got to get the ball into Rangi Chase's hands as much as possible. | :15:19. | :15:24. | |
But to do that you have to be in the right end of the field and the | :15:24. | :15:28. | |
back three for Castleford are important. To allow them to kick | :15:28. | :15:33. | |
the ball on the front foot. They have not put too much pressure on | :15:33. | :15:37. | |
Leeds in the first half. If they can do that, and Rangi Chase can | :15:37. | :15:44. | |
get the ball in his hand, they can score points. You are the Crusaders | :15:44. | :15:48. | |
coach. A tough time for them recently. Is there a future for | :15:49. | :15:54. | |
rugby league in Wales? There has been a lot of work done in the last | :15:54. | :16:01. | |
ten years. Youngsters are targeting -- starting to play the game. It is | :16:01. | :16:07. | |
unfortunate that the Crusaders have fallen out of Super League and -- | :16:07. | :16:11. | |
but it certainly will not change the end goal of creating a strong | :16:11. | :16:16. | |
national Welsh side. We are in the Four Nations this year and | :16:16. | :16:20. | |
hopefully can do well. I am sure there is a pathway upwards. | :16:20. | :16:24. | |
have had talks this week we did Rugby Football League and intimated | :16:24. | :16:28. | |
something positive can come out. Can you tell us? We are still | :16:28. | :16:32. | |
talking at the moment. The signs are positive and we have had good | :16:32. | :16:35. | |
communication with them. I am hoping something positive will come | :16:35. | :16:40. | |
out of that the middle to the end of this week. Your own decision | :16:40. | :16:45. | |
yesterday? Do you perhaps see yourself managing the side in the | :16:45. | :16:51. | |
championship? I want to coach in Super League at the top level. I | :16:51. | :16:56. | |
enjoy catching. I hope I continued to do that. There are three or four | :16:56. | :17:01. | |
vacancies. I am still a young coach and I still have a lot to learn. | :17:01. | :17:05. | |
The weather it is as head coach or assistant coach... Rise certainly | :17:05. | :17:11. | |
want to stay at the top. This has been the toughest challenge in your | :17:11. | :17:14. | |
pension career. There has been a lot of tough challenges at | :17:14. | :17:18. | |
Crusaders. I know Brian is in the studio and he had a lot to deal | :17:18. | :17:24. | |
with in his time in charge. Disappointing that the Chris Tew | :17:24. | :17:28. | |
does -- Crusaders are not there for the next few years but hopefully | :17:28. | :17:31. | |
all the players will sort themselves out and getting too good | :17:31. | :17:41. | |
:17:41. | :17:41. | ||
Gareth Thomas among those who are making decisions about where he | :17:41. | :17:45. | |
will go next. All the player, it was a primary concern as coach and | :17:45. | :17:49. | |
the staff and the people and the Spectator, let us not forget, that | :17:49. | :17:54. | |
three or 4,000 people rock up every week to watch and invest their | :17:54. | :17:59. | |
money. Where is professional sport in north Wales now? Rugby league in | :17:59. | :18:03. | |
particular. However you go back to the player scenario. Everybody has | :18:03. | :18:07. | |
a life to lead and job to get and in the manner in which it happened | :18:07. | :18:11. | |
is the one that sticks in everyone's mouth. The last second. | :18:11. | :18:16. | |
The players were the last to know which can't be right. Desperate for | :18:16. | :18:24. | |
them. And as he was talking about it, they made reference to the | :18:24. | :18:26. | |
vacancies there will be in Super League next year. It will be a case | :18:26. | :18:34. | |
of musical chairs. Among those departing is the Castleford coach | :18:34. | :18:40. | |
Terry Matterson, there are going to be vacancies at Castleford, Wigan, | :18:40. | :18:46. | |
Hull KR. Wakefield, you know, this could be very interesting. New job | :18:46. | :18:50. | |
club we are creating. We will have a coffee and hold us heads in our | :18:50. | :18:56. | |
hand and say where are we going next. Obviously, can you give us | :18:56. | :19:00. | |
any clues,? Are you staying in the country. I would love to. I have | :19:00. | :19:03. | |
enjoyed coaching and I want to continue coaching in Super League | :19:03. | :19:08. | |
so hopefully we get something sorted out sooner than later. | :19:08. | :19:13. | |
are plenty that would want you. And you too. You want to coach at the | :19:13. | :19:18. | |
highest level and Super League is a fabulous concept, and I have missed | :19:18. | :19:22. | |
it dearly. Some of the Leeds players will be featuring in the | :19:22. | :19:25. | |
autumn come the four nations tournament. Some will be playing | :19:25. | :19:29. | |
for England and Wales are involved. Australia and New Zealand as well. | :19:29. | :19:39. | |
:19:39. | :19:41. | ||
These are the matching you can see High lights on TV and Five Live as | :19:41. | :19:49. | |
well. Full coverage on line as a superb service. So here we go, no | :19:49. | :19:56. | |
tries yet. Leeds leading narrowly 2-0. Let us join John and Ray. No | :19:56. | :20:01. | |
tries as yet. Just that one penalty goal edging Leeds ahead as we begin | :20:01. | :20:06. | |
the final 40 minutes. To see who will join Wigan at Wembley in three | :20:07. | :20:11. | |
will join Wigan at Wembley in three weeks time. Defences on top. 182 | :20:11. | :20:15. | |
tack. -- tackles made and only four missed. That says something about | :20:15. | :20:17. | |
the determination. They are committed to the cause. They know | :20:17. | :20:23. | |
