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Hello. Super League will be ending this week at the home of the Premier | :00:29. | :00:35. | |
League champions. But tonight, we'll start the week with the latest twist | :00:36. | :00:38. | |
and turns in the race for Rugby League's greatest prize. It's been | :00:39. | :00:41. | |
heavy going in some wretched weather. Here's what's coming up. | :00:42. | :00:49. | |
Catch us if you can. Leeds are looking to stay ahead of the pack. | :00:50. | :00:54. | |
The Rhinos are at Castleford. The Dragons drop in on Warrington. | :00:55. | :01:01. | |
Was it a fifth win in a row for the French? | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
And down on the beach. We are out for a stroll with Super League's | :01:07. | :01:07. | |
record`breaking Saint Paul Wellens. Josh Hodgson and Jon Wilkin have | :01:08. | :01:18. | |
arrived from opposite ends of the M62. They've met in the middle to | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
give us some forward thinking on Round 12. We're a dozen rounds into | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
the Super League season. And the opening fixture of the week was | :01:29. | :01:30. | |
third`placed Castleford against table`topping Leeds. Your | :01:31. | :01:31. | |
commentator is Dave Woods. It is a fantastic atmosphere inside | :01:32. | :01:39. | |
the stadium tonight and another test of Leeds' recent impressive form. | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
Castleford fans no doubt would have starred this fixture before the | :01:46. | :01:51. | |
season began. But given the form they are in, they will be absolutely | :01:52. | :01:57. | |
relishing it. Castleford look for the first points of the night here. | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
Inside these opening ten minutes, Milner with a pass. And he's picked | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
out Kirk Dixon on that right`hand side. Castleford have the opener. | :02:09. | :02:15. | |
Smart play from Milner. And a gap found by Dixon. | :02:16. | :02:23. | |
As they begin to look left, Mariano is crashed to the floor. Going to | :02:24. | :02:31. | |
get a penalty here. A little bit too much messing about from Mitch | :02:32. | :02:34. | |
Achurch. And it is in a very kickable position. He was simply all | :02:35. | :02:43. | |
over him. This rather idiosyncratic kicking style that Marc Sneyd has. | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
Just as effective as ever. Castleford lead by 8`0. | :02:48. | :02:54. | |
Clarkson, at dummy half. A real surge by Ablett. Some team`mates | :02:55. | :03:03. | |
hanging on. The struggle continues. Ablett is eventually put down. | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
Clarkson again. Leeds, with Hardaker in the line here. And Watkins with a | :03:10. | :03:19. | |
wonderful pass. Ben Jones`Bishop grabs his opportunity again. | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
Discussion here and they will have to look at it one more time before | :03:24. | :03:32. | |
Ben Jones`Bishop gets this. Was there an obstruction in the | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
build`up? No problem seen as yet. Terrific hands for Watkins again. | :03:38. | :03:45. | |
The decision is... Try. So Ben Jones`Bishop with a rare | :03:46. | :03:46. | |
outing. A try to his name again. Hardaker offering it back on the | :03:47. | :04:01. | |
inside to Joel Moon. Moon is asking a few questions here. Leeds trying | :04:02. | :04:07. | |
to ramp it up. Sinfield. Stepped too much by Sutcliffe. That saw him lose | :04:08. | :04:16. | |
his feet, and Sinfield again. Kallum Watkins! Athletically over again. | :04:17. | :04:23. | |
Castleford 's defence unable to control his sheer progress. `` sheer | :04:24. | :04:31. | |
prowess. But they are looking at the video ref again here. Was Michael | :04:32. | :04:42. | |
Shenton obstructed there? No doubts once it got to Watkins' hands that | :04:43. | :04:48. | |
that was a try all over. Kallum Watkins, either creating tries or | :04:49. | :04:50. | |
scoring them. He is in exceptional form this season! Millington back on | :04:51. | :05:01. | |
the inside for Craig Huby. Four substitutions that Castleford have | :05:02. | :05:05. | |
made here to try to stem the tide that has been going against them. | :05:06. | :05:09. | |
And looking to set up position. And Sneyd is in! Marc Sneyd, just before | :05:10. | :05:18. | |
the break. Boy, did they need that? And if he kicks the goal, they will | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
have the lead. No wonder there is a bit of a celebration on. Castleford | :05:24. | :05:26. | |
will poke their noses ahead when the half`time hooter sounds. | :05:27. | :05:34. | |
Sinfield, Rolling into dummy half again. It is basic good, solid, | :05:35. | :05:41. | |
professional stuff from Leeds at the moment. The high kick the question. | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
Taken by Hardaker. Taken with the top from Watkins and a second try | :05:48. | :05:51. | |
from Ben Jones`Bishop! Leeds have the lead again. McGuire 's kick. | :05:52. | :06:01. | |
Asking the questions. Shenton not able to get there. It was Hardaker | :06:02. | :06:05. | |
who got the hand to it and caught him himself. And over the top for | :06:06. | :06:08. | |
Watkins to create the space for Ben Jones`Bishop to finish. | :06:09. | :06:18. | |
A couple of tackles gone. Four to come. And they are deep enough | :06:19. | :06:27. | |
inside the Castleford half here. Peacock laying it back again. On to | :06:28. | :06:37. | |
