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This statue outside the Halliwell Jones Stadium commemorates their | :00:45. | :00:51. | |
greatest-ever player, who 50 years ago this week scored his 740 if and | :00:51. | :00:56. | |
final try for the club. He was one of the side that did the cup and | :00:56. | :01:03. | |
league double in 1954. Their Challenge Cup record isn't bad, | :01:03. | :01:12. | |
they have won it twice in the last three years. Warrington have the | :01:12. | :01:22. | |
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early lead. What a fabulous try! Superb! Simon Gregg's of their hat- | :01:32. | :01:40. | |
trick. The celebrations begin. Wembley winners twice now. That's a | :01:40. | :01:46. | |
special achievement for this Warrington side. Given the | :01:46. | :01:51. | |
intensity of the Bradford Bulls's dressing room, they know that the | :01:51. | :01:57. | |
club needs a cup win. They are on the edge of financial meltdown, | :01:57. | :02:00. | |
they will do their best to make sure they make it to Wembley. They | :02:00. | :02:08. | |
have the best a towels I've ever seen, they need a bit of bully. | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
Believe me, they won't throw the towel in me in the attempt to win | :02:12. | :02:22. | |
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the Cup. They last won it in 2003. With Mick Potter at the helm they | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
will try and upset the odds as he did with Catalan Dragons, taking | :02:28. | :02:38. | |
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them to the final in 2007. Warrington's run of 12 matches | :02:39. | :02:47. | |
unbeaten in the Challenge Cup came to an end with an unlucky 13 with | :02:47. | :02:55. | |
defeat to Wigan last year. Coach Tony Smith has said his big men up | :02:55. | :02:59. | |
front will have to pack a punch, metaphorically at least. They will | :02:59. | :03:09. | |
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be missing their captain Adrian Morley. In his absence, the captain | :03:15. | :03:22. | |
is Lee Briers. They do love the Challenge Cup. The Warrington fans | :03:22. | :03:27. | |
will be in full voice, they have the advantage of the home side in | :03:27. | :03:32. | |
this fifth round match. The Bradford coach arrived a few hours | :03:32. | :03:42. | |
ago. Mick Potter planning a big upset. Full credit to the Bradford | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
fans, they are supporting their club with money. We have mentioned | :03:47. | :03:53. | |
their financial strife, they need �1 million to avoid administration, | :03:53. | :03:59. | |
and �500,000 of that has been raised by the fans. A big pat on | :03:59. | :04:08. | |
the back to them. This is the prize that is on offer, the trophy, and | :04:08. | :04:16. | |
the prize-money. This cup has such issues history, it means an awful | :04:16. | :04:24. | |
lot to both of these sides, a place in the quarter-finals is what's on | :04:24. | :04:32. | |
offer. We were expecting it to be very cold, it's not best cold. -- | :04:32. | :04:42. | |
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it's not this cold. I went from Eskimo lurk. -- I went for a Eskimo | :04:49. | :04:58. | |
look at. It is a contrast in styles. Bradford have a massive size. They | :04:58. | :05:06. | |
all want to put pressure on the Warrington goal line. They were | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
trying speeded up, Bradford will try and slow down. To give Bradford | :05:10. | :05:17. | |
any chance? To a I do. They are a big team. There is always a chance. | :05:17. | :05:25. | |
I wonder where the spark will come from for Bradford. Warrington don't | :05:25. | :05:30. | |
lack class anywhere in the field. They will be really thankful that | :05:30. | :05:37. | |
it has stayed dry. Warrington are still out warming up. Bradford are | :05:37. | :05:44. | |
already in their changing room. With Cup matches you can chuck | :05:44. | :05:54. | |
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former out of the window. -- the formbook. It was a really great | :06:08. | :06:18. | |
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fright against Wigan. They eventually won a 32-16. St Helens | :06:22. | :06:30. | |
ran in 76 points against Oldham. They are into the quarter-finals. | :06:30. | :06:38. | |
Catalan Dragons and Sheffield play later on today. As well as covering | :06:38. | :06:45. | |
today's match, we will also be on the red button. We will discuss the | :06:45. | :06:50. | |
plight of preferred, and all of the Rugby League issues. We will show | :06:50. | :06:55. | |
you all the tries from that Wigan game. What does Warrington against | :06:55. | :07:05. | |
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Bradford mean? Heres our guide. -- here is. | :07:08. | :07:12. | |
These encounters have always been feisty affairs. It is the Bulls to | :07:13. | :07:22. | |
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have had more bite -- who have had more bite. He is in the! -- he is | :07:28. | :07:38. | |
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in! He follows up to score. I think he got it down. Warrington | :07:45. | :07:49. | |
currently set for third in Super League, the highlight being this | :07:49. | :07:58. | |
dramatic victory at Wigan. Although they lost 2 St Helens a week later | :07:58. | :08:03. | |
they also got a good victory against Castleford. Bradford's | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
problems have been well-documented, on the field it has been a mixed | :08:06. | :08:12. | |
bag. They lost at home to the Giants. Six wins and six defeats | :08:13. | :08:19. | |
mean they are clinging on to that last play-off place. | :08:19. | :08:23. | |
Warrington have been pretty exciting to watch, 66 tries, that | :08:23. | :08:33. | |
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is the second best. They have the highest error count. They are third | :08:34. | :08:44. | |
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and 8th. What is the Bradford game plan today? Their former star | :08:46. | :08:52. | |
player can tell us. The best way to make �500,000 is to | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
win the Challenge Cup final. It will not be an easy task for | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
Bradford, they are bigger underdogs. They do have some strengths. They | :09:01. | :09:10. | |
are one of the biggest teams in the Super League. No-one is finer than | :09:10. | :09:20. | |
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Craig Kopczak. He's great at leading the line. Tom Burgess, and | :09:22. | :09:26. | |
absolutely great player. He is making a name from self-. At no | :09:26. | :09:32. | |
better place than in the Challenge Cup. Also in the backs, many see | :09:32. | :09:42. | |
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manner cuts are -- Manese Manuokafoa, he is a big talent. | :09:44. | :09:50. | |
These are the players they will be using to set a platform. They will | :09:50. | :09:57. | |
need to step up to the plate. Fantastic stuff from rugby, even | :09:57. | :10:01. | |
when he was almost getting knocked over. Feels like it may start | :10:01. | :10:11. | |
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raining. They are starting to dance. I am bigger within Bascott. -- I am | :10:11. | :10:19. | |
a big fan of the Bascott. They have Luke Gale coming back, he | :10:19. | :10:27. | |
has been day for them. He was not season by from the Broncos. -- he | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
has been a big player for them. He was bought from the Broncos. They | :10:31. | :10:41. | |
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have a chance today, Forshaw. -- for sure. | :10:43. | :10:46. | |
Tony, a Challenge Cup, it has certainly suited yourself in | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
previous years? We didn't have as much luck as we would have liked | :10:51. | :10:58. | |
last year. We do enjoy. It is a good change, everybody speaks about | :10:58. | :11:03. | |
the romance of the Cup, and areas. It is all about performing on the | :11:03. | :11:12. | |
day. A you have had to shuffle the pack, taking a bit of a gamble? | :11:12. | :11:16. | |
is a bit of a risk. He has had one- and-a-half weeks a full training. | :11:17. | :11:25. | |
He is ready to go. They are a field positioned either team. They put | :11:25. | :11:32. | |
pressure on you in the way that they play the game. We need to have | :11:32. | :11:37. | |
some patients. Hopefully we can create some opportunities that may | :11:37. | :11:42. | |
trouble them as well. With all the financial troubles, it seems to | :11:42. | :11:49. | |
have gelled the team together? way, it has been helpful. They have | :11:49. | :11:54. | |
been even more motivated. When you are fighting for your wage, there | :11:54. | :12:00. | |
