:00:53. > :00:56.Welcome to Langtry Park, the home of St Helens, looking it to make it
:00:56. > :01:00.through to the Grand Final yet again. Standing in their wake,
:01:00. > :01:09.Warrington, the Challenge Cup holders. In the other semi-final,
:01:09. > :01:14.we have got Wigan against Leeds, two other Giants of the game. For
:01:14. > :01:24.all four teams, Old Trafford is tantalisingly close. Last weekend,
:01:24. > :01:25.
:01:25. > :01:30.four teams slugged it out for the right to face Wigan or Saints. Join
:01:30. > :01:39.and went ahead, but the reigning champions looked to her big players
:01:39. > :01:45.last week, and the Leeds Rhinos got their victory. It was finished with
:01:45. > :01:48.a drop goal from Danny McGuire. Warrington played against play-off
:01:48. > :01:56.dark horses Hull FC, and beat them to book their place in the last
:01:56. > :02:00.four. The visitors came back to give Tony Smith's side a scare
:02:00. > :02:03.later on, but the Challenge Cup winners held their nerve, and they
:02:03. > :02:08.remain focused on going to Manchester in a week's time. Brian,
:02:08. > :02:12.any surprises from last week's results? I thought join and would
:02:12. > :02:19.go closer, and that is probably down to the resilience that Leeds
:02:19. > :02:23.showed. Some unbelievable tries, the break from Ryan Bailey was
:02:23. > :02:28.awesome. They are a champion team. If anything, we were a little bit
:02:28. > :02:31.disappointed with Catalan. But we expected Warrington to bounce back.
:02:31. > :02:40.They showed a lot of resilience. For them, it was all about getting
:02:40. > :02:43.real about this competition. lowest placed team was Leeds - do
:02:43. > :02:48.you think this has run its course, because they always go for the
:02:48. > :02:52.lowest placed team? It probably needs a bit of an injection. Maybe
:02:52. > :02:57.add some more teams, if we can find that, because everybody is boxing
:02:57. > :03:02.clever and saying, we will take the lowest ranked team. You would need
:03:02. > :03:06.quite a series of injuries to the top teams otherwise. So, let's have
:03:06. > :03:11.a look at it. Do we need to include more teams, or does it need to be
:03:11. > :03:21.earlier? A bigger blow for Leeds is it, to have the ban for Danny
:03:21. > :03:26.McGuire? Huge. Here's a game breaker. He has got the X factor.
:03:26. > :03:30.It was obvious for me that he was going to get a ban, because you're
:03:30. > :03:35.not allowed to hit people around the head. It was not as serious as
:03:35. > :03:44.some I have seen over the years, but he will have to live it.
:03:45. > :03:48.over to Leeds, minus Danny McGuire, taking on Wigan. George Carmont
:03:48. > :03:52.grabbed a hat-trick, but the Australian centre has said he is
:03:52. > :03:58.retiring at the end of the season, so he is looking for a big send-off
:03:58. > :04:08.in the Grand Final. The cherry and whites got to pick their semi-final,
:04:08. > :04:16.
:04:16. > :04:22.and opted for a home tie against but for the second successive year,
:04:22. > :04:26.Leeds are looking to make the Grand Final the hard way. They have seen
:04:26. > :04:31.off join and, and now they have to beat Wigan. Wigan are without Sam
:04:31. > :04:39.Tomkins, but they will feel they have got the ammunition to blast
:04:39. > :04:46.their way to Old Trafford. The unexpected omission of Wigan's five
:04:46. > :04:50.star performer Sam Tomkins, because of injury, has caused quite a stir.
:04:50. > :04:55.20-year-old Jack Murphy comes in for only his second ever first-team
:04:55. > :04:58.appearance. What a test for that young man. Leeds were denied the
:04:58. > :05:04.services of Danny McGuire, suspended for one match earlier in
:05:04. > :05:11.the week, so they will have Shaun Lunt making a starting appearance.
