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Hello. There's been lots gohng on off the field in the last sdven

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days. It's a relief to have rugby league to talk about tonight.

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Bradford Bulls' saga contintes and Super League cuts have rejected the

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idea of key signings for now. We're here to guide you through the

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events of the week. Here's what s coming up: Top of the shop, Salford

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Red Devils and St Helens put their 100% records on the line. Rovers are

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looking for their first win, but the Tigers are yet to lose. It's Hull KR

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against Castleford. And keeping the wolves from the floor, Mickx Higham

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on Warrington. Leading the way in round three was

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the Thursday night meeting of the Devils and Saints. Salford `nd St

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Helens were both looking for a hat`trick of wins after a hdavenly

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start to the season. # You look like an angel

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# Walk like an angel # Talk like an angel

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# But I got wise, you're thd devil in disguise

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# Oh, yes you are # The devil in disguise

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# I thought that I was in hdaven # But I was sure surprised

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# Heaven help me, I didn't see # The devil in your eyes

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# You're the devil in disguhse # Oh, yes you are

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# Devil in disguise. # Two wins out of two so far for this

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team, but their toughest test so far, St Helens come acalling tonight

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much the mascot for Salford is 13`year`old Josh Wilson. His Twitter

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account says ` "He makes thd world smile".

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Just about rolling over to score the game's opening try.

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Some good, tight passing down the middle here. The heart rippdd out of

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that Salford defence by Jon Wilkin. Ryan Giggs is here tonight.

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St Helens beginning to thre`ten again.

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Turner with a very good pass, with a man meeting him. The quickndss of

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mind to put the kick in and Walsh follows up to score. Clinic`l St

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Helens stuff. Two tries and already the writing is

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on the wall here. St Helens have been impresshve in

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the early rounds and continte to look very impressive here so far

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tonight. He must be pleased with the way his

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charges have started the 2004 campaign.

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Walsh with a measured kick `gain. It's causing problems. The referee

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is asking the question. Is there a touch from a Salford

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hand? Was that under control when he touched it down? Decision thme.

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No try. Salford survive and they nedded to

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get that decision. What's his support like. He's found

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a gap on the left side. Percival putting the toe down. This hs Swift.

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Oh, he stepped inside. Perchval still there. In the blink of an eye,

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St Helens have gone from ond end to the other. From defence to `ttack. A

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try from Percival. It was desperation stuff here from Salford.

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Salford all over the place. Noble knows his side have been given their

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toughest test so far tonight. Maybe not coming up with the answdrs he

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was hoping for. Amor reaches over and touchds down.

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They can go the length of the field. They can hit you where it htrts

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where they're on your line. St Helens are proving to be a team of

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all talents. Great presence there to roll it away. Amor with the finish.

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I don't think he's going to get over here. No.

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Salford defenders hanging on, just about.

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Laffranchi, on the other side. Putting the knife through the heart

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of Salford again. It has bedn undoubtedly St Helens night tonight.

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They are a team to watch. Percival scores! It's anothdr

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sparkler from St Helens. Thdre's plenty of laughter in their play.

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They're loving every minute of it. As the hooter sounds, we sed again,

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that break. Percival with the coolness to score the try.

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It's been a disappointing nhght for Salford.

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We was really up for that bdfore the game. In the dressing room ht was

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electric. We were just off the pace. We have a lot of improvement we need

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to do. The first thing the guys said, don't look at the scoreboard,

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that was a tough game. At 12`0 early on, it looked like a good,

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comfortable victory. Salford hung. There they made us work really hard

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to get the win. When our forwards are saying how tough it was, it s a

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good sign for Salford moving forward. As a whole, we're happy

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with the start. We know we have a lot of work to do. We need to

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improve. Tougher physically than it made the scoreline look? I think it

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was. They have big, experienced guys, who've added steel to the

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middle and certainly their forward pack were very hard to handle. Hock

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is a physical presence. It lade it a tough night for us. We controlled

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the game for large parts of it. You can see with Salford they'rd needing

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some couldn't nunt, combinations between key players and probably

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losing Chase was a big one. We have to be happy with how we plaxed. We

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scored some great tries. Possible lit most pleasing thing would be the

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nil on the score board against a team studded with as many stars as

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they have, it was a pleasing thing to come away with, having not scored

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a try. Nathan Brown saying, we're definitely not boring. They aren't

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boring to watch. It's good fun. No, they're certainly not boring.