is no better motivator. Very clear that Bradford are playing not just | :12:00. | :12:03. | |
great place in the quarter-finals, they are playing for their lives, | :12:03. | :12:13. | |
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for their careers, for the future of their club. | :12:26. | :12:30. | |
Lee Briers is a key player. Wonderful player, his kicking will | :12:31. | :12:38. | |
be key. It feels like the heavens may be about to open. It has got | :12:38. | :12:43. | |
very chilly, it could start raining very soon. We are hoping for an | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
exciting game. Let's go to our commentary team, a man who played | :12:47. | :12:57. | |
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for bows of -- both of these teams, for bows of -- both of these teams, | :12:57. | :13:07. | |
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Justin Harris, alongside Dave Woods. It is not just on the field glory | :13:08. | :13:15. | |
for Bradford, they are chasing a financial drain. Gareth O'Brien | :13:15. | :13:25. | |
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continues at scrum-half. -- financial dream. Luke Gale is at | :13:34. | :13:38. | |
scrum-half for Bradford. He has played only three games this season, | :13:38. | :13:48. | |
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injuries have sidelined him. In the pack, the teenager John Bateman, | :13:48. | :13:57. | |
one of the most highly rated players in the game. He's only 18. | :13:57. | :14:04. | |
The benches can make a difference. A mix of playmakers and powerhouses | :14:04. | :14:14. | |
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on the bench. Our referee, his job is to keep a lid on things. How do | :14:17. | :14:27. | |
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we see this going today? There is a will potential for potency. -- real | :14:31. | :14:38. | |
potential. It is going to be a real battle of the packs. It is | :14:38. | :14:45. | |
drastically important for the Bulls to get a good start. The start of | :14:45. | :14:55. | |
this game, the first 15 minutes is massive for Bradford. Here comes a | :14:55. | :15:05. | |
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man who has been the foundations for Warrington, Ben Westwood. No | :15:08. | :15:12. | |
mistakes, making their opponents start deep in their own half. A | :15:12. | :15:20. | |
needless penalty given a way. What an error this is. It gives Bradford | :15:20. | :15:26. | |
a chance to make up some field position. They can start to put | :15:26. | :15:36. | |
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they -- as a few things together. He has created a lot of tries with | :15:40. | :15:50. | |
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John Bateman? He has been really impressive, making a real name for | :15:59. | :16:09. | |
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There is the kick. It will be another six for Bradford. We have | :16:38. | :16:43. | |
seen the first signs of how important Luke Gale is to this side. | :16:43. | :16:53. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :16:53. | :17:52. | |
That was a great kick from the last opportunities. Lulia pushed the | :17:52. | :17:58. | |
pass, and now Warrington have the chance to release the pressure. | :17:58. | :18:05. | |
What a storming opener that was. From Bradford polls point of view. | :18:05. | :18:15. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :18:15. | :19:15. | |
Not for the first time. Warrington are up against it in these opening | :19:15. | :19:25. | |
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through the ranks in the last couple of years. Five minutes | :19:41. | :19:49. | |
played, 0-0, but it has been all Bradford, and here is another try | :19:49. | :19:56. | |
for a try. Warrington again will be relieved they haven't conceded. | :19:56. | :20:00. | |
think Bradford will be reasonably happy. They have created some half | :20:00. | :20:04. | |
chances and it is the last pass or lack of execution that is letting | :20:04. | :20:08. | |
them down slightly but they will be really happy with the opportunities | :20:08. | :20:12. | |
they have created, if they can clean up their act, they will be | :20:12. | :20:22. | |
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points this season but they have also gone through more handling | :20:26. | :20:33. | |
errors than any other side, 189. Not unrelated. They are a side that | :20:33. | :20:40. | |
like to take risks. They do like to do much to football, whenever they | :20:40. | :20:45. | |
can, which is why they score more than most. That was a Bradford | :20:45. | :20:50. | |
touch. The referee was mindful to give another set of six there but | :20:50. | :20:55. | |
decided there was a knock-on on the floor by the Bradford play it. | :20:55. | :21:02. | |
were you -- they were lucky. White had nearly got the intercept but | :21:02. | :21:12. | |
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Bradford Bulls, by his own admission, he is unlikely to remain | :21:16. | :21:26. | |
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Diskin why that penalty has been given against his side. Bradford, | :21:45. | :21:49. | |
having provided all the early pressure now find themselves having | :21:49. | :21:56. | |
to defend. And Warrington have their first opportunity to try and | :21:56. | :22:06. | |
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reasonably high risk from Warrington. Briers going at it, a | :22:19. | :22:27. | |
lovely pass. Atkins would have been better to catch that ball. He tried | :22:27. | :22:30. | |
the sleight of hand, and it has gone to the side of him and | :22:30. | :22:36. | |
Bradford can now bring the ball away. It has been a decent start by | :22:36. | :22:41. | |
both sides, a decent start to a cup tie, that means an awful lot to | :22:41. | :22:48. | |
both of these teams. They have had a decent history in the Challenge | :22:48. | :22:58. | |
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Cup. Warrington's most recent, back to back winners in 2009 and 2010. | :22:59. | :23:03. | |
Their form this season has not been cut -- as consistent as they would | :23:03. | :23:13. | |
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of the game! The referee wants another look. That was a great pass | :23:41. | :23:49. | |
from Bateman. He put a delightful chip pen which has confuse them | :23:49. | :23:53. | |
with the balance. We will have a look whether or not this will be | :23:53. | :24:01. | |
awarded. They will be looking for offside in the first instance. What | :24:01. | :24:10. | |
do you reckon? It is tight. I think they are all on their. The next | :24:10. | :24:17. | |
question has to be about the grounding here. Riley misjudging | :24:17. | :24:25. | |
the balance of the ball. Does Atkins's boot prevent that being a | :24:25. | :24:35. | |
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try? I am not sure, but it is to get to him. The boot by Atkins, | :24:49. | :24:59. | |
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this has surely got to be a no try it comes. The decision it is mare | :25:06. | :25:12. | |
try. Bradford are deny it, Warrington survive. What a scare. | :25:12. | :25:17. | |
My word, they are having their cage rattled. Bradford are showing very | :25:17. | :25:21. | |
good signs. They are creating opportunities and getting to the | :25:21. | :25:25. | |
right area of the field to create these opportunities. They just need | :25:25. | :25:29. | |
to keep the way they are going because Warrington are coming up | :25:29. | :25:39. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :25:39. | :26:20. | |
absence of Monahan that he might be McCarthy. Are we have got Pryce at | :26:20. | :26:25. | |
half-back and, but he is not playing their. And Briers is | :26:25. | :26:35. | |
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intelligent. That will be a regular able to get the offload a wave. -- | :26:39. | :26:49. | |
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late. They played in a mudbath last week against Huddersfield and last | :27:00. | :27:10. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :27:10. | :28:36. | |
but previous to that they had been this time do have the try. And you | :28:36. | :28:45. | |
have to say it is fully deserved. Definitely. It started with Lulia. | :28:45. | :28:49. | |
But look like Westwood would get him but he came away with the ball. | :28:49. | :28:55. | |
Here we are, Lulia gets himself tied on the ball, squeezes it off | :28:55. | :29:05. | |
him which gives them the possession to set the score up. Lovely play. | :29:05. | :29:11. | |
And Purtell, lovely, screeched away and scores in the corner. A very | :29:11. | :29:14. | |
well constructed try from Bradford. In the end, they go through a | :29:14. | :29:21. | |
couple of nice hands. Purtell Picks it up, and great speed to score. | :29:21. | :29:31. | |