Watkins, and has Kallum Watkins got there? I think he has. The referee | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
is asking both touch judges. And then gives the try. What an example | :06:43. | :06:48. | |
of his sheer strength and determination, Kallum Watkins. It | :06:49. | :06:55. | |
looked for all the world that he had been held up. McGuire and Sutcliffe | :06:56. | :07:00. | |
involved. Opening up that Castleford defence. Watkins, short and a reach | :07:01. | :07:08. | |
and reach and just get there! `` gets there. Leeds in control. | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
Despite the scoreline, Brian McDermott said afterwards that was | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
the toughest game that Leeds have had this season. What did you make | :07:19. | :07:21. | |
of it? It is a tough place to go. Castleford played the pitch well. It | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
tends to be a shorter pitch than most grounds in the Super League. | :07:27. | :07:29. | |
Castleford are flying this year. They seem to be a tight`knit bunch. | :07:30. | :07:34. | |
They have bought into the coach's new system and the way they are | :07:35. | :07:37. | |
playing. They seem to be working hard for each other. They have | :07:38. | :07:40. | |
surprised a few teams at the start of the season. I am not shocked at | :07:41. | :07:44. | |
all by that being the toughest game for Leeds. Saints still the only | :07:45. | :07:49. | |
team to have beaten Leeds. They are on quite a run? Yeah, doing really | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
well. If you look at standout performance in that game. Kallum | :07:54. | :07:58. | |
Watkins was outstanding. I think he has an international standard. The | :07:59. | :08:02. | |
best this country has produced for some years. Really dangerous with | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
the ball. And from the game, Castleford are a difficult team to | :08:08. | :08:10. | |
play at home for the reasons Josh mentioned. That small field. A lot | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
of front rowers who can move the ball. Like to pass the ball and | :08:15. | :08:16. | |
challenge you defensively. Certainly, I think they challenged | :08:17. | :08:21. | |
Leeds. But they ran out of steam. You never know whether that short | :08:22. | :08:24. | |
turnaround building up to the game was a factor. But a great quality | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
game. I thought it was very entertaining to watch. Both sides | :08:29. | :08:34. | |
great defensively. Two tries apiece for Watkins and Ben Jones`Bishop. | :08:35. | :08:40. | |
Then he announced he is leaving Leeds this season. Are you | :08:41. | :08:43. | |
surprised? Personally, no, not really surprised. He is a quality | :08:44. | :08:47. | |
player. And somebody of his calibre, I would expect him to be playing | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
every week. And if he is not, it is probably time to go elsewhere. I | :08:52. | :08:55. | |
think that is a good decision by him on a personal level. Leeds' outside | :08:56. | :08:58. | |
backs have been flying all year. Probably the best outside backs in | :08:59. | :09:01. | |
the league. And some really good form. And great wingers waiting to | :09:02. | :09:07. | |
play outside. Watkins and Moon, two fantastic centres. But for players, | :09:08. | :09:15. | |
and when you are in a salary capped sport, some players need to move on | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
to play games. And Ben Jones`Bishop is one of those. He needs to be | :09:20. | :09:22. | |
playing games. I am sure he will have aspirations to get back in the | :09:23. | :09:26. | |
England setup if he plays a lot of Super League. You guess they will be | :09:27. | :09:30. | |
queuing up to sign him as well. A very talented man and can play | :09:31. | :09:33. | |
fullback as well. And an athletic guy like that, who is quite astute | :09:34. | :09:37. | |
with position, is a commodity. A lot of clubs will be in the market for | :09:38. | :09:40. | |
him. One thing that Daryl Powell talked about afterwards, we talked | :09:41. | :09:43. | |
about it last week, was obstruction. Are we all getting a bit caught up | :09:44. | :09:46. | |
in the whole obstruction thing? I think you are spot on. As players, | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
there is a genuine obstruction, impeded as a defender. And then, the | :09:52. | :09:55. | |
other obstructions which really a defendant is not impeded. It is just | :09:56. | :09:59. | |
the style of attacking play that all teams play. So one thing is the | :10:00. | :10:03. | |
players are very smart. We have cottoned onto it. I think you find | :10:04. | :10:10. | |
players are appealing when a try is scored. Are you seeing that now? | :10:11. | :10:15. | |
Yes, and as Jon says, if you can see if a player has been knocked all the | :10:16. | :10:19. | |
way and that has forced him not being able to make the tackle. If | :10:20. | :10:23. | |
the player in the game has checked that defender and got off to the man | :10:24. | :10:27. | |
at the back, that is the one we talk about being obstructed. If he has | :10:28. | :10:30. | |
done that and missed the tackle, I do not see that as obstruction. And | :10:31. | :10:33. | |
you might have to trawl through hours of footage. And a lot of tries | :10:34. | :10:37. | |
that would not be allowed. We score some great tries through that shape, | :10:38. | :10:41. | |