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Probably the thing that impressed me mostly about that game is every time

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St Helens made a half break, it turned no a full break and people

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were flooding through. They finished their opportunities off. Whdn you

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have a team that can do that and when they have speed on the edge and

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some youngsters on the edge that are very capable of scoring trids, then

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they become a difficult teal to play again. I think it's a great result

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for St Helens. They were talking about the game, it will be

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interesting to see where Salford are, coming up against a very good

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team in St Helens. St Helens showed how well they are playing. @mor

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joined you over the winter. He's had a real influence, as he's come in?

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Yeah, he's been great for us. There's a number of reasons why I

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think that. His energy, you know, he really energises the middle. He has

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great hands obviously, laying the try on for myself there. I think

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he's come on a huge amount `nd having travelled to Leeds and then

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to Wakefield and having to play in different environments has resulted

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in him becoming a well rounded front roller and obviously pops up for a

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try as well. His overall contribution during the gamd was

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exceptional. He does the little things very well. Very often he

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finds the front, plays the ball quickly for us. He's an effhcient

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defender as well. In the modern game, your middle guys don't have to

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be just big and aggressive `nd carry well, they need to be defend as

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well. Brian Noble saying, there were mistakes, he didn't like thd loss.

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If they're going to make those mistakes now, not in round seven,

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eight, nine. Yeah, it's going to take them time. They've had a period

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of time as a club of getting used to not winning. That's going to take a

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cultural change. That doesn't happen over two, three, four weeks. That

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happens over two, three, fotr months. He's right in what he's

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saying, it is going to take time. The likes of Chase not being on the

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field doesn't help. The one side of the game they did look as though

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they node a big improvement is the attacking structure. St Heldns

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looked comfortably defensivdly. I'm sure Brian is fully aware of that.

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They're doing work on the training field. You take Chase out of the

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team and it changes it a lot. Leeds were attempting another smash and

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grab raid in the south of France. Rhinos travelled in and out of

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Perpignon on Friday for thehr match against Catalan. What did you make

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of this one? against Catalan. What did you make

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of this It shows that The Ldeds are exactly what everybody was talking

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about in the off season. They were talking about the quality

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they have and the speed thex have on the edges. As the game develops and

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we see the tries, they're bding created by their edge attackers

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Hall, off`load to Moon and ht's a try in the corner. That was a

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repetitive theme, what Leeds are. When they've got attacking threats

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like they have on the edge, they're difficult to defend against. You're

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Catalan, a few of those trids, you're going to be wincing. I think

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they'll be disappointed with how they defended. Leeds challenge to do

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so Catalan defence to be good all night and unfortunately Cat`lan

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weren't good enough all night. When you have got the likes of Briscoe,

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there's always the opportunhties to score tries. One of the exchting

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things about Leeds is their ability to move the ball from one shde of

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the field to the other quickly and efficiently. If you combine that

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with being able to be direct I'm sure Catalan won't be happy with

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that defence. But if you can be direct and combine the two dlements

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to your game you are always going to be dangerous. And Hall has had a

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quiet season relatively? I think we focused quite a lot on people's

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try`score scoring contributhon. Ryan Hall is Leeds' go`to man to get them

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on the front foot and he's been doing that well. Watkins has

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developed into a lovely centre and his understanding of space `nd time

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and creating space for Tom Briscoe will be crucial for Leeds this year.

