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The fight for survival is a phrase often used glibly in sport. But not | :00:42. | :00:49. | |
today. Hull KR take on Salford in the million pound game, the prize | :00:50. | :00:52. | |
purely to stay in the Super League for next season. For the losers, | :00:53. | :00:56. | |
careers and livelihoods are at stake. Hull KR have sacked their | :00:57. | :01:05. | |
coach after just three games... We're going to concentrate now on | :01:06. | :01:07. | |
Super League, and that's what matters... Hull KR, in the million | :01:08. | :01:13. | |
pound game! Joining us here at the Lightstream | :01:14. | :01:40. | |
Stadium, Robbie Hunter Paull and Brian Noble. Robbie, you were | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
involved in this last year as the chief executive of the Bradford | :01:46. | :01:48. | |
Bulls. Why is this so unique? Let me tell you, it's horrible. It is a | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
weird, strange week, something I did not get to experience as a player, | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
but you can see a lot of pressure around the club, on the players | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
themselves. Has it's like a Grand Final but there is no silverware at | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
the end of the day. You're basically trying to play for relief, if | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
anything, and it's a strange one to prepare for. Ben Cockayne, the Hull | :02:09. | :02:14. | |
KR full-back has described it as disgusting, that we should be | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
focusing on the mental health of players, that this just is not | :02:19. | :02:24. | |
right? I can agree with some of the sentiments but I think he has got | :02:25. | :02:27. | |
that wrong. You are given a set of circumstances at the beginning of | :02:28. | :02:30. | |
the year. That's professional sport in general. There are risks that | :02:31. | :02:34. | |
come with it, risks of injury, they know the dynamics when they sport. I | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
clearly understand the point he's trying to make but professional | :02:39. | :02:41. | |
sport is not like that. It's not fair. I can only agree with that. I | :02:42. | :02:47. | |
was involved with it, it was a horrible week, there was a lot of | :02:48. | :02:50. | |
anxiety, but at the same time, I would not change it. It was | :02:51. | :02:54. | |
extremely exciting and the build-up was fantastic. For Bradford it was | :02:55. | :02:57. | |
the chance to get back into Super League. When they were relegated, | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
what did it actually mean, were we talking about livelihoods? It did | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
not mean that because the balls were staying full-time. But the emotion | :03:07. | :03:10. | |
from the players, after the game, they had invested so much emotional | :03:11. | :03:14. | |
energy into that game, there was not a dry eye in the changing room. | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
Backroom staff, coaches, players, everyone was brought physically to | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
tears. I guess it will be all about who handles that best? It's easy to | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
say but you've got to hold your nerve. It's a game driven by fear. | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
One team with respect, go to the gallows. It's that intense, try and | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
play your football, remember the good times through the year. The | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
backroom staff and the coaches play a huge role in how they performed | :03:43. | :03:47. | |
today. A Penny for the thoughts of Tim Sheens, who all season has been | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
the director of rugby at Salford, stood down for this game because he | :03:52. | :03:54. | |
is the coach of Hull KR next year - what will he be thinking? It of a | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
conflict-of-interest! Probably the best dozen to ask, his former coach, | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
what are your thoughts? I think he has made the right decision. There | :04:06. | :04:09. | |
is no way he could have approached this game with impartiality. Lots of | :04:10. | :04:15. | |
rumours around, I am pretty confident the integrity of Tim | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
Sheens will be paramount. He had to step down, he's done absolutely the | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
right thing. So who will be in Super League in 2017? Will it be Hull KR | :04:26. | :04:30. | |
or Salford? Your commentary team, John Kear, and first, Dave Woods. | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
DAVE WOODS: Inside this ground today, there is not a nerve that has | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
not been stretched and twisted to near breaking point in the last few | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
days. You can feel the stress of both sets of supporters, and with | :04:45. | :04:50. | |
that backdrop, somehow, these players have to produce a season | :04:51. | :04:57. | |
saving performance. How do you do it on a day like today, produce your | :04:58. | :05:03. | |
best? There are so many nerves flying around here - the tension, | :05:04. | :05:10. | |
