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Hello. We are back on the road to Wembley this week. 16 teams had

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dreams of Challenge Cup glory, but only half are still standing. There

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was a heavyweight contest in round five and a few teams who were hoping

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to spring a surprise! One of the mighty has fallen, but

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was it over and out for Leeds or St Helens at Headingley?

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Don't ster are dreaming of German chancellor xwri, did they gdt a

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Challenge Cup wake`up call `t Warrington? The Championship's

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finest go head`to`head as Ldigh take on Featherstone.

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Matty Smith was Man of the Latch in last year's Challenge Cup Fhnal at

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Wembley. He's with Sheffield's Andrew Henderson to guide us through

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the highs and lows of the Ctp weekend. The undoubted tie of the

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round brought together Leeds and St Helens. This was the Super League

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leaders against the team thdy replaced at the top of the table

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over Easter. Dave Woods, Jonathan Davies, and Brian Noble werd

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commentating. It is a little wide. The Kiwi has

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taken it inside that 20 metdrs. Leeds are less than ten yards away

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and Sinfield operating from dummy`half.

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He has got the ball down. The referee is just checking.

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REFEREE: OK, we're looking for obstruction. All of those occasions

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the ball is passed before it happens. I'm just making sure that

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the player grounds the ball cleanly. From that angle it looks like he

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does. Leeds have the opening try.

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There is support from Swift. Swift is running away from Watkins. Swift

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will score and St Helen's are back in it again. It is a great ball It

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is a great line. They need Swift to get on the end.

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To Hall again. It is a terrific Leeds try.

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Hall is on the rampage. The referee says play on.

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A good tackle in the end. Great defence.

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Leeds right through the middle. I thought he should have gone left.

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They don't panic. They realhse that the defence is scattered and they

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just go down the left`hand side Again, it is Josh Jones. St Helen's

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got the creativity to find ` way through?

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They have found a way through. They have found a way back. Such a simple

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try. It is a late, late ball to Josh Jones and the gap just opens up for

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him. Leeds are through to the

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quarterfinals of the Challenge Cup. St Helen's are beaten.

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Maguire finishes the play hd started. Sinfield. Peacock. He grabs

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it. Jamie Peacock. It is his penultimate year. He will bd hoping

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it will be a Wembley crescendo to 2014. He certainly got the crescendo

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this afternoon. Strength. Hd saw a gap. He wasn't going to be denied.

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He carried the ball really strong today. There is the finish. How

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impressed were you by Leeds? They impressed. They are the inform side

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of the competition. I thought Saints were off the pace. They had a tough

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Easter period, but they werdn't at the races on Saturday and they came

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up against a Leeds side who were really on form and I think dveryone

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stood up Leeds. It was a re`lly good team performance. Saints ard

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wobbling a bit. That's thred defeats in a row? Yes, unfortunatelx for

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them. They had a fantastic start to the year and it is disappointing

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they had a couple of losses. Let's be honest, this Leeds team, it is

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the best start to a season Leeds had in a number of years. The b`ck three

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and the back five, they are unbelievable at the moment. They are

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scoring tries from back field. They are attack `` their attacking

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prowess is phenomenal. They are conceding on average 10 to 02 points

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a game. That's phenomenal. Xou have got to take hats off, it is a red

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hot Leeds team. Any team th`t will face them will be in troubld.

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Saints against you, three thmes in our games, made the mistake from the

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kick`off, from the point of a view of a team that's facing thel, how

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much lift does that give yot? For us, when they made that mass take.

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It gives you `` mistake, it gives you a lift. You get the chance to

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attack their line in the first set, it gives you a bit of a lift. I

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think we put them under pressure this game early on and it w`s

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probably down to that mistake. So it is something they have got to fix.

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They have done it in the last three games and they can't keep doing it,

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it will cost them. Is it ond of those things, it is a coinchdence?

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It is probably lapse of concentration, maybe ball sdcurity

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going into contact as well, again, like they have got to sort ht out.

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Straightaway, in that posithon, they have put themselves under pressure

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and it is giving an opportunity for the opposition to apply pressure in

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the game. It is an area thex need to sort out quickly. You talked about

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the defence for Leeds. Ryan Hall didn't score a try, but he was Man

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of the Match. Look at this guy. He seems to be getting faster `nd

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bigger each year. Look at strength of him. He fends people off people.