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Catalan have got some big injuries. Ian Henderson is out. They look like

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they are struggling and it could be a while. It looks like they are

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struggling with confidence. You look at a lot of the Leeds tries, they

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are sitting back and letting Leeds play. When they've got qualhty like

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that they are going to put 40 points on you. That's something th`t

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Catalans will need to look `t and regain confidence. But it is

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difficult to do when you ard losing your key personnel on the fheld

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Leeds and St Helens with three wins out of three but they weren't the

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only teams defending perfect records this week.

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Hull Kingston Rovers are looking to stop a Tigers treble.

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Mickey Higham guides us through his golden moments with Warrington.

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And the best moments from the rest of round three as Super League 9

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gets into gear. The Bradford bulls have been hit by

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a six`point deduction for entering administration. The directors of the

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club have walked away from their bid to by it. On Friday crouton joined

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Wakefield. There was always things going on but they've got a great

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group there. Their togetherness is good. We don't blame him for doing

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what he's done. He has had to think about his family. If he's got more

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security, good for him. For years now we've been getting to the end of

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the month and wondering whether we are going to be paid. I would like

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to come to the end of the month and not have to talk about it. We've got

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a great group of players thdre as people as well as players. Hf we can

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just get a chance tone joy our rugby and play without the other off`field

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stresses we might be able to achieve something this year. It is really

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tough for the players isn't it, not knowing you are going to get paid is

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pretty fundamental in life. Yeah, and you've got to credit thd

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Bradford guys with how they are dealing with this situation. The

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coach and the players deserve so much credit for the way thex've

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started the year under this dark cloud of financial pressure which

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has hung over the club for the best part of two or three years. The

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financial stress on the club is historical and gone back ye`rs. It's

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been acute over the last cotple of seasons. When you are playing

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professional rugby league wd are not blessed to be paid as much `s

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professional sportsmen that. Security this job offers was maybe

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comforting but the Bradford guys haven't had that. To do what they

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have done with huge uncertahnties about the future is remarkable. I

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can't give them enough credht. It is not what the game needs is ht, this

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constant bad news? No, it's not It is disappoint Pentagon. As John

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said, the Bradford saga's bden going on for some time. What you've got to

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do is give them huge credit their performances over the last couple of

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weeks. Two results notice l`st two games. They've got the points

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reduction and already they `re on minus 2 and starting to get back to

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zero points. They are going to be clinging on to the positives tall

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way through. Just to echo John's thoughts there about how pldasing it

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is that the players are showing such resolve. Francis has a diffhcult

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job, not only to deal with the players as players and trying to get

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the best of them on the field but to deal with them as people. They are

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having, they are not being paid They don't know whether the money's

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coming. You've got the deal with them as people as well. It sounds

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ridiculous after three weeks to be talking about a relegation

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four`pointer but against London that's what it felt like didn't it

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at the weekend? It did, but it is remarkable that the energy that

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Bradford has shown in this game it is probably a relief for thdm as

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players to get on the field. There's a lot of talk about the problems of

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the club. But when they go out there it is a chance for them to show how

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good they are and what a good team they are and what energy thdy can

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play. Some of them may be thinking about moving to other clubs, so it

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is a great opportunity to pdrform at a high level and show the tdams that

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they are available. London put up a gutsy performance, their co`ch said?

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They are underresourced in terms of players. They had poor prep`ration

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to the start of the year. It is going to make it difficult for them.

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Although they were competithve in this game you felt like Bradford

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were too good and were maybd a bit more clinical than what London were.

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Both sides have financial pressures in recent times and both sets of

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players are dealing with unhque challenges. One thing I will say,

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the new structure in this, the introduction of relegation, made

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this game very interesting to watch. It has created a lot of intdrest in

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the lesser games. For the stpporters of the game, they were maybd tired

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of watching these meaningless fixtures that lead to the play`offs.

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Certainly at the start of this year. These games matter and this game

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between Bradford and London was a huge fixture in the scheme of the

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relegation battle. Worryingly for Bradford it was a small crowd that

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turned out. They need this resolve, everybody around the club and the

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city need it resolved. You can feel the frustration of everybodx.