you can feel, as soon as you arrive at the ground. This is the way | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
they're lining up. Hull Kingston Rovers have 38-year-old Jamie | :05:16. | :05:18. | |
Peacock on the bench. He's dragged himself out of retirement to hope | :05:19. | :05:24. | |
the cause. Terry Campese is another experienced campaigner whose game | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
management could be pivotal. Salford have real size in their outside | :05:29. | :05:36. | |
backs, and Michael Dobson, a former Hull KR hero, is likely to be at the | :05:37. | :05:44. | |
heart of what they do well today. There is no glory to be gained from | :05:45. | :05:51. | |
today, just relief. Winner takes all in terms of staying in the Super | :05:52. | :05:57. | |
League. Whoever loses, it is relegation, it is jobs lost. John | :05:58. | :06:04. | |
Kear alongside us, you've been in this position, ten years ago, when | :06:05. | :06:07. | |
Wakefield had to beat Castleford in a similar kind of game, so how do | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
you control the nerves? There's trepidation, anxiety, nerves. But | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
you've got to have a belief in your own ability and in that of your | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
team-mates, and you've got to trust that everybody's going to turn up | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
and do their jobs on the day. Here is a first touch of the day for | :06:28. | :06:30. | |
Terry Campese, and it's not the best of kicks. Johnson to run it back. | :06:31. | :06:42. | |
This really has started like an arm wrestle. Form has been up and down. | :06:43. | :06:52. | |
And it looks like a sternum injury, which is serious. Carrying the ball | :06:53. | :06:59. | |
from army half, as all good wingmen do. The Salford coach there. So, | :07:00. | :07:12. | |
Hull Kingston Rovers, a chance to make something happen here, in the | :07:13. | :07:16. | |
shape of formerly in the first instance. Dummy half, Lunt. Walker | :07:17. | :07:26. | |
thinks about the off-load but he's marshalled well by those Salford | :07:27. | :07:32. | |
defenders. Lunt back to Campese! Shrugs off one defender, and | :07:33. | :07:42. | |
off-loads to Lunt. This is good. Lunt again. Campese... Little step | :07:43. | :07:51. | |
by Matthew Marsh. But there's lots of winning Salford defenders. | :07:52. | :07:54. | |
There's a couple of tackles to go here. Campese again, back on the | :07:55. | :08:02. | |
inside, Donaldson. Dragged down, sixth tackle. Lunt with the short | :08:03. | :08:10. | |
one. Walker is claiming this. And the referee gives it! Does not need | :08:11. | :08:19. | |
the video, decides for himself that Adam Walker has touched it down. And | :08:20. | :08:28. | |
its first but, Hull KR. Last tackle play, this, you would expect them to | :08:29. | :08:32. | |
kick. They didn't, they ran it. And Walker managed to force himself over | :08:33. | :08:37. | |
the goal line and plonk it down legally. It's a great try for Hull | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
Kingston Rovers, and it will really settle the early nerves. And you | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
have to say well done to the referee for giving it first-time. It is a | :08:47. | :08:53. | |
nice first conversion, right in front of the sticks, for George | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
Mantellato. No problem. Hull Kingston Rovers, with can see a | :08:59. | :09:12. | |
blasting away down the middle again. A bit of momentum going in their | :09:13. | :09:25. | |
favour. -- with Ken CEOP. Campese's participation was in some doubt | :09:26. | :09:29. | |
because of injury at the back-end of the year. They're very pleased to | :09:30. | :09:33. | |
see him, as and they are to get that penalty as well. Hull Kingston | :09:34. | :09:40. | |
Rovers do have the wind in their sales. | :09:41. | :10:04. | |
That's good yards he has made from that off-load. George Mantellato! | :10:05. | :10:11. | |
They are celebrating another try. Referee nods his head. He thinks, | :10:12. | :10:22. | |
and that might be down to reputation as much as anything else, with Josh | :10:23. | :10:27. | |
Mantellato. He did have a look towards the touch judge, did referee | :10:28. | :10:33. | |
Phil Bentham. I think he felt it was a try. Just looking for | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
confirmation. I can't see any reason why that is not given - the ball is | :10:40. | :10:43. | |
grounded on the whitewash for the elbow hits the sideline. That's a | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
good call from the touch judge and the referee, and it should be | :10:49. | :10:50. | |
clarified pretty quickly but the video referee. Quick as you like, | :10:51. | :11:01. | |
they make the decision, and the try goes Hull Kingston Rovers's way. And | :11:02. | :11:06. | |
this game is going Hull Kingston Rovers' way. Here comes Mantellato, | :11:07. | :11:14. | |
he's a pretty good kicker, the Italian international. And he's done | :11:15. | :11:24. | |
it again. Oh, no, he's not, he's pulled it wide. Superb try, came | :11:25. | :11:33. | |
from eight quick play-the-ball. Quick hands, soft hands, finds the | :11:34. | :11:39. | |
wingmen, and what a tremendous finish from Mantellato. | :11:40. | :11:48. | |
You would have to say, it's not because Salford have been flat, Hull | :11:49. | :11:57. | |
KR have been really on it. They have, although they're being asked | :11:58. | :12:03. | |
questions now. And Salford have penalty. Well, that's the first | :12:04. | :12:13. | |