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conversion attempt. He impressed in the first three games, then it was | :29:48. | :29:52. | |
injured with two months out, and even though he has gone through a | :29:52. | :29:56. | |
week and a half of tough training, we have to question just how long | :29:56. | :30:00. | |
his match fitness will keep him in the game. But his kicking is | :30:00. | :30:05. | |
certainly good from the start. Bradford lead 6-0. But how much of | :30:05. | :30:12. | |
a gamble is Luke Gale? He is an important of the way they play. You | :30:12. | :30:18. | |
have to take that educated risk. His manager has obviously thought | :30:18. | :30:22. | |
he has looked sharp enough to beat in the team. He has already put a | :30:23. | :30:30. | |
nice few kicks in, and now he has converted. They have a couple of | :30:30. | :30:35. | |
decent midfield players as well. They have Heath L'Estrange. | :30:35. | :30:45. | |
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Hopefully we will see them at some middle. Let's hear from the | :30:54. | :31:04. | |
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touchline. A great start from the Bulls, what have you been doing | :31:15. | :31:21. | |
well? We have been controlling the ball. We have been working hard in | :31:21. | :31:26. | |
defence. How frustrating to watch? I don't like watching. As long as | :31:26. | :31:36. | |
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we started scoring more points I'll be happy. A little push forward. | :31:41. | :31:47. | |
Warrington will look for the offload. The defending is | :31:47. | :31:57. | |
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preventing them from doing that. Taken safely. That looked like a | :32:09. | :32:19. | |
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fumble. The referee has called against the Bradford Bulls. They | :32:20. | :32:25. | |
were trying to play the ball is a bit too quickly. They just knocked | :32:25. | :32:35. | |
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it forward for with the boot -- with the bid. They are really | :32:36. | :32:43. | |
targeting the ball, trying to squeeze the ball. That looked a | :32:43. | :32:53. | |
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little pedestrian. Some grumbles from the Warrington crowd. A look | :32:54. | :33:02. | |
around by Gareth A O'Brien. They are putting pressure on the | :33:02. | :33:12. | |
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Bradford line. Lee Briers. Jane Monahan does well to get back. -- | :33:17. | :33:27. | |
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Joel Monaghan. He has missed it. Lucky day him Chris Riley was no | :33:46. | :33:55. | |
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way near it. If you -- you feel if they get possession of here they | :33:57. | :34:03. | |
will score. They are looking dangerous when they get to this end | :34:03. | :34:13. | |
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of the field. REFEREE: Nice and tight. And out. | :34:31. | :34:41. | |
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The referee said play on, I think they were going for the penalty. | :34:44. | :34:54. | |
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The referee was having none of it. Luke Gale with the kick. Chris | :35:03. | :35:13. | |
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Riley is still going. A piece and effort. Brett Hodgson is looking to | :35:16. | :35:24. | |
claim the ball. Let's hear from the touchline. It has been an amazing | :35:24. | :35:34. | |
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opening 90 minutes. Both teams have been going foray to 100%. This is | :35:34. | :35:38. | |
what Bradford do well, they play up the middle. Warrington are trying | :35:38. | :35:42. | |
to score every time they get the ball. That is why they are coming | :35:42. | :35:52. | |
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up with a few errors. Heres John Bateman. -- he is John Bateman. | :36:11. | :36:21. | |
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Manese Manuokafoa were as -- has come on. They very nearly threw it | :36:26. | :36:36. | |
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away. A little kick. Both sides will be glad to see it go out to | :36:45. | :36:54. | |
play, a little breather. That was based -- that was a smart move from | :36:54. | :37:04. | |
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the best outcome that Bradford could get. Bradford are dominating | :37:11. | :37:16. | |
Warrington at the moment. They are struggling to get out of their own | :37:16. | :37:26. | |
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20. 60% of the possession for Bradford. Just over 50% of the | :37:27. | :37:35. | |
territory. You can feel some up frustration from Warrington, they | :37:35. | :37:42. | |
are fighting a hard day in the tackle. -- they are fighting harder | :37:42. | :37:52. | |
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in the tackle. Trent Waterhouse looking to get back on his feet. A | :37:59. | :38:09. | |
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good tackle. Warrington might have had options on the outside. A | :38:20. | :38:30. | |
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decent kick. In the end they had to see it out of play. A smart little | :38:36. | :38:45. | |
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dink from Lee Briers. Warrington are starting to play with | :38:52. | :39:02. | |
intensity.. It was actually Brett Hodgson would be kick -- with the | :39:02. | :39:12. | |
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kick. Warrington get another chance had the pace to getting in the | :39:33. | :39:41. | |
corner. A superbly executed try for the Warrington Wolves. That puts | :39:41. | :39:46. | |
them right-back in it. You could just feel the intensity that they | :39:46. | :39:56. | |
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were trying to play with. A great return pass. He will always finish | :40:01. | :40:11. | |
:40:11. | :40:11. | ||
off those opportunities. A great offload. Look out this finish! | :40:11. | :40:18. | |
Right in the corner. Great try from Warrington Wolves. That is a value | :40:18. | :40:28. | |
:40:28. | :40:40. | ||
of a winner -- winger holding his touchline. He is so good at that. | :40:40. | :40:50. | |
:40:50. | :40:56. | ||
Brett Hodgson to take the conversion attempt. He used to play | :40:56. | :41:03. | |
for the Huddersfield Giants, if you remember a couple of years ago in | :41:03. | :41:13. | |
the Challenge Cup. He struck it well enough. It was just wide | :41:13. | :41:23. | |
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though. This cup-tie is perfectly poised. Mick Potter has made a | :41:27. | :41:37. | |
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tactical change. He has brought people are strange on -- he first | :41:40. | :41:50. | |
:41:50. | :41:53. | ||
tranche. The initial drive back will be by Chris Hill. Warrington | :41:53. | :42:03. | |
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gaining some terrific ground. Joel Monaghan. Westwood. A good offloads. | :42:32. | :42:42. | |
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Lee Briers plays into the gap. The bouncy goes Warrington's Way, a | :42:44. | :42:53. | |
tackle off the ball. -- the penalty. You feel that they are going to try | :42:54. | :42:59. | |
and go for the Celts. Bradford have to wait in their and wait for their | :42:59. | :43:09. | |
:43:09. | :43:12. | ||
opportunity to get the ball back -- hold on there. He is a man mountain. | :43:12. | :43:22. | |
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He's just about dealt with. West was passes the ball. Did you have | :43:26. | :43:36. | |
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control -- West would passes the ball. Did he have control? He's | :43:46. | :43:56. | |
:43:56. | :43:59. | ||
dropped that! Great play by Jamie Langley. This might be the telling | :43:59. | :44:08. | |
angle. It is definitely off the boot it is actually going backwards. | :44:08. | :44:18. | |
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That is no try. No try. A 20 me to restart. -- a 20 metre restart. | :44:27. | :44:37. | |
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This is a cracking cup-tie. What news on the touchline? Michael | :44:49. | :44:59. | |
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Monaghan would -- with me, you are in the pressure? We are. We need to | :45:02. | :45:09. | |
do that. You are jumping around like a jack-in-the-box? It is the | :45:09. | :45:14. | |
Challenge Cup. We know how important this competition is. We | :45:14. | :45:24. | |
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They do. He is so good in the ruck here. Since his emergence, their | :45:45. | :45:53. | |