though I think leave it as it is. It is a bit of common sense as well. | :10:42. | :10:45. | |
It's been fortress Widnes for the Vikings this season. They were | :10:46. | :10:49. | |
defending a 100% home record on Friday night, when the Wakefield | :10:50. | :10:52. | |
Trinity Wildcats were in town. It's ten years since Widnes enjoyed | :10:53. | :10:55. | |
a home victory over Wakefield. And the Vikings were behind after just | :10:56. | :10:58. | |
eight minutes on this one. Commentary from James Deighton of | :10:59. | :11:02. | |
BBC Radio Leeds. Widnes, five metres out on last | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
tackle. Losing the ball, Wakefield seize on it. Sammut has a foot race, | :11:08. | :11:15. | |
60 metres to go. It looks like he is falling down all the time. Will he | :11:16. | :11:19. | |
give it to Riley or go all the way? Gives it to Riley and Riley | :11:20. | :11:22. | |
finishing it off for Wakefield. Right in front of the Wakefield | :11:23. | :11:23. | |
fans. ?? YELLOW Wow! Five metres out, Wakefield. Tackles | :11:24. | :11:38. | |
in the bank here for the Wildcats as Richard Moore runs across the line. | :11:39. | :11:41. | |
What a try from Richard Moore! He just went through the Widnes | :11:42. | :11:45. | |
tacklers. All the way to the try`line! The Vikings are just | :11:46. | :11:54. | |
inside the Wakefield 20. Hulme dives on the left side. Widnes just with | :11:55. | :12:01. | |
the numbers, Hulme found the space. Inside the ten, Widnes going down | :12:02. | :12:08. | |
the right side. Flynn scored the try on the far corner. | :12:09. | :12:17. | |
On the Wakefield try`line, and through there. Has he got it down? | :12:18. | :12:22. | |
Ben Thaler says he has. Getting the pass away to Anderson. | :12:23. | :12:34. | |
His second involvement in this. Taken inside the ten. Have they got | :12:35. | :12:37. | |
numbers to the right`hand side, Wakefield? Siejka went himself. Did | :12:38. | :12:44. | |
he get it over? Ben Thaler takes a look. Gives the try! Harry Siejka | :12:45. | :12:51. | |
drives Wakefield back! Anderson back on for the Wildcats. Ten metres out, | :12:52. | :12:57. | |
do they go in early for the drop goal? He scores! And wins it for the | :12:58. | :13:08. | |
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats! What a finish! | :13:09. | :13:27. | |
I think that is a massive boost for them. Two weeks ago, they were four | :13:28. | :13:34. | |
points in front of Bradford and hoping that Bradford's appeal for | :13:35. | :13:38. | |
their points back did not go through. The last few weeks, the | :13:39. | :13:42. | |
wins will be a massive psychological boost. That try, you could see | :13:43. | :13:46. | |
Widnes expecting the drop goal. Yes, they fly up the line as you would | :13:47. | :13:50. | |
hope they would do. They put pressure on the guys. He's an | :13:51. | :13:53. | |
instinctive player, passing side to side. A great try, a fantastic | :13:54. | :13:57. | |
celebration. That shows you how much it means. A great win. It says a lot | :13:58. | :14:03. | |
about the spirit in the team because a couple of years ago, Richard Agar | :14:04. | :14:07. | |
had to bring a team together from scratch and they got that gypsy | :14:08. | :14:12. | |
spirit in them, as they call it. Yes, they have got some spirit | :14:13. | :14:16. | |
there. They need to start winning games consistently at home. When | :14:17. | :14:19. | |
they do that, Wakefield tend to well. This season, we have two sides | :14:20. | :14:26. | |
that are going down and it is becoming very real all of a sudden. | :14:27. | :14:29. | |
We start talking about the points difference and Bradford being eight | :14:30. | :14:33. | |
points adrift now. The pressure really starts to build. Yes, and as | :14:34. | :14:37. | |
you said, this season flies by and Wakefield have an eight`point | :14:38. | :14:40. | |
advantage, it will relax a bit more and start to concentrate on playing | :14:41. | :14:45. | |
well as opposed to thinking where they are in the league table. For | :14:46. | :14:49. | |
Widnes, the homework has been so key, how how much will it hurt to | :14:50. | :14:52. | |
have lost that 100% record? I think the form they have been in they | :14:53. | :14:56. | |
would be expecting to beat Wakefield. But they are a great team | :14:57. | :14:59. | |
as we found out last week. They came to us and managed to pinch it in the | :15:00. | :15:06. | |
dying minutes. Wakefield left Bradford eight points away from | :15:07. | :15:17. | |
safety at the foot of the table. The Bulls were at home on Sunday. There | :15:18. | :15:23. | |
was a great start for you and the team. Yes, a long, free`flowing try | :15:24. | :15:26. | |
from myself, a trademark two metre fall over the line. They all count. | :15:27. | :15:31. | |
I think we were very pleased with how it had gone. We wanted to put a | :15:32. | :15:37. | |
good performance in, score some points, play some football. And that | :15:38. | :15:41. | |
is what we did. Off the back of that, we have had a real focus on | :15:42. | :15:45. | |
improving our defence and to Neil Bradford was very pleasing. We | :15:46. | :15:52. | |
scored some great tries. Johnny Lomax, whenever we play well, Johnny | :15:53. | :15:55. | |
Lomax, James Robbie, they are always pivotal. Usually I come in here and | :15:56. | :16:08. | |
I've dropped the ball, so it is nice to come in here and have scored a | :16:09. | :16:12. | |
couple of tries. For Bradford, they started all right, but had they got | :16:13. | :16:17. | |
an early try, they might have given you a better fight? Yes, I think | :16:18. | :16:22. | |