error from the Hull Kingston Rovers side, and that's the first penalty | :12:14. | :12:20. | |
they have conceded. Johnson making it almost to the 30 metre mark. That | :12:21. | :12:27. | |
looked flat, shall we say?! It's a good carry, though, by Burgess. | :12:28. | :12:37. | |
Dobson gets the pass away. And there is Salford! Boy, did they need that? | :12:38. | :12:43. | |
And they've got it, and their 2000 travelling fans suddenly have hope. | :12:44. | :12:50. | |
This was the forward pass, or alleged forward pass. I think that's | :12:51. | :12:55. | |
a line ball, there's no problem with that. But here was the penalty. That | :12:56. | :13:02. | |
gave the field position, and Dobson took full advantage with a | :13:03. | :13:08. | |
beautifully weighted pass to the big second row, who picked out and pays | :13:09. | :13:16. | |
each. That's what it meant, lifting their spirits. Gareth O'Brien with a | :13:17. | :13:24. | |
chance to reduce the deficit. This will put Salford in striking range | :13:25. | :13:27. | |
again. And he's pushed it wide. Well, here's a moment, Walker having | :13:28. | :13:46. | |
come off, and Jamie Peacock, the grey hairs giving it away, has come | :13:47. | :13:50. | |
on. He has been playing reduced minutes since his return in this | :13:51. | :14:00. | |
last couple of weeks. It's driven in by the Welsh international Kopczak. | :14:01. | :14:10. | |
Gives it back to Murdoch-Masila. And it's Salford's turn to test out the | :14:11. | :14:19. | |
Hull Kingston Rovers defence! And a chip from O'Brien... Mantellato has | :14:20. | :14:26. | |
lost it! And it's touched down by Robert Lui! Well, the referee puts | :14:27. | :14:33. | |
the arms in the air, he will be asking the question here. | :14:34. | :14:43. | |
REFEREE: Can you just check whether it is lost or is it pulled out qualy | :14:44. | :14:48. | |
Mantellato is always, you would say, safe under the high ball. The first | :14:49. | :14:54. | |
thing they are looking for is, were they onside from the chase? And they | :14:55. | :14:58. | |
were. Mantellato looks to have got the ball. This collision with Robert | :14:59. | :15:06. | |
Lui... Is there a strip there? Two men in the tackle... The video for a | :15:07. | :15:13. | |
has made his decision, and it's no try. If you just see, the | :15:14. | :15:18. | |
right-hander Robert Lui pulls out the ball, forcing Mantellato to | :15:19. | :15:19. | |
losing. Dobson, into the! He almost lost the | :15:20. | :15:35. | |
ball! Regather-. He's having his shirt pulled from behind for a | :15:36. | :15:40. | |
little too long in the end from Maurice Blair. The penalty goes | :15:41. | :15:44. | |
Salford's way. Blair should have let go at that point. Consequently it is | :15:45. | :15:50. | |
a penalty to Salford in a great position. And here comes Kopczak. | :15:51. | :15:56. | |
Salford, who less than ten metres away. A try and a goal put them | :15:57. | :16:01. | |
level again here. Dobson with the dummy. Logan Tomkins, at dummy half. | :16:02. | :16:13. | |
The Hull Kingston Rovers defence is hanging on Gaza you would expect | :16:14. | :16:19. | |
here. Salford will have to be clever, or a little more muscular. A | :16:20. | :16:27. | |
step from Robert Lui. Tompkins on the line, throws it | :16:28. | :16:47. | |
back. Robert Lui, across to Dobson. O'Brien with a long pass! And | :16:48. | :16:54. | |
scooting in on the left-hand side is Evalds! And Salford have a second | :16:55. | :16:59. | |
try! Early on, it look as though the game was going gets hence them. -- | :17:00. | :17:06. | |
was going against them. But boy, have they dug themselves back into | :17:07. | :17:14. | |
this contest? Here's the penalty. That's what gave them the next set | :17:15. | :17:18. | |
of six, and it was the last tackle once again, and rather than kick, | :17:19. | :17:24. | |
they've run it, and that's a superb pass from O'Brien to find Evalds on | :17:25. | :17:34. | |
the outside of Sio. This was the money pass. A marvellous piece of | :17:35. | :17:41. | |
handling. And a marvellous try, well finished by Niall Evalds. | :17:42. | :17:50. | |
Any nerves not shredded yet, Hull KR fans? Gareth O'Brien with a puff of | :17:51. | :18:00. | |
the cheeks and a glance at the sticks and a kick to draw his side | :18:01. | :18:06. | |
level. He knows the importance, strikes it well enough... He strikes | :18:07. | :18:11. | |
if true enough! It's ten points apiece! It's as you were, with 32 | :18:12. | :18:14. | |
minutes of the first half played. Lunt, stalking up to dummy half. | :18:15. | :18:43. | |
Lunt, who is having a real performance here today. Support from | :18:44. | :18:52. | |
Cockayne! And he gets the penalty. There was just a hand on his back, | :18:53. | :18:58. | |
and Cockayne is experienced enough to make sure he went down face first | :18:59. | :19:02. | |
again. And the referee has to give the penalty. Ten metres out. What do | :19:03. | :19:13. | |
they do? Yes, they're going for gold. That was a lovely off-load. We | :19:14. | :19:20. | |
thought Cockayne was over. That's a great cover tackle from Josh | :19:21. | :19:24. | |
Griffin. Again, hand on him to prevent the quick play-the-ball. So, | :19:25. | :19:30. | |
Josh Mantellato, this could be at a final scoring act of this first | :19:31. | :19:35. | |
half. If he puts it over... And he has. That just steady things a | :19:36. | :19:48. | |
little for Hull KR. They lead by 12-10 - and even the politicians are | :19:49. | :19:50. | |
enjoying the occasion. Or are they? Logan Tomkins, coming to this | :19:51. | :20:15. | |
left-hand side. Quick hands, that's got Evalds away! And Dobson is | :20:16. | :20:22. | |
dragged down brilliantly by Matthew Marsh, a try saving tackle. But is | :20:23. | :20:27. | |