there is a massive prize at the end of this. But it has been very good. | :20:23. | :20:26. | |
Really impressed with the tackles that McGoldrick made on his own | :20:26. | :20:29. | |
line, when he tackled the ball and not worried about the player. 40 | :20:29. | :20:34. | |
minutes now, Ray, to decide who is lining up against Wigan. I am sure | :20:34. | :20:38. | |
we will have tries in the second half. The energy that is being used | :20:38. | :20:42. | |
up there in that first 40 minute, and the heat down there, it must | :20:42. | :20:46. | |
take a toll. It will do. There will be tired limbs out there, and the | :20:46. | :20:51. | |
use of interchange will be very very important as well, and be | :20:51. | :21:01. | |
:21:01. | :21:10. | ||
interesting to see when Baderas Jones-Buchanan. Well, nice slip of | :21:10. | :21:17. | |
a pass there. Oh Jackson number eight has picked it up I like the | :21:17. | :21:22. | |
attitude of Jackson. He got hold of the ball and mash -- marched it | :21:22. | :21:29. | |
forward. Castleford have had a tradition for props. These three | :21:29. | :21:32. | |
Paul Jackson, Rob Parker and Ben Davies, they might not have the | :21:33. | :21:36. | |
same aura as names but they have gone through a good 40 minutes here | :21:36. | :21:40. | |
They have worked very hard and they will have to maintain that for the | :21:40. | :21:50. | |
:21:50. | :22:17. | ||
away. Now then, he is holding on. Can he edge him on the that | :22:17. | :22:22. | |
touchline. He cuts inside. He outside again. And he beats another | :22:22. | :22:30. | |
man. But he is down. Terrific recovery there by Castleford. Leeds | :22:30. | :22:38. | |
in full flow. Magnificent run from Bishop. Well done, oh is he in. He | :22:38. | :22:46. | |
is in touch. The flag is up. Carl Ablett has not scored. Mistakes | :22:46. | :22:53. | |
right on the spot. The flag went up immediately. But that was a carbon | :22:53. | :22:58. | |
copy of that Wigan try yesterday. It was but hasn't he done well here. | :22:58. | :23:04. | |
Look who it is. He put the pressure on Ablett, but touch judge has got | :23:04. | :23:09. | |
it exactly right. Robert Hicks has got it right. The foot on the | :23:09. | :23:14. | |
sideline, but it was Danny Orr, and that shows how much it means, | :23:14. | :23:17. | |
putting the pressure on Ablett, forcing Ablett out-of-bounds. | :23:17. | :23:21. | |
you could see there with the touch judge, Mr Hick, he was looking | :23:21. | :23:27. | |
nowhere else except that white line. That did the trick for Castleford. | :23:27. | :23:32. | |
He did a great job. But again, Jones-Bishop, he is looking the one | :23:32. | :23:36. | |
most likely to break this stalemate, but good piece of work there from | :23:36. | :23:46. | |
:23:46. | :23:50. | ||
he got support inside him? Has he the layed too long. He is going | :23:50. | :23:56. | |
himself. Rangi Chase has scored! An amazing try from one end of the | :23:56. | :24:01. | |
field to the other. Castleford are in the lead. I thought he had made | :24:01. | :24:07. | |
a mistake by not passing but the confidence in this Kiwi is immense. | :24:07. | :24:13. | |
His 36th try for Castleford, and as has he ever scored a more important | :24:13. | :24:20. | |
one? I would doubt it. The fans are deleer rows. They lead for the | :24:21. | :24:24. | |
first time in this match for by points to two. What a great try. | :24:25. | :24:28. | |
They went down the short side. A bit of a tummy. Sinfield took it. | :24:28. | :24:33. | |
He used the right hand and look at his composure here. Ball in two | :24:33. | :24:38. | |
hands, he is virtually teasing Webb. He is "I'm going to pass, I'm not | :24:39. | :24:43. | |
going to pass" ore he gos in the corner. A great individual try from | :24:43. | :24:48. | |
Rangi Chase. He made it, he engineered the break and he | :24:48. | :24:54. | |
finished the break. Absolutely outstanding rugby league. It was. | :24:55. | :25:01. | |
He moved the Leeds full back, then he went out he had the legs on him. | :25:01. | :25:11. | |
:25:11. | :25:30. | ||
He is a successful kicker for no it is not. It is to the left of | :25:30. | :25:37. | |
the post. -- lofts. What a lift from that man for the men in yellow. | :25:37. | :25:42. | |
It was a magnificent break. You saw the right hand as he showed the | :25:43. | :25:49. | |
dummy to Sinfield. I love how he Teess and tantalising Webb. When he | :25:49. | :25:52. | |
realises he's has bought himself enough space he finishes the try | :25:52. | :25:59. | |
off. What a great try. I think hen joyed it. He certainly did. All the | :25:59. | :26:04. | |
drama, all the talk about whether Rangi Chase was play, whether he | :26:04. | :26:08. | |
was in Australia or wherever he was on that touchline less than a | :26:09. | :26:18. | |
:26:19. | :26:30. | ||
aplomb. For Leeds the message from Brian McDermott stretched the play, | :26:30. | :26:35. | |
get the ball under control, and we saw that great example of that from | :26:35. | :26:38. | |
Jones-Bishop, but the message from Brian McDermott is take your | :26:38. | :26:42. | |
chances, Leeds have to start doing that. Leeds I think have to start | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
moving the ball about. For my money they have battled too long and too | :26:46. | :26:50. | |
far, with Castleford round that ruck area. It is a war of attrition. | :26:50. | :26:56. | |
It is an 80 minute game. There is no teed to panic. A two point | :26:56. | :27:00. | |
deficit for the Rhinos. Castleford will be happy with that try. It | :27:00. | :27:05. | |