play has changed so much. That was a short pass, and he came firing on | :45:53. | :46:03. | |
:46:03. | :46:29. | ||
That was a great kick as well from Luke Gale. Lulia thought he was | :46:29. | :46:34. | |
going to get to that ball but he got blocked off by Briers, who | :46:34. | :46:44. | |
:46:44. | :47:01. | ||
outsmarted him. And a lovely catch Since he has come on, do have felt | :47:01. | :47:05. | |
the intensity because he has attracted so many defenders to him. | :47:05. | :47:09. | |
He has had about four offloads already and they seem to be playing | :47:09. | :47:19. | |
:47:19. | :47:44. | ||
seen it once before already and we will see it more than once again | :47:44. | :47:48. | |
before the end of the afternoon but Bradford are looking just a little | :47:48. | :47:52. | |
bit fatigued. There is 10 minutes to go to half-time, and it is | :47:52. | :47:59. | |
important that they do not lose their shape. Burgess... He made the | :47:59. | :48:07. | |
have bring. In the scramble, he has lost possession. -- he made a half- | :48:07. | :48:17. | |
:48:17. | :48:48. | ||
break. As far as the errors are it is Bridge. He has lost it. Does | :48:48. | :48:58. | |
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it go backwards? Yes, the referee penalties. There wasn't much fuel | :49:12. | :49:22. | |
left anywhere. Bradford really targeted the ball. They feel as | :49:22. | :49:30. | |
though they have to stop the off- road. But if the tackle rips out, | :49:30. | :49:35. | |
you get the penalty. They need to stay tight on the ball. They went | :49:35. | :49:45. | |
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too far. This is the West would a real sucker punch before the | :49:51. | :50:01. | |
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I think they did very well, Bradford, to hold out the set of | :50:26. | :50:32. | |
six. You see Westwood... He looks as though he is going through a | :50:32. | :50:38. | |
huge gap. This is a third set of six. You cannot see Bradford | :50:38. | :50:43. | |
holding out with nine minutes to go. You can see how possession has | :50:43. | :50:53. | |
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their way over the line. But it is a metal sheet but refuses to give. | :51:28. | :51:37. | |
What a relief for Bradford. Great events from them. We thought they | :51:37. | :51:41. | |
couldn't hold out. You feel Warrington have had that shift from | :51:41. | :51:51. | |
:51:51. | :51:51. | ||
right to left, they have numbers out there. Bradford hung on. Pryce | :51:51. | :51:57. | |
got it right on that occasion. are you making about this? This is | :51:57. | :52:01. | |
the perfect game for Bradford. This is as ugly as possible putting a | :52:01. | :52:05. | |
lot of pressure on Warrington who I used to playing and offload game, a | :52:05. | :52:09. | |
free-flowing game, and they have been frustrated, which is dangerous | :52:09. | :52:19. | |
:52:19. | :52:20. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :52:20. | :53:02. | |
swarmed again. Good work from Bradford. So Mick Higham stands and | :53:02. | :53:10. | |
weights. A kick... It booms of their. An attack back on the 20. | :53:10. | :53:16. | |
Bradford clinging on to their shirt tails. It feels this pressure and | :53:16. | :53:21. | |
momentum with a great kick from Briers, they just couldn't bring it | :53:21. | :53:25. | |
in, but the intensity Warrington are playing on, Bradford cannot | :53:25. | :53:35. | |
:53:35. | :53:36. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :53:36. | :54:23. | |
does a favour for Bradford because they can get some oxygen back him a | :54:23. | :54:30. | |
tank. He got himself caught in an awkward position. They squeezed him | :54:30. | :54:37. | |
down on the back of the neck. Bateman needs to be careful. It is | :54:37. | :54:41. | |
a dangerous thing to do if you are going to squashed down on the back | :54:41. | :54:47. | |
of somebody's neck. There is a lot of talk about wrestling techniques. | :54:47. | :54:52. | |
Does that fall into this category? I am not sure it falls into the | :54:52. | :54:58. | |
wrestling technique. But Brett Hodgson has got himself in an | :54:58. | :55:02. | |
awkward position and Bateman has got to have a little bit more | :55:02. | :55:06. | |
respect for him and not go down on his neck. Perhaps he did not mean | :55:06. | :55:10. | |
to do it, but it is not a nice thing to get us of court in that | :55:10. | :55:20. | |
:55:20. | :55:30. | ||
position. -- thing to get yourself penalty. But he has put it on | :55:30. | :55:34. | |
report so the disciplinary committee will have to have a look | :55:34. | :55:37. | |
at that in the coming week to decide whether any further action | :55:37. | :55:47. | |
:55:47. | :55:59. | ||
needs to be taken against those two, but look how much ground Warrington | :55:59. | :56:05. | |
have made. He is Waterhouse, gets his arm free. A lovely offload, | :56:05. | :56:15. | |
:56:15. | :56:22. | ||
picked up by Harrison. He reaches Eventually, they will war in -- | :56:22. | :56:32. | |
:56:32. | :56:39. | ||
referee said play! And how did he get through that defending? The | :56:39. | :56:42. | |
referee will get back to the original incident with the ball | :56:42. | :56:46. | |
being knocked down to see if that was OK, but the Bradford defence, | :56:46. | :56:51. | |
take a look at yourself. They seemed to stop and wait for the | :56:51. | :56:57. | |
penalty to come. And the referee didn't blow his whistle, and | :56:57. | :57:02. | |
Warrington skipped across the field. Here we are, badly goes up the | :57:02. | :57:11. | |
line... I do not think that is a knock-on. It is heading on backward | :57:11. | :57:18. | |
momentum. The only question is whether it hit Hodgson's hand, and | :57:18. | :57:26. | |
if it doesn't, it is a knock-on. think that is a cave. Hodgson | :57:26. | :57:36. | |
picked it up, he played on and Bradford did not. Have a look. Does | :57:36. | :57:43. | |
it hit his arm here? Where does the ball go? I am not sure it does. It | :57:43. | :57:48. | |
has gone back with any way. I think it is OK. I would be surprised if | :57:48. | :57:55. | |
they do not go to ground here. They sat back and saw Hodgson skip | :57:55. | :58:03. | |
across the field. It is a defensive effort that underlines the earlier | :58:03. | :58:13. | |
:58:13. | :58:23. | ||
efforts. Maybe all the fuel has this house. Hodgson gets the chance | :58:23. | :58:33. | |
:58:33. | :58:34. | ||
to add two. Here we are. It was not a knock-on. And they will be | :58:34. | :58:40. | |
disappointed if with that to allow all that to happen but previous to | :58:40. | :58:44. | |
that, Warrington are throwing a lot at Bradford and Bradford are very | :58:44. | :58:50. | |
tired. As you said, that was just fatigue setting in from a lot that | :58:50. | :59:00. | |
:59:00. | :59:13. | ||
that position. A little bit of relief from the walls who were | :59:13. | :59:19. | |
howling earlier on. It was hairy at times. -- a little bit of relief | :59:19. | :59:29. | |
:59:29. | :59:31. | ||
Bradford, because Warrington are very good at scoring back to back | :59:31. | :59:35. | |
tries. We are very close to half- time. They are very good at picking | :59:35. | :59:39. | |
up the intensity after they had scored a try to finish teams off | :59:39. | :59:49. | |
:59:49. | :59:50. | ||
quickly. A couple of minutes for Bradford. Can they hang on or can | :59:50. | :00:00. | |
:00:00. | :00:00. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :00:00. | :00:56. | |
Warrington suddenly produce another this with career. I think they need | :00:56. | :01:01. | |
to get a breather at half-time, and come up with the energy that they | :01:01. | :01:11. | |
:01:11. | :01:15. | ||
had early start of the first half. -- come out. Luke Gale has no | :01:15. | :01:25. | |
:01:25. | :01:38. | ||
overlap. Bradford went for broke, and found themselves broken. A gift | :01:38. | :01:45. | |
that gives Warrington space between them and their opponents. That is | :01:45. | :01:55. | |
an absolute heartbreaker. They were trying to get in front before half- | :01:55. | :02:05. | |
:02:05. | :02:10. | ||
time. Hargreaves tries to make the past, he slips and Reilly picks it | :02:10. | :02:20. | |
:02:20. | :02:23. | ||
up, probably the quickest player on the field. -- Chris Riley. The that | :02:23. | :02:33. | |
:02:33. | :02:36. | ||
was an absolute gift. -- that was an absolute gift. It means that a | :02:36. | :02:41. | |
10-6 scoreline, that would have suited Bradford, is in all | :02:41. | :02:51. | |
:02:51. | :02:55. | ||
likelihood going to be 16-6. That makes Warrington heavy favourites. | :02:55. | :03:03. | |
Safely between the sticks. For three quarters of that half | :03:03. | :03:11. | |
Bradford made a real good deal of Bradford made a real good deal of | :03:11. | :03:21. | |
:03:21. | :03:24. | ||
Bradford made a real good deal of It is a chilly game, but then moves | :03:24. | :03:34. | |