it just delaying the inevitable? Hull KR have recovered superbly in | :20:28. | :20:31. | |
defence. Salford now have one play to go. Dobson dribbles it in... And | :20:32. | :20:40. | |
it will be a drop from underneath the sticks. And another injury. Yes, | :20:41. | :20:49. | |
Kopczak. He had an ankle injury two weeks ago. This was a great break. | :20:50. | :20:56. | |
What a tackle that was from Marsh. It really was a try saving tackle. | :20:57. | :21:03. | |
They look for the space, but the scramble defence of Hull Kingston | :21:04. | :21:09. | |
Rovers, to Mendis. -- of Hull Kingston Rovers, tremendous. Junior | :21:10. | :21:15. | |
Sa'u has gone, Ben Murdoch-Masila has gone. Craig Kopczak has gone. | :21:16. | :21:20. | |
That's three probably gone for the game. So Hull KR know if they could | :21:21. | :21:25. | |
just seek out this next few minutes, it might be advantage them. Last | :21:26. | :21:35. | |
tackle again on that Hull KR nine. Josh Griffin gets up... And catches. | :21:36. | :21:44. | |
It's been knocked on by Salford. Handover, and much relief for the | :21:45. | :21:52. | |
home side. That's the second set of online defence they've had to cope | :21:53. | :21:55. | |
with, and they coped with it really well. Unless somebody comes against | :21:56. | :22:03. | |
the odds back on the field, I think Sean Kenny on the sidelines who can | :22:04. | :22:06. | |
provide them with any Interchange, really. Danger here yes, and | :22:07. | :22:17. | |
Thornley cuts back on the inside. You could hear the Hull KR players | :22:18. | :22:21. | |
calling for it, and the referee gives it, penalty to Hull KR. They | :22:22. | :22:26. | |
did a pretty good job scrambling across there. But Burgess held down | :22:27. | :22:37. | |
just that it too long. It gives Hull KR are great field position. | :22:38. | :22:46. | |
Lunt stands and waits. If Hull KR are to get a score, what does that | :22:47. | :22:55. | |
do to the spirit of Salford, who are hanging on at the moment? It's with | :22:56. | :23:00. | |
Campese, who has almost found a path. Lunt goes left. Sio, held up | :23:01. | :23:13. | |
just short. They have got a couple of tackles here, Hull Kingston | :23:14. | :23:28. | |
Rovers. Here comes the sixth tackle. Horne puts the kick in! And the dive | :23:29. | :23:36. | |
is by Thomas Minns, and I think he's got there! But it is too big a call | :23:37. | :23:40. | |
for the referee to make. So he needs a little help. This could be a | :23:41. | :23:49. | |
gamebreaker. Minns is claiming it, the referee on the field was | :23:50. | :23:52. | |
thinking of giving it. Tremendous work from Graeme Horne, to put eight | :23:53. | :23:58. | |
kick in of that weight, into the in goal area, with this pressure, | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
that's a tremendous kick. He was certainly on-site, if the grounding | :24:05. | :24:10. | |
is legal, it is a try. And that is a try! Well, we saw last night, you | :24:11. | :24:17. | |
hardly need a finger on the ball. This was a lot more than that. | :24:18. | :24:22. | |
Thomas Minns with the try. How big a moment in this season was that? And | :24:23. | :24:29. | |
he knows his side have got problems now, battered by injuries, trailing | :24:30. | :24:35. | |
by six, with a kick to come. It's advantage Hull Kingston Rovers. This | :24:36. | :24:45. | |
was marvellous work, it really was. Horne, a deft kick, outstanding | :24:46. | :24:51. | |
skill, considering the pressure of the situation. Just the little toe | :24:52. | :24:58. | |
poke, left foot. And well finished by the makeshift winger Thomas | :24:59. | :25:08. | |
Minns. That means a lot to them. Difference between one score and two | :25:09. | :25:16. | |
scores difference. Mantellato puts this over, Hull Kingston Rovers are | :25:17. | :25:20. | |
not out of sight. But they are moving a long way away from Salford! | :25:21. | :25:27. | |
They know how big that two points might be. | :25:28. | :25:42. | |
Peacock, back on again for another effort. He's certainly put his hand | :25:43. | :25:52. | |
up in these trying circumstances. McIlroy, big gets. If it goes out... | :25:53. | :25:59. | |
And it HAS gone out of! It's a 40-20! And it has put Hull Kingston | :26:00. | :26:07. | |
Rovers from defence into attack! Ten yards from their opponentss' line. | :26:08. | :26:14. | |
And is this the moment that the wind is taken from Salford's sales? That | :26:15. | :26:20. | |
was a fantastic kick. Technically perfect. This could be the time. | :26:21. | :26:32. | |
They believe in their club again, they believe in their side again. | :26:33. | :26:37. | |
And there is every reason to believe at the moment. I think he and those | :26:38. | :26:46. | |
around him are sensing the worst. Mat Marsh with the feed. Thornley | :26:47. | :26:54. | |
with the first effort. Clarkson crabbing across the face of | :26:55. | :27:09. | |
the defence. Still four tackles to go. Lunt on the inside TT who | :27:10. | :27:15. | |
started the scoring. Adam Walker held up. Lunt again. Horne tries to | :27:16. | :27:28. | |
do them with the footwork - not quite. Here's Peacock... What about | :27:29. | :27:37. | |
a try for Jamie Peacock? Five tackles played, eight metres to | :27:38. | :27:44. | |
cover in this final play. And that's a waste of a final play. I'm not | :27:45. | :27:52. | |
sure but I think they're just saying, we will turn the ball over | :27:53. | :27:56. | |
in the corner, 90 metres away from our own bowl line. This Salford team | :27:57. | :28:00. | |
are really out on their feet so that the onus is on them to produce the | :28:01. | :28:14. | |
