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Super League is enjoying its weekend away at Chester city. You could call | :00:41. | :00:46. | |
it round 13, but actually, it is magic. # at Manchester City. | :00:47. | :00:59. | |
`` Manchester City. Here is how the Magic weekend works. It is like | :01:00. | :01:08. | |
another regular round of Super League except all the games are | :01:09. | :01:16. | |
played at the same venue. Four games on Saturday, and then three on | :01:17. | :01:19. | |
Sunday ending with Warrington against St Helens. The rest of the | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
city sports fans are here in Manchester for the whole derby. They | :01:25. | :01:28. | |
have played each other once this season but this is on neutral | :01:29. | :01:30. | |
territory. Hodgson. Kingston Rovers moving | :01:31. | :01:43. | |
ominously close. Great atmosphere inside the Etihad Stadium. The | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
handling is good. The space has been created. And William Sorter will | :01:49. | :01:58. | |
score the opening try of the game `` Liam Salter. They found space on the | :01:59. | :02:06. | |
right`hand, keeping it on side very well. And Salter was not going to | :02:07. | :02:17. | |
miss that opportunity. Real pressure on this Hull line. Hodgson, out from | :02:18. | :02:28. | |
dummy half. Hull Kingston Rovers have a second. They are in the | :02:29. | :02:36. | |
ascendancy in this game now. The Frenchman went one`on`one. He used | :02:37. | :02:48. | |
his power to good effect. Hodgson. Trying to off`load, it is watching | :02:49. | :02:50. | |
the game who tries the dummy. Throwing it backwards. He has | :02:51. | :03:00. | |
support. Keating there, Still going, he has kept it alive. And the try is | :03:01. | :03:12. | |
Salter's, his second of the game. Credit the enterprise of Hull | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
Kingston Rovers. Walker with the initial off`load. Hodgson moving on. | :03:18. | :03:27. | |
Robbing a hole through the middle of that defence. `` ripping a whole. `` | :03:28. | :03:45. | |
a hole. Salter finishes it off. Red, red robin, | :03:46. | :04:31. | |
is the grounding from Hadley. And the try is confirmed. Running it out | :04:32. | :04:38. | |
from dummy `` dummy half, Danny Hart. | :04:39. | :05:44. | |
have heard the referee saying, he is gone, there. Whether it is referring | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
to the consciousness of Salter, the status of Crooks, their is a red | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
card coming out. Jason crooks 's scent of, `` Crooks is sent off. | :05:55. | :06:08. | |
Hull Kingston Rovers looking to make a quick advantage from the extra | :06:09. | :06:12. | |
man. Hodgson, up from dummy half again. They are going all the way. | :06:13. | :06:26. | |
Gardner, scoring the cry `` the try. The left wing in missing for Hull, | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
and the right`winger scores for Rovers. That was a towering kick. | :06:33. | :06:46. | |
Kane, takes that well. And it is stolen. A big arm squeezed around | :06:47. | :06:55. | |
him, he managed to pinch the ball. They will not lie down! Danny Hart! | :06:56. | :07:03. | |
How many times have we seen him doing that? Despite being one man | :07:04. | :07:20. | |
down, Hull are back in contention. And he touches down at the second | :07:21. | :07:31. | |
attempt, and they are pumped, now. It was like he was dragging a sledge | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
behind him. But it did not impede the run to the line. He goes over. | :07:37. | :07:53. | |
Not there, but there. Hodgson. Hodgson, again. They have got the | :07:54. | :08:02. | |
width and the numbers and they have got Gardner, again. The second for | :08:03. | :08:09. | |
Aidy Gardner, and that might be the moment that Rovers finally quell the | :08:10. | :08:17. | |