Bradford struggled throughout this game, I don't think they played well | :16:23. | :16:25. | |
and we did play well. It's difficult for Bradford at the moment, they | :16:26. | :16:29. | |
have had such a difficult period. The last few years have been very | :16:30. | :16:33. | |
difficult. I think the players deserve a lot of credit. But they | :16:34. | :16:39. | |
need to start getting some results and improving their performances. | :16:40. | :16:42. | |
From our perspective, I thought we did very well. When we play well, | :16:43. | :16:47. | |
Jimmy Rodham plays well. Can you say much about St Helens form? You can | :16:48. | :16:52. | |
only play the teams in front of you. We have played London and Bradford | :16:53. | :16:56. | |
down at the foot of the table. We have done that, we have scored some | :16:57. | :17:01. | |
points. For and against. Not only that, we have defended pretty well | :17:02. | :17:08. | |
during both of those games. The big games are so different. We certainly | :17:09. | :17:17. | |
look to build on that. We have a big game this week against Warrington. | :17:18. | :17:20. | |
For Bradford, hopes were high because they had the back`to`back | :17:21. | :17:24. | |
wins. How do you pick yourselves up after that? You have to dust | :17:25. | :17:28. | |
yourselves down after a game like that. It was a pretty big scoreline. | :17:29. | :17:34. | |
You have to put it down to a bad day at the office and try and go again. | :17:35. | :17:38. | |
You can't get too caught up with things. Full credit to St Helens. It | :17:39. | :17:42. | |
is a sign of a good team to be that far up. It is a great trait to have | :17:43. | :17:46. | |
in the team. Paul Wellens was back on the field | :17:47. | :17:51. | |
for St Helens. It was match number 417 of his Super League life, a | :17:52. | :17:54. | |
record number of appearances matched only by Kevin Sinfield. We caught up | :17:55. | :18:13. | |
Does reaching a landmark matter to you? It doesn't matter in terms of, | :18:14. | :18:25. | |
it's not something I focus on. But when you get there and you reach | :18:26. | :18:27. | |
those milestones, it's something I am proud of. What makes it special | :18:28. | :18:34. | |
is the company you are in. Keith Senior, Kevin Sinfield, Jamie | :18:35. | :18:37. | |
Peacock, certainly in good company there. All players I get on with | :18:38. | :18:51. | |
really well. I have a huge amount of respect for them. Nathan Brown has | :18:52. | :18:55. | |
made a point that you have reached this landmark in a good team. You | :18:56. | :18:56. | |
have to keep that performance regularly high. From my perspective, | :18:57. | :18:59. | |
that has helped me. Playing for my hometown team, I still really enjoy | :19:00. | :19:04. | |
what I am doing. To be able to play so many games, you have to enjoy it, | :19:05. | :19:08. | |
to get up every weekend go to training and perform your best at | :19:09. | :19:12. | |
the weekend. I have been fortunate to stay with my own town club. On | :19:13. | :19:16. | |
the way, you need luck with injuries, which I have had a fair | :19:17. | :19:22. | |
bit of luck with injuries. I think those two things coupled together | :19:23. | :19:25. | |
enable you to reach these landmarks. Does it get tougher as you get | :19:26. | :19:30. | |
older? From the mental side of things, I think it has got easier. I | :19:31. | :19:42. | |
know what's expected of me, I don't stress about things as much as I did | :19:43. | :19:47. | |
this when I was younger. I think I'm more comfortable in the environment. | :19:48. | :19:50. | |
I know what is expected of me. Older players say that you only actually | :19:51. | :19:53. | |
understanding rugby league just when you are about to retire, are you | :19:54. | :19:58. | |
finding that? You are understanding things more on the field than you | :19:59. | :20:01. | |
would have done 5`10 years ago? Certainly. Experience is learning. | :20:02. | :20:06. | |
Year`on`year, you build your knowledge base. I am in my 17th | :20:07. | :20:11. | |
season now so I have been quite well`educated and played with some | :20:12. | :20:17. | |
great coaches along the way. Even more so in the last 12`18 months. | :20:18. | :20:27. | |
The change of position I have had, I have experienced a good number of | :20:28. | :20:30. | |
roles which has given me a good understanding and perspective of the | :20:31. | :20:35. | |
job and demands of other players. What a finish. Absolutely | :20:36. | :20:44. | |
sensational. Wellens with a run here. The old man has still got it. | :20:45. | :20:56. | |
You were part of a generation that came through, how do you rate this | :20:57. | :20:59. | |
current crop of young players? I am like everyone else, really excited. | :21:00. | :21:02. | |
The potential these guys have is huge. What else is great about them | :21:03. | :21:05. | |
is they are really good kids, very grounded, they work hard for each | :21:06. | :21:08. | |
other. These young players certainly have the potential to go a long way | :21:09. | :21:13. | |
in the game. Hopefully, I will be able to stand by and watch them do | :21:14. | :21:21. | |
that. And look back in 10`15 years, they will be in a similar position | :21:22. | :21:25. | |
to me having played a long time for the club. How long can you carry on, | :21:26. | :21:29. | |
before you finally say that's it? I don't know. What I've done the last | :21:30. | :21:35. | |
few years is take it one year at a time. I've got a great relationship | :21:36. | :21:40. | |
with the chairman of the club. We sit down for contract negotiations | :21:41. | :21:43. | |