goods. If Salford win it from here, it is an incredible effort from | :28:15. | :28:18. | |
them, it really is. They have brother penalty. That will certainly | :28:19. | :28:27. | |
help. Adam Walker, with the high tackle, and all of a sudden, they're | :28:28. | :28:38. | |
on the halfway line. Here's Johnson. So, 40 metres away, five tackles | :28:39. | :28:40. | |
remaining. Dobson puts it to O'Brien. Trying to | :28:41. | :28:59. | |
flick it on the inside was Evalds, but it's a forward pass. Protected | :29:00. | :29:07. | |
really well, Thomas Minns, there. He drifted across, he's put him over | :29:08. | :29:16. | |
the sideline. Evalds could do nothing but try to off-load the | :29:17. | :29:19. | |
ball. Unfortunately for the Red Devils, it goes forward. There are | :29:20. | :29:27. | |
still some nerves to be twisted. Marwan Koukash, is he watching his | :29:28. | :29:32. | |
dream disappear here? They have to score twice. The likelihood is, they | :29:33. | :29:41. | |
are not going to score twice. But likelihood more have been contradict | :29:42. | :29:46. | |
it in sport before. Salford keep the faith - or at least the last | :29:47. | :29:50. | |
lingering crumbs of faith that they have. O'Brien in at dummy half... | :29:51. | :30:01. | |
Murdoch-Masila - it look as though he had played his last a long time | :30:02. | :30:05. | |
ago because of injury. But he's still out there. Robert Lui with the | :30:06. | :30:13. | |
dummy. Can't slide through. We've tackles to go. | :30:14. | :30:20. | |
This is now it for Salford. Nothing comes after this unless they can | :30:21. | :30:28. | |
score. It is all or oblivion on this last play. Griffin halted. Niall | :30:29. | :30:35. | |
Evalds - it is another corner! There is still time for a miracle. Niall | :30:36. | :30:40. | |
Evalds scores and Salford are back within four. They have a kick to | :30:41. | :30:49. | |
come, and still a minute ago. It was all or nothing, this play. Look at | :30:50. | :30:56. | |
Josh Griffith. -- Josh Griffin. He created enough space on the outside | :30:57. | :31:02. | |
for Niall Evalds to go over. Off-loads to the wing man. It is a | :31:03. | :31:09. | |
great try. There is the conversion. The kick, in a way, doesn't matter. | :31:10. | :31:18. | |
Now, the edge of the seats are being tested. The referee has stopped the | :31:19. | :31:25. | |
clock with 53 seconds left. Those 53 seconds to save their Super League | :31:26. | :31:33. | |
status. It really is, and for Hull Kingston Rovers, it is 53 seconds to | :31:34. | :31:40. | |
defend as never before. There is a nervous rumbling all around this | :31:41. | :31:46. | |
stadium now. They have one set of six tackles, Salford. They started | :31:47. | :31:49. | |
this set with 100 yards to go. They have just reduced that by 15. Can | :31:50. | :31:58. | |
they produce a miracle? Or do Hull Kingston Rovers Hang on? It all | :31:59. | :32:08. | |
comes down to this. Such a long season, which started in February, | :32:09. | :32:11. | |
all those months of toils and travails. It is the last 20 seconds | :32:12. | :32:16. | |
or so, and we still don't know who is staying up and who is going down. | :32:17. | :32:20. | |
Salford will keep fighting. Here is Josh Griffin. He has the break! And | :32:21. | :32:26. | |
he has Niall Evalds and support. Niall Evalds with support. Tackle | :32:27. | :32:32. | |
puts him down. Four seconds to go. The last play here. Over the Dobson, | :32:33. | :32:39. | |
Flanagan. The pass is out to Johnson. And Johnson scores! The | :32:40. | :32:46. | |
most miraculous try you will ever see with a run from midfield! They | :32:47. | :32:51. | |
were done, they were out, they went down, but look at them now! Salford | :32:52. | :32:57. | |
are right back in it. How do you explain this? Well, I can't. They | :32:58. | :33:08. | |
had gone. We were admiring their effort, their tenacity, they desire | :33:09. | :33:12. | |
to stay in this division. And they have come up with that. Absolutely | :33:13. | :33:19. | |
fantastic. Unbelievably breathless. But I game like this -- but a game | :33:20. | :33:32. | |
like this should finish like this. Niall Evaldsed tackle. Look at the | :33:33. | :33:38. | |
composure shown by this Salford side. They knew it was the last play | :33:39. | :33:42. | |
and that it was for their Super League lives, and they have come up | :33:43. | :33:46. | |
with skills and a finish like that. What a great try! It is all square, | :33:47. | :33:59. | |
18-18. A kick to win it. Gareth O'Brien, never mind the Million | :34:00. | :34:02. | |
Pound Game, this is the million pound cake. If he puts this over, | :34:03. | :34:08. | |
Salford have just created an absolute miracle. If he misses, | :34:09. | :34:10. | |
we're going to golden point extra time. They focuses all on one man. | :34:11. | :34:20. | |
The kick that means a million is missed. The hooter sounded a long | :34:21. | :34:26. | |
time ago. We are into extra time to try to settle this. How do you get | :34:27. | :34:33. | |
through this now? I don't know how we got to this situation. Salford | :34:34. | :34:40. | |
looked absolutely out for the count, and Griffin's caused problems all | :34:41. | :34:44. | |
the time. That was where the initial break was made, then transferred out | :34:45. | :34:50. | |
to Johnson. It built to the million pound cake. Fortunately for Hull, he | :34:51. | :34:58. | |
dragged it wide. The coaches are out there, they will be earning their | :34:59. | :35:07. | |
money now. It will be a matter of composure and who is going to grab | :35:08. | :35:14. | |
that first million pound point. This is not sport, this is torture! There | :35:15. | :35:20. | |