revival from Hull. A match`winning moment, potentially. The seconds are | :08:18. | :08:26. | |
running away from Hull FC. They are trying a miracle, it is not going to | :08:27. | :08:32. | |
come off. Josh Hodgson, stepping past a couple of defenders, and | :08:33. | :08:38. | |
stepping past another, to score a try at the death, that makes it | :08:39. | :08:48. | |
Rovers' day. As Hodgson skips past them all. The very last act will be | :08:49. | :08:58. | |
down to Travis Burns to put the ball between the sticks. And to confirm, | :08:59. | :09:04. | |
in the end, an emphatic victory for Hull Kingston Rovers. It has been a | :09:05. | :09:12. | |
real battle in this Hull derby. I am joined by the winning coach. Is that | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
all the sweeter for what happened here last year? We just want to put | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
in a good performance. I thought that we competed hard. In that | :09:23. | :09:28. | |
second half, did you begin to sweat a bit? Derby games are always close. | :09:29. | :09:36. | |
Today was no different. The last ten minutes, I think we were composed. | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
They seem to be galvanised after that sending off. Yes, full credit | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
to them, they have made a good contest of it. What did you make of | :09:48. | :09:55. | |
the sending`off? It was a very high tackle. We have lost our centre for | :09:56. | :09:59. | |
part of the game. It was a straightforward decision. You must | :10:00. | :10:04. | |
be pleased overall with your team's performance today. Yes, we let Hull | :10:05. | :10:10. | |
back in the game, but full credit to them, they really came back at us. | :10:11. | :10:16. | |
How do you feel about your chances midway through the competition? Who | :10:17. | :10:21. | |
still have a long way to go, but we are taking small steps forward. | :10:22. | :10:28. | |
Today was another one of those. This is an opposition leader not like | :10:29. | :10:35. | |
losing against. I can only offer my condones answers to the players. `` | :10:36. | :10:43. | |
my condolences. Salford are the closest thing to a home team in | :10:44. | :10:47. | |
Manchester. The weekend started with London against the Catalan Dragons. | :10:48. | :10:56. | |
London under the guidance of a new coach got off to a strong start | :10:57. | :11:07. | |
thanks to Paton Brown. The conditions were most suited to the | :11:08. | :11:11. | |
south of France. The Catalan Dragons edged ahead just before half`time. | :11:12. | :11:17. | |
It involved a huge slice of luck. That was a misjudged pass that | :11:18. | :11:22. | |
bounced into the arms of Elliott Whitehead whose recent fine form as | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
that calls for an England selection. Just before the hour, the Catalans | :11:28. | :11:33. | |
put clear daylight between themselves and London thanks to this | :11:34. | :11:36. | |
impressive try. London did not lie down. Mason Peyton Brown led the | :11:37. | :11:45. | |
comeback. At least three super league sides are looking at the | :11:46. | :11:48. | |
London for next season, and you can see why he has become one of the | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
hottest properties in the game. Greenwood crashed over, and | :11:53. | :11:57. | |
unbelievably the scores were level with 15 minutes left. The Catalans | :11:58. | :12:03. | |
rallied. It was man of the match, Whitehead, who restored the lead for | :12:04. | :12:09. | |
the French side. London came agonisingly close to their first | :12:10. | :12:14. | |
point of the season. Drinkwater found the gap to bring the Broncos | :12:15. | :12:21. | |
within two points. It was left to the young scrum`half to kick the | :12:22. | :12:26. | |
conversion to tie it all up. Agonisingly, the ball went wide, and | :12:27. | :12:33. | |
London remain without a win a point at the of the Super League. We are | :12:34. | :12:38. | |