:05:11. > :05:20.Also, Rob Burrow is back. So, the Grand Final at stake. This semi-
:05:20. > :05:28.final is full of pedigree. It could be a tough, tough game. Mossop
:05:28. > :05:34.tries to go more direct. Three gone, through to go. And a penalty for
:05:34. > :05:42.Wigan! It is within kickable range, but they might choose to go for
:05:42. > :05:45.another set of six. Mossop is a big boy, and Peacock and Sinfield were
:05:45. > :05:49.underneath, but they were taking too long. The referee has had
:05:49. > :05:59.enough, he wants to speed the game up a bit. And Wigan decide to play
:05:59. > :06:03.
:06:03. > :06:07.on. Pat Richards decided there to go for touch. Here comes Lima.
:06:07. > :06:14.Wigan, having survived some pressure at the other end, are now
:06:14. > :06:24.on the attack. Harrison Hansen almost gets through there. It is
:06:24. > :06:25.
:06:25. > :06:31.given away! It is picked up by Watkins, who is surely going to go
:06:31. > :06:35.the distance! Kallum Watkins has received a gift, wrapped up in
:06:35. > :06:41.cherry and white ribbons, and he is not a man to refuse. Leeds have the
:06:41. > :06:46.first try of the night. It is pressure from the Leeds defence
:06:46. > :06:52.which causes the try. It sat up really nicely for Kallum Watkins,
:06:52. > :07:00.and then it was just a foot race. No chance, they were not going to
:07:00. > :07:10.catch this boy. Put it down to the pressure from Kevin Sinfield. You
:07:10. > :07:13.
:07:13. > :07:18.will not catch this kit, he is quick. And Sinfield looking to add
:07:18. > :07:26.four -- to add two. And they have a six-point lead, just what they
:07:27. > :07:36.would have wanted. Wigan have come here with a lot of confidence, but
:07:37. > :07:45.they have got to replicate their league form. Leeds are in this game.
:07:45. > :07:53.Jamie Jones-Buchanan, upended by Thomas Leuluai, who has to be one
:07:53. > :07:56.of the defenders -- best defenders, pound for pound, in the game. It
:07:56. > :08:06.comes back to Sinfield, they are trying to create the numbers. Back
:08:06. > :08:07.
:08:07. > :08:14.down the middle once again goes Jamie Jones-Buchanan. They still
:08:14. > :08:24.have a couple of tackles. It is Burrow again, wrestled to the
:08:24. > :08:27.
:08:27. > :08:37.ground by O'Loughlin. A look of frustration from all round. Leeds
:08:37. > :08:39.
:08:39. > :08:44.have got some juice from the try. Smith goes out of dummy half, with
:08:44. > :08:51.that live game of his, but it goes right down the throat of the full-
:08:51. > :08:55.back, Hardaker, who returns it with interest. Leeds are starting their
:08:55. > :08:59.set far too far down the field, and that the ability of Leeds to put
:08:59. > :09:05.the kicker under pressure dominate field position with the quality of
:09:05. > :09:15.their own live game. And though prepared to play it, with people
:09:15. > :09:31.
:09:31. > :09:35.player interfering, so the penalty goes the way of Leeds. I have got a
:09:35. > :09:41.lot of sympathy with the fans around here, we do not agree with
:09:41. > :09:45.the referee on this one. A tough decision, but he is going to have
:09:45. > :09:51.to take it on the chin. I think Kevin Sinfield is going for goal. I
:09:51. > :10:00.might have been tempted to play on. He is renowned for his ability to
:10:00. > :10:04.nail these kicks. Here we go, in the semi-final, how are his nerves?
:10:04. > :10:14.Same old Kevin Sinfield, keeps on turning up, keeps on banging them
:10:14. > :10:22.
:10:22. > :10:32.tough, chewing up the time, live well, with Sinfield. It's another
:10:32. > :10:32.
:10:32. > :10:37.good kick. It is a 4020, from the Book of Kevin Sinfield. He has just
:10:37. > :10:47.given his team head-and-feed inside their opponents' 1/2. That is a
:10:47. > :11:01.