which never take more than 5`10 minutes over a cup of tea. I will | :21:44. | :21:46. | |
have a similar conversation with him again midway through the season but | :21:47. | :21:50. | |
a lot will depend on how the body is, whether there are any injuries | :21:51. | :21:54. | |
and a few different things. Also sit down with the family and discuss | :21:55. | :21:58. | |
things. I am in no real kind of rush to make a decision. It's a great | :21:59. | :22:03. | |
club and I don't feel under any pressure to make a decision. | :22:04. | :22:08. | |
John, you played with him for many years, what has made such a special | :22:09. | :22:15. | |
player? I think the biggest skill that Paul has as a person is his | :22:16. | :22:19. | |
ability to read people and relate to people. One key thing he mentioned | :22:20. | :22:28. | |
is the reason you become a great leader is empathy. He understands | :22:29. | :22:31. | |
the demands of the positions within the team now. He has certainly got a | :22:32. | :22:37. | |
broader understanding due to playing several different roles. But Paul | :22:38. | :22:42. | |
was a really friendly face at a time when I moved to St Helens. He | :22:43. | :22:49. | |
commandeered me at that point to essentially be his brew slave for | :22:50. | :22:56. | |
the next 11 years. I've made him around 3,500 cups of tea. You did | :22:57. | :23:01. | |
think he had nicked your jacket? We have had an ongoing thing in clothes | :23:02. | :23:05. | |
theft. He's got my jeans, I've got jackets, all sorts going on. He has | :23:06. | :23:09. | |
only got one belt and he wears my belt still to this day. That is | :23:10. | :23:15. | |
something we didn't know about him. As somebody who plays against him, | :23:16. | :23:18. | |
what had been his particular traits? You have to have a massive respect | :23:19. | :23:21. | |
for somebody who has played that many games at such a high standard | :23:22. | :23:24. | |
and never having dropped. His game has never dropped. He has played | :23:25. | :23:31. | |
tough and done a great job wherever he has played on the park. For | :23:32. | :23:35. | |
somebody to play 400`odd games and still to be going strong, it is a | :23:36. | :23:39. | |
massive thing. Would you like to see him go around again next season? | :23:40. | :23:43. | |
Yes, just to get some brews back in my favour. Will you get your belt | :23:44. | :23:47. | |
back? No, that's gone, written that off, three month rule. One thing | :23:48. | :23:53. | |
about Paul is he is a fantastic leader. He has been a great player | :23:54. | :23:58. | |
because he really cares about his trade, his profession. In any walk | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
of life, the people who genuinely care what they do seem to achieve | :24:05. | :24:07. | |
great results and that is what Paul has done. | :24:08. | :24:10. | |
There is another big derby looming for Hull Kingston Rovers. They were | :24:11. | :24:21. | |
getting ready for magic weekend in Salford on Saturday night, but awful | :24:22. | :24:23. | |
conditions. How difficult did it make the game? It made the game very | :24:24. | :24:27. | |
scrappy, it was a scrappy start, a lot of dropped balls. But conditions | :24:28. | :24:30. | |
were the same for both sides. We didn't start well. And our start was | :24:31. | :24:45. | |
going to be massive against Salford. They were looking for a result. It | :24:46. | :24:49. | |
was a big week and it was always going to be a middle game. The | :24:50. | :24:51. | |
conditions affect the game massively. Yes, especially a team | :24:52. | :24:54. | |
like ourselves and like Salford even more so when you have such quick | :24:55. | :24:57. | |
outside backs and skilful halfbacks. When it's a wet day, it's not the | :24:58. | :25:01. | |
type of day for the slick passes and the fancy plays. It is old school | :25:02. | :25:05. | |
rugby. And that is exactly what it was. | :25:06. | :25:12. | |
We have got a replay of this. Your coach felt Meli was out. Yes, Craig | :25:13. | :25:17. | |
thought it was out. I think the game is crying out for a video ref at | :25:18. | :25:20. | |
every game. A few different camera angles. The game needs to find the | :25:21. | :25:26. | |
resources for that. If that was out, what did he say afterwards? He said | :25:27. | :25:29. | |
he got this one, and another one that did not get given. I'm biased, | :25:30. | :25:35. | |
but I saw it go down. As John said, if you have more cameras there, | :25:36. | :25:38. | |
there is a better chance of getting a definitive answer whether it is or | :25:39. | :25:42. | |
is not a try. Rather than the ref going to a 50`50 decision. By the | :25:43. | :25:50. | |
end, did you feel it was a game that got away, or a fair result? I think | :25:51. | :25:54. | |
both teams will feel it is a game that got away from them. The game | :25:55. | :25:58. | |
tended to toss and turn from both sides. Both teams taking momentum. | :25:59. | :26:04. | |
There was a stage where we were defending on our own line. How do | :26:05. | :26:09. | |
you feel now about 12 games into the season? The start was what made this | :26:10. | :26:13. | |
season such a hard start for us. I think we picked up one point in the | :26:14. | :26:17. | |
first five games. We picked up a couple of good wins after that, but | :26:18. | :26:20. | |
consistency is what is needed. We have had a lot of injuries, people | :26:21. | :26:24. | |
coming in and out of the teams, but that is the same for everyone. I | :26:25. | :26:30. | |
think consistency now, building towards the big games at the back | :26:31. | :26:34. | |