going to train hard. You have to make your luck, sometimes you have | :12:39. | :12:44. | |
to go searching for your luck. We want to ensure that we tackle harder | :12:45. | :12:50. | |
and we won harder and compete harder. And it will change, and we | :12:51. | :13:01. | |
will control our own destiny. We wanted to bring the same attitude as | :13:02. | :13:10. | |
when the play in Perpignan. It is about keeping one working on that, | :13:11. | :13:13. | |
cubic keeping on, showing for the ball. `` keeping on. | :13:14. | :13:23. | |
After a lengthy delay, the Vikings scored first through Paddy Flynn. | :13:24. | :13:33. | |
Salford put up a fight here and edged ahead with a couple of quick | :13:34. | :13:43. | |
tries. Then there was a piece of trademark individual brilliance from | :13:44. | :13:48. | |
Chase, as he dummied and sidestepped his way through to score. The red | :13:49. | :13:54. | |
Devils were now eight points in front, but Widnes, who suffered a | :13:55. | :13:58. | |
surprise defeat to Wakefield last week, Duggan. `` they dug in. Before | :13:59. | :14:09. | |
the half`hour, Chris Dean went over for a third Vikings tried that with | :14:10. | :14:12. | |
Danny tickle failing with the kick once more, the teams went in at | :14:13. | :14:19. | |
half`time at 12 points apiece. The red Devils have won only once since | :14:20. | :14:22. | |
their new coach took over from Brian Noble. Their hopes of victory were | :14:23. | :14:30. | |
raised here. But this one was destined to go all the way. Widnes, | :14:31. | :14:36. | |
who had lost in both of the previous weekend appearances, finally got | :14:37. | :14:39. | |
their noses in front with this regionwide try as he followed up | :14:40. | :14:45. | |
this kick. `` Lloyd Wright. The exchange of tries continued. Some | :14:46. | :14:53. | |
very quick thinking from Danny Williams, he gathered up the loose | :14:54. | :14:57. | |
ball and run across the defensive line before piercing through to | :14:58. | :14:58. | |
score. Silver's lead and lead only lasted | :14:59. | :15:12. | |
two minutes. `` Salford's lead. Both players needed medical attention. | :15:13. | :15:21. | |
This was a stunning score, it sent the Widnes fans into raptures. | :15:22. | :15:31. | |
Tickle converted and then kicked a penalty to give the Vikings a | :15:32. | :15:36. | |
6`point advantage but Salford called their way back yet again. Francis | :15:37. | :15:42. | |
Melly finished off a move down the left`hand side. Paddy Flynn then | :15:43. | :15:48. | |
scored his second but the game of reach to ensure a return to winning | :15:49. | :15:54. | |
ways for the Vikings. Next Salford is a home game against Wigan on | :15:55. | :15:58. | |
Thursday. Widnes travel to Castleford. | :15:59. | :16:07. | |
We're getting in position to win the games but we're not quite coming | :16:08. | :16:15. | |
through. Today, they really showed how strong their character is, to | :16:16. | :16:19. | |
come through this game and to be as beat up as we were early in the game | :16:20. | :16:23. | |
and finished the game with 15 blokes, it is old school stuff. The | :16:24. | :16:29. | |
grind out that a win and get the point, we should have scored a | :16:30. | :16:34. | |
couple of tries. If we have been more clinical, we could have made it | :16:35. | :16:39. | |
look easy. Top of the bill on Saturday night were Leeds and we | :16:40. | :16:40. | |
can. They met a couple of weeks ago. The showpiece of Day one here in | :16:41. | :16:52. | |
Manchester. It really has been intense so far. And he scores! | :16:53. | :17:06. | |
What a start the Wigan. Leeds have put all the pressure on in the early | :17:07. | :17:24. | |
stages. We have seen a bit of bother in this game, fire and brimstone. A | :17:25. | :17:28. | |
real fiery encounter, played on the edge. We had the centre trouble was | :17:29. | :17:38. | |
brewing. Finally, it all kicked off here at the Etihad Stadium. The | :17:39. | :17:47. | |