:11:01. > :11:06.Wigan who started the night as favourites, but Leeds are winning
:11:06. > :11:13.the game, and winning the battle, as the rain begins to Port Vale.
:11:13. > :11:23.They have five more tackles to pose some more questions for this Wigan
:11:23. > :11:33.defence. They have done well in the rain, I am sure the Leeds coach
:11:33. > :11:43.
:11:43. > :11:48.but he was taken down, but from a defences -- defensive line which
:11:48. > :11:54.had strayed offside. It is another penalty for Leeds, and he is going
:11:54. > :12:04.to go for goal. We will take the two points, says Kevin Sinfield.
:12:04. > :12:05.
:12:05. > :12:13.Here you can see it, where they offside? I think they were. Finch
:12:14. > :12:18.was offside, and it was the right call. So, the man they call Sir
:12:18. > :12:28.Kevin in Leeds, with the chance to bang over his third kick of the
:12:28. > :12:47.
:12:47. > :12:52.night, and he has done so. Three I'm not sure Richards was expecting
:12:52. > :13:02.that. And they have given possession back again. This was a
:13:02. > :13:12.great play from the Wigan team, but they just did not execute properly.
:13:12. > :13:22.Finch nearly got that ball away. And Hock has put the boot to it.
:13:22. > :13:22.
:13:22. > :13:26.But here comes Hardaker! Leeds have momentum, and are back inside the
:13:26. > :13:36.Wigan half once again. What a fantastic season Jamie Peacock is
:13:36. > :13:56.
:13:56. > :14:02.having. He is the leader, he is the but the defender went backwards.
:14:02. > :14:08.Sinfield goes for the one point. They are not going to come away
:14:08. > :14:17.from this end without something! Sinfield is taking them up in
:14:17. > :14:27.stages. He adds another one to the scoreline. Every time they go down
:14:27. > :14:42.
:14:42. > :14:50.that end, they're going to come the start of this second half.
:14:50. > :14:58.Wigan are now on the front foot. Shot pass to Harrison Hansen! And
:14:58. > :15:02.despite the best efforts of Hardaker, Harrison Hansen goes over
:15:02. > :15:12.within a few seconds of the start of a second half! The contest is up
:15:12. > :15:45.
:15:45. > :15:55.There's just one score in it now. It really is a tough contest from
:15:55. > :16:14.
:16:14. > :16:18.Sinfield is under less pressure when he gets the kick away. And the
:16:18. > :16:27.catch is missed by Murphy. Just a bit of a spill of the ball and a
:16:27. > :16:33.last minute dip as it came his way. He is having a cracking game
:16:34. > :16:41.tonight. And young Jack Murphy, thrown in at the deep end for the
:16:41. > :16:51.semi-final. How good is Wigan's defensive line here? How good is
:16:51. > :17:06.
:17:06. > :17:16.Wigan hanging on, but only just at the moment. Three tackles gone,
:17:16. > :17:29.
:17:29. > :17:39.three to come. Wigan's defenders negotiated by Wigan's defence, but
:17:39. > :17:39.
:17:39. > :17:44.here comes the toughest test of them off. Wigan's will snaps again!
:17:44. > :17:54.The referee has sent this upstairs to the video referee. Did he get it
:17:54. > :18:00.
:18:00. > :18:06.down? Has he got it? Oh, he dropped it. Oh, he has dropped it.
:18:06. > :18:11.video ref has said no try. Leeds missed their chance, and Wigan get
:18:11. > :18:21.an escape. The referee is going to try and calm things down a little
:18:21. > :18:22.
:18:22. > :18:26.here. Don't start any funny business, all right? De referee got
:18:26. > :18:36.involved because a few words were spoken after that tackle that
:18:36. > :18:40.
:18:40. > :18:46.denied the try. So we can survive, but Leeds are lifted. My word! Look
:18:46. > :18:49.at this defence from Leeds. Something has really fired the
:18:49. > :18:55.Leeds team up. There is a determination that we have not seen
:18:55. > :19:03.so far tonight, not at this level. Leeds were playing a strong, but
:19:03. > :19:13.they are playing even stronger now. But it has been stolen. Wigan get a
:19:13. > :19:17.