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There's been so much that's happened at the club over a period of time

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now. There's a 5,000`plus at the game. Very frustrating for the fans

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that they are showing that now with not turning up to the games. They

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need to support from their fans They need them numbers to come

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through. Potential buyers w`nts to see people coming through the

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turnstiles. Widnes were on the field on Friday. The Giants were looking

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to bounce back after throwing away an 18 point lead to drawing with

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Hull KR in round 2. Mariano has got the ball. Hd's going

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to score a try. We were so disappointed with the things that we

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did, we forget that we never lost but it feels like a 20 point loss.

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It is not acceptable. It is the last kick out of the ball and he's

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absolutely nailed it. You c`n understand why we feel like we lost

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the game but we are unbeaten still. We are not going to fall just

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because we've drawn in a gale. We are not going to be great every week

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but our attitude is to try `nd achieve greatness. Huddersfheld

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began in the right frame of mind on Friday night at Widnes. The Giants

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took an early lead. The ball came to McGillvy. An interception. 40 metres

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to go. No`one is going to c`tch him. 20 metres out and he will c`nter to

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the line. The second try for the Huddersfield Giants.

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Paul Clough surged over the give the Vikings a 12`10 half time ldad.

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A short pass and Crabtree's over! Danny Brough scored two pen`lties on

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the night but the one he missed proved crucial in the end as Widnes

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finished the stronger. And Widnes will pounce on the ball. Thdy score

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under the post. The ball's being pushed back in

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field. There's a loose ball there. He's going to have a word whth the

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in`goal touch judge. Who knows here, who knows here? This could be a

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crucial moment. He's given the try. What can you say? Wow! Wow hndeed

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for Widnes. Are they what wd could have had with licensing? I think

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they have had some consistency. Kevin Brown's been at the club a

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couple of years now. They'vd got Clarke at dummy half and through the

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spine of the team they've got some consistency. Off the back of that I

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think one of the key assets they had are hard`working forward pack that

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outmuscled the Huddersfield pack. That sounds ridiculous when you look

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at the size and strength of the Huddersfield pack. I thought that

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was one of the biggest problems for the Huddersfield. Maybe the

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enthusiasm and intensity of Widnes caught them out at the back end of

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the game there, but I think Widnes have done fantastically well. They

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are always a challenge to play at home. The games on the I pitch never

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follow a normal pattern and that one didn't. Huddersfield, will they be

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worried, two games in a row they haven't closed out? I don't think

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worried. I think more frustrate wood be the word I would use.

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Huddersfield have got very good players. Top class players hn key

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positions, so they always are going to be a handful. To get into

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positions they've been in the last two weeks and sleet hem slip, this

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will he be frustrated. I wotldn t say concerned. It is early hn the

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year. We are only on round three and there's lots of time to improve on

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the areas you need to improve on. Two wins out of two for Widnes.

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Would it be three out of three for Castleford? The Tigers '100$ start

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was on the line when the hole team were looking for their first win.

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Hull Kingston Rovers showed their fighting spirit last week when they

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turned around an 18 point ddficit to draw at Huddersfield. But the

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Castleford side have two wins from their opening two games and are

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looking good. An opportunity and it's certainly

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the case here. The test for this Castleford defence. It is Hodgson

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the man at dummy half. James Green picking a path through

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the middle of those Castleford defenders to give Rovers thdir

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opening try of the night. Keating with the pass and Afternoon

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with the finish. `` Green whth the finish.

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Owen Owens. Castleford taking it to the other end and taking thd game

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back to Hull Kingston Rovers. A sweeping move right across the line.

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Finn involved. A good finish in the end from Richard Owen.

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It's going to be Owen who comes down with the ball in his hands. He

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seemed to snatch it in mid `ir. It's the perfectly`weighted kick from

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Liam Finn and it is a second try for Castleford. A clutch of defdnders

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didn't put off Richard Owen. He gets his second of the night.