end of the year is crucial. A lot of teams are searching for that | :26:35. | :26:39. | |
consistency. Looking to build some form going into the big games. Form | :26:40. | :26:44. | |
at the start of year is great, gets you the headlines, gets you talked | :26:45. | :26:48. | |
about, but I know as well as anybody that what counts is your form at the | :26:49. | :26:52. | |
end of the season and that is what all these sides are hoping to | :26:53. | :26:56. | |
achieve in the coming months. Michael Dobson, such a key player | :26:57. | :26:59. | |
for you for so long. Was there a feeling of getting a different way | :27:00. | :27:03. | |
of playing with him gone? No, I think the same structure has got to | :27:04. | :27:07. | |
stay in place. That is a sign of a good team, you know what you do and | :27:08. | :27:11. | |
do it well, not change too much. If you look at the top teams, they pick | :27:12. | :27:15. | |
a few players and stick to them and run them really well. And that is | :27:16. | :27:19. | |
what we had to do and what we have stuck with. There will be a bit of | :27:20. | :27:23. | |
disruption there, but Salford have a basically had a brand`new squad. And | :27:24. | :27:31. | |
that is going to take a lot of time. It will not come together quickly. | :27:32. | :27:45. | |
What other targets for you? It is week in, week out, and consistency | :27:46. | :27:51. | |
will be massive. Wigan have one on the last five visits to the KC | :27:52. | :27:56. | |
Stadium and relating to make it six in a row, and some strength in | :27:57. | :28:06. | |
depth. I did not think there is another team in Super League showing | :28:07. | :28:08. | |
greater consistency than Wigan. If you pressed the peat `` pressed | :28:09. | :28:21. | |
repeat every week, and their attention to detail and ability to | :28:22. | :28:30. | |
execute players is second to none. The way that the shape of Wigan is | :28:31. | :28:35. | |
set up, it means that the fullback, almost the last player will be | :28:36. | :28:39. | |
heavily involved. And scoring a lot of points. Dan Sarginson doing well. | :28:40. | :28:46. | |
Rather disappointing for Hull FC to concede that many points, and maybe | :28:47. | :28:51. | |
the manner in which the dead. Really a disappointing night. As Michael in | :28:52. | :28:58. | |
which the dead. They need something to start their season. With seven | :28:59. | :29:03. | |
players out, it was really impressive. It is, and when we speak | :29:04. | :29:11. | |
about teams being a well oiled machine, that is what Wigan are. The | :29:12. | :29:17. | |
players know where they need to be, and that is the sign of a good | :29:18. | :29:22. | |
player, sticking to what you do. They had seven players who usually | :29:23. | :29:26. | |
would be playing the first team I stop and the kids that came in that | :29:27. | :29:32. | |
a good job and managed to get that at a tough place to go. It is a | :29:33. | :29:36. | |
tough place to go. That is what makes it more exciting. Talk us | :29:37. | :29:39. | |
through this next try. This is a classic Wigan try. Classic Wigan | :29:40. | :29:45. | |
shape. Matty Smith, out back to Blake Green. Then the full black, | :29:46. | :29:49. | |
which is usually Bowie, and Tompkins previously. A long ball to the | :29:50. | :29:52. | |
winger, try in the corner. That was Josh Charnley when he scored a lot | :29:53. | :29:56. | |
of tries. That was the reason, the shape set up to create numbers and | :29:57. | :29:59. | |
space on the outside. And they have players who can take advantage of | :30:00. | :30:02. | |
that. Gelling always seems to do well there. But he struggles to get | :30:03. | :30:06. | |
a start. Week to week, that shows you their strength. But for Lee | :30:07. | :30:09. | |
Radford, tries like this would be disappointing. Yeah, I think Lee | :30:10. | :30:16. | |
will be really disappointed. Especially with the last two tries | :30:17. | :30:19. | |
we had seen. I think there were three from dummy half and one from | :30:20. | :30:23. | |
outside the 20 metre line. He will be disappointed with that. Do you | :30:24. | :30:26. | |
look at their last two games? He said they were in a horrible rut, | :30:27. | :30:28. | |
like a wounded animal. Or do you look at and think, no, the | :30:29. | :30:34. | |
Hull Derby, it's just a completely different game? It is. It is a | :30:35. | :30:37. | |
completely different ball game. We're not going to think much about | :30:38. | :30:41. | |
how we'll been playing in last two weeks. I am sure they would like | :30:42. | :30:45. | |
nothing more than to get a derby victory and hit a run of form in the | :30:46. | :30:49. | |
next few games. We will not be looking at the past two weeks at | :30:50. | :30:52. | |
all. When you are losing, you overanalyse things. And when you are | :30:53. | :30:55. | |
winning, you tend to not analyse as much. You all want to be somewhere | :30:56. | :30:59. | |
in the middle. That is where Leeds are trying to get to. Perfect timing | :31:00. | :31:03. | |
to have the derby game coming up. We shall see if it is. It is perfect | :31:04. | :31:05. | |
timing. There was only points difference | :31:06. | :31:10. | |
separating Warrington and Catalan in the table before their meeting on | :31:11. | :31:12. | |
Friday. The Dragons have been climbing up the ladder and were | :31:13. | :31:15. | |
looking for a fifth straight victory. Dave Woods was watching. | :31:16. | :31:18. | |
By both sides' high standards, it has been a disappointing season so | :31:19. | :31:22. | |