:19:17. > :19:27.penalty and a real lift. What could he do about that? My word, we have
:19:27. > :19:30.
:19:30. > :19:37.a fantastic game on our hands here now. Fantastic rugby league. Leeds
:19:37. > :19:47.are still absolutely furious at not being given a try at one end. Wigan
:19:47. > :20:06.
:20:06. > :20:16.game. This is end-to-end. -- Lilywhites is having a terrific
:20:16. > :20:16.
:20:16. > :21:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds
:21:09. > :21:17.away with it, Ryan Hall. This gives Wigan an unbelievable opportunity.
:21:17. > :21:27.He was going to give a knock-on, but he said player on. That surely
:21:27. > :21:27.
:21:27. > :22:19.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds
:22:19. > :22:29.was a knock-on. Of course it was a to Leeds. Wigan were really probing
:22:29. > :22:29.
:22:29. > :23:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds
:23:25. > :23:35.lead here. Here they come with which its! He -- Richards! Into the
:23:35. > :23:40.
:23:40. > :23:48.corner. Something had to give. Something had to crack. That is
:23:48. > :23:58.just the amount of pressure that Leeds have had to cope with. This
:23:58. > :23:58.
:23:58. > :24:07.is the difference between leading and losing here for Wigan. Leeds
:24:08. > :24:16.are still hanging on to their lead. Matt Richards curls it back in.
:24:16. > :24:26.Wigan lead for the first time tonight. There will be many twists
:24:26. > :24:47.
:24:47. > :24:52.and turns, you fancy, before the slenderest of advantages here. A
:24:52. > :25:02.drop goal from Leeds might just take us to golden point extra time.
:25:02. > :25:27.
:25:27. > :25:37.A try from either would surely win Jack Murphy. Penalty for Leeds.
:25:37. > :25:41.
:25:41. > :25:47.This really has tested Wigan tonight. It's offside. He never got
:25:47. > :25:57.onside, and that was the right call. This is a potential match-winning
:25:57. > :25:58.
:25:58. > :26:08.moment. And who can bear to look? How many big occasions has Sinfield
:26:08. > :26:17.
:26:17. > :26:27.found himself in this situation in their prize, and they will not let
:26:27. > :26:30.
:26:30. > :26:40.it go. Kevin Sinfield is their hero again. The mercurial master, Sam
:26:40. > :27:05.
:27:05. > :27:15.Tomkins, can only watch from the What a finish. Here comes the
:27:15. > :27:16.
:27:16. > :27:22.countdown. Sinfield inevitably will have the last word. Sinfield's
:27:22. > :27:27.boots were the story of the night in so many ways. A baptism of fire
:27:27. > :27:36.for young Jack Murphy. But it is Kevin Sinfield who is the hero.
:27:36. > :27:44.We have probably been structurally better than that in terms of being
:27:44. > :27:47.more efficient. Sometimes it didn't look that tidy, but in terms of
:27:47. > :27:51.commitment and the willingness to defend free a team-mate, that is
:27:51. > :27:56.what it takes to get through to a final. And we needed to do that
:27:56. > :28:00.against a very good Wigan team. am struggling to put into words, if
:28:00. > :28:04.I am honest. Feel really down and disappointed. The dressing room is
:28:04. > :28:10.quite depressed, because we underperformed in the first half
:28:10. > :28:15.and in the second half, we played a lot better. But Leeds are a top
:28:15. > :28:19.quality team. They have been in this position many times. It is
:28:20. > :28:26.something we need to get smarter out. I am sure you were are going
:28:26. > :28:31.to mention Kevin Sinfield's kick. He is a legend. But he gets put in
:28:31. > :28:36.a position to do that by everybody else's defending. It was a nervous
:28:36. > :28:40.performance. He shows very little nerves, yeah. I would not like to
:28:40. > :28:45.play poker with him. When you have a kick that close to the post with
:28:45. > :28:50.a few minutes to go, it gives your team and opportunity to get into a
:28:50. > :28:54.grand final. The due try and draw on everything and practise what you
:28:54. > :28:59.have done. But it is not about me tonight. There are 16 other guys
:28:59. > :29:06.out there, the fans, the backroom staff. Everybody played a part to
:29:06. > :29:12.get where we are today. The absence of Sam Tomkins must have hurt you.