:03:34. | :03:39. | ||
are part. All of the early pressure was from Bradford. Bradford led 6-0. | :03:39. | :03:45. | |
Charl Monahan score the first try, then a Westwood almost scored. | :03:45. | :03:55. | |
:03:55. | :03:58. | ||
Warrington had plenty of chances. This interception from Chris Riley | :03:58. | :04:08. | |
saw him running to score. 16-6. There is a lot to analyse. Let's go | :04:08. | :04:16. | |
to the touchline. So tight for her 38 minutes, will they rue those | :04:16. | :04:26. | |
:04:26. | :04:35. | ||
late tries. I think they really well. -- I think they we'll do. | :04:35. | :04:39. | |
They were playing the game perfectly, they were frustrating | :04:39. | :04:47. | |
Warrington. They were scrambling really hard. Da last try, they put | :04:47. | :04:50. | |
them on the back foot. They will going to half-time really kicking | :04:50. | :05:00. | |
:05:00. | :05:01. | ||
themselves. They have to now make up a gap? They all have to play | :05:01. | :05:07. | |
their normal game after half-time. They frustrate teams, that is what | :05:07. | :05:17. | |
:05:17. | :05:18. | ||
they do well. They have to put pressure on Warrington. As we know, | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
Warrington are a great team, they can score from anywhere. | :05:23. | :05:30. | |
Bradford must be in shock. It is extraordinary that they have gone | :05:30. | :05:40. | |
:05:40. | :05:40. | ||
in a losing. They led this match until the 36th minute. 61% | :05:40. | :05:48. | |
possession for Warrington, and territory, they had the advantage. | :05:48. | :05:56. | |
He will be trying to lift them. It is a difficult one to get over. | :05:56. | :06:05. | |
They have frustrated Warrington, but Warrington are worth their lead. | :06:05. | :06:11. | |
Lee Briers on the exercise bike at half-time! He is trying to keep his | :06:11. | :06:21. | |
:06:21. | :06:28. | ||
muscles going. He will want to start the second period flying. | :06:28. | :06:34. | |
Sometimes we get frustrated, but towards the back end you could see | :06:34. | :06:42. | |
Bradford hanging on by their fingernails. I spoke to one fan who | :06:42. | :06:51. | |
says it can be frustrating watching them. Sometimes they need to get a | :06:51. | :06:57. | |
platform, go forward, sometimes they go a little bit too early. All | :06:57. | :07:04. | |
of the stats favour Warrington, but the defence from the Bradford Bulls | :07:04. | :07:11. | |
was magnificent. You have to praise that Bradford defence. Yet, the | :07:11. | :07:16. | |
last two minutes, one missed tackle, and they Mr Bourke, and they are 12 | :07:16. | :07:26. | |
:07:26. | :07:30. | ||
points behind a. -- and the one that Mr Ball. Let's have a look at | :07:30. | :07:40. | |
a few of those chances. Bradford had all of the early pressure. | :07:40. | :07:47. | |
was one of the few opportunities, a great kick. I think it is the right | :07:47. | :07:55. | |
call, he doesn't get the ball down. They need to execute those plays as | :07:55. | :08:00. | |
many times as they possibly can. We have seen Warrington not quite | :08:00. | :08:04. | |
execute with the skill that they have, but they are still free | :08:04. | :08:14. | |
:08:14. | :08:17. | ||
scores up when they come in. -- three. You have to finish those | :08:17. | :08:27. | |
chances. Once the ball this Larches, the defence are unorganised. -- | :08:27. | :08:37. | |
:08:37. | :08:40. | ||
this lodges. He didn't score the easy one, he took out one. You said | :08:41. | :08:48. | |
to me that Warrington looked flat? I think they were flat at the start, | :08:48. | :08:58. | |
:08:58. | :09:01. | ||
I'm not sure why. They needed a kick up the backside. They created | :09:01. | :09:06. | |
so many opportunities. They weren't clinical enough. Some great play, | :09:06. | :09:16. | |
:09:16. | :09:17. | ||
they fixed a the centre, the two attackers pulled the winger in. | :09:17. | :09:27. | |
:09:27. | :09:35. | ||
That is the brilliance of Lee Briers, and Monaghan. I felt a they | :09:35. | :09:45. | |
:09:45. | :09:48. | ||
have either run Briers on a few occasions -- I feel that they have | :09:48. | :09:54. | |
over run Briers a few times. Look at the left-hand side of the | :09:54. | :10:01. | |
picture. That is Brett Hodgson, he has an ice pack on his shoulder, he | :10:01. | :10:10. | |
took a real hard tackle. Before we see his heroics, let's have a look | :10:10. | :10:20. | |
:10:20. | :10:22. | ||
at some of their chances. A great overlap. Hodgson, there are two of | :10:22. | :10:28. | |
them. You have to make easier for the ball-carrier. You have to hit | :10:28. | :10:38. | |
:10:38. | :10:47. | ||
the ground there. A Westwood goes in,. -- Westwood goes in for the | :10:47. | :10:53. | |
try. They are making a good go of stopping the try-scoring | :10:53. | :11:02. | |
opportunities. They know that they are outnumbered. They are giving | :11:02. | :11:07. | |
themselves an extra metre. That is what they have to do. If you are a | :11:07. | :11:12. | |
centre like fullback, you have to give yourself an extra yard, so | :11:12. | :11:22. | |
:11:22. | :11:32. | ||
when they come, you give and take, and pass. Briers looked very sharp. | :11:32. | :11:36. | |
When the ball hits the ground, that is one of the most dangerous parts | :11:36. | :11:46. | |
:11:46. | :11:57. | ||
a rugby. -- dangerous parts of the process. You have to play to the | :11:57. | :12:07. | |
whistle. One missed tackle has put them under pressure. There is Chris | :12:07. | :12:17. | |
:12:17. | :12:24. | ||
Riley, he was responsible for the interception and the try. When | :12:24. | :12:27. | |
you're trying to be someone on points, you have to stay in the | :12:27. | :12:34. | |
game, you have to win a few rounds. You don't give the team with speed | :12:34. | :12:43. | |
a free opportunity. That was a free one. Tony Smith did say that | :12:43. | :12:46. | |
Bradford are a side with no individual brilliance, they work to | :12:46. | :12:53. | |
get a field position. Warrington will be really happy, they haven't | :12:53. | :13:00. | |
had any field position. They have to be patient, hold the ball, and | :13:00. | :13:10. | |
:13:10. | :13:10. | ||
hold the field position. Very much an advantage to Warrington. | :13:10. | :13:14. | |
Those teams who are already through to the quarter-finals, they are | :13:14. | :13:24. | |
:13:24. | :13:26. | ||
Wigan and St Helens. There are four matches tomorrow. We will be | :13:26. | :13:34. | |
staying on air on the red button, we would love you too can -- we | :13:34. | :13:44. | |
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would love you to contribute. You can find us on our Twitter page. | :13:45. | :13:54. | |
In the snooker, Stephen Hendry has beaten John Higgins. Stephen | :13:54. | :14:04. | |
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Hendry's price has come in from 80- 1,write down to 15-to. Match Of the | :14:14. | :14:23. | |
Day is on tonight. The Premier League title decider is on Monday | :14:23. | :14:33. | |
:14:33. | :14:37. | ||
night. He must watch that. -- you must watch that. | :14:37. | :14:39. | |
must watch that. Warrington have the advantage, | :14:39. | :14:49. | |
:14:49. | :15:08. | ||
way. What a second half we had in prospect. -- we have in prospect. | :15:08. | :15:17. | |
Bradford gave away a two soft tries at the end of the first half. It | :15:17. | :15:25. | |
was a tough opening a 30 minutes or so. They are fighting for their | :15:25. | :15:33. | |
lives. They know how important this rounders. Potentially a trip to | :15:33. | :15:40. | |
Wembley, important, not just because it -- of winners medals, | :15:41. | :15:50. | |
:15:51. | :16:13. | ||
half? It is important for tee they do not go to Conservative in this | :16:13. | :16:18. | |
game. -- for the Bulls. They looked pretty electric in the first 15 | :16:18. | :16:24. | |
minutes, but then they lose -- they lost energy. They have got to throw | :16:24. | :16:34. | |
:16:34. | :16:57. | ||
down to hear Tanya's news from the boat out. Let's start with the home | :16:57. | :17:01. | |
side. Warrington Wolves, Tony Smith saying they were playing with | :17:01. | :17:11. | |
:17:11. | :17:12. | ||
several -- silly penalties. As for Bradford, despite the two late | :17:12. | :17:22. | |
:17:22. | :17:53. | ||
tries, the manager says he is happy but he couldn't do so. Bradford | :17:53. | :18:03. | |
:18:03. | :18:07. | ||
still have a few tackles in the bag. But it has been given away. A great | :18:07. | :18:12. | |
set. Grit from Gale. Right from the line to get them to the area where | :18:12. | :18:19. | |
they need to be. And we saw again Purtell From the outside of Atkins. | :18:19. | :18:25. | |
It was easy for the referee to pick off. They got right into the right | :18:25. | :18:30. | |
area. Of a put some pressure on the Warrington Wolves. And now they | :18:30. | :18:40. | |
:18:40. | :18:52. | ||
came up with that error to give another penalty for Warrington. | :18:52. | :18:57. | |