should give them more confidence. Burrow, scampering away. Beating | :27:05. | :27:15. | |
:27:15. | :27:40. | ||
understand what Webb was attempting to do there, because it showed it | :27:40. | :27:44. | |
and it was never really on. Cas will be happy the pressure has been | :27:44. | :27:53. | |
released. Castleford sensibly carrying the ball away, with the | :27:53. | :28:03. | |
:28:03. | :28:23. | ||
first receiver while they regather. match on loan from Wigan. He is | :28:23. | :28:28. | |
having a very good game. Here he goes again. He has got him away. | :28:28. | :28:34. | |
They are back in in business. He has lost it. He lost that there. | :28:34. | :28:40. | |
did. Good call. Again, another goodical on that far side. -- good | :28:40. | :28:47. | |
call on that far side. You see Chase opening it up and Youngquest | :28:47. | :28:52. | |
out on the wing. Off-loaded the ball to Dixon. He lost the ball in | :28:52. | :28:59. | |
that collision there n the sort of cover tackle. They are looking at | :28:59. | :29:08. | |
the moment the most promising side there Ray. They are. And Leeds | :29:08. | :29:14. | |
forced to bring the ball away. Leeds will be looking for some | :29:15. | :29:19. | |
inspiration. Terry Matterson there, with Andy hey his assistant. | :29:19. | :29:27. | |
Contented. There is a long time remaining in this Carnegie | :29:27. | :29:37. | |
:29:37. | :29:50. | ||
second row of Delaney who has returned from the substitute bench. | :29:51. | :29:56. | |
You can see as Isa is regaining his feet. He had one hand on the ball. | :29:56. | :30:01. | |
This is a marvellous opportunity for the Leeds Rhinos. A penalty | :30:01. | :30:05. | |
like that can change the course of the game. The ball here now with | :30:05. | :30:15. | |
:30:15. | :30:42. | ||
12 months but he is fit and ready there. A bit of a problem here with | :30:42. | :30:52. | |
:30:52. | :31:05. | ||
Danny off and Dan and acquire. nothing. It is a mile for Wood, | :31:05. | :31:15. | |
:31:15. | :31:17. | ||
that one. -- forwards. It was after the ball was on the ground that we | :31:17. | :31:27. | |
:31:27. | :31:38. | ||
had the two Dannys having a little tackle above the shoulder... | :31:38. | :31:43. | |
McGuire making a last ditch class, but around the neck. That is a | :31:43. | :31:53. | |
:31:53. | :31:53. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :31:53. | :32:41. | |
penalty. A good decision. Tempers providing big problems for Leeds. | :32:41. | :32:44. | |
Jackson was working incessantly when he was carrying the ball after | :32:44. | :32:51. | |
collision to get them forward. There is no doubt, they were | :32:51. | :32:56. | |
offside and if councils are... would you do, John? Is this worth a | :32:56. | :33:06. | |
goal? Points as a premium. No doubt. The interchange has been eating up. | :33:06. | :33:11. | |
Eight on each side. So it is a war of attrition out there and any | :33:11. | :33:17. | |
points you can get are very important will stop Kirk Dixon, | :33:17. | :33:27. | |
:33:27. | :33:55. | ||
extra-time over there at felt -- points for Castleford. 6-2. Do the | :33:55. | :34:02. | |
Castleford fans, as they have said all week, begin to dream of | :34:02. | :34:10. | |
Wembley? They have been dreaming of it all week but the reality dawns | :34:10. | :34:15. | |
today. But there is a long time to go yet. There will be a lot of | :34:15. | :34:25. | |
:34:25. | :34:50. | ||
have someone from the Castleford squad here. How did Castleford hold | :34:50. | :35:00. | |
:35:00. | :35:02. | ||
on? We have just got to not make any mistakes. And Rangi Chase? | :35:02. | :35:06. | |
thought he made the wrong decision, not passing. It shows how much I | :35:06. | :35:15. | |
know. We predicted that Rangi Chase would get the first score of half- | :35:15. | :35:25. | |
:35:25. | :35:25. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :35:25. | :36:24. | |
composure in some of these experienced Leeds Rhinos players.... | :36:24. | :36:27. | |
Robert Burrow was actually pleading with him to pass the ball and he | :36:27. | :36:35. | |
put a bit too pure -- he put boot to ball and that is a half chance | :36:35. | :36:45. | |
:36:45. | :36:45. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :36:45. | :37:59. | |
this on their own rather than position of the ball, he has played | :37:59. | :38:07. | |
it, and then he pushes the Leeds Rhinos player over. Rob Burrow is | :38:07. | :38:13. | |
having discussions... There is no need for that because he has done | :38:13. | :38:18. | |
his job, and very well all afternoon, McGoldrick, and he has | :38:18. | :38:27. | |
given -- this has given Leeds we did good opportunity. -- a really | :38:27. | :38:37. | |
:38:37. | :38:37. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :38:37. | :39:28. | |
McGuire went to follow the kick from Brent Webb. It was a very | :39:28. | :39:31. | |
difficult pick up but if you want to get to Wembley you have got to | :39:31. | :39:36. | |
make those. What a cracking game the second half is turning out to | :39:36. | :39:46. | |
be. Coming up to the final 20 minutes of this game. The players | :39:46. | :39:56. | |
:39:56. | :39:56. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :39:56. | :41:15. | |
going to go to Wembley, Ray, they have got to take advantage of what | :41:15. | :41:22. | |
this position is giving them. sets, one after the other. That is | :41:22. | :41:28. | |
difficult to defend against in this heat. Oh, Peacock could not just | :41:28. | :41:38. | |
:41:38. | :42:03. | ||
get there! Terrific tackle by and Castleford drinking in there, | :42:03. | :42:11. | |