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The chip again is a good ond and a score this time from Frankid

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Mariano. : This kicking gamd is causing all sorts of problels for

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Hull Kingston Rovers. A third try of the night for the Castleford Tigers.

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Mariano with the finish. Castleford have proved to bd

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clinical when they needed to be There's something not to thd liking

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here of Chris Welham. Liam Fin is being targeted here.

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What went on here? It has cdrtainly calls aid stir. I hear the words

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"chicken wing". Whether there was any serious intent there is open for

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debate. He is going to spend ten minutes in the sin`binn.

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Liam Finn is dispatched. He's clearly not a happy man. Thd

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incident has been put on report Was that nasty? It didn't look too bad.

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Welham seemed to throw the head The referee, for the second timd in a

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matter of minutes, is having to get involved again here. I don't know

:28:53.:28:56.

what Welham does here. He sdems to head`butt. The referee clearly saw

:28:57.:28:59.

it. Right on the stroke of halftime

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Omari Caro! A fitting finald to the first half for Rovers. Boy, did they

:29:17.:29:22.

need it. He's showing himself to be quite a finisher. But Eden very much

:29:23.:29:27.

the architect, with the run and the pass.

:29:28.:29:49.

Oliver Holmes! Finally in this second half, the deadlook is broken.

:29:50.:29:57.

It has been an arm wrestle `t times. Castleford might just have put

:29:58.:29:58.

themselves in a winning poshtion. Owen for a hat`trick! That will

:29:59.:30:30.

finish it, absolutely. It is going to be a third successive win for

:30:31.:30:36.

Castleford Tigers at the st`rt of this new season, and a third try on

:30:37.:30:42.

the night for Richard Owen. Daryl Powell is looking like a contented

:30:43.:30:47.

coach, and well he might be. His side have got off to a flyer in

:30:48.:30:52.

2014. Castleford have had a terrific start

:30:53.:30:55.

to the season. Yeah, they h`ve. They've started really well. They've

:30:56.:30:58.

been building over the last couple of years, they lost Chase, but have

:30:59.:31:03.

replaced him with Liam Finn, who had a really solid game, controlled the

:31:04.:31:07.

game. From your half back you're looking for a few things, btt one of

:31:08.:31:11.

the key assets is game management and that's what he brought to the

:31:12.:31:15.

team. He seems to have stepped up seamlessly from the championship.

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Yeah, he has. He has pedigrde behind him. A former junior intern`tional.

:31:20.:31:24.

Certainly well equipped to organise a team. He's been doing it for

:31:25.:31:28.

Ireland as well, internationally. He's got all the tools in the box to

:31:29.:31:32.

lead a Super League team around the field. I thought he did really well.

:31:33.:31:36.

I thought his composure was great. He took the right decision. This was

:31:37.:31:40.

a particularly nice play, chose to hit his back row, on the fading line

:31:41.:31:44.

out to score the try. Yeah, I thought his overall contribttion in

:31:45.:31:48.

the gamuals really good. He did spend a little spell in the

:31:49.:31:53.

sin`binn, though. Let's look at the controversial moments from the game.

:31:54.:31:57.

What did you make of this? Was this a disciplinary matter? I don't think

:31:58.:32:00.

there's much in that. You c`n see why the referee has reacted. You can

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see why he's reacted. We certainly don't want things like the chicken

:32:09.:32:11.

wing in our game. I'm not stre there's anything in that. I don t

:32:12.:32:18.

think he'll get suspended for that. He's just pushed him away whth his

:32:19.:32:22.

head. I don't think there's much in that at all. It's just two little

:32:23.:32:27.

things that happen in a gamd consistently in a game of rtgby

:32:28.:32:33.

league. How high can they fhnish this season? It's a very difficult

:32:34.:32:37.

question. I think for them, it's about building momentum and

:32:38.:32:42.

confidence. They're three whns from three, which is great. That

:32:43.:32:46.

continues on from the way they finished the season last ye`r. They

:32:47.:32:50.

were four from five towards the back end of last season. For thel, they

:32:51.:32:54.

will be the targeting top ehght That will be a major target for

:32:55.:32:58.

them. At this stage, they won't think too much ahead of that. Hull

:32:59.:33:02.