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He is swotting them off likd flies. He had a fantastic World Cup for

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England. He is one of the four wingers in that competition and he

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seemed to have brought that former into the Super League in a team

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that's red hot at the moment. It is great to see good talent like Ryan

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Hall playing at the level hd is at the moment. We saw him set`tp a try

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for. Do you think he is a rhval for Sam? 100% he is a rival. He is

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probably in the best form of his career so far. You mentioned that

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the five outside backs at Ldeds they take some stopping, don't they?

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We have seen it at St Helen's, they are playing really well at the

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minute. It will take a good side to beat them. You are up next `gainst

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them. How do you beat them? We're confident in ourselves, we've come

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off the back of a great Easter period. A good result at thd weekend

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and our confidence is high `s well. We will hopefully getting the two

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points and bringing them back, but we know how tough it will bd. I

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think everyone is looking forward to that.

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A Challenge Cup run would do very nicely for Bradford. They'vd had a

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turbulent start to the season and their fifth round opponents were

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Catalan. It looked like this would be a familiar story for the Bulls.

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We see the play. A good try. It looked like it was going to be a

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tough one. Some people would argue would Bradford want to get on a good

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Cup run? After that tough E`ster period that Bradford faced

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especially after the mauling they got by Wigan, it would be a test of

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character. Fortunately for Bradford, they have fantastic players. A good

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score for Foster or Gaskell. It is great to see them bounce back

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because they need something. They are struggling Bradford. Thdre is a

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lot of talk about the appeal and there is probably distractions away

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from the team. It was reallx important they got this restlt and

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hopefully it can galvanise them to some decree and they can kick on

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with the rest of their season now. The senior players stood up and led

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the charge back. Like Andy mentioned, the week they have had.

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The injuries they have got to have a big week and the coach has got them

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up for this game. It is a m`ssive game and to do that and win and come

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back from 16 points down as well, it takes a lot of character and good on

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them. I hope it comes good for them because they have got a good set of

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lads and a good fanbase. Do you think Catalan look tired? It has

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been a tough Easter period. They played away from home. They had to

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come back out a week later, they are back on a plane and back out here. I

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think Catalan would be disappointed. They favoured themselves. They are

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playing with confidence and they are starting to get bodies back. They

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had a couple of players out. They would have been confident they could

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have got the result at Bradford They had a great start, but Bradford

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found character and belief. It is great for them and I hope for

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Bradford it will be a catalxst for them moving forward into thd Super

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League game. Even more of a catalyst that they came back particularly

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given what happened after you guys? It is tough. When you go 16 points

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down. It is tough to come b`ck and from the Easter period they had as

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well. Confidence must have been at aball time `` an all time low, but

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to come back and score points in the second half and play, they played

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really well as well. The senior boys stood up. I thought Luke Gale played

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really well. To come back is really impressive.

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So local rivals Bradford and Leeds through to the last eight, let's

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find out who else has joined them. Sheffield are back on the road to

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Wemble but would their routd to the final be blocked at Castleford?

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It is the Lions against the Cougars. Who got the better in the b`t of the

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big cats? And quick on the draw, find out what

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WHO will be playing who the quarterfinals.

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43 years ago Alex Murphy guhded Leigh to Challenge Cup glorx at

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Wembley. They were in touchhng distance of the quarter`fin`ls this

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weekend, but had to overcomd their Championship rivals Featherstone.

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Well, two sides involved in the two great Wembley final, Leigh with the

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victory over Leeds and who could forget Featherstone's win over Hull

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in 1983? It is a good start. A chancd for

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Kay. Kay down the left`hand side. What a start! A minute on the clock.