as Leeds throw everything at them. You can sense Leeds' urgency and | :42:11. | :42:21. | |
:42:21. | :42:22. | ||
commitment to win is there. Castleford eight to Leeds' 5, the | :42:22. | :42:32. | |
sense depended in their own half. - - sets defended. In that final 20 | :42:32. | :42:42. | |
:42:42. | :42:42. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :42:42. | :44:22. | |
there. A nice little kick. Dixon forwards on, Davies and Thompson. | :44:22. | :44:32. | |
:44:32. | :44:52. | ||
Working the interchanges. Jackson posts are standing out of their | :44:52. | :44:58. | |
seats. They are really beginning to think, can they be an upset here | :44:58. | :45:08. | |
:45:08. | :45:21. | ||
Penalty. The ball or the elbow of the ball carrying arm hit the | :45:21. | :45:26. | |
ground, I'm sure. Chase made the tackle. The tackle momentum stopped. | :45:26. | :45:32. | |
It was after that point Chase took the ball. Well, Terry Matterson was | :45:32. | :45:42. | |
:45:42. | :45:42. | ||
quite detached earlier on, sitting high in the sky. What do you think | :45:42. | :45:48. | |
his heart rate will be? I don't know. Perhaps the walkie-talkies | :45:48. | :45:54. | |
are broken John. Leeds still very much in in game. Four points, | :45:54. | :46:00. | |
absolutely no lead at all, with just 16 my opinions remaining. | :46:00. | :46:10. | |
:46:10. | :46:18. | ||
get it back to burrow? He is scampering about. No, he is just | :46:18. | :46:23. | |
held. A metre short. Desperate, frantic defence here from the men | :46:23. | :46:33. | |
:46:33. | :46:51. | ||
years in the sport and still going for the Rhinos. The left hand side | :46:51. | :47:01. | |
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chased it. The middle did. -- Challenge Cup final, Saturday 27th | :47:11. | :47:14. | |
August. We don't quite know who will be facing Wigan, but which | :47:14. | :47:24. | |
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ever side it is, it will be a played out. Still the last tackle. | :47:31. | :47:35. | |
He will be satisfied will Richie Owen with that, it was a scrappy | :47:35. | :47:43. | |
end, they decided to put the ball over the dead-ball line. Haven't | :47:43. | :47:53. | |
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they defended so well, Castleford tired, don't they? I this they are | :47:59. | :48:03. | |
trying to solve the problems in ones, rather than working as a | :48:03. | :48:07. | |
group and offering options inside and out, and perhaps promoting an | :48:07. | :48:11. | |
off load or two. Here we are. Baderas with a good run from the | :48:11. | :48:21. | |
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half back position. Can he get it there, on the last tackle. A good | :48:35. | :48:41. | |
left footed kick. This is dangerous. Oh! Play on, says the referee. It | :48:41. | :48:48. | |
went backwards. Can't be off side in the end goal. Play on. Here is | :48:48. | :48:52. | |
Rangi Chase again. Skipping. Jumping round. Beautiful ball. | :48:52. | :48:58. | |
Castleford are on the attack. Some of this Leeds side are walking back. | :48:58. | :49:03. | |
Good tackle there from Webb. Marvellous counter attack from | :49:03. | :49:06. | |
McGoldrick. Those who have been really important for the Tigers | :49:06. | :49:16. | |
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Too easy for Jones-Bishop to take. There was no pressure. Not at all. | :49:39. | :49:48. | |
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Castleford still holding on to that six points to two lead. Just the | :49:55. | :50:05. | |
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of burrow or McGuire. They need options. They need people rung off | :50:14. | :50:19. | |
them. That certainly won't help. Jamie Jones-Buchanan losing the | :50:19. | :50:23. | |
ball. He has worked very very hard as the second row of Jamie Jones- | :50:23. | :50:29. | |
Buchanan and again it is a very good tackle from Milner. He is just | :50:29. | :50:34. | |
19 years of age. He has had a cracker, I'll tell you today. Time | :50:34. | :50:38. | |
is running out for the Rhino, they will have to start working more and | :50:38. | :50:43. | |
more and more for each other. I noticed in that last move. Rob | :50:43. | :50:47. | |
burrow shouting to his team, urging them to move the ball more, as you | :50:47. | :50:54. | |
are suggesting. It is down now where you have to take the risk, if | :50:54. | :50:59. | |
you are going to get to a prize like that. And that may well be | :50:59. | :51:07. | |
very very important there, Richie Owen, a little aggrieved with the | :51:07. | :51:10. | |
referee's decision, but Phil Bentham convinced he lost the ball. | :51:10. | :51:16. | |
I'm not. I'm not convinced he lost the ball, but technically he never | :51:16. | :51:21. | |
played with played with it his foot. If you haven't it is a penalty. | :51:21. | :51:25. | |
What I am saying it is par for the course and no referees ever seem to | :51:25. | :51:34. | |
pick it up. He has lost it. That is a penalty. There is interference. | :51:34. | :51:40. | |
Now then. This should be interesting to see whether... There | :51:40. | :51:50. | |
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was any interference. REFEREE: he hit the Cas man? Rob, so in your | :51:52. | :51:57. | |
opinion the Cas man has not made any connection on the way back? | :51:57. | :52:04. | |
think that is debatable. I think that he was trying to get on side. | :52:04. | :52:09. | |