:29:12. > :29:19.He is a good player, Sam. We need to get Jack Murphy up to speed
:29:19. > :29:24.quicker. That is our challenge. If someone drops out, we need someone
:29:24. > :29:28.who can do a similar job, but if not better. Can you do it again for
:29:28. > :29:35.another Grand Final? We have bought another Grand Final, and that was
:29:35. > :29:40.what we wanted. We have not had a free weekend since the end of
:29:40. > :29:45.January. So hopefully, we can have one more special effort. For sheer
:29:45. > :29:48.intensity, have you seen a better game than that this year? And no.
:29:48. > :29:53.It was an unbelievable game. It had everything you would want. The
:29:53. > :29:57.players got stuck into each other. It was intense, there was
:29:57. > :30:03.excitement, drama, controversy. It was one of the best games of the
:30:03. > :30:07.season. There was much talk before about Leeds missing Danny McGuire,
:30:07. > :30:11.but what about Sam Tomkins being missing for Wigan? In it probably
:30:11. > :30:15.affected Wigan a bit. He is their talisman, a massive game breaker.
:30:15. > :30:21.But you have to take your hat off to Leeds, because the way they
:30:21. > :30:24.defended, they would have nullified most threats last night. They
:30:24. > :30:34.showed the champion qualities you need to get rid about final and
:30:34. > :30:35.
:30:35. > :30:42.hopefully when it again. Kevin Sinfield's kicking game was amazing.
:30:42. > :30:47.It was likened to a rapier going through but. They did not quite
:30:47. > :30:51.come to terms with Kevin's kicking game. But he would be the first to
:30:51. > :30:55.say that it was a team performance that got them through. Wigan will
:30:55. > :31:05.be kicking themselves at a couple of opportunities they did not take
:31:05. > :31:07.
:31:08. > :31:12.St Helens looking to their seventh Grand Final, this is going to be a
:31:12. > :31:17.difficult one to call, isn't it? This one is to close. I am glad you
:31:17. > :31:21.did not ask me the question. I just think Warrington will be desperate
:31:21. > :31:24.to get that monkey off their back, but as we saw last night, teems
:31:24. > :31:28.with pedigree for getting to the final, and there is no team with
:31:29. > :31:36.more pedigree than St Helens. They will take some beating. And so it
:31:36. > :31:46.is, Saints hosting Warrington. Beaten Grand finalists in the last
:31:46. > :31:47.
:31:47. > :31:51.five years, St Helens are looking to make it sixth time lucky.
:31:51. > :31:56.Warrington bounced back well a couple of weeks ago against Hull FC
:31:56. > :32:06.to keep alive their dreams of reaching the Grand Final. Watching
:32:06. > :32:18.
:32:18. > :32:28.this one, Ray French and Brian RAY FRENCH: welcome to St Helens'
:32:28. > :32:47.
:32:47. > :32:57.new �25 million Langtry Park back division. The present of Ben
:32:57. > :33:08.
:33:08. > :33:13.Westwood in the pack is a huge closely matched. All week, people
:33:13. > :33:23.have been trying to find a winner, but I cannot.
:33:23. > :34:03.
:34:03. > :34:13.BRIAN NOBLE: Ire with you, you is not a good kick from Briers. It
:34:13. > :34:22.is picked up on the 30 metre line. Flanagan, who normally comes off
:34:22. > :34:30.the bench, but starting here tonight. The Saints pack taking the
:34:30. > :34:40.game to the Wolves. Good ball from Lomax. Wilkin comes in on a nice
:34:40. > :34:50.angle. St Helens winning the quarter-final between these two
:34:50. > :34:51.
:34:51. > :35:01.sides a couple of weeks ago, but it is a different matter tonight.
:35:01. > :35:06.