referee has his work cut out. The initial challenge was on Jamie | :17:48. | :17:53. | |
Peacock. Bailey and Bateman, getting in a separate ruck. What is the | :17:54. | :18:00. | |
answer? A yellow card for Michael McIllorum. I think there is more to | :18:01. | :18:09. | |
come. Ryan Bayley, in the sin`bin, and also John Bateman. Wigan are | :18:10. | :18:17. | |
down to 11. Leeds have put so much pressure on them. Wigan with the | :18:18. | :18:24. | |
advantage, you get the feeling that Leeds need to score here. All will | :18:25. | :18:32. | |
pick it up and touched down! Not the most spectacular try that Ryan Hall | :18:33. | :18:37. | |
will ever score, scrappy. The ball goes backwards. Important moments on | :18:38. | :18:48. | |
the stroke of half`time. What I run! Brilliant from green! What a time to | :18:49. | :19:00. | |
score it ! So crucial from everything that Wigan do. That was a | :19:01. | :19:08. | |
fantastic dummy, what a try. Under the post! His first try of the | :19:09. | :19:15. | |
season, Mike Laura makes Mac what a time to score it! Brilliant again | :19:16. | :19:23. | |
from Blake Green. Michael McIllorum, with the support. He wears his heart | :19:24. | :19:30. | |
on his sleeve, the Wigan coach. Leeds are in a spot of bother here. | :19:31. | :19:38. | |
They need to get over the try`line. They do really well to keep the ball | :19:39. | :19:41. | |
going. Always dangerous with all in hand, as we have seen so many times | :19:42. | :19:49. | |
this season. A couple of poor attempts, and Ablett is over for the | :19:50. | :19:56. | |
try! This is some game! Brilliant handling. 14 points behind. They had | :19:57. | :20:04. | |
to take a gamble and it has paid off. In the end it was Blake Green | :20:05. | :20:07. | |
who missed the initial challenge. Can Leeds get another? Really make | :20:08. | :20:22. | |
it interesting. Ryan Hall stretches over! What a match this is turning | :20:23. | :20:32. | |
out to be. No wonder that Leeds have handed him an extended contract. | :20:33. | :20:37. | |
Exquisite skill. 150 tries in Super League now for Ryan Hall. Another | :20:38. | :20:41. | |
thrilling finale between these giants of Super League. Has he won | :20:42. | :20:51. | |
it for Leeds? Fright at the death! `` right at the death. Did the ball | :20:52. | :21:06. | |
go forward? And have Wigan ended Leeds's seven match winning run? You | :21:07. | :21:12. | |
said you were incredibly proud of your players last week, you must be | :21:13. | :21:18. | |
doubly proud this week. Absolutely. It was a great effort. Four players | :21:19. | :21:23. | |
played who should never have played. We had to give injections to get | :21:24. | :21:26. | |
them out there. The adversity we have had, to come up with a win | :21:27. | :21:30. | |
against a fantastic Leeds team, I can't tell you and put into words | :21:31. | :21:35. | |
how proud I am. It was a real good effort. What was the deciduous and | :21:36. | :21:43. | |
out with before the game? `` what was the message you sent them out | :21:44. | :21:52. | |
with? It was just to compete, I wanted to complete well as well, | :21:53. | :21:56. | |
desire on the ball, play the ball quickly. We did that, we showed | :21:57. | :22:01. | |
loads of desire. The all`round effort, how they watched each | :22:02. | :22:07. | |
other's backs. Particularly in the first half with a couple of seeing | :22:08. | :22:13. | |
buildings. It is rugby league. The referee saw a different to me. It is | :22:14. | :22:20. | |
what it is, we got two sin`bins, they got one, we then won the game. | :22:21. | :22:28. | |
Did you think that Moon has got to try? You could argue the semantics, | :22:29. | :22:37. | |
whether there were any Wigan hangs in there, but it was a knock`on. | :22:38. | :22:41. | |
Where do we go from there if we allow those? Marathon continued on | :22:42. | :22:45. | |
Sunday with three more matches. This was a very one`sided affair, | :22:46. | :22:56. | |