Great technique from Atkins. He pulled himself up. And Higham has | :18:57. | :19:04. | |
been around a long time. That was an easy penalty. This is Waterhouse, | :19:04. | :19:14. | |
:19:14. | :19:38. | ||
with Westwood during the run-in. There is nobody home. And Monaghan | :19:38. | :19:45. | |
is there again! Three tries in six - run -- in succession. This has | :19:45. | :19:53. | |
Warrington in complete control. have to be very careful. They hit | :19:53. | :19:58. | |
another try before the hooter and Hodgson got himself into the right | :19:58. | :20:04. | |
area. He brought the winger up. A lovely drink behind, and Monaghan | :20:04. | :20:08. | |
knew what was going on. Lovely placement between two defenders. | :20:08. | :20:15. | |
Could not have set up any better. Monaghan, right place, right time. | :20:15. | :20:22. | |
Well, how will this heard Bradford? Well, it is difficult. You don't | :20:22. | :20:28. | |
want to give them two tries just before and after half-time. All of | :20:28. | :20:33. | |
a sudden, you've got a mountain to climb. They have looked pretty | :20:33. | :20:36. | |
lively at the start of the second half. They have shown they can | :20:36. | :20:44. | |
break the line, so there are points for them, but they have to be more | :20:44. | :20:54. | |
:20:54. | :21:03. | ||
critical with Purtell, they have than some he has had so far. I | :21:03. | :21:07. | |
don't think it has the weight. It hasn't. It remains a scoreline that | :21:07. | :21:17. | |
:21:17. | :21:18. | ||
is not out of sight, 20 -6. Bradford will have to score three | :21:18. | :21:23. | |
tries to get their noses back ahead. It was simple stuff for Monaghan in | :21:24. | :21:29. | |
the end, wasn't it? It was simple, but fantastic execution from | :21:29. | :21:34. | |
Hodgson. People underestimate the level of skill required kicking him | :21:34. | :21:42. | |
for pace. -- kicking on for praise. You have to kick it with pinpoint | :21:43. | :21:52. | |
:21:53. | :22:11. | ||
you cannot write a team of whatever the circumstances because in this | :22:11. | :22:15. | |
game they momentum switch is only one could break away. When you get | :22:15. | :22:18. | |
that switching momentum, anything could happen so if the Bradford | :22:18. | :22:23. | |
Bulls can turn something quickly into a try, then we have a match on | :22:23. | :22:33. | |
:22:33. | :22:41. | ||
our hands again, their real good forcing the issue? It was a poor | :22:41. | :22:51. | |
pass from Gale. It is difficult to take right on the line. The | :22:51. | :22:54. | |
Warrington defence, very comfortable in the face of the | :22:54. | :22:58. | |
Bradford players. Again, that is the second time they have got the | :22:58. | :23:08. | |
:23:08. | :23:27. | ||
20. The Bulls regrouping again. Francis Cummings, it wasn't that | :23:27. | :23:33. | |
long ago that he was running the under 70 -- as a 17-year-old for | :23:33. | :23:43. | |
:23:43. | :23:50. | ||
Warrington. Instead of cutting the ball out of your own half, you have | :23:50. | :23:57. | |
to Defence 30 yards. Perhaps he has got an argument there, but he has | :23:57. | :24:00. | |
got to grip that ball. You cannot give away possession like that with | :24:00. | :24:06. | |
the light of Briers and Atkins because they will hurt you. This is | :24:06. | :24:16. | |
:24:16. | :24:22. | ||
the third time they have dropped invitation for him. Ryan Atkins, | :24:22. | :24:26. | |
not exactly helped over the line, but his job made easier by that | :24:26. | :24:35. | |
slip in the line. Whitehead and Gale grasping at air and Warrington | :24:35. | :24:44. | |
are getting closer to that quarter- final place. Here it is again. He | :24:44. | :24:49. | |
has got to have more security on that ball but Atkins is so strong. | :24:49. | :24:54. | |
You don't realise how strong he is when he straightens up like that. | :24:54. | :24:59. | |
And great pace as well. If you don't get for contact on him, he is | :24:59. | :25:05. | |
very difficult to stop. -- if you do not get full contact on him. A | :25:05. | :25:15. | |
:25:15. | :25:27. | ||
fullback over the years. Another two points added to Warrington's | :25:27. | :25:36. | |
cause. 26-6. Or what was a fantastic cup tie is in danger of | :25:36. | :25:40. | |
becoming one-sided and Bradford need a quick response and they need | :25:40. | :25:47. | |
to tighten up their defending, to. The problem for the Bulls is, and I | :25:47. | :25:52. | |
have said about this before the game, they have made 10 errors in | :25:52. | :25:57. | |
this game, and when you are making that amount of errors, and giving | :25:57. | :26:02. | |
territory, it makes it difficult to stay with your opponents. Robbie | :26:02. | :26:07. | |
Hunter-Paul. It is going to be interesting to see what kind of | :26:07. | :26:11. | |
energy levels Bradford are having. Maybe the last 20 minutes of the | :26:11. | :26:17. | |
first half, maybe that took too much energy in defending. A lot of | :26:17. | :26:21. | |
players are reaching out to try to grab rather than getting their | :26:21. | :26:27. | |
shoulders and heads into the tackle. We will see. A couple of weeks ago, | :26:27. | :26:30. | |
you were predicting the witness fight back, and you were the only | :26:30. | :26:40. | |
:26:40. | :26:50. | ||
one! They have got to make up 20 want to be. Warrington just turning | :26:50. | :26:55. | |
the screw. They are showing their intent. When they are in the right | :26:55. | :27:00. | |
area of the field, they can be from buoyant. When they are not, they | :27:00. | :27:03. | |
can show purpose. They have had some kicks that have gone into the | :27:03. | :27:09. | |
corner. They are showing the intent they have got and they will make | :27:09. | :27:13. | |
this game very difficult for Bradford to get back into. | :27:13. | :27:19. | |
current Bradford chairman, suggesting he was not long in the | :27:19. | :27:27. | |
job. The former chairman, Chris Casey, would be voted out as well | :27:28. | :27:32. | |
at an extraordinary general meeting in the next couple of meetings or | :27:32. | :27:37. | |
so and the future of this club... Still an awful lot of things to | :27:37. | :27:47. | |
:27:47. | :27:58. | ||
terrific in the last few weeks, raising half a million pounds. But | :27:58. | :28:04. | |
they will suspect their side will be on the end of the beating. What | :28:04. | :28:12. | |
a catch! Right on the touchline. is showing experience. He is not | :28:12. | :28:18. | |
the quickest fullback. He is one of the smartest. He read that kick | :28:18. | :28:23. | |
with perfection. When your fullback takes that on, all the sudden, | :28:24. | :28:32. | |
catching it, all of a sudden, you on the 30 metre line. It lifts your | :28:32. | :28:42. | |
:28:42. | :28:55. | ||
has. It disappears. A grammar Sunday grain from Ryan Atkins. He | :28:55. | :29:04. | |
knows it was a chance. -- a grimness and a grin. He has not got | :29:04. | :29:14. | |
:29:14. | :29:46. | ||
the delicate touch that Hodgson has will not. A sparkling, | :29:46. | :29:53. | |
scintillating try for the Bradford Bulls. Is at the start, or is that | :29:53. | :29:57. | |
compensation? That is the score that will live long in the memory. | :29:57. | :30:04. | |
A fantastic player. Or to fantastic try! It must have gone through | :30:04. | :30:09. | |
seven or pairs of hands. It started with Whitehead who got the offload | :30:09. | :30:19. | |
:30:19. | :30:21. | ||
to Ainscough. Quick hands, Purtell. And then they cut out a Briers. And | :30:21. | :30:28. | |
then a score in the corner. Great Raffarin. He allowed the advantage. | :30:28. | :30:35. | |
-- great refereeing. A fantastic finish. Game on for stop we have | :30:36. | :30:39. | |
been singing the praises of John Bateman, because he has been | :30:39. | :30:49. | |
:30:49. | :30:49. | ||
terrific, but Elliot Whitehead, he is another. The kick has been | :30:49. | :30:54. | |
missed. They only have the four points. But Elliot Whitehead, this | :30:54. | :31:00. | |
was the break and the offload. you first come in, you do get that | :31:00. | :31:06. | |
impact initially. When you have had that initial impact, then to back | :31:07. | :31:11. | |
it up in the second or third season is the difficulty, and it is the | :31:12. | :31:21. | |
:31:22. | :31:29. | ||
sign of a good player, and he is after the court that. -- stepped | :31:29. | :31:39. | |
:31:39. | :31:49. | ||
out of play after the whistle. The penalty has put them 20 yards away. | :31:49. | :31:53. | |
Momentum is a cliche in the modern game, it doesn't turn much to turn | :31:53. | :32:01. | |
up things around. Taken forward by Hargreaves. The cup-tie is back on | :32:02. | :32:11. | |
:32:12. | :32:27. | ||
again. this is Lulia, he switches the back. They are 10 away, still a | :32:27. | :32:37. | |
couple of tackles to go. That might have been a try, as it is | :32:37. | :32:47. | |
:32:47. | :32:47. | ||
Warrington survive. It was a really good offloads. -- offload. If he | :32:47. | :32:51. | |
