:05:42. > :05:46.The final set, it is unfoldhng and I am watching the clock ticked down, I
:05:47. > :05:47.just went to the assistant and am watching the clock ticked down, I
:05:48. > :05:48.just went to the assistant `nd said just went to the assistant and said
:05:49. > :05:52.this is tough, this. You pax for just went to the assistant `nd said
:05:53. > :05:55.this is tough, this. You pay for it. this is tough, this. You pay for it.
:05:56. > :06:05.This is really hard to take. Huddersfield, Roy Keane now. I did
:06:06. > :06:11.not suspect anything. I felt he would kick long or come up with
:06:12. > :06:17.something. Down that blindside. McGuire. He has missed theex-mac he
:06:18. > :06:34.is a runawayex-mac within the
:06:35. > :06:40.circumstances! He said I have never seen him run as fast as he did
:06:41. > :06:41.there. Within the 15 second period I tell you the whole landscapd of that
:06:42. > :06:48.tell you the whole landscape of that season changed. I is the tile we
:06:49. > :06:53.were like meerkats, Popper heads up, we can smell something here. That
:06:54. > :06:54.was a mere cardboard for us, that was more significant than whnning
:06:55. > :07:03.was more significant than winning that one game. Winning that was a
:07:04. > :07:08.huge boost, going into the week after with that. We were in the
:07:09. > :07:12.Grand Final as a young, fresh, tough team. We had that bit of molentum.
:07:13. > :07:14.team. We had that bit of momentum. Trying to push his way throtgh, get
:07:15. > :07:21.Trying to push his way through, get him all the way to the end. We know
:07:22. > :07:25.what Wigan are about, we know the quality they have got. We could not
:07:26. > :07:26.get much of the ball but whdn quality they have got. We could not
:07:27. > :07:26.get much of the ball but when we quality they have got. We could not
:07:27. > :07:28.get much of the ball but whdn we did get much of the ball but when we did
:07:29. > :07:30.we defended well to give ourselves that opportunity and the god that
:07:31. > :07:31.try in the second-half to put that opportunity and the god that
:07:32. > :07:32.try in the second-half to ptt an that opportunity and the god that
:07:33. > :07:35.try in the second-half to put an end try in the second-half to ptt an end
:07:36. > :07:40.to it. It is going to be a score for Walters, Josh Walters is over.
:07:41. > :07:45.Winning Grand Finals is not just a bit field position and position it
:07:46. > :07:48.is about something else. I thought those three retiring helpers, that
:07:49. > :07:54.is what got us over the lind. is what got us over the lind.
:07:55. > :08:03.Leagues take a hold and win the treble! What a way to finish a
:08:04. > :08:09.magical season. I have been here since 1984, it is tough going, but
:08:10. > :08:15.it is exciting as well. I could not have dreamt of a finish like this.
:08:16. > :08:21.Relief, relief, again, it is a weird emotion. You would think it would be
:08:22. > :08:27.euphoria. But we had been so close and to make the Grand Final, to have
:08:28. > :08:28.not won the Grand Final. I would have got over it by now but it would
:08:29. > :08:31.have been a huge, on the field have got over it by now but it would
:08:32. > :08:36.have been a huge, on the fidld you look at the faces of those three,
:08:37. > :08:40.everybody likes a fairy tale romantic finish. You'll look back at
:08:41. > :08:42.them from a distance and thhnk this them from a distance and thhnk this
:08:43. > :08:47.must be great for them, to be sent out on such a high, first at a high
:08:48. > :08:56.level of performance, it must be brilliant for them. Joining me is
:08:57. > :09:03.Jamie Peacock. Is -- hasn't sunk in what you guys managed to achieve? It
:09:04. > :09:07.has now, I am away from the place and have time to reflect on what an
:09:08. > :09:12.achievement it was from the team, it is just because the competition was
:09:13. > :09:20.so tough. What we did was unbelievable. It has been an
:09:21. > :09:27.unbelievable effort. An incredible last couple of months for everyone
:09:28. > :09:32.involved. That just added the cup we did not do it the easy way. We
:09:33. > :09:39.nailed that performance at Wembley. Mostly it's just took a lot out of
:09:40. > :09:45.us. To use the boxing analogy, the 12 round knockouts. To win that way
:09:46. > :09:52.in sports, it is great. When you are fewer in the semifinal, what did you
:09:53. > :09:56.think? That game was so emotional for me and I knew it could be my
:09:57. > :10:00.last game but I did not want it to be my last game because we would be
:10:01. > :10:06.losing one and for him to kick that when we got the turn of the momentum
:10:07. > :10:10.of the game, the Saints had been cut her life for a long time to come up
:10:11. > :10:16.with a piece of skill lake that on that level brought us up. You knew
:10:17. > :10:19.they were retiring, at what point did that start to drive the team
:10:20. > :10:29.forward? Not till the end, H'd steer forward? Not till the end, I'd steer
:10:30. > :10:32.the end of the season. You can see the will in the eye in the last
:10:33. > :10:35.couple of games. As much as they wanted to win themselves. Especially
:10:36. > :10:39.when we had to dig in India Grand Final, if you do not hold a team
:10:40. > :10:40.like Wigan like we did in the last 15 minutes without having some
:10:41. > :10:45.desire to do something incrddible desire to do something incrddible
:10:46. > :10:51.that the will to do it for somebody else so I probably felt that for
:10:52. > :10:55.them more than anything, but throughout the season, the season is
:10:56. > :10:57.too long for that. Did you think of that team could do the cable? How
:10:58. > :11:03.that team could do the cabld? How tough is that? I would not say no
:11:04. > :11:11.but you hit the nail on the head with the word tough. To win the
:11:12. > :11:15.treble, to do the treble, I wrote it had been done before and we wanted
:11:16. > :11:18.to sense Jimmy out in the bdst possible way. When you need
:11:19. > :11:22.something above and beyond winning the treble, the last duck in the end
:11:23. > :11:25.that Grand Final in maybe if they get a few of us retiring at the end
:11:26. > :11:29.of the year and play with the great club at a great coach with the great
:11:30. > :11:30.managers of a new habitat btt club at a great coach with the great
:11:31. > :11:34.managers of a new habitat btt I think it will be difficult. It was
:11:35. > :11:38.not just about team honours for the beach Rhinos, their full-back Zach
:11:39. > :12:21.Hardaker was named Super Le`gue s man of steel.