:35:06. > :35:09.Needed some support there. Last tackle... Forward pass. That's
:35:09. > :35:15.great defence in the end from Warrington. They were short of
:35:15. > :35:25.numbers on that side. Had the pass been executed properly... Let's see
:35:25. > :35:39.
:35:39. > :35:44.if this is forward. There is a case all year, Tony Puletua. Wilkin
:35:44. > :35:49.coming in at that angle all the term, but he might be better
:35:49. > :35:59.advised to use his speed on the outside. Was that a forward pass?
:35:59. > :36:09.No, says the referee. Wellens pushes it out wide. Oh, it is about
:36:09. > :36:10.
:36:10. > :36:18.one! But the referee has given offside. By were they offside?. The
:36:18. > :36:28.referee says so, and that's all that matters. Well, who is offside?
:36:28. > :36:28.
:36:28. > :36:37.There is nobody offside there. I'm not sure he has got that right.
:36:37. > :36:44.ball with Perry, he tries to soak in some defenders. He does so. They
:36:44. > :36:54.needed quick ball, but they did not get it. Puletua, a Bateman, once
:36:54. > :36:58.
:36:58. > :37:03.again going towards the line. It comes out wide, and is he in? Is
:37:03. > :37:06.Makinson in at the corner? Remember, the corner flag does not count now,
:37:07. > :37:14.you can touch the corner flag, under the new rules this year. It
:37:14. > :37:19.is not part of the pitch. That looks like a try to me. Just having
:37:19. > :37:25.a look at the separation between ball and hand. Does he dropped it?
:37:25. > :37:35.I think he drops it. They look for microscopic things now. I think
:37:35. > :37:36.
:37:36. > :37:43.that is a try. Yes! The video referee agrees. First try of the
:37:43. > :37:53.night, Tommy Makinson. Good hands from Lomax. Too much for the
:37:53. > :38:02.
:38:02. > :38:05.Normally they just switch the ball from wing to wing. I think they
:38:05. > :38:10.have been a bit conservative because they have not had any
:38:10. > :38:14.decent field position. That's probably the best kick of the game
:38:14. > :38:24.from Briers into the corner, so now they get a bit of an opportunity to
:38:24. > :38:30.put the pressure on Saints defensively. Good run by Lance
:38:30. > :38:35.Hohaia on the blind side. Jones cannot get away. Another three
:38:35. > :38:41.tackles to come. St Helens looking to get over that halfway line. They
:38:41. > :38:51.have lost the ball! Play on, says the referee. Now, we will see what
:38:51. > :38:58.
:38:58. > :39:06.Warrington have got. Hodge and gets the ball out wide, and that's
:39:06. > :39:13.tremendous play from the full but. Brett Hodgson timed his good to
:39:13. > :39:19.perfection, and Myler goes over in the corner. That was the error,
:39:19. > :39:29.falling, losing the ball, giving Warrington field position for the
:39:29. > :39:49.
:39:49. > :39:54.first time, and how they answered long ball. He has lost the ball,
:39:54. > :40:04.but it went backwards. Another set of six. Jones going for the line!
:40:04. > :40:07.
:40:07. > :40:10.St Helens now with five tackles to come. It comes back inside. Louis
:40:10. > :40:20.McCarthy-Scarsbrook cannot get a quick play-the-ball. That is a
:40:20. > :40:24.
:40:24. > :40:29.penalty. Lomax again... He cannot get through. What a tackle from Ben
:40:29. > :40:38.Westwood that was. He had to score there. Oh, he has given offside
:40:38. > :40:42.again. He is saying that defeat must be behind the line, that's
:40:42. > :40:52.what he is saying to Hodgson. give you 1,000 examples throughout
:40:52. > :40:52.
:40:53. > :40:59.the year when that does not happen. Those are tough penalties.
:40:59. > :41:08.RAY FRENCH: St Helens trying to take advantage.
:41:08. > :41:14.BRIAN NOBLE: Could tackle. mack! Good, short pass, terrific
:41:14. > :41:24.tackling here from the Wolves. Roby goes for it, but he has not got
:41:24. > :41:34.