could have just taken that, all of a sudden the momentum would have | :32:51. | :33:00. | |
been firmly with the Bradford Bulls. As it is, he just couldn't hold it. | :33:00. | :33:04. | |
There will still be some beating hearts are amongst these Warrington | :33:04. | :33:14. | |
players, they know there is still a job to be done. Bradford have hope | :33:14. | :33:22. | |
in their hearts. Let's go to the touchline. You are looking a bit | :33:22. | :33:28. | |
twitchy now? We knew Bradford were always going to put up a massive | :33:28. | :33:35. | |
fight. As soon as you start giving away penalties, you invite teams to | :33:35. | :33:44. | |
attack you. As soon as we get down Bradford's end, we are scoring too | :33:44. | :33:54. | |
:33:54. | :33:54. | ||
many points. Is he going to get less twitchy now? Warrington are | :33:54. | :34:04. | |
:34:04. | :34:08. | ||
looking for something. Here comes Westwood. He charged it down. A | :34:08. | :34:17. | |
penalty for the Bradford Bulls. think he could hear him coming. He | :34:17. | :34:27. | |
:34:27. | :34:31. | ||
turned away from it. -- I think he heard him coming. 20 minutes left | :34:31. | :34:41. | |
:34:41. | :34:47. | ||
to play. There are 16 points in it. It still requires a three tries and | :34:47. | :34:57. | |
:34:57. | :35:09. | ||
a goal for Bradford to get ahead. Looking for a penalty, not given. | :35:09. | :35:16. | |
The penalty does Bradford way. Bradford are having a real good day | :35:16. | :35:26. | |
:35:26. | :35:32. | ||
at this. They can feel something coming. -- a real good go at this. | :35:32. | :35:42. | |
:35:42. | :35:51. | ||
A blast for words by Craig Kopczak. -- a blast for words. A quick word | :35:51. | :36:01. | |
:36:01. | :36:05. | ||
on Craig Kopczak. His late third word is his real danger. -- | :36:05. | :36:15. | |
:36:15. | :36:16. | ||
footwork. He will go. Has he got it down? There was a real wrestle. The | :36:16. | :36:23. | |
referee says, no. He didn't get it down, the handover goes | :36:23. | :36:33. | |
:36:33. | :36:37. | ||
Warrington's wave. -- way. The best option would have been to try and | :36:37. | :36:47. | |
:36:47. | :36:49. | ||
drained energy. -- drain at their energy. There was a tangle of | :36:49. | :36:59. | |
:36:59. | :37:06. | ||
bodies. The referee got that right. This is Westwood, in the right-hand | :37:06. | :37:16. | |
:37:16. | :37:22. | ||
channel. Elima holding on. They put the kick in higher. He does very | :37:22. | :37:32. | |
:37:32. | :37:32. | ||
well there. He has passed another one. They dragged him down. A great | :37:32. | :37:42. | |
:37:42. | :37:45. | ||
return. Great skill. Riley does not get the contact right. Another | :37:45. | :37:52. | |
penalty, another opportunity to put some more pressure on Warrington. | :37:52. | :38:00. | |
The 9th penalty conceded by Warrington. The referee is looking | :38:00. | :38:10. | |
:38:10. | :38:12. | ||
for Lee Briers. REFEREE: We have had up three penalties in about | :38:13. | :38:22. | |
:38:23. | :38:25. | ||
three minutes. Sorted out. Tidy it up. -- we have had. Warrington | :38:25. | :38:35. | |
:38:35. | :38:43. | ||
won't mind that talking to. This is Danny Addy. This is his first | :38:43. | :38:53. | |
:38:53. | :39:07. | ||
involvement. The referee deciding it was a forward pass. They are | :39:07. | :39:17. | |
:39:17. | :39:24. | ||
trying to test out the Warrington defence. I'm not sure. It was 50-50. | :39:24. | :39:34. | |
:39:34. | :39:45. | ||
Here is wryly. -- hears Chris Riley. Warrington looking to start again. | :39:45. | :39:52. | |
Looking to regain the initiative. If they can get another try it | :39:52. | :40:02. | |
:40:02. | :40:10. | ||
would put them back on the summit of the hill. Here is Briers. They | :40:11. | :40:20. | |
:40:21. | :40:26. | ||
slept. That is brilliant! -- there is a slip. Offside, that is the | :40:26. | :40:34. | |
question that is being asked. He might have snatched an unlikely try. | :40:34. | :40:44. | |
:40:44. | :40:46. | ||
He is the cheekiest of rugby league players. Monaghan has timed his run | :40:47. | :40:54. | |
to perfection. I can't see any reason why this would get short off. | :40:54. | :40:59. | |
We will have a closer look here. The execution from Briers is | :40:59. | :41:05. | |
outstanding. There is a slim possibility that has been Oxford | :41:05. | :41:15. | |
:41:15. | :41:16. | ||
from a Warrington player. -- that has been knocked forward. Did he | :41:16. | :41:26. | |
:41:26. | :41:28. | ||
get a hand to wait for? -- did he get a hand to read? I think it gets | :41:28. | :41:38. | |
:41:38. | :41:40. | ||
knocked on. Possibly in an offside position. Is the offside? -- is he | :41:40. | :41:49. | |
offside? It looks like it's come off the back of Ben Jefferies. You | :41:49. | :41:59. | |
:41:59. | :42:00. | ||
choose your angle, you take your choice. I think from the other | :42:00. | :42:08. | |
angle, he certainly touched it, Monaghan. A Westwood is certainly | :42:08. | :42:18. | |
:42:18. | :42:26. | ||
offside. I don't think he's touched it. I think it is a Lulia's arm. -- | :42:26. | :42:36. | |
:42:36. | :42:38. | ||
I think it is Lulia's arm. The referee has made a decision. Is | :42:38. | :42:48. | |
:42:48. | :42:58. | ||
this a try for Lee Briers? No try! He has decided that Joel Monaghan | :42:58. | :43:08. | |
:43:08. | :43:10. | ||
got a hand to that. He has given the handover. Bradford have an | :43:10. | :43:16. | |
opportunity to have another crack at this Warrington side. They could | :43:16. | :43:24. | |
make a real game of this. With 15 minutes left, and a 16 point | :43:24. | :43:34. | |
:43:34. | :43:36. | ||
deficit, it's not why you'd want to be -- where you would want to be. | :43:36. | :43:39. | |
All it takes is a good defensive effort from Warrington to steer | :43:39. | :43:49. | |
:43:49. | :43:55. | ||
them home. Have Bradford got the craft that to do it? -- to do it. | :43:55. | :44:05. | |
:44:05. | :44:06. | ||
Lee Briers has been called again by the referee. REFEREE: That is four | :44:06. | :44:15. | |
consecutive penalties. You are 18 warning -- you are on a team a | :44:15. | :44:23. | |
warning. They will have someone sent to the sin-bin. They will be | :44:23. | :44:31. | |
keen not to give any more penalties away. Lee Briers is telling his | :44:31. | :44:41. | |
:44:41. | :44:44. | ||
team to cut it out. It is another penalty. It is ten minutes in the | :44:44. | :44:54. | |
:44:54. | :44:58. | ||
sin-bin for Chris Hill. A shake of Tony Smith's head. Warrington are | :44:58. | :45:07. | |
down to 12. With a man advantage, I can Bradford make it count? They | :45:07. | :45:17. | |
:45:17. | :45:26. | ||
have to do something quickly to start the ball rolling. They | :45:26. | :45:36. | |
:45:36. | :45:48. | ||
wrestle him down. Well met. A great scramble defence. I think he might | :45:48. | :45:53. | |
have just made it. A great scramble defence. Where is this coming down | :45:53. | :46:03. | |
:46:03. | :46:15. | ||
from? -- coming down? Monaghan. Riley is still going. Bridge had | :46:15. | :46:24. | |
his ankles tapped. He wants to get to his feet quickly. Monaghan | :46:24. | :46:34. | |
:46:34. | :46:34. | ||
pushes them on. They almost off their feet. Extraordinary! -- they | :46:34. | :46:44. | |
:46:44. | :46:53. | ||
Bradford survive. What a passage of play! Bradford, didn't race to | :46:53. | :47:01. | |
scrum this down to stop that clock. We have just seen that pass by | :47:01. | :47:08. | |
Briers, quick hands, just in time to knock him off. A forward pass to | :47:08. | :47:16. | |
McCarthy, just could not take it in. Briers got the ball, a quick tap, | :47:16. | :47:26. | |
:47:26. | :47:36. | ||
and then all of a sudden Warrington that's why. -- his head in. Another | :47:36. | :47:44. | |
penalty. Oh, I am not sure whether it is a penalty. He is not happy | :47:44. | :47:54. | |
:47:54. | :48:08. | ||
with the scrum. Gale, he is putting in a really good shift. He has not | :48:08. | :48:18. | |
:48:18. | :48:32. | ||
been perfect this afternoon, but he It goes Warrington's way. Luke Gale | :48:32. | :48:42. | |
:48:42. | :48:43. | ||
wants an explanation and here it is. He has to keep hold of that. His | :48:43. | :48:48. | |
arm has been trapped, he is within his rights to get it away. I don't | :48:48. | :48:57. | |
think it was a penalty. Can Warrington put this game to bed? | :48:57. | :49:02. | |
Let's just have a look at Warrington can do from here because | :49:02. | :49:08. | |
we have 11 minutes... And that is a panel to! The tide is turning | :49:08. | :49:18. | |
:49:18. | :49:30. | ||
get the decision and the ball back for his team. Lee Briers, he put | :49:30. | :49:36. | |
two fingers up to the stand, should we take the kick? The message was | :49:36. | :49:42. | |
that the years. Let's hear from Robbie Hunter-Paul. Well, this is a | :49:42. | :49:50. | |
case of deja-vu. Into the last 10 minutes of the game. Trailing by 18 | :49:50. | :49:54. | |