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Ryan Brierley the Leigh captain is over for the first try. Well, Sharp

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will score in the corner. The Leigh defence just went to sleep! Sharp

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from Hardman's kick. Featherstone are dominant at the

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moment. Leigh haven't got a reply. They haven't got an answer. Hardman,

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again the architect. It was a lovely slip past and Rovers get thd second

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try. Hardman is causing Leigh all sorts

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of problems. That's three tries without reply for

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Featherstone Rovers. Leigh `veraged over 40 points a game this season

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and they need to score here That's a great break from McNally. Ryan

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Brierley. What a lovely siddstep. 20 tries for the season for thd

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Championship's hottest propdrty Ryan Brierley again. The top two

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teams in the Championship ghving us a fabulous cup tie here in the

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sunshine at Leeds Sports Village `` Leigh's Sports Village. Hardman he

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was pulled back there. That may well be a penalty and it is. Spencer

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pulling back Hardman. Surelx Featherstone will take the lead

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Well, he has missed again. Gareth Moore and Rovers missed all four

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kicks this afternoon. It cotld be costly. That's a great kick. The

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Rovers defence caught flat footed and Kay with a try. Well, the

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pressure is building now. The championship leaders, Ryan Brierley

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and Haggerty is celebrating as if they won the cup. They may well have

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won the match! What a lovelx pass again for Ryan Brierley. A fitting

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finale. Super League clubs `re circling for Ryan Brierley. You can

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see why with tries like that. This has been a pulsating cup tid.

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Hardman, well, is it going to be a consolation try? Yes. I thotght it

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was a good show case for thd championship again. A big crowd

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just under 4,000, a nice sunny day and two of the championship's top

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clubs going at it. We had a lot of adversity. We lost our starting

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front row from last week, one through illness and one suspension

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and we have more injuries today to deal with. We could coach some

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things, but spirit, heart and mentality is something that's in a

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player naturally and I thought we had those attributes in abundance.

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Leigh did well. They are a good side. They are a team that's

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building and they have put good players together there. I expect

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them to do particularly well in the Challenge Cup and we wish them all

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the best in the next round. It is fantastic to see a beg big

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there. Leigh have got a fantastic venue there. Again, you would have

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to argue, Featherstone are one of the better equipped because they

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have got a stadium, they have their youth performance pathway and the

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players have got a strong community place there and they have their

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charitable foundation up and running and they run their venue as a

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business. I don't know what the Leigh business plan is moving

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forward, but they are in a strong position, but Featherstone hs

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equally equipped. Sheffield are looking to build to get the Super

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League as well. Let's not forget about that! There is a numbdr of

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championship clubs that havd the ambition and they have the

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infrastructure to help take them forward. What did you make of Ryan

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Brierley for Leigh? He is someone who is exciting to watch, isn't he?

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He came up with great tries. He scored three and real opportunist

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tries as well and great skills out the back. I'm sure a few Super

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League clubs will be looking at him. They play again this weekend. How

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tough is that? It is always an interesting one when you pl`yed a

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team in a different competition and you have to back it up in the week.

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A number of teams had to do that recently. Your mentality dodsn't

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change. It is another game xou have to face. Both teams will know each

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other fairly well, they havd been reviewing and pre`viewing e`ch other

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going up to the Challenge Ctp game. It will give the assistant coach a

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break! They know each other pretty well. A great opportunity for

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Featherstone to bounce back and put wrongs right in the game ag`inst

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Leigh, but in the game for Leigh they want to build up momentum, they

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are unbeaten in the Challenge Cup. Leigh are through to the

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quarterfinals. Sheffield were hoping to join them 16 years ago, the

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Eagles won at Castleford on the way to Wembley. You were looking for

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that spirit of 98 and you got off to a flyer. Some great lines and good

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shape and a fantastic try. Turner took some finishing, but it was a

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great start. We showed some good signs in this game. We had ` good

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start to the game. A good 10 or 15 minutes, but Cas showed thehr

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dominance. We didn't do ourselves any justice as we gave away silly

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penalties, but Cass are plaxing xwraet football. There `` great

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football. There is another try. Cass are playing good attacking football

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and what's impressing these, they have got two fantastic nine that is

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give you problems around thd ruck. Craig Healey, let's talk about his

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form. Sometimes the forwards are willing to do the hard yards as well

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and get them on the front foot, but they have the ability.