KR, you thought he might kick on from that wonderful comeback against

:33:03.:33:08.

Huddersfield but they're looking for a first win. Yeah, a lot of teams

:33:09.:33:14.

are searching for consistency. With Dobson leaving, Coating comhng in,

:33:15.:33:19.

it will take a few weeks to get that right. We hope it takes a fdw more

:33:20.:33:23.

weeks before they do nail it. Wigan were back on home ground after their

:33:24.:33:26.

world club challenge trip to Australia. They were up agahnst

:33:27.:33:29.

Wakefield on Sunday. Both tdams looking for their first win. What

:33:30.:33:34.

did you make of this one? Wd'd have took the result before the game We

:33:35.:33:39.

had some guys that had been on a long flight, five, six days before,

:33:40.:33:45.

and had a relatively low`kex training week because of thd flight.

:33:46.:33:48.

To score some of the tries we did and you know, there's some `reas of

:33:49.:33:51.

the game we need to fix up. We're aware of that. We'll be working

:33:52.:33:56.

towards that. Certainly, sole of the tries we've scored shows th`t we're

:33:57.:34:01.

not too far away. O'Laughlin apparently knocked on the g`ffer's

:34:02.:34:09.

door saying, "I wasn't to play. " ` `` "I want to play." They dhdn't

:34:10.:34:15.

quite get the result they w`nted. You will have frustration from that.

:34:16.:34:19.

When you have frustration you want to get back on the field. Thatles

:34:20.:34:22.

what you want to do as a pl`yer He was desperate to play. Four or five

:34:23.:34:27.

other key personnel wanted to play. When you have people who want to

:34:28.:34:30.

play, let them play. Interesting for Wayne to say that Charnley was

:34:31.:34:35.

dropped. He made a point of saying that. Josh has had a couple of

:34:36.:34:40.

injuries through the preseason. He's had a World Cup campaign. Is perhaps

:34:41.:34:46.

he's not found his best forl as yet. Josh is a top`class winger `nd

:34:47.:34:51.

world`class player. At some stage in the season he's going to hit his

:34:52.:34:55.

form. The sooner the better for us. What about Wakefield, well beaten

:34:56.:35:03.

here, Richard Agar said aftdr. Yeah, well beaten. This was too mtch of a

:35:04.:35:08.

challenge for them defensivdly. They've shown glimpses at the start

:35:09.:35:12.

of the year of what they're capable of. Agar will be looking for a good,

:35:13.:35:19.

solid performance in coming weeks. It's a great effort to not only back

:35:20.:35:23.

up theful offing, what they've done, but the tough game, what thdy've

:35:24.:35:29.

played and to come back and produce a good performance like this. For a

:35:30.:35:34.

young guy to show athletic `bility like this, first, great poshtional

:35:35.:35:39.

play by the back three. Ball to Burgess. Joe started the se`son on a

:35:40.:35:44.

high note. To show this turn of speed and ability and agility just

:35:45.:35:49.

shows what a good prospect he is. He has a long way to go. There are

:35:50.:35:53.

areas of his game he needs to improve, but he works extrelely

:35:54.:35:56.

hard. If you have the ability to score tries, you are have a good

:35:57.:35:59.

chance of a good career. Yot know as a young stir at Wigan, you will get

:36:00.:36:03.

a chance if you show what you can do. It's the philosophy at the club.

:36:04.:36:08.

There's a lot of work done `t Wigan developing players and developing

:36:09.:36:11.

home`grown players. If you're spending a lot of money on that and

:36:12.:36:15.

timened effort on the youngsters, you've got to put them In It To Win

:36:16.:36:19.

It the first team when they're ready. That's what `` you h`ve to

:36:20.:36:26.

put them in the team when they're ready. A lot of clubs are producing

:36:27.:36:35.

their own young guys. Well, it's not been a great start to the sdason for

:36:36.:36:39.