far. Catalan showing some signs of improvement of late but still only | :31:23. | :31:26. | |
one away win for them in the Super League. Warrington's nadir possibly | :31:27. | :31:29. | |
coming last week when they were beaten at bottom club Bradford. They | :31:30. | :31:37. | |
need consistency. Warrington looking to make the | :31:38. | :31:44. | |
inroads if they can. Turn and off`load from England. Ratchford has | :31:45. | :31:49. | |
the pace to go through. Chip over the top has them scampering. Ormesby | :31:50. | :31:56. | |
collecting and still going. Michael Monaghan quickly there at dummy | :31:57. | :32:03. | |
half. And there are so much space for Joel Monaghan. His 100th | :32:04. | :32:09. | |
appearance for Warrington. And his 100th try in the primrose and blue. | :32:10. | :32:13. | |
And when it came, it was a simple finish. | :32:14. | :32:19. | |
The Catalan defence happy to watch and see. A big drive. Hill taking | :32:20. | :32:38. | |
them close. He wanted to off`load, but had to keep hold. The ball has | :32:39. | :32:45. | |
gone to ground. England claims it. The referee wants a second opinion. | :32:46. | :32:49. | |
How did this get into the hands of Anthony England? The pass from | :32:50. | :32:52. | |
Monaghan simply hit a Catalan player. This should be a try. It is | :32:53. | :33:00. | |
a second try of the night for the Warrington Wolves. And the second in | :33:01. | :33:01. | |
five minutes. A little flick away to keep this | :33:02. | :33:20. | |
movement alive. Russell has the gold. And Joel Monaghan getting his | :33:21. | :33:31. | |
second of the night. Try 101. And it was to reflect Warrington moved. `` | :33:32. | :33:39. | |
it was a terrific Warrington moved. All started with the dynamism of | :33:40. | :33:44. | |
Matthew Russell. With the off`load and the PAs and the invention to get | :33:45. | :33:51. | |
on the outside of Duport. And fabulous support and moustache from | :33:52. | :33:56. | |
Ormesby. And Joel Monaghan with a fantastic finish. They give high | :33:57. | :34:04. | |
looking to scripted away from dummy half. `` Micky Higham. And a step, | :34:05. | :34:21. | |
reach and try, the fourth of the first half from Warrington. Lovely | :34:22. | :34:29. | |
playing from Stefan Ratchford, and Warrington looking good at | :34:30. | :34:29. | |
half`time. A charge down here and back in the | :34:30. | :34:41. | |
hands of Warrington. And Chris Bridge scampers away. They have been | :34:42. | :34:50. | |
playing barely two minutes of their second`half and Warrington already | :34:51. | :34:53. | |
back in the ascendancy. Catalan hoping to muster some fight back. | :34:54. | :35:00. | |
This is not the way to go back. The kick from William Barthau easily | :35:01. | :35:05. | |
charge down. And the chance for Bridge. The coaching staff looking | :35:06. | :35:13. | |
on and a lot to worry about. And a terrific break, and it is making | :35:14. | :35:19. | |
higher am going and only the sticks `` and it is Micky Higham and the | :35:20. | :35:30. | |
biggest of grins, Warrington rampaging directory. Two tries in | :35:31. | :35:34. | |
the second half and by many more to come? The latest from Micky Higham. | :35:35. | :35:47. | |
Joel Monaghan has lost that, and the referee says it was stolen, so it | :35:48. | :35:58. | |
will be a penalty. James Laithwaite pushes, or bug, did he get it down? | :35:59. | :36:04. | |
Yes, James Laithwaite's first Warrington drive. He will be | :36:05. | :36:08. | |
celebrating long and hard. Warrington with yet another. `` | :36:09. | :36:16. | |
first Warrington try. A moment to remember for the young James | :36:17. | :36:21. | |
Laithwaite, the night of his first try. Catalan doing well to get | :36:22. | :36:30. | |
themselves there. Vincent Duport carrying it in both hands, and reach | :36:31. | :36:36. | |
for the corner. It has been a long`time cunning of any kind of | :36:37. | :36:40. | |
Catalan response. But they have done it in an eye`catching manner, the | :36:41. | :36:47. | |
long price from Leon Pryce, Ormesby, and instantly brought `` and Vincent | :36:48. | :36:51. | |
Duport scores. It has gone to ground, the referee | :36:52. | :37:06. | |
says player on. Morgan Escare with a chip over the top, and a dive. He | :37:07. | :37:12. | |
might just have a try here. A lot of questions to be answered. Knock on | :37:13. | :37:24. | |
and grounding. It looks as though that went backwards, and what about | :37:25. | :37:29. | |
the dive from Morgan Escare? No problems about that. So as | :37:30. | :37:39. | |
sensational finish for the Catalan Dragons but it has only been at the | :37:40. | :37:43. | |
very late stages of the game they have come alive. Warrington clear | :37:44. | :37:45. | |
winners. The conundrum that is Warrington, | :37:46. | :37:54. | |
red hot there, but quite bored at other games. Yes, some of that could | :37:55. | :38:00. | |
be down to some experience lost last year. That could be an indicating | :38:01. | :38:10. | |
factor of why the form has not been good as in recent years. Matty | :38:11. | :38:15. | |
Russell is a new phase, and he has added a spark where Schumacher he | :38:16. | :38:24. | |
has, he has. A couple of things to look at. And this book worked from | :38:25. | :38:31. | |
Chris Hill, off`loading the ball. `` footwork. | :38:32. | :38:36. | |
As they can get him into a position when he can flip the ball inside, | :38:37. | :38:42. | |
and that is Warrington at their best. And quite a record for Joel | :38:43. | :38:54. | |
Monaghan. Yes, he is a try man. He is a threat to catch the ball. He | :38:55. | :39:02. | |