:41:34. > :41:37.over the line. And Meli is in at the corner! The video for referee
:41:37. > :41:43.must be looking at the touch down, and there is nothing wrong with
:41:43. > :41:53.that. That is a try. Very, very quick decision from the video
:41:53. > :41:58.referee. Saints regained the lead, thanks to that man, Francis Meli.
:41:58. > :42:03.Well, there were a succession of penalties for St Helens on the line.
:42:03. > :42:12.The one for offside was a tough one. Flanagan finds a ball from
:42:12. > :42:22.somewhere, it is a speculator. But Francis Meli picks up the
:42:22. > :42:25.
:42:25. > :42:35.speculator and finishes it. Good and it should have been there. This
:42:35. > :42:38.
:42:38. > :42:45.is better. Makinson tackled. On the last tackle... Wilkin kicks. Oh,
:42:45. > :42:55.that is about one for Kitty Brutus to take. He has lost! -- for
:42:55. > :42:59.
:42:59. > :43:09.Hodgson to take. They have gone to the video referee. They are looking
:43:09. > :43:12.
:43:12. > :43:22.at the offside. That's onside. Louis McCarthy-Scarsbrook, he is in
:43:22. > :43:24.
:43:24. > :43:33.his face. I do not think he interferes with him. It is a try.
:43:33. > :43:40.St Helens fans delighted. It is the 213th try of Paul Wellens's career,
:43:40. > :43:44.sixth in the all-time list now. second this leaves the boot of
:43:44. > :43:47.Wilkin, there is a problem for Warrington. It takes an eternity to
:43:47. > :43:57.come down. Louis McCarthy- Scarsbrook cannot cope with the
:43:57. > :44:10.
:44:10. > :44:20.pressure, and Wellens will not get picked up by Myler! Will anybody
:44:20. > :44:25.catch him? What a tremendous tackle. Great run by Myler. Atkins should
:44:25. > :44:35.have sent the ball out, Warrington had six or seven attackers. That's
:44:35. > :44:51.
:44:51. > :44:58.a penalty. Good long ball out from now. Flick pass from Briers, get
:44:58. > :45:07.sick to Myler. It comes to other left-hand side, with 17.. St
:45:07. > :45:17.Helens' defence really been tested now. A try for Warrington would be
:45:17. > :45:21.
:45:21. > :45:30.so precious. Good running! He must be in! Just before the half-time,
:45:30. > :45:37.never a better time for any team to score. He does not lose it, he has
:45:37. > :45:47.still got control of it. Downward pressure. Press the button, Mr
:45:47. > :45:47.
:45:47. > :46:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds
:46:32. > :46:42.defence from Warrington. Out went everywhere. Riley decided to let it
:46:42. > :46:43.
:46:43. > :47:51.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds
:47:51. > :48:01.will decide this. That has gone backwards. For me, that is a try.
:48:01. > :48:33.
:48:33. > :48:37.Tony Smith knots. And it is a try. is beginning to boil over. It is
:48:37. > :48:47.always a sign that they want to get at each other. I don't have any
:48:47. > :48:47.
:48:47. > :48:57.problems with that, do you? I don't, now that I am not playing! Me and
:48:57. > :49:09.
:49:09. > :49:18.you will have a practice in the car park. Good ball. And it is in! The
:49:18. > :49:28.referee has more hesitation with the try. Tony Smith may be barking
:49:28. > :49:38.orders down to the bench, but he will be delighted with that. Milo
:49:38. > :50:17.
:50:17. > :50:27.Waterhouse. The video referee will decide it. Did he get that ball
:50:27. > :50:54.
:50:54. > :51:04.down? I don't think there was an What a try from Waterhouse, just
:51:04. > :51:04.
:51:04. > :51:51.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds
:51:51. > :52:01.sheer power and strength. He beats consults the judge. Riley pick it
:52:01. > :52:08.
:52:08. > :52:18.up in full flow and put it down. Great movement. Reilly takes the
:52:18. > :52:19.