He has certainly played the arm. I think the Leeds Rhinos will be | :52:09. | :52:14. | |
aggrieved with that, but Castleford tigers players and fans won't be | :52:14. | :52:18. | |
worried. Very very contentious decision there. But, this is what | :52:18. | :52:22. | |
makes, this is what the Challenge Cup is all about. There is only one | :52:22. | :52:32. | |
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here from Castleford. Driving in at it half broke them. It forced hawk | :52:55. | :53:01. | |
to have a second effort. It shows some of the depth of the talent at | :53:01. | :53:07. | |
Wigan when they can loan this boy out. He could play in the final | :53:07. | :53:12. | |
against his parent club. He could. I don't know what the arrangements | :53:12. | :53:22. | |
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are. Sometimes they stop them. celebrating his 4 hundredth career | :53:27. | :53:30. | |
appearance. A record points scorer here for Castleford. He will | :53:31. | :53:34. | |
remember it as well, if they manage to achieve the prize and get to | :53:34. | :53:44. | |
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absolute beauty. The Castleford fans are absolutely ecstatic. Just | :54:08. | :54:13. | |
look at that little lad bouncing up and down there! This is what rugby | :54:13. | :54:19. | |
league means to a town like Castleford. Eight points to two. | :54:19. | :54:24. | |
Less than nine minutes remain, all the pressure now on Leeds. -- | :54:24. | :54:28. | |
remaining. One of the great sides of Challenge Cup rugby. In honesty | :54:28. | :54:34. | |
Ray, you look at this and you think where can Leeds conjure a try from? | :54:34. | :54:41. | |
If they do and convert it, it is still even Stevens goal and point | :54:41. | :54:45. | |
jobs. Could you stand another goal and point job after your experience | :54:45. | :54:55. | |
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with Wakefield and Castleford? give that pass out. He knows it. | :54:58. | :55:04. | |
have been singing his praises, haven't we, but that was a big | :55:04. | :55:12. | |
error there. So, Terry Matterson and his assistant there, Andy Hay, | :55:12. | :55:17. | |
they both know how vital that mistake could be. Six tackles here | :55:17. | :55:27. | |
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then to Leeds. What can McGuire and it out. Can he pick it up. He's | :55:51. | :56:01. | |
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over! He's over. No hesitation there. Jones-Bishop he picked the | :56:06. | :56:16. | |
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ball up. Watkins, 18th try. Tremendous effort. And Leeds are | :56:17. | :56:21. | |
back! Yes, well the ball moved from left to right there, one of the | :56:21. | :56:26. | |
slickest of movement and the ball hit the ground from Hauraki, a | :56:26. | :56:29. | |
lovely bit of composure from Watkins. Kept his hands away from | :56:29. | :56:35. | |
the ball. It hits the ground from the off load. He shows composure | :56:36. | :56:40. | |
and finishes really well, three metres in from the sideline. And my | :56:40. | :56:48. | |
word, good try from Watkins, but this is pressure. The skill of | :56:48. | :56:58. | |
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in business. Kevin Sinfield. The record goal kicker for Leeds, shows | :57:05. | :57:11. | |
his true metal when the pressure son from the toech line. He grabs | :57:11. | :57:15. | |
another one. -- touchline. He grabs another one and we are all square | :57:15. | :57:23. | |
here at the Keepmoat stadium. piece of brilliance. Hauraki does a | :57:23. | :57:28. | |
good job. Off loads the ball. Great composure from Watkins. Good kick | :57:28. | :57:31. | |
under pressure and a great finish and Sinfield's kick, that is, | :57:31. | :57:35. | |
handling pressure at the highest level. What a finish we've got in | :57:35. | :57:40. | |
store now Ray. Less than six minutes remaining and suddenly, | :57:41. | :57:50. | |
:57:51. | :57:52. | ||
Leeds look revitalised. Leeds now charging away. Buderus. And it is | :57:52. | :57:59. | |
Castleford off side. Play from Buderus. He picked the ball up and | :57:59. | :58:05. | |
made Parker get involved in the defensive. Will it be a drop goal? | :58:05. | :58:11. | |
Well, Kevin Sinfield, Danny McGuire, burrow, all adapted to -- adept at | :58:12. | :58:19. | |
drop goals. Sin teeld with 2 drop goals in his career. They are | :58:19. | :58:29. | |
:58:29. | :58:43. | ||
taking it to central position Ray. crash on the goal-line of | :58:43. | :58:47. | |
Castleford. They picked out Kirk but he couldn't reel the ball in. | :58:47. | :58:51. | |
Too much traffic from the Castleford defence. You tend the | :58:51. | :58:55. | |
lose the ball when you are so tired. You can see a lot of tired men out | :58:55. | :58:58. | |
there There is fatigue but there is pressure from the defensive line. | :58:58. | :59:02. | |
Kevin Sinfield in the background, he was screaming at Buderus, he | :59:02. | :59:07. | |
wanted the ball to slot a one pointer over, but it wasn't to be a. | :59:07. | :59:13. | |
It is still eight all. Four-and-a- half minutes left. We going to go | :59:13. | :59:20. | |
into goal and point. Let us remind listeners a golden point. A draw at | :59:20. | :59:24. | |
half-time. There is to replay now. We return round at full-time and | :59:24. | :59:28. | |
the team that scores first, whether it be a drop goal, a try, or a | :59:28. | :59:34. | |
penalty goal, is the winner. Castleford already have achieved | :59:34. | :59:40. | |