would be on every team's tick list. But for Catalan, it was a | :39:03. | :39:04. | |
frustrating night. A game punctuated by errors. When | :39:05. | :39:13. | |
you lose the ball and consistently turnover possession, you need to do | :39:14. | :39:19. | |
too much defending. It can sap your energy. And when you get the ball, | :39:20. | :39:26. | |
it has taken out so much, you do not have so much on the attack. Matty | :39:27. | :39:31. | |
Russell is deceptively strong. A lot of people expect him to step, but he | :39:32. | :39:37. | |
is a great player, and he creates great tries. It is not really a | :39:38. | :39:43. | |
conundrum with Catalan, they are not great on the road. Yes, going over | :39:44. | :39:53. | |
there creates challenges. Catalan need to improve their form away from | :39:54. | :39:54. | |
home. Finally tonight let's check on Joe | :39:55. | :40:02. | |
Grima's first match in charge of London. They were up against in`form | :40:03. | :40:04. | |
Huddersfield, and signs of improvement in the capital? They | :40:05. | :40:08. | |
went to half`time in the lead. He looked to start strong. You do | :40:09. | :40:14. | |
wonder if they are playing week in, week out, when the win will come. | :40:15. | :40:25. | |
And who will it be against? Yes. Playing back roses one of the | :40:26. | :40:29. | |
dangerous bikes. It is very hard to handle. `` one of the dangerous | :40:30. | :40:37. | |
strikes. The players getting going, some positive signs for London. | :40:38. | :40:42. | |
Huddersfield would be disappointed, if they are honest, about how they | :40:43. | :40:46. | |
played in this game, but London please. Paul Anderson was more | :40:47. | :40:53. | |
positive than other games. He was pleased with their second`half, | :40:54. | :40:56. | |
coming down and getting on with the job. Maybe getting carried away with | :40:57. | :41:05. | |
the opposition. And maybe getting a short going into half`time behind. | :41:06. | :41:11. | |
Maybe a few short words said in the dressing room from Paul Anderson and | :41:12. | :41:15. | |
coming out a different team in the second half, looking to score a | :41:16. | :41:20. | |
few, and they looked to be a different team in the second half. | :41:21. | :41:23. | |
London looking better and better each week and if they can sort the | :41:24. | :41:29. | |
fence, they will grab a win sooner or later. `` sought the de fence. | :41:30. | :41:36. | |
The key thing is Danny Brough getting to top form. Huddersfield a | :41:37. | :41:44. | |
good very direct. That seem to be the case in the second half against | :41:45. | :41:46. | |
London. So four wins in a row for the | :41:47. | :41:53. | |
Giants. Let's see the effect of that. And the rest of the results, | :41:54. | :41:56. | |
on the First Utility Super League table. Wakefield have an 8`point gap | :41:57. | :42:08. | |
between themselves and relegation places. We are off to Manchester for | :42:09. | :42:14. | |
the Magic weekend. Top of the bill is Leeds against Wigan. And that is | :42:15. | :42:20. | |
a Hull Derby. Coverage throughout the weekend on BBC Radio 5 Live | :42:21. | :42:28. | |
Sports Extra. And The Super League Show has highlights of all seven | :42:29. | :42:30. | |
games. All of two Manchester. Magic | :42:31. | :42:47. | |
something you look forward to? It is, always a great occasion. A | :42:48. | :42:53. | |
couple of great games for us, some tough decisions. Breaking into a | :42:54. | :42:59. | |
tough sweat? Tell a macro some big decisions and I am sure there will | :43:00. | :43:05. | |
be a great atmosphere this year. Do you think magic is growing on | :43:06. | :43:12. | |
needs changing? It certainly has developed. The fans who go really | :43:13. | :43:18. | |
enjoy it, seem to have a great time. When we are sweating out there. Next | :43:19. | :43:25. | |
year is a real challenge. With the new structure coming in, it will be | :43:26. | :43:29. | |
interesting to see where the Easter programme and magic is. There is a | :43:30. | :43:34. | |
lot going on next year. We will have to see where magic is. As a player, | :43:35. | :43:40. | |
I have grown to enjoy playing in big aims at a big stadium in | :43:41. | :43:44. | |
Manchester, and a huge potential source for fans. Is it ought to have | :43:45. | :43:51. | |
the Hull Derby in a neutral venue? You tend to be focused on what | :43:52. | :43:56. | |
you're doing than fans screaming. But it is a great occasion. A lot of | :43:57. | :44:03. | |
the fans get to see certain games they would not see. Some fans would | :44:04. | :44:07. | |
not see a Hull Derby. A great occasion. We look forward to it. | :44:08. | :44:13. | |
Good luck to the peer review. It is the first one I will go to. I am | :44:14. | :44:18. | |
looking forward to it. `` good luck to both of you. That's it for this | :44:19. | :44:22. | |
week, my thanks to Jon and Josh for joining us tonight. We will see you | :44:23. | :44:26. | |
next week, when we will be in Manchester. Goodbye. | :44:27. | :44:51. | |
a bar of tablet and a bobble hat. There you go. | :44:52. | :44:52. | |
with three brand-new comedies to brighten up your spring. | :44:53. | :44:56. | |
You cannot present the weather dripping with sex appeal. | :44:57. | :45:03. | |
No sex appeal, the way I did it - that's the way to do it. | :45:04. | :45:08. | |
All a good mountain man needs is a stout set of legs, | :45:09. | :45:10. | |
a bar of tablet and a bobble hat. There you go. | :45:11. | :45:14. | |
Why can't the rest of us have a go? There's a good reason. | :45:15. | :45:25. | |
Comedy Playhouse continues with Monks. | :45:26. | :45:28. |