Warrington, who lost their opening two Super League fixtures. There

:36:40.:36:43.

wasn't too much panic just xet. Their experienced hooker Micky

:36:44.:36:49.

Higham has already seen signs of improvement.

:36:50.:36:55.

Two tough games, but that's how you want it. Unfortunately we dhdn't

:36:56.:37:00.

come up to the standard, we can set ourselves. Disappointing, wd were

:37:01.:37:05.

out muscled a bit, out kickdd, out enthused. There were real

:37:06.:37:09.

improvement in The Leeds gale. It's all about improvement and

:37:10.:37:12.

improvement in players and stuff, the results will take care of

:37:13.:37:16.

themselves. There was massive improvement. There's still ` way to

:37:17.:37:20.

go, but I don't think there are excuses. We have lost some tall

:37:21.:37:29.

warts. So `` stall warts. Tony felt the time was right for some of them

:37:30.:37:33.

to move on and some of the xounger lads, they have a lot of experience

:37:34.:37:40.

as well. Tony is a shrewd coach He knows what he's doing. He gdts the

:37:41.:37:44.

best out of us. At the moment he's challenging us to be better. I'm

:37:45.:37:51.

sure we will be. Higham was Warrington's Plaxer of

:37:52.:37:56.

the Year in 2013. The former St Helens hooker clocked up a century

:37:57.:37:59.

of career tries. COMMENTATOR: It is going to be a big

:38:00.:38:09.

moment for Higham, his 100th try. The latter stage of my caredr, but

:38:10.:38:14.

I'm still learning, especially now them guys have gone, it's good for

:38:15.:38:19.

me to take on a bit more seniority, and something I need in my game a

:38:20.:38:24.

bit of leadership. If you'rd feeling fit and playing well, the age is not

:38:25.:38:31.

a issue. It's not Tuesday, Thursday, night, mud baths and ten cigarettes.

:38:32.:38:37.

You train, look after yoursdlves, ice chambers and recovering. I look

:38:38.:38:40.

after myself pretty well. I'm feeling fit. The last coupld of

:38:41.:38:45.

years I've been happy with ly form. I always want to better mysdlf and

:38:46.:38:50.

keep going. Hopefully, if I can kick on from last year, then who knows wh

:38:51.:38:55.

can happen. Just try my best and give the team a lift. Highal is the

:38:56.:38:59.

only player at Warrington to have enjoyed Grand Final success. 12

:39:00.:39:03.

years ago he was an Old Trafford winner with St Helens. I got a taste

:39:04.:39:08.

for it in 2002, for me personally, it's too long between trove quiz.

:39:09.:39:13.

I've had a taste of glory. Ht's memories that live with you forever.

:39:14.:39:17.

It don't seem that long ago, that trophy was lifted. That's how time

:39:18.:39:22.

goes quick. You have to Cherish every moment. It's three massive

:39:23.:39:28.

clubs and I don't want to clock up too many miles on the car. This is

:39:29.:39:32.

the longest I've been at a club Warrington, this is my sixth season.

:39:33.:39:36.

It's made it feel like home. When you feel at home and you're enjoying

:39:37.:39:39.

the environment, you tend to play better rugby. That's probably what's

:39:40.:39:43.

been shown the last couple of seasons. Hopefully it will continue.

:39:44.:39:50.

He's a bit like a fine wine, improving with age. He is, xeah

:39:51.:39:58.

Micky has been great. He's taken on the leadership role at the club

:39:59.:40:03.

When Michael Monahan has not been in the hooking position, Micky has done

:40:04.:40:08.

really well. Player of the Xear last year. Looking for their first win of

:40:09.:40:12.

the season, they were up ag`inst Hull FC on Sunday and good to see

:40:13.:40:17.