are the two owners, together in arms. They are going for exactly the | :35:21. | :35:25. | |
same thing here. It is a shared the motion of desperation, frustration, | :35:26. | :35:31. | |
anxiety. Just disbelief spreading all around this stadium. Nobody | :35:32. | :35:40. | |
knows where this is going. Rip up all the predictions, whatever you | :35:41. | :35:42. | |
thought you knew about sport. Think again. Salford have defied the laws | :35:43. | :35:53. | |
of physics, almost, to put themselves in this situation. A drop | :35:54. | :35:55. | |
goal now we'll win it for either side. Nobody has left, nobody is | :35:56. | :36:09. | |
leaving. Tompkins in at dummy half. We had written the epitaph on this | :36:10. | :36:17. | |
game a long time ago for Robert Lui. Still going. Tackle number five is | :36:18. | :36:27. | |
reached. O brightening is -- O'Brien is going for the drop goal. Has he | :36:28. | :36:41. | |
got a? He had! Eight top goal. Unbelievably, Salford have picked | :36:42. | :36:48. | |
themselves up and they walk again. James Webster wonders what has just | :36:49. | :36:53. | |
happened. What has just happened? What a drop goal. To execute that | :36:54. | :37:03. | |
skill at this stage of this contest is unbelievable. We've done it! It | :37:04. | :37:13. | |
was almost a 50 yard drop goal, 48 metres away from the upper right, | :37:14. | :37:17. | |
and it is absolutely flying through. And doesn't he know it. Salford | :37:18. | :37:30. | |
fans celebrate, the rest of the ground utterly deflated. Salford | :37:31. | :37:37. | |
stay up, but Hull Kingston Rovers cannot believe what has just | :37:38. | :37:42. | |
befallen them. It has taken golden point extra time to relegate Hull | :37:43. | :37:48. | |
Kingston Rovers. It is Salford who survive. And, boy, that was a work | :37:49. | :37:55. | |
of fiction! It is nothing more than we deserve. We deserved to stay in | :37:56. | :37:59. | |
Super League. I am not going to talk about the politics, but listen, I am | :38:00. | :38:04. | |
back next year, and you haven't seen anything. You will see more of me | :38:05. | :38:08. | |
next year. You are definitely staying put? After this, do you | :38:09. | :38:19. | |
expect me to walk away? It is typified by our great determination. | :38:20. | :38:22. | |
We have been driving hard and we don't give up on anything, or was | :38:23. | :38:26. | |
pushed through. We have shown what we are as a group, really. We had | :38:27. | :38:32. | |
some injuries which hurt us and we had to shuffle around. Salford did | :38:33. | :38:36. | |
as well. It was a high-quality game and both teams had a lot at stake. | :38:37. | :38:42. | |
High-quality, considering so much was at stake. I am coming towards | :38:43. | :38:48. | |
the end of my career, so it doesn't hit much as home to me. It is more | :38:49. | :38:54. | |
the other guys that I feel for. I tried everything I could for the | :38:55. | :38:58. | |
site today. That was a heck of a drop goal. That wasn't the plan. I | :38:59. | :39:05. | |
had a strong breeze so I decided to have a crack. I really do feel for | :39:06. | :39:16. | |
the Hull boys. Two teams, both battling for the place. We are full | :39:17. | :39:22. | |
of respect. We play hard all year, and it is a real physical game, and | :39:23. | :39:26. | |
for it to come down to one game where your job is on the line, it is | :39:27. | :39:29. | |
not a nice thing. I want to wish them all the best. What is the | :39:30. | :39:35. | |
future, do you build from scratch? I don't have a clue. That is what | :39:36. | :39:43. | |
happens with rugby league. They run a system where there is nothing | :39:44. | :39:51. | |
underneath it. The RFL somehow have a really good idea of what is going | :39:52. | :40:00. | |
to happen. You get really good entertainment, and you put lots of | :40:01. | :40:04. | |
people's lives and futures under the pump. That is the way it is. Would | :40:05. | :40:09. | |
you like to see the system changed? It is hard, because there should be | :40:10. | :40:15. | |
away into top flight. It is difficult. I have a dressing room | :40:16. | :40:22. | |
full of wives and kids in tears, and it's tough to deal with. What might | :40:23. | :40:26. | |
you hope you will be of the future to sort this out? I would like to | :40:27. | :40:37. | |
be. -- you hope you will be here for the future to sort this out? It is | :40:38. | :40:46. | |
for the board to decide. Wow! Just wow! I agree. When Terry Campese | :40:47. | :40:58. | |
nailed the points near the end, I thought that was the kind of | :40:59. | :41:01. | |
performance that would keep them in Super League. | :41:02. | :41:06. | |
That was some drop goal, wasn't it? Hears about 50 metres out from the | :41:07. | :41:12. | |
try line and the goal post itself. He could have put a kick deep into | :41:13. | :41:17. | |
their corner and force them to come out from their own half, but he went | :41:18. | :41:22. | |
for it. He nailed it, absolutely nailed it. They will be talking | :41:23. | :41:31. | |
about that, though supporters -- those supporters, for years to come. | :41:32. | :41:37. | |
The emotions that are flying around the stadium at the moment, the coach | :41:38. | :41:42. | |
says he will stay put. You feel for the Hull Kingston Rovers people. | :41:43. | :41:49. | |
Both sets of players gave everything, and clearly, you can | :41:50. | :41:52. | |
hear, the atmosphere is still electric around here. I suppose that | :41:53. | :41:58. | |
was the ambition of Super League in creating this Million Pound Game. | :41:59. | :42:04. | |
What will happen now for Hull was mac it is difficult to dust yourself | :42:05. | :42:09. | |