with Castleford putting 50 point past their neighbours in the Sunday | :22:57. | :23:03. | |
sunshine. Clark started the rout and it was followed by the inevitable | :23:04. | :23:07. | |
Justin Carney try, his 11th of the season. He shrugged off four | :23:08. | :23:12. | |
defenders in the process. The Tigers, who had lost two fiercely | :23:13. | :23:18. | |
fought local derbies against Leeds and Huddersfield, never threatened | :23:19. | :23:22. | |
here. Jordan Tansey scored a third try after a great run from Clark. | :23:23. | :23:28. | |
Wakefield were already on the rope. Wildcats came into the game in | :23:29. | :23:32. | |
decent form but never got going here. Castleford's spirit he was | :23:33. | :23:39. | |
confirmed by Washington's breakaway try. `` superiority was confirmed. | :23:40. | :23:49. | |
Second half began in a similar fashion. It produced the outstanding | :23:50. | :23:54. | |
moment of the game. Mark Sneyd, season`long loan signing from, | :23:55. | :24:04. | |
touched down to score. How the red Devils must look in Beasley at his | :24:05. | :24:13. | |
displays. `` enviously. Justin Carney scored yet again for his | :24:14. | :24:17. | |
second try of the afternoon take the Tigers past the 30 point mark. | :24:18. | :24:26. | |
Whitfield finally `` Whitfield finally rallied but it was only | :24:27. | :24:33. | |
temporary relief has Justin Carney played in Mark Sneyd for yet another | :24:34. | :24:34. | |
score. The Wakefield line was broken again | :24:35. | :24:46. | |
five minutes later when forward Mariano picked out some tyre | :24:47. | :24:53. | |
defending to power through for the Tigers's eighth try of the | :24:54. | :24:58. | |
afternoon. `` tired defending. Wildcats offered their | :24:59. | :25:44. | |
Wigan in the Super League standings. `` dumping derby demolition. | :25:45. | :26:54. | |
Huddersfield were level eight minutes later. It was a magical | :26:55. | :27:04. | |
weekend. Despite only one recognised prop, Bradford gave it a real go. | :27:05. | :27:15. | |
That was as good as it got for them. Lunge over the line was the first of | :27:16. | :27:22. | |
three quick tries as Huddersfield opened up a 14 point lead at the | :27:23. | :27:30. | |
break. There was a touch of class about the next two touchdowns from | :27:31. | :27:36. | |
the Giants. Luke Robinson finished off with a touch of panache. | :27:37. | :27:43. | |
How about this for a burst of pace and a spectacular individual try | :27:44. | :27:53. | |
from Broughton. Terrific take, a brilliant, weaving 80 yard run. He | :27:54. | :27:59. | |
scored one of the tries of the weekend. Much to the delight of the | :28:00. | :28:06. | |
Giants owner. In the second half, they run their opponents ragged with | :28:07. | :28:09. | |
five unanswered tries in a blistering spell. Inevitably, Denny | :28:10. | :28:18. | |
broth scored and minutes later they added another. The Bulls, miserable | :28:19. | :28:31. | |
record at the Magic weekend. They put up little resistance as T a'ai | :28:32. | :28:41. | |
powered his way through. Then Anthony Mullally touched down. | :28:42. | :28:48. | |
Patrick. The half`century for Huddersfield with ten minutes still | :28:49. | :28:52. | |
to play. Danny prof made it nine out of nine with the boot. The Bulls did | :28:53. | :28:57. | |
manage to stem the flow. But despite the late effort on Foster, Bradford | :28:58. | :29:03. | |
remain eight points from safety, and that 6`point deduction now looks | :29:04. | :29:07. | |
more crucial than ever. The Giants face Saint Helens on Friday in. `` | :29:08. | :29:16. | |
in buoyant mood. It was mission accomplished. And it could have been | :29:17. | :29:25. | |
better, as well. We had 70 odd minutes in the middle, as long as | :29:26. | :29:32. | |
you have got effort there, as a team, that is very good. I am joined | :29:33. | :29:38. | |
by the Bradford Bulls Chief Executive. A good start from your | :29:39. | :29:44. | |
guys but a tough day at the office. Huddersfield are playing some great | :29:45. | :29:49. | |