points. Bradford, if they are going to get back into this game, they | :49:54. | :49:59. | |
will have to get away from their traditional style. They will have | :50:00. | :50:09. | |
:50:10. | :50:23. | ||
might be up for a comeback. Hodgson, he is kicking this, 18 points if he | :50:23. | :50:32. | |
gets this in. It is just about possible. It would take the game | :50:32. | :50:35. | |
for a golden. Extra time but in reality we are watching Warrington | :50:35. | :50:41. | |
edging closer to a place in the last eight. Even though the kick is | :50:41. | :50:45. | |
missed, valuable seconds have been run down. And the drop back from | :50:45. | :50:49. | |
the 20 should be that Warrington get possession back again. They | :50:49. | :50:56. | |
will not be too concerned about that. They have a full set of six | :50:56. | :51:01. | |
now. They have gone for the short kick. Neither one nor the other, | :51:01. | :51:07. | |
neither bonked nor short. It was no man's land. -- neither long it nor | :51:07. | :51:17. | |
:51:17. | :51:38. | ||
Grix... Von Waterhouse, the He will not mind that tackle, he | :51:38. | :51:48. | |
:51:48. | :52:09. | ||
that Bradford is staying in. don't think they have given this | :52:09. | :52:15. | |
game up, Bradford. But they have given away just another penalty. | :52:15. | :52:22. | |
The quarter-final draw will be on Radio 5 Live on Tuesday 1st May. | :52:22. | :52:32. | |
:52:32. | :52:47. | ||
bit of hope. Write down the middle it is taken again. The cup-tie from | :52:47. | :52:53. | |
the Salford City Stadium, that should be a cracker. Commentary | :52:53. | :53:02. | |
start that the 3 o'clock. -- starts at 3 o'clock. Bradford know they | :53:02. | :53:12. | |
:53:12. | :53:24. | ||
are clinging on to a lost cause. here. That will take the wind out | :53:24. | :53:30. | |
of Bradford's sales. Bradford are getting very frustrated, they have | :53:30. | :53:35. | |
lost their shape. I feel that Warrington can put something | :53:36. | :53:44. | |
together to finish at this game. -- to finish this game. Tackles for | :53:44. | :53:54. | |
:53:54. | :54:00. | ||
Warrington at the end of this. hit the man, so it should be | :54:00. | :54:10. | |
:54:10. | :54:17. | ||
Bradford's. And the decision, they just want to put it away. They got | :54:18. | :54:27. | |
:54:28. | :54:28. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds | :54:28. | :55:58. | |
offload. Did that go backwards? because Hill had come back from the | :55:58. | :56:08. | |
:56:08. | :56:13. | ||
sin-bin. Purtell Collects and puts it into the middle for Jeffries. | :56:13. | :56:19. | |
Six minutes to go. They are just trying to put this game away. A | :56:19. | :56:29. | |
:56:29. | :56:36. | ||
lovely kick. A very good try. a special one there. Olivier Elima, | :56:36. | :56:45. | |
a very good take from a very good kick and a very smart try. We have | :56:45. | :56:51. | |
seen Hodgson doing that early in the game, he does that as well. But | :56:51. | :56:58. | |
Elima backs himself. He'd tried to get his hands on the ball, Hodgson, | :56:58. | :57:03. | |
but Elima gets it over the line. It will certainly make an interest in | :57:03. | :57:12. | |
Finnish. And it is Gale with the kick. It remains tantalisingly | :57:12. | :57:18. | |
interesting. 26 for Warrington, a team for Bradford Bulls. Eight | :57:18. | :57:28. | |
:57:28. | :57:28. | ||
points the difference. Two tries, one goal. -- 18 ft Bradford Bulls. | :57:28. | :57:33. | |
Two tries, I have seen it happen before. Warrington are trying to | :57:33. | :57:38. | |
take the place out of this game and to get to the end. Bradford will | :57:38. | :57:48. | |
:57:48. | :57:50. | ||
throw everything at them. 26-16! Not eight points but 10 points. | :57:50. | :57:55. | |
Warrington know that, surely, what they have done so far should be | :57:55. | :58:05. | |
:58:05. | :58:06. | ||
enough. Here is Jefferies... Oh. Had the referee been in a | :58:06. | :58:11. | |
charitable mood, he would have said that went backwards. But he is not. | :58:11. | :58:19. | |
An apology from Jeffries. Frustrating, isn't it? It was set | :58:19. | :58:26. | |
up for a really exciting finish. And Jeffries will be very | :58:26. | :58:36. | |
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disappointed. That was a relatively held off. They might not even need | :58:59. | :59:06. | |
a try. Here comes Hodgson. Not for the first time have we seen him | :59:06. | :59:12. | |
slip. It is damp. Both sides have lost their cuttings at crucial | :59:12. | :59:22. | |
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a drop but underneath of the sticks. -- a drop. Monaghan is renowned for | :59:36. | :59:45. | |
winners. They have gone for the short one. Here is Hodgson. Who is | :59:45. | :59:49. | |
your man of the match? I think Harrison has been very good, but | :59:49. | :59:55. | |
the man of the match is Brett Hodgson. The execution of both | :59:55. | :00:00. | |
sides has not been what they would like. There has been a couple of | :00:00. | :00:06. | |
cases in this match, one with the try just before half-time, where he | :00:06. | :00:14. | |
was set up for the try just after the half-time. But I think that | :00:14. | :00:20. | |
Hodgson, he has been brilliant. This and he is wondering why on the | :00:20. | :00:30. | |
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day he scored a hat-trick that he didn't get man of the match, Joel | :00:31. | :00:37. | |
Monaghan, it is seconds before it had been given to Brett Hodgson. | :00:37. | :00:47. | |
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All the passes of Joel Monaghan, they have taken some execution. But | :00:49. | :00:56. | |
I think that Hodgson, he deserves it. Hodgson, menacingly was a round | :00:56. | :01:02. | |
the back, to give the option to miss him out. A great try and a | :01:02. | :01:12. | |
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very good finish. Wigan are through, St Helens are through, there are | :01:18. | :01:24. | |
some others to make the final eight. They will be some great hung donors | :01:24. | :01:34. | |
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as well. -- humdingers. And you can match performance with a wonderful | :01:45. | :01:53. | |
conversion. In means they have won by her 32 points-16. A terrific | :01:53. | :01:58. | |
cup-tie. Yes. We have had everything. Bradford trying to get | :01:58. | :02:08. | |
back into the game. The game was only dared when it Ben Jefferies | :02:08. | :02:14. | |
dropped -- the game was only deader when Ben Jefferies dropped that | :02:14. | :02:20. | |
return kick. Warrington will be really happy with the result. They | :02:20. | :02:26. | |
will go into the hat for the next round. The man of the match is | :02:26. | :02:36. | |
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Brett Hodgson. He is talking to Tangier. -- Tanya. That was a | :02:42. | :02:52. | |
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bruising game! It was tough. We gave them a bit of a look-in. We're | :02:58. | :03:05. | |
not doing ourselves any favours with giving away so any penalties. | :03:05. | :03:11. | |
-- giving away so many penalties. What does it mean getting to the | :03:11. | :03:16. | |
quarter-finals? It is great. This competition is to pad. Your level | :03:16. | :03:21. | |
goes up every time you play in the Challenge Cup. Thank you very much. | :03:21. | :03:29. | |
Let's bring in a jar or Monahan, you just missed out on added that? | :03:29. | :03:37. | |
-- let's bring in Joel Monaghan, you just missed out on man of the | :03:37. | :03:43. | |
match. What did you say at half- time? Just don't give anything away. | :03:43. | :03:53. | |
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I don't think anyone listened. They are a big team. They stuck at it. | :03:58. | :04:03. | |
Congratulations on going up the route. Thank you. Happy anniversary | :04:03. | :04:13. | |
to mum and dad back home. A message for his parents back home in | :04:13. | :04:16. | |
Australia. It will be very late for Australia. It will be very late for | :04:16. | :04:24. | |
Warrington are through to the quarter-finals. They had beaten | :04:24. | :04:31. | |
Bradford had 32 points higher than 16 -- they have beaten Bradford 32- | :04:31. | :04:37. | |
16. We will be going on to the red button very shortly. If you want to | :04:37. | :04:47. | |
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be part of that, join us on the red button. We will have highlights of | :04:59. | :05:06. | |
the press to the quarter-finals. There are three match of the days | :05:06. | :05:14. | |
tonight and over the weekend. Bradford were capable, but they | :05:14. | :05:24. | |
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didn't have the quality to trouble Warrington. You have to feel for | :05:24. | :05:28. | |
Bradford, you wonder how significant that maybe? Credit to | :05:28. | :05:38. | |
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