Ratchford and Myler combining for the first try. Yeah, they'rd two

:40:18.:40:21.

very good, young players who have a fair bit of experience in them as

:40:22.:40:27.

well. It takes something whdn somebody like Lee Briers retires, it

:40:28.:40:32.

takes a time to fill the gap. Already they're starting to show

:40:33.:40:35.

combinations. They've not hht the form they will want to hit. But

:40:36.:40:40.

defensively they're strong. If you are, you'll be disappointed to

:40:41.:40:44.

concede from there. If you're defensively strong you're going to

:40:45.:40:47.

pick up results. At this early stage of the season, I'm sure thex'll be

:40:48.:40:51.

happy with the way they're defending. Ing to see signs of

:40:52.:40:55.

enough combinations? Yeah, ht will take a bit of time. Young gty it's,

:40:56.:40:59.

who have probably had not a lot of pressure on them in terms of

:41:00.:41:02.

organising and kicking and these facets of the game, when yot're a

:41:03.:41:05.

half back, are hugely important They have O'Brien there who is a

:41:06.:41:10.

natural kicker of the ball. He will do a lot of that for them. There's

:41:11.:41:13.

no panic at Warrington. You look at their team and you just, it oozes

:41:14.:41:18.

quality and no doubt, it will continue to improve as the season

:41:19.:41:22.

goes. We will forget about the first two rounds of the year in two or

:41:23.:41:29.

three weeks, it's all gone. They'll be onwards and upwards. For Hull,

:41:30.:41:34.

really disappointed with a poor first half but a good second half.

:41:35.:41:38.

That's been the story of thd season so far, they've put together

:41:39.:41:43.

patches. Lee is a perfectionist and he wants everything to be spot on.

:41:44.:41:47.

Slightly disappointed with that already they're showing signs that

:41:48.:41:50.

they are going to be a forcd through thethe season. Teams have won and

:41:51.:41:53.

seven teams have lost. Let's see how the results have left the t`ble

:41:54.:42:22.

We're back next Monday night at 11. 50pm, in the north of England, with

:42:23.:42:29.

the programme repeated at 1pm on Tuesday lunch time on two. Catch it

:42:30.:42:34.

all week on the iPlayer. Thtrsday's match will be on 5 Live sports

:42:35.:42:41.

extra. Coverage starts at 7. 30 One of the other issues of the week

:42:42.:42:51.

Marwin n Koukash failed to bring that through. Should we havd marquee

:42:52.:42:55.

players? Do we want to keep our star players in the game? The answer has

:42:56.:43:00.

to be yes. There's increasing pressure from Rugby Union for our

:43:01.:43:05.

star names to leave. In terls of commercial buying power, those

:43:06.:43:09.

games, huge terms. So we nedd to look at ways of keeping our stars in

:43:10.:43:15.

the game. Ultimately, in a period of pin stability financially for the

:43:16.:43:18.

clubs, the stability of the clubs and the game needs to be put first.

:43:19.:43:23.

A minimum spend on the salary cap, minimum guaranteed spend by each

:43:24.:43:26.

club would be a more sensible way to do this, when the TV distribution

:43:27.:43:31.

goes to each club and covers the salary cap. I think ideas lhke this

:43:32.:43:36.

really, it's kind of after the horse has bolted. We're looking at ways to

:43:37.:43:41.

keep our star players in thd game, when we've lost Burgess and

:43:42.:43:46.

Tompkins, star players. It ` club has stability and they have `` if a

:43:47.:43:50.

club has stability and they are getting numbers through the game, if

:43:51.:43:52.

they want to bring a star player in, and they want to bring a Sal Burgess

:43:53.:43:57.

across here or a Sam Tomkins into Super League, then we need them

:43:58.:44:02.

players in our game. If we get them players in our game, we gendrate

:44:03.:44:08.

money into the game. It is `n argument that will run and run.

:44:09.:44:10.

Thank you both for joining ts tonight. We are back next wdek with

:44:11.:44:15.

the best moments from around the league. Until then, from all of us,

:44:16.:44:17.

goodbye.

:44:18.:44:21.

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