rugby. We knew that the concept was to try and stick with them. The | :29:50. | :29:53. | |
first 40 minutes the boys did a great job under a lot of pressure. | :29:54. | :29:56. | |
In the second half, they had too much firepower. How difficult is it | :29:57. | :30:04. | |
to net the team together? It is not ideal but you have got to make the | :30:05. | :30:10. | |
best of a bad situation. It is about having time to create good | :30:11. | :30:13. | |
combinations, about having extra time to get everyone to believe and | :30:14. | :30:18. | |
to buy into what Francis is trying to do. It is never the perfect | :30:19. | :30:25. | |
recipe for success, but it is what we have got in front of us. We are | :30:26. | :30:29. | |
skinnier numbers, we have picked up a lot of injuries. The reality is, | :30:30. | :30:34. | |
that is where we're at. We have got to try and pick up some players from | :30:35. | :30:38. | |
the fringes of the other Super League squads. We are trying to | :30:39. | :30:42. | |
concentrate on finding some players that can be there for the rest of | :30:43. | :30:48. | |
the season. What did you make of Huddersfield? Starting to get into | :30:49. | :30:54. | |
their rhythm? I think so. It was only a matter of time. It was | :30:55. | :31:01. | |
thought that they had so many players involved with the World Cup, | :31:02. | :31:04. | |
that they would be suffering from a hangover. But that was a tough thing | :31:05. | :31:08. | |
for their coach at the beginning of the year. They are good squad with | :31:09. | :31:13. | |
world`class players. They will always have the time, it just isn't | :31:14. | :31:19. | |
coming right now. And for you it is about giving people optimistic | :31:20. | :31:23. | |
because the games are ticking away. We are confident that we will be | :31:24. | :31:26. | |
able to get some success. That has got to be the focus. We have got to | :31:27. | :31:33. | |
try and achieve it. It is in the back of everyone's mind. We just | :31:34. | :31:38. | |
have to see how it all unfolds. Saint Helens could go to the top of | :31:39. | :31:41. | |
the table when they faced Warrington. They met here last | :31:42. | :31:48. | |
year, and it was a resounding victory for the Wolves. It comes | :31:49. | :32:00. | |
back to Michael Monaghan. Another six tackles for Warrington, | :32:01. | :32:08. | |
hammering this St Helens line. Monaghan. Ormsby, dives and scores. | :32:09. | :32:19. | |
Seven minutes played, and Warrington lead. Michael Monaghan, looking to | :32:20. | :32:33. | |
set things up. Hill dragged down. Here comes Bridge. Waterhouse | :32:34. | :32:38. | |
off`loads, and Rhys Evans will score. Two tries in the opening ten | :32:39. | :32:46. | |
minutes, for Warrington. Fridge. A little juggled by Hill. And Chris | :32:47. | :32:54. | |
Hill! Unbelievable, Warrington pairing St Helens apart. `` tearing. | :32:55. | :33:06. | |
What form they are showing. Monaghan, it is played up and it is | :33:07. | :33:19. | |
picked up by Radford. And Rhys Evans with his second of the day. As long | :33:20. | :33:23. | |
as it is given offside, is the issue, here. You can see that all of | :33:24. | :33:31. | |
the chasers eye one side. `` are onside. Walsh, just dropping the | :33:32. | :33:42. | |
hips. And Saint Helens have a try on the board, at last, just before | :33:43. | :33:50. | |
half`time. Evans. He has the pace on this left`hand side. Atkins is in | :33:51. | :33:57. | |
support. Warrington are up and running again in the second half. | :33:58. | :34:13. | |
Radford again. Holding it in one hand, looking for the middle. And | :34:14. | :34:21. | |
Joel Monaghan. Five minutes of the second`half played and Warrington | :34:22. | :34:28. | |
have scored two tries in half. He is away, and he has support from | :34:29. | :34:34. | |
Russell. He will sprint away. Fabulous stuff from Russell. Three | :34:35. | :34:40. | |
Warrington tries in ten second`half minutes. St Helens, very much up | :34:41. | :34:56. | |