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??LINEBRE They played good `ttacking rugby. They have a huge squ`d as

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well. They have a really good team out there. Yes, they have. They have

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got the strength and depth `nd they played really well in this game but

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they have been really good `ll year. They beat us early on in thd season

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and like Andy said, they chtck the ball around. You have got to be on

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your toes. They love chucking the ball around and they scored great

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tries. What can your guys t`ke from this? We were challenged in this

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game. We came off the back `fshock loss `` of a shock loss to

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Doncaster. It was important we showed character out there. I

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thought at times, we did. There were spells in that game, certainly in

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the second half, we created tempo. We put Cass under pressure. We got

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over the try line three timds. There were promising signs and thdre were

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young kids who got an opportunity in probably the biggest game of their

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careers to date so far. A lot of positives we can take from that How

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emotional a day? It was special Tanya. I played a lot of my career

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at this club. I'm very fond of it. The Cass fans are the type of

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supports supporters, they are people who were cheering the team, were the

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same people who were cheering me and I the reception I received `t the

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end of the game and during the game was nothing short of sensathonal. I

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would really like to thank the Cass fans for making me feel welcome

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Halfs the atmosphere like when you played there? They gave us nothing,

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but stick on the day. They `re right behind the team and it is a great

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place to play. The atmosphere was fantastic when we played thdm. They

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have great fans down there. Another championship team w`s

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guaranteed a place in the l`st eight. Swinton met Keighley. 50

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years ago, Swinton were the team to beat in rugby league. Champhons in

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1963, and again in 1964, whdn Station Road was home to thd very

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best in the British game. The famous old stadium was demolished hn 1 92

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and the club has been looking for a new permanent home since. Ldigh

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Sports Village played host to Saturday's cup tie against Keighley.

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Lawton opened the scoring. Keighley put 50 past Boro. Swinton h`d two

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quick tries. The first coming when Watson's high kick was misjtdged.

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Swinton hit the front. This was only the second time these two mdt in the

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Challenge Cup. Swinton winnhng the first over 100 years ago. That made

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the score 10`4. Keighley responded. Jones' pass finding a way through.

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Jones began to emerge as thd game's influential figure. His kicking in

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particular causing Swinton `ll sorts of problems. Before half`tile, he

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helped score. Keighley had two more tries which looked to have sown the

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game up. The player/coach h`d an impressive performance. Swinton

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refused to lie down and gavd it a real go in the last quarter. Bowman

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finishing off a fine move for his hat`trick and five minutes later,

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the comeback really was on. Watson, the veteran, again prompting and

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guiding his team, setting`up Steve Lewis for a dramatic score to bring

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Swinton within six points whth a quarter of an hour to go. The

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Cougars gave themselves bre`thing space. Williams following up another

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kick from Jones and Keighlex secured their first Challenge Cup appearance

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since 1997. Victory was confirmed with this drop goal. It is pleasing

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that stuff we are working on in training is going on in gamds. I

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thought the structure and the game plan worked well, but indivhdual

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attitude and team attitude to defend for our lives let us down today We

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got the win, but there is more improvement to come. Hopefully we

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can get a dream tie now and make this club financially securd.

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It is so important and such a great time for Keighley to find themselves

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in the quarter`finals. What's it like for a club like that to find

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themselves in the spotlight? We played Hounslow and they were having

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pictures with the Super League trophy and the Challenge Cup trophy.

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They were just happy to be there. It is great for a championship side.

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You never know, they could lake an upset. The player/coach, how tough a

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role is that? I don't know how you do it. You need a good, somdbody who

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is working with you to be up in the stands to be able to view the game

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and make decisions, being a player/coach, there is a cotple of

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guy that is do that, Paul Cook is another at Doncaster. You nded to

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have good staff to know what desurksz to be made at the ``

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decisions to be made at the right times, because you are out there

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playing the game. You could prepare yourself to be a player for the day

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and to do the best for your team, but you are worrying about dverybody

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else and what roles they should be doing. You can't make the ddcisions

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when you are out on the field because nerd the game. I `` you are

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in the game. It is a challenging role. A word like Swinton, homeless,

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you need a base, don't you? You do need a base, ye It is reallx

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important when you are trying to grow a fanbase, you need a home It

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is hard. We're in the same position, we moved to a new stadium now. We

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are hoping we will get a br`nd`new stadium that we will call home. It

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is not ideal playing at another club's home. They need to fhnd a

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base. You need the money to do it. Money is always the answer, isn t

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it? Absolutely. Let's see how Wigan get on. The draw brought back

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memories of a close encountdr in the 1968 Final.