that once against John's side, Wakefield Trinity. And won by 20 | :59:40. | :59:48. | |
points to 18. A two pointer from Kirk Dixon. I don't think Ray he is | :59:48. | :59:54. | |
obsessed with a drop goal. You have to build pressure. But Leeds Rhinos | :59:54. | :59:59. | |
they have found an injection of energy from somewhere. They are | :59:59. | :00:03. | |
stopping Castleford. A long kick. You have to get up there fast. Webb, | :00:03. | :00:13. | |
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he has to make ground. He is doing. better Leeds players. His work-rate | :00:33. | :00:43. | |
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decision, I am certain, from Danny McGuire. There was one of the | :01:11. | :01:21. | |
tackle left and he went for the try. Chase is injured. I think he is | :01:21. | :01:27. | |
also buying a moment or two for his groggy defence. There are one or | :01:27. | :01:34. | |
two players on the field who had their hands are on their knees. | :01:34. | :01:44. | |
:01:44. | :01:53. | ||
it the read -- right decision from the naked eye, there looked to be | :01:53. | :02:00. | |
nothing at all. It was just Chase going down on the ball. When it is | :02:00. | :02:06. | |
slowed down, things look worse. He is OK. He's up and running. Not | :02:06. | :02:16. | |
:02:16. | :02:16. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :02:16. | :03:26. | |
exactly brimming, but he's up. -- the first person of the team to | :03:26. | :03:36. | |
:03:36. | :03:36. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :03:36. | :04:41. | |
do not think a very good get a full set in. -- I do not think they can | :04:42. | :04:49. | |
get a full set in. McGoldrick and Orr flew out of the line to put him | :04:49. | :04:55. | |
under pressure. And marvellous work from Orr to get Castleford that's | :04:55. | :05:02. | |
marvellous field position. We were talking on -- earlier on about | :05:02. | :05:12. | |
:05:12. | :05:37. | ||
fitness. What a fine example from gone to the left-hand side of the | :05:37. | :05:43. | |
post. We will be in two extra time. There is no doubt about that now. | :05:43. | :05:50. | |
The seconds are ticking away. And we cannot restart the game. Time | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
for a little rest for all the players but this time is yet to be | :05:54. | :06:01. | |
decided yet. The first to score the golden., drop goal, a penalty goal | :06:01. | :06:11. | |
:06:11. | :06:18. | ||
or try, will settle this. -- the for a word. The coaches with a | :06:18. | :06:24. | |
first sides. What do are experts in the studio think? | :06:24. | :06:32. | |
CLARE BALDING: Just in, you said it is not the greatest quality match, | :06:32. | :06:38. | |
but intense. I think this period here, defence is going to be the | :06:38. | :06:41. | |
key. You have to stop the opposition from getting into | :06:41. | :06:47. | |
position. And they act on their feet. Both the team. Leeds probably | :06:47. | :06:54. | |
looked like they had the most energy. Castleford have charged | :06:54. | :07:01. | |
down to. Well, two just brilliant pieces of play that whistle. It | :07:01. | :07:07. | |
took until four to four minutes for a try to be scored, Castleford with | :07:07. | :07:13. | |
a break from Rangi Chase. Clarkson was late back in the line and just | :07:13. | :07:18. | |
had so much leg but what he does afterwards, he turns Brent Webb | :07:18. | :07:23. | |
inside out and in the lady's chamber. You would have expected | :07:23. | :07:29. | |
him to pass there, but that his confidence. And Watkins here | :07:29. | :07:32. | |
scoring for Leeds. The simple conversion was immense, because it | :07:32. | :07:37. | |
is right over there on the right- hand touchline. Sinfield, shades of | :07:38. | :07:44. | |
that semi-final kick that he took back in 2003. He would have thought | :07:44. | :07:51. | |
it would have taken 70 or so minutes for Leeds to score a try? | :07:51. | :07:55. | |
The Leeds markers putting some pressure on there and he just | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
kicked it to decide there. But fantastic effort from Castleford. | :07:59. | :08:04. | |
They thoroughly deserve to be in this golden point situation. They | :08:04. | :08:09. | |
have defended fantastically on their goal line. The players trying | :08:09. | :08:14. | |
to take on as much liquid as they possibly can. It is very hot out | :08:14. | :08:21. | |
there. They are dehydrated. We are going to golden point in this | :08:21. | :08:29. | |
second Carnegie Challenge Cup semi- final. Expect, from both sides, | :08:29. | :08:34. | |
then to try to get into a position where they can go for a drop goal. | :08:34. | :08:37. | |
All sorts of things can happen here but it will be whichever side has | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
the energy left to do something, because it is not even the case any | :08:42. | :08:46. | |
more of being 80 minutes away from Wembley. They could be a minute | :08:46. | :08:53. | |
away, they could be 20 minutes away. Let's rejoin Ray French and John | :08:53. | :09:03. | |
:09:03. | :09:08. | ||
the Match? We will know very, very quickly. Do not forget, the normal | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
interchange pattern is allowed and another extra three into changes | :09:12. | :09:18. | |
are also allowed, to cater for extra-time. -- 3 interchanges are | :09:18. | :09:28. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :09:28. | :10:15. | |
you are going to get anything, you have to come 80 metres to get it. | :10:15. | :10:25. | |