:52:19. > :53:38.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds
:53:38. > :53:48.it is a try. Not a clean catch, but a clean finish. The unsung heroes
:53:48. > :54:07.
:54:07. > :54:17.are the Harrisons. That will be a dancing for joy. I am sure
:54:17. > :54:18.
:54:18. > :54:21.Warrington will now be looking for that wind. It is all over.
:54:21. > :54:31.Warrington in their first-ever Grand Final at Old Trafford on
:54:31. > :54:33.
:54:33. > :54:37.Tonight I thought Saints were just that little bit better than us in
:54:37. > :54:41.some areas in that first half. I didn't think we were too bad, but
:54:41. > :54:47.like last time we played them, they were that little bit better and
:54:47. > :54:53.have an edge on us. We had to dig deep. I thought in the second half,
:54:53. > :54:56.our guys deserved the win. When you score three tries in the first half,
:54:56. > :55:02.you think you are in a strong position, but they are a champion
:55:02. > :55:08.team. I don't want to pre-empt what Tony things, but I would have
:55:08. > :55:15.thought he was pretty happy. In the second half, they were fantastic.
:55:15. > :55:25.Saints are a class side. They play a quick On-U. But we were focused.
:55:25. > :55:26.
:55:26. > :55:31.We were calm. People were calling us jokers, well, not any more.
:55:31. > :55:34.Leeds are the Super League grand final specialists. It should be
:55:34. > :55:38.quite some contest. They are terrific at this time of year and
:55:38. > :55:43.they talk about that a lot. They have a bit of a formula that they
:55:43. > :55:47.play by. It is good that there is a different team in their against
:55:47. > :55:53.them. Maybe we can change that formula. Do you want to walk away,
:55:53. > :55:57.or would you rather stay? Bid is time for me to do something else. I
:55:57. > :56:01.have been a man and boy at this club. There are plenty of
:56:01. > :56:06.opportunities that exist, and it is time I did something different.
:56:06. > :56:10.Brian, was that the proverbial game of two house? It looked like it.
:56:10. > :56:16.Saints battered Warrington in the first half, and you rarely saw
:56:16. > :56:20.Warrington in the St Helens half. And then the second half, well,
:56:20. > :56:24.they were great. They played the kind of football they have been
:56:24. > :56:32.playing all year. They were confident. I was really impressed
:56:32. > :56:38.with their big blokes, Ward and Cooper and Adrian Morley and
:56:38. > :56:41.Waterhouse. They were worthy winners in the end. He and they
:56:42. > :56:45.soaked up the pressure and came back at them in a way they did not
:56:45. > :56:55.do a couple of weeks ago for, when they were are muscled.
:56:55. > :56:56.
:56:56. > :57:01.You could see that they had done their homework on people. They just
:57:01. > :57:05.couldn't get anything going in the second half, St Helens. That is
:57:05. > :57:09.testament to the strength of Warrington's defence.
:57:09. > :57:19.So, we will have a repeat of the Challenge Cup final. Leeds against
:57:19. > :57:34.
:57:34. > :57:40.Warrington. Clare Balding will have Do you think we will get a repeat
:57:40. > :57:44.of the Challenge Cup final, or can lead still it? We will certainly
:57:44. > :57:51.have the same two teams. But this Warrington team look particularly
:57:51. > :57:55.good. I take my hat off to Brian McDermott. The job he has done is
:57:55. > :57:58.testament not only to his team's champion mentality, by his own
:57:58. > :58:02.champion mentality. What will they have to do differently that they
:58:02. > :58:08.did not do at Wembley? They will have to be on top for long periods
:58:08. > :58:12.of the game. But Leeds don't lack flair themselves when they decide
:58:12. > :58:16.to play. They will have Danny McGuire back, so they will have the
:58:17. > :58:24.full complement on Dec. You would be foolish to pick one or the other.
:58:24. > :58:30.I am going to make you, go on. think Warrington are looking very
:58:30. > :58:33.confident and very strong. But Leeds have plenty of ammunition.
:58:33. > :58:38.But a champion mentality and a champion spirit and the fact that