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The menu, you don't know, yosh shire pudding `` Yorkshire pudding or

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Lancashire hot pot. Nobody will catch him! What a try. He is trying

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so hard. And what a good trx. What a good one. How do you approach a game

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like this? I think you approach it, the way you approach every game

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every week. You have got to go in with a game plan and just play your

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normal game. I think they got off to a great start. They scored 40 points

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in the first 0 or 30 minutes `` 20 or 30 minutes. I wouldn't s`y they

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eased off. Hounslow kept coling at us. It was good to get to gdt in the

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next round. It is not often I get over the line, but I showed a bit of

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pace there. I got over myself. I kicked well as well, it is going

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good at the minute. We have been inconsistent at the start of the

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year, but we are getting thdre. Hounslow regrouped and gave you more

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of a battle? Yes, they scordd two tries and one was a mistake. They

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kept coming at us all the g`me. They never stopped. Although we were

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probably our down down fall that second half, we completed it less

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than 50% which is not good dnough. Full credit to them, they played

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really well. What's the Gulf when you two meet? It is big, at end of

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the day, you have part`time athletes coming in against full`time

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athletes. Wigan. It is going to be a huge challenge for a team. Credit to

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Hounslow. Mattie's side werd winning, but you have got to give

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Hounslow credit. They managdd to get on the score sheet. They will take

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the positives forward. It is going to be a tough ask. From your point

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of view, what was Sean's move after this one? He is happy we ard into

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the quarterfinals. It wasn't an 80 minute performance, that's what we

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were after, going into a big game at Leeds on Friday. We are into the

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next round, that's all that matters. He has brought the kids in. You have

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had the odd game off. Other key players had the odd game off. He has

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faith in these kids of the what s it like to play alongside them? Writely

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so, he has the faith. They `re `` rightly so he has the faith. They

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can do a good job and they have come in and done a great job for us this

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year. We rested a couple of our key players. Rocky Hampshire coles in

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and they do a great job for us and the future is bright at Wig`n and

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I'm sure he will be using them again.

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Next was Salford Red Devils against Widnes. They have got the ntmbers

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and the opening try. Clarke is there to take the pass.

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Kevin Brown touches down. Whdnes have the second try.

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Here is Brown. Has he got there Yes, he has. He threads it through.

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The chase is on. Got there with so much pace. The Salford playdrs were

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simply standing there and w`tching! He is playing it centre. Thd referee

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is going to give this. Yes, he is. They have to score.

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Here is Smith spinning it along the line and Chase. Now it is t`ken on.

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It is over the line. There hs support. Gareth Hock will score We

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have still got four`and`a`h`lf minutes left to play. Here we go,

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last play of the game. Chasd throws it, doesn't get through. Gets the

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off load away though. The hooter has sounded. This is it, boys. What this

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is it! Left`hand side, still 30 meters from his own line. The Widnes

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players are trying to make the tackle. The ball has gone to ground.

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The Widnes player, White will score the last score of the game. Salford

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trying to keep it alive inshde their own 20, but it was dropped `nd White

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picks it up and run it is away `` run it is away.

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That was a good impressive performance from Widnes, wasn't it?

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Well, Widnes have been in good form. They have been a surprise p`ckage.

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Their home form has been exceptional and they produced another great

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display. Again, it is always nice to see controversy. I guess thd game is

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talking again. Brown has bedn key. What makes him so special? Ht is the

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experience he brings. He has been the stand out player this ydar. His

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all around game is brilliant, his defence and his attack and he is

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scoring tries and he really leads their side. He is someone who brings

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a lot of experience and he hs doing really well. You alluded to their

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home form. How important for them to go out there and prove it away from

:37:46.:37:49.

home? Really important, thex have got to start winning the gales away

:37:50.:37:54.

from home if th want to be ` serious contender. Their goal was to make

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the top eight. So they will be focussed on trying to pick tp the

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wins away from home to make sure they stay in the eight and who knows

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they could be a surprise package because they like to play good

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football. How big a job do you think the coach

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has at Salford? He has to bd given time to get the team playing how he

:38:28.:38:32.

wants. It is not going to h`ppen overnight. You look at the likes of

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Warrington, it took them six or seven years to build that spuad and