against it. Lomax, again. A little bit of a dummy, and it is carried to | :34:57. | :35:05. | |
the line. Has he got it down? The referee is having a look at the | :35:06. | :35:08. | |
touch judge and is going to refer this to the video referee. It is all | :35:09. | :35:12. | |
about the grounding. That angle suggests he has touched it down. It | :35:13. | :35:20. | |
is a try. They are still a long, long way behind. There is a bit of a | :35:21. | :35:35. | |
gap. Space, and Hohaia scores the try. They got two back. Walsh. | :35:36. | :35:52. | |
Hohaia, and may be the St Helens revival is on. And one points `` 1.7 | :35:53. | :36:02. | |
is the nerves for Warrington, in control again. `` one point set all | :36:03. | :36:09. | |
is the nerves. Here comes Joel Monaghan. And with this, Warrington | :36:10. | :36:17. | |
will win it for sure. It is a big day for the Warrington Wolves. We | :36:18. | :36:22. | |
are not getting carried away. We will have some good days and we will | :36:23. | :36:27. | |
have some more rough days as well. That is how the competition is at | :36:28. | :36:33. | |
the moment. Just like St Helens put a lot of points on us in the first | :36:34. | :36:38. | |
round and we put a few on them today. The players, I told them at | :36:39. | :36:45. | |
half`time what we needed to do to get where we wanted to get to. I do | :36:46. | :36:50. | |
not think that it is a coincidence that leads and Wigan have dominated | :36:51. | :36:53. | |
the big games in the past four years. ` Leeds. I am joined by Brian | :36:54. | :37:05. | |
Noble. Record crowds for this magic weekend. Yes, the atmosphere seemed | :37:06. | :37:13. | |
to build. Because of the way that the teams went about their business. | :37:14. | :37:18. | |
Then in the last game there was drama and controversy. Has there | :37:19. | :37:25. | |
been a standout game or performance? I enjoyed the game between Wigan and | :37:26. | :37:32. | |
Leeds. It had a storyline. You have to look at what witnessed it, | :37:33. | :37:35. | |
picking up a few injuries along the way. To some pivotal people in the | :37:36. | :37:40. | |
game, and they still found some way to win. Yesterday had us all | :37:41. | :37:45. | |
scratching our heads. The controversy with Crooks being sent | :37:46. | :37:52. | |
off. I think that Wigan against Leeds was probably my highlight. We | :37:53. | :37:57. | |
don't know how many of those people in those record crowds was new to | :37:58. | :38:01. | |
the game, but it is about bringing in a new audience. I was speaking to | :38:02. | :38:07. | |
Ray French. He said that the event concept of the World Cup has kicked | :38:08. | :38:11. | |
in. We met a few people before the game, who had come up for this | :38:12. | :38:15. | |
weekend to see all of these seven games. We need to promote that and | :38:16. | :38:20. | |
encourage new people. And I think it really works, here. If you could | :38:21. | :38:26. | |
change one thing, what do you think could make it even better? Good | :38:27. | :38:32. | |
question. Probably, the imagination with the fixtures, not making them | :38:33. | :38:41. | |
derbies has made it better, improving on the concept, maybe a | :38:42. | :38:44. | |
little bit more entertainment, I don't know. Let's see how the | :38:45. | :38:50. | |
results have affected the 2014 Dafabet World Championship league | :38:51. | :38:55. | |
table. `` the First Utility Super League table. | :38:56. | :39:04. | |
They are already clearing up here. It is the end of another magic | :39:05. | :39:11. | |
weekend. We will be back with the more familiar surroundings of the | :39:12. | :39:15. | |
studio next week. Until then, goodbye. | :39:16. | :39:50. | |
MUSIC: "Wizard" by Martin Garrix and Jay Hardway | :39:51. | :40:03. | |
Join us, Coldplay, Calvin Harris, Katy Perry, | :40:04. | :40:06. | |
Kings Of Leon, Ed Sheerin and One Direction, | :40:07. | :40:09. | |
as we seize summer at Radio 1's Big Weekend. | :40:10. | :40:13. |