off and pick yourself up, but you have to. It has to come from the | :42:10. | :42:13. | |
top. There has to be a rallying cry tomorrow morning, saying, we have to | :42:14. | :42:22. | |
build up again. We felt like we had control for 79 minutes today. The | :42:23. | :42:26. | |
nature of sport, the wonderful television reality programme that | :42:27. | :42:30. | |
sport is, absolutely brilliant, but it does throw up that sort of | :42:31. | :42:33. | |
adversity. We had to get stronger. They have been there before, Hull. | :42:34. | :42:39. | |
They have picked themselves up and grown again. We have had incredible | :42:40. | :42:44. | |
drama here, but we've had incredible drama, too, in the play-off | :42:45. | :42:51. | |
semifinals. It is Warrington, ten metres out. 30 | :42:52. | :43:00. | |
minutes played. Neither try line has been breached yet, but as good a | :43:01. | :43:03. | |
chance is Warrington have had so far from this position. Taken on by | :43:04. | :43:16. | |
Sims, it's Clark. Looking for the runners, behind the ball. It was a | :43:17. | :43:24. | |
question of whether he was shepherded through there. I don't | :43:25. | :43:30. | |
think he does run the shepherd. Both men made the tackle. The try is | :43:31. | :43:42. | |
given. He was certainly short. A try has been given. | :43:43. | :43:52. | |
Saint Helens, looking left again. A good ball away by Turner. Swift on | :43:53. | :44:04. | |
the inside. That is a wonderfully crafted try for Johnny Lomax to | :44:05. | :44:08. | |
finish. It was a thing of beauty in terms of speed and execution. Turner | :44:09. | :44:18. | |
gets on the outside. Sucks the winger in, slips away. The defender | :44:19. | :44:22. | |
doesn't get to him, which commits the full-back, and then Saint Helens | :44:23. | :44:30. | |
scored. They are missing men out here to create a gap. The throw goes | :44:31. | :44:37. | |
to Evans. But he runs into a brick wall. They try again. Two tackles to | :44:38. | :44:48. | |
go. The passing is good, but Payton can't keep it alive. This is the | :44:49. | :44:53. | |
last. Rushford goes for dummy half and finds a way over. Really sharp | :44:54. | :45:11. | |
work from Stefan Ratchford. Here come Warrington, a try here might be | :45:12. | :45:15. | |
conclusive. Although the Ross still 17 minutes left to play. Sims has | :45:16. | :45:26. | |
had a good game. Hemant Hill had played extremely well. -- although | :45:27. | :45:35. | |
there are still 17 minutes. Todd line am dives again. His two tries | :45:36. | :45:42. | |
last week helped his side lift the league leaders shield. Has this put | :45:43. | :45:50. | |
them into the Grand Final? -- Lineham. | :45:51. | :45:57. | |
Greenwood will have a go. The pass was slow, too slow. Less than two | :45:58. | :46:08. | |
minutes. It will go from dummy half. Has he got in? No try. The referee | :46:09. | :46:23. | |
was as close as anyone. Let's have a look at this. Is that compelling? | :46:24. | :46:34. | |
You can see the white line and you can see the ball. I think you have | :46:35. | :46:44. | |
to give it. It is a node try. A shake of the head from Kieron | :46:45. | :46:50. | |
Cunningham. Pero feels he has been robbed of a try. -- Hainaut mac -- a | :46:51. | :47:05. | |
no try. Our defence has let us down from time to time. They have showed | :47:06. | :47:12. | |
a lot of character to night. Today everyone will talk about decisions | :47:13. | :47:18. | |
and video refereeing decisions, and not looking at certain aspects for | :47:19. | :47:28. | |
their tries, ruling Dom's try out. That is the sport. You can't take | :47:29. | :47:36. | |
away anything from what Warrington have done. They have been brilliant | :47:37. | :47:39. | |
for the last few weeks. All credit to them. I wish them the best. | :47:40. | :47:53. | |
Out to Smith and driven in by Crosby. Powell, waiting again. Wide | :47:54. | :48:07. | |
to Tierney, who might just have found a way over the line. No need | :48:08. | :48:14. | |
for a referral. What a start for Wigan. That is a very good finish by | :48:15. | :48:18. | |
Tierney. A very good finish. Gelling, cutting back in. He offers | :48:19. | :48:39. | |
something very different in those outside backs. Wigan's position is | :48:40. | :48:50. | |
good. Tackles to play with. Tierney! Same formula, same outcome. His | :48:51. | :48:59. | |
second of the night. He won't be happy with the defence. One stays | :49:00. | :49:05. | |
up, one stays back. One in, all in. Very good play from Wigan. | :49:06. | :49:18. | |
Sixth tackle coming up. Sure looks spins wide. -- Shorrocks. He almost | :49:19. | :49:33. | |
dug a tunnel to get to that try line, but did it come up and touch | :49:34. | :49:42. | |
down? He says try. Does he lose the ball here? A good finish. That is a | :49:43. | :49:50. | |
terrific finish, isn't it? Absolutely sensational. Here is the | :49:51. | :49:55. | |
decision. Try is given. Timely as well. That will be the last act of | :49:56. | :50:00. | |
the first-half, John Bateman's tried. -- try. Sarge 's and comes | :50:01. | :50:20. | |
forward to meet him. They might have claimed their first try of the | :50:21. | :50:21. | |
night, Hull. No conclusive evidence against, so | :50:22. | :50:39. | |
the on field decision remains. How Hull got a foothold back in this | :50:40. | :50:46. | |
game? The Hull fans are making a racket. Too many defenders there to | :50:47. | :50:55. | |
attempt the pass. Wigan have been given nowhere to go. Bowden, | :50:56. | :51:06. | |
stepping in and stepping up. Short and flat, and over he goes, Liam | :51:07. | :51:17. | |
Woods crashes in. -- Liam Watts. Boy, do we have a cup tie now! | :51:18. | :51:22. | |