:10:25. | :11:05. | ||
Leeds have got to get back and high tackle? Our massive decision | :11:05. | :11:12. | |
on the referee. It is a high tackle. Will Kevin Sinfield go for goal? | :11:12. | :11:17. | |
great break first from Sinfield, Ben McGuire backing up on the next | :11:17. | :11:27. | |
:11:27. | :11:28. | ||
play and no doubt, he wrong-footed McGoldrick. It was a penalty. There | :11:28. | :11:38. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :11:38. | :12:23. | |
Castleford could be all over with has kicked the winning goal. | :12:23. | :12:27. | |
Castleford can hardly believe it! One or two of those players | :12:27. | :12:32. | |
collapsed to the ground. Some of the fans are in tears. It has not | :12:32. | :12:37. | |
been the greatest of games in terms of spectacular rugby, but what a | :12:37. | :12:44. | |
battle! What a war of attrition! And Ronnie the rhino is urging the | :12:44. | :12:49. | |
Leeds fans. Sinfield, the Europe of the hour. He will take Leeds to | :12:49. | :12:57. | |
Wembley. Kevin Sinfield has been the man of the match simply because | :12:57. | :13:06. | |
he has kept with the pressure with two immense goal kicks. He has | :13:06. | :13:10. | |
contributed greatly individually but those two kicks, firstly to tie | :13:10. | :13:16. | |
the score, second late to win the game, man of the match. And it was | :13:16. | :13:20. | |
Castleford, 72 minutes into this game, on the way to Wembley, | :13:20. | :13:28. | |
leading by 8-2, Sinfield adding the goal from the touchline, and | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
Sinfield the prolific points-scorer, more points than anybody else. The | :13:33. | :13:40. | |
record goalscorer for Leeds, he rare here at the Keepmoat Stadium. | :13:40. | :13:47. | |
-- the hero. They are all the way to face Wigan at Wembley in three | :13:47. | :13:56. | |
Congratulations. You are through to Wembley. Talk us through you'll for | :13:56. | :14:04. | |
prices with that kick. Hope for the best. -- your thought process. | :14:04. | :14:10. | |
thought Cas were out standing and probably did not deserve to lose. | :14:10. | :14:15. | |
It was not a vintage leaves performance, was it? No, we have | :14:15. | :14:22. | |
been inconsistent this season. Good stuff for five or ten minutes and | :14:22. | :14:28. | |
then awful again. Stuffed to work on. If we keep putting of these | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
results and working together... They must have been times when you | :14:32. | :14:37. | |
thought the score was not going to come. Cas were outstanding and gave | :14:37. | :14:42. | |
us everything they had. When we went 8-2 behind, it was pretty | :14:43. | :14:50. | |
ominous for us. Congratulations. You are the comedian man of the | :14:50. | :14:56. | |
match. Danny Buderus is with us. What a way to go through to Wembley. | :14:56. | :15:00. | |
Yes, Kevin stays behind to train every day and gets those goals and | :15:00. | :15:06. | |
they are invaluable. Did you always know he was going to kick it? | :15:06. | :15:12. | |
kicks from the side line were probably harder for him. To send it | :15:12. | :15:16. | |
through to Wembley is a pretty good occasion. The blood I your nose | :15:16. | :15:23. | |
tells a story. A bruising encounter. Yes. It is a real good atmosphere | :15:23. | :15:33. | |
:15:33. | :15:35. | ||
around here. A good battle and very good with Wigan. A patient sort of | :15:35. | :15:45. | |
:15:45. | :15:49. | ||
game. Week stuck it out. At times You are through to the final, | :15:49. | :15:56. | |
Robbie burr Roys, you deserve to get one don't you? We have had some | :15:56. | :16:00. | |
tests but not in the Challenge Cup so we are lucky you get that one. | :16:00. | :16:07. | |
How touch was it this afternoon? Leeds and Cas games are tough. All | :16:07. | :16:11. | |
credit to Cas, they were great. The team spirit we have here is good so | :16:11. | :16:16. | |
it got us through. As you approached extra time both teams | :16:16. | :16:22. | |
looked out on their feet, is that the way you felt? That is the | :16:23. | :16:26. | |
testimony. It was tough, top pace but both teams deserve a shake of | :16:26. | :16:30. | |
the hand. What are your thoughts about facing wig none the final? | :16:30. | :16:35. | |
Really excited about it. Games like this, Westminster ibly, the boys | :16:35. | :16:43. | |
will be looking forward to it. Leeds have lost their last four | :16:43. | :16:48. | |
Challenge Cup final, they will be desperate to turn that round. Muted | :16:48. | :16:51. | |
tell spwraition -- celebrations among the players, mainly because | :16:51. | :16:55. | |
they are exhausted. It really matters to them, you have to feel | :16:55. | :16:59. | |
sorry for these Castleford players, what an effort from them. They | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
matched Leeds, they looked the better side and in many passages of | :17:04. | :17:09. | |
play they put everything into that and desperate to walk away with | :17:09. | :17:14. | |
nothing. It, when you see, you know, big physical powerful men like this, | :17:14. | :17:20. | |
wrecked, wrecked motionly, it is really hard to take, and you know, | :17:20. | :17:25. | |
you were cheering encouragement to Castleford and in many ways a lot | :17:25. | :17:30. | |
of people will feel they deserve to win. I thought they defended | :17:30. | :17:33. | |
fantasticically. There were moments in the first half where Leeds had | :17:33. | :17:36. | |
the ball for five or six minutes and the second half they defended. | :17:36. | :17:43. | |