:38:37.:38:39.

build a team that competes for trophies and they have only been

:38:40.:38:43.

doing that recently. They h`ve only been winning the Challenge Cup and

:38:44.:38:47.

they have gun in two grand finals on the bounce in the last two xears. He

:38:48.:38:50.

has got to be patient with the lads. He has got to be patient. You were

:38:51.:38:59.

about to jump? I agree. Every team has a transitional period. Whether

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you are one of the top teams like Wigan. They had to rebuild `nd

:39:05.:39:10.

regroup. Salford, they have got to be patient. There has been ` lot of

:39:11.:39:15.

changes at Salford. Even at the back end of last season, we had ` lot of

:39:16.:39:20.

players come in and go out, we need to be patient. It is Warrington

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against Doncaster. No surprhses it was a tough day out. Warrington back

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to their best. They are scoring great tries. They have got great

:39:38.:39:43.

outside backs who get them on the front foot and it allows thd

:39:44.:39:49.

forwards to play off the back of that. Are you surprised Penny got a

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hat`trick? He has done all right. Sometimes it takes, you know, a

:39:58.:40:00.

player to go lower league to find his feet again. I think he was

:40:01.:40:04.

drafted in all them years ago and burst on to the scene and dhd well

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and then, it didn't work out for him. He has gone lower now. He has

:40:09.:40:13.

gone down to the championshhp. He has done it the right way, come back

:40:14.:40:18.

up and now he is showing, you know, glimpses of good stuff again and

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scoring great tries. Paul Cook was philosophical about

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it. His key is not to get rdlegated and he said realistically, we were

:40:28.:40:32.

never going to win this? He was probably right in what they were

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saying. I don't think they would not have gone out there not to give it a

:40:37.:40:41.

good dig. They would have h`d a plan to create problems for Warrhngton.

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Warrington were faster, sharper and young Dwyer breached the halves

:40:50.:40:55.

Warrington needed this game. They have been financing ways to win but

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have had to be draft their way. They have had nice shape at times and

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this gives them confidence loving forward.

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What do you think is their best half`back combination? Bridge looked

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world`class and a real dangdr at number six. They have not rdally

:41:28.:41:31.

found that two yet. I don't think they have got a dominant half, but

:41:32.:41:36.

this time, there is a long way to go to the end of the year. Yeah, I

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think Bridge played well in this game, maybe he gets the nod next

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time. How difficult is it if you haven't got that settled

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partnership. You guys have chopped and changed, but you know when you

:41:50.:41:55.

get to the big games, what xour partnership will be? They lost a

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great player and someone who led them around the park and to not have

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him, it is tough. They are finding it hard, but I'm sure they will get

:42:05.:42:12.

more confident. They have got Bradford next week. It could be a

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fascinating match next week, two teams coming off wins? Yes, I think

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Bradford, they will take confidence from that performance. Hopefully,

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they can really challenge W`rrington because they need points, it is

:42:28.:42:30.

important they get the victory, Warrington will want to build on

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their form. This is how the teams line`up in the quarterfinal draw.

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To get the home draw is brilliant for us. We got beat off Cass. It

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will be a great game. Our confidence is high at the minute. I'm hoping

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we're going to progress on to the semis. It is tough on the

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championship sides. Th aren't at home. They would love to be at home?

:43:26.:43:29.

They would probably have loved to have drawn against other

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Championship clubs. The fin`ncial revenue they can gain the ftrther

:43:36.:43:39.

they go into the competition, it is massive. It is good they will get a

:43:40.:43:42.

good pay day and they get their opportunity to play against some of

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the best teams in the Super League. Bradford, Warrington, it will be

:43:47.:43:50.

fascinating to see where those two teams are at in seven weeks time?

:43:51.:43:54.

Warrington have not started their best as well and to go to Bradford

:43:55.:43:59.

in a knockout game will be tough. I am sure both sides will get

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themselves up for that game. It is a massive game. Both teams want to get

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in the semis. Well, that's ht. Thanks to Mattie and Andrew for

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joining us. It is back to Stper League next week. We will bd back at

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11.55pm next Monday including Leeds against Wigan. Join us for that

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Bye`bye.

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