Yellow light that was brilliant from Liam Watts. That's where they've had | :51:23. | :51:26. | |
success this year, from their forwards. Tearing everyone up, | :51:27. | :51:29. | |
piling in and going forward. It is lost by Tierney. Was there a | :51:30. | :51:48. | |
touch there? The referee says, play on. They will chase hard. They will | :51:49. | :51:59. | |
not catch. He scores! But I don't think that's the end of it. I think | :52:00. | :52:05. | |
the referee might be asking a couple of questions here. It might be a try | :52:06. | :52:17. | |
at either end! They are trying to work out if the ball was grounded. | :52:18. | :52:30. | |
Let's watch. Oh! Is that enough from Michaels? Sounds like there is a | :52:31. | :52:35. | |
finger on it. Here is a big, big decision in the context of the | :52:36. | :52:42. | |
season. Michaels is given the try. That defies belief in some quarters. | :52:43. | :52:47. | |
It will be greeted with triumph in others. You have to credit Hull, | :52:48. | :52:53. | |
they have pulled their socks up and fought their way back in this game. | :52:54. | :53:18. | |
The sixth tackle coming up. Flex it away. Powell, with a try! It's | :53:19. | :53:29. | |
Wigan, back with the lead. Great play by Smith. It is an off-load, | :53:30. | :53:37. | |
and Powell is there to support him, putting Wigan back in front. Crosby | :53:38. | :53:48. | |
tries to drive over. A try WinZip are certain for Wigan. The clock is | :53:49. | :53:57. | |
on their side. Anthony Galligan - Wigan are going to Old Trafford! | :53:58. | :54:04. | |
Galligan knows that. His team-mates know that. -- Gelling. I am | :54:05. | :54:17. | |
smothered in disappointment tonight. In the main, I think we have been | :54:18. | :54:22. | |
consistent this year. We're not one season wonders. I think the group | :54:23. | :54:26. | |
will stay together. We will be better for that. We have won so many | :54:27. | :54:30. | |
games this year with last-gasp tries. I am used to it. We have got | :54:31. | :54:37. | |
a huge challenge next week with Warrington. What did you make of the | :54:38. | :54:43. | |
two play-off semifinals? A bit tense but entertaining nonetheless. | :54:44. | :54:47. | |
Warrington, an element of controversy around some decisions. | :54:48. | :54:53. | |
They kept playing and got over the line. With the second one, you have | :54:54. | :54:57. | |
to give credit to Wigan, who looked strong and fresh. While the Hull | :54:58. | :55:04. | |
side-mounted is incredible comeback in the second half, they can hold | :55:05. | :55:10. | |
their heads up over what they nearly achieved. How do you see the final | :55:11. | :55:20. | |
going, Robbie? Wigan have the luxury of being under the radar a little | :55:21. | :55:26. | |
bit. We've been talking about Hull, who have been leading the charge | :55:27. | :55:30. | |
since the start of the season, and Wigan have come up underneath. If | :55:31. | :55:33. | |
they can continue with Friday night's form, things might tend in | :55:34. | :55:40. | |
their direction. Warrington have some big game players. I think it | :55:41. | :55:43. | |
will come down to which team stands up to it on the night. Wigan kind of | :55:44. | :55:48. | |
going as underdogs, that they? With all those kids, will there be a | :55:49. | :55:55. | |
freedom for them? I have never gone for underdogs or over dogs in a | :55:56. | :56:03. | |
final. Warrington are explosive, but Wigan have Ben flower back in the | :56:04. | :56:09. | |
team. Their form has been decent. Running into the final, a lot of | :56:10. | :56:12. | |
youthful players there, so they will have the energy. I think Warrington | :56:13. | :56:17. | |
will get Marmite. What might we will have highlights of that -- we will | :56:18. | :56:24. | |
have highlights of that on Sunday the 9th of October at 5pm. It is now | :56:25. | :56:30. | |
time for some international action here at the end of the domestic | :56:31. | :56:31. | |
season on the BBC. Our coverage of the four nations | :56:32. | :56:57. | |
starts on Saturday the 29th of October, with live coverage of | :56:58. | :57:02. | |
England versus New Zealand. We go on air at 1:15pm, and we will have | :57:03. | :57:07. | |
highlights, and the build-up of Australia versus Scotland. Could you | :57:08. | :57:11. | |
sum up what this afternoon has meant, has been about? The good and | :57:12. | :57:16. | |
bad of sport - unbelievable drama. I don't think anything else in the | :57:17. | :57:20. | |
world could have created the atmosphere we have had and the | :57:21. | :57:26. | |
drama. Right at the end, one goal to separate two teams. The rewards and | :57:27. | :57:34. | |
the downfall are there. It is what we play sport for, all summed up in | :57:35. | :57:39. | |
one occasion. What about you? The desperation. There are thousands of | :57:40. | :57:45. | |
Hull fans. If you look into their eyes, it sums up what this game has | :57:46. | :57:50. | |
been about. It has not been about success but survival today. Sadly, | :57:51. | :57:54. | |
one team wasn't going to survive, and that was whole Kingston Rovers. | :57:55. | :58:01. | |
It has been excited -- Hull Kingston Rovers. We talked about it all year, | :58:02. | :58:09. | |
it has become a final that is not a final. It is exciting. It has been | :58:10. | :58:15. | |
quite some afternoon. Salford will be in Super League in 2017. From | :58:16. | :58:18. | |
Robbie, Brian and me, goodbye. COMMENTATOR: And there is Salford's | :58:19. | :58:44. | |
response. That is one of the best tries you will ever see! It is | :58:45. | :58:47. | |
absolutely unbelievable! | :58:48. | :58:54. |