They deserved it. Leeds, they came one the big play, great break by | :17:43. | :17:48. | |
Sinfield and McGuire and from Kevin. He must be waving to family members | :17:48. | :17:51. | |
there. You can see by the muted celebration, they know what a | :17:51. | :17:58. | |
tussle they have had and probably got out of jail free. Dor is with | :17:58. | :18:03. | |
Damian. Commiserations, a cruel way to lose a semifinal. Yes, you know, | :18:03. | :18:08. | |
I think any semis, it is not nice, it is an awful feeling. I have been | :18:08. | :18:13. | |
on the end of a few of them. I doesn't get any easier I can assure | :18:13. | :18:16. | |
you. At 8-2 did you think you were through? I didn't think we were | :18:16. | :18:20. | |
through. I thought we were in a good position to go through. We | :18:20. | :18:24. | |
made an error and let them back into the game. After a really | :18:24. | :18:27. | |
important time we kick add penalty and we should have kicked home from | :18:27. | :18:32. | |
there and got good field position and put them under pressure. That | :18:32. | :18:39. | |
is rugby for you. Cas have form, did you feel approaching extra time | :18:39. | :18:45. | |
that was your best chance? To be honest, at 8-2 we were in a good | :18:45. | :18:51. | |
position. We just made error, we made an error in extra time and you | :18:51. | :18:59. | |
can't give a game away. There were tremendous passions in the game. | :18:59. | :19:05. | |
You seem to channel that emotion rel into the game. Yes, we are a | :19:05. | :19:09. | |
good team you know, I thought, Terry leaving it would have been | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
great to send him off with a final, and hopefully winning some | :19:14. | :19:17. | |
silverwareer but it is not to be. We have to pick ourself up and we | :19:17. | :19:24. | |
have a lot to play for. Thanks Danny. Danny Orr expressing | :19:24. | :19:28. | |
disappointment they couldn't do it format mat. He will try and console | :19:28. | :19:32. | |
his players. Didn't they try. He leaves at the end of the season. | :19:32. | :19:38. | |
Neil says unlucky Cas, didn't deserve to lose that game. These | :19:38. | :19:43. | |
are coming through Twitter. Ian says "Cruel on Cas. Great nerve | :19:43. | :19:47. | |
from Sinfield. Should be a cracking final." Indeed it will be and we | :19:47. | :19:52. | |
will be there live on the BBC, in 20 days time. August 27th. It will | :19:52. | :19:58. | |
be on BBC One, Wigan Warriors against Leeds Rhinos. The match was | :19:58. | :20:02. | |
won, well, through the boot of sin singers but it wasn't just the way | :20:02. | :20:05. | |
he took that penalty, it was the break he made to make sure that | :20:05. | :20:09. | |
Leeds were close enough, that if anything, if ieth her got an | :20:09. | :20:13. | |
opportunity to drop goal he could take it or if a penalty was awarded | :20:13. | :20:18. | |
and Paul says "Don't care how much surgery I have to have, Kevin | :20:18. | :20:22. | |
Sinfieldly have your babies." A lot of Leeds fans will feel that way! | :20:22. | :20:27. | |
It was incredible. A good break on the back of Sinfield's run by | :20:27. | :20:30. | |
McGuire. McGoldrick has gone for a shot on ball and mistimed it a bit. | :20:31. | :20:36. | |
Got him a bit high. Brave to give a penalty in that situation, but I | :20:36. | :20:39. | |
think the very play shows it was a high one and deserved a penalty. | :20:39. | :20:44. | |
Isn't he good here. Nerves of steel. You backed him in every second of | :20:44. | :20:49. | |
that kick. He wasn't going to miss it, was he? It will be interesting | :20:49. | :20:52. | |
to see, look how cool he is after. He doesn't want to get | :20:52. | :20:54. | |
overemotional about the Challenge Cup this year. I wonder whether | :20:54. | :20:59. | |
they have learned a lot from last year. I think that is the element | :20:59. | :21:02. | |
of humility that is sin. They know they have been in a hell of a | :21:02. | :21:07. | |
tussle and a hell of a fight. Cas might have come through the other | :21:07. | :21:11. | |
side on any other day as winners. This is what it means to them in | :21:11. | :21:15. | |
the changing room. They will be tired tonight. It's a big one for | :21:15. | :21:18. | |
Brian McDermott who had his critics through the year at certain times. | :21:18. | :21:24. | |
He has come through that. They are in a final. It is a dance as well | :21:24. | :21:31. | |
as a song. Nice little dance. looks like a Haka. It's the hokey- | :21:31. | :21:36. | |
cokey. Very nice. They have every right to dance away, because you | :21:36. | :21:41. | |
know, it was tight and very tense and there were few moments of what | :21:41. | :21:46. | |
one would call great flair. It was dramatic to the last. It was a | :21:46. | :21:50. | |
great, great finish to the game. As we said it wasn't, you know classic | :21:50. | :21:54. | |
rugby league game, there was a lot of mistakes and penalties but it | :21:54. | :21:58. | |
was tense. You know, points towards a good final in about three weeks | :21:58. | :22:04. | |
time. We have seen that over both semifinals. Neither in particular | :22:04. | :22:07. | |
high scoring. The final should be spectacular, Leeds have to raise | :22:07. | :22:11. | |
their game to beat an awesome Wigan side from yesterday. It will be | :22:11. | :22:15. | |
Wigan going for a record, -- extending 18th success in the | :22:16. | :22:19. | |
Challenge Cup. Leeds will be going for a 12th. It's a replay of the 94 | :22:19. | :22:23. |