:12:22. > :12:25.An incredible year for Zach, what do you think has been the diffdrence
:12:26. > :12:30.you think has been the difference for him this year? I think players
:12:31. > :12:34.go up as they get older and are in a good environment ideas in a good one
:12:35. > :12:41.with the court, and some of the senior players in there. He was in a
:12:42. > :12:42.few last chance saloon and he got the last chance saloon and
:12:43. > :12:48.delivered. He has had an am`zing delivered. He has had an amazing
:12:49. > :12:50.year. He was a great person for me to play alongside, always
:12:51. > :12:57.enthusiastic, always wanted to win and what ball in his hand and win
:12:58. > :13:01.the game. A true competitor. I am delighted he was the top man. Is
:13:02. > :13:04.defensively the best full-b`ck out defensively the best full-b`ck out
:13:05. > :13:06.there? There is not a better full-back in the game at the moment.
:13:07. > :13:10.full-back in the game at thd moment. You cannot say it is the strongest
:13:11. > :13:11.part of his game because he's great at attacking with the ball `s
:13:12. > :13:13.part of his game because he's great at attacking with the ball as well,
:13:14. > :13:19.he has the strength and evasiveness that good full-backs have btt his
:13:20. > :13:22.defence, you do not want to concede tries and you do not get many
:13:23. > :13:27.full-backs like that who do not want to concede tries, who want to save
:13:28. > :13:30.fries and he sees that as the top of his priority. He is still a young
:13:31. > :13:32.man and has played a lot of games, he will be one of the more
:13:33. > :13:38.experienced players this year. How experienced players this ye`r. How
:13:39. > :13:42.will he respond to that? He has the right attitudes to become a leader,
:13:43. > :13:46.and what he needs to shape the most is his own discipline
:13:47. > :13:47.self-discipline and as that progresses and grows in strdngth he
:13:48. > :13:49.progresses and grows in strength he will develop into a fine le`der
:13:50. > :13:49.progresses and grows in strdngth he will develop into a fine leader with
:13:50. > :13:51.will develop into a fine le`der with great experience and will be
:13:52. > :13:51.will develop into a fine leader with great experience and will bd key to
:13:52. > :13:55.great experience and will be key to the future of the Rhinos. 2015 will
:13:56. > :13:56.be remembered emphatically as the be remembered emphatically as the
:13:57. > :13:58.year of the Rhinos, everyond be remembered emphatically `s the
:13:59. > :14:10.year of the Rhinos, everyone else will be playing catch up in 201 .
:14:11. > :14:16.George Williams won the Young Player of the Year. Sliding through, George
:14:17. > :14:21.Williams, that has set it alight! It was a bit of a shock, I was happy to
:14:22. > :14:22.be there in the time it was a massive achievement and somdthing I
:14:23. > :14:29.am proud of. To win it was massive. am proud of. To win it was massive.
:14:30. > :14:33.Knowing and Burgess played their final games for the club as the
:14:34. > :14:35.Warriors came within seconds of claiming the league leaders shield.
:14:36. > :14:37.They made it back to the Grand Final They made it back to the Gr`nd Final
:14:38. > :14:43.but for the second year in April it but for the second year in April it
:14:44. > :14:48.was a second win in a row. Gutted, really. But we came back stronger
:14:49. > :14:51.and thought we were going to win 15 minutes ago but it was a great
:14:52. > :14:57.final. I watched it back a few times. Anderson went through every
:14:58. > :15:03.emotion in charge of the Huddersfield Giants, Jermaine
:15:04. > :15:05.McGilvray enjoyed a stellar season. 27 tries mutant Super League's top
:15:06. > :15:11.27 tries mutant Super Leagud's top scorer. They asked me which I have a
:15:12. > :15:16.year like this I would have said no way but things have fallen into
:15:17. > :15:17.place and I have matured as a player and played better than I have in
:15:18. > :15:25.previous years. I am not one to previous years. I am not one to
:15:26. > :15:28.really look at my tries, I look at how many Carice I am doing, if they
:15:29. > :15:38.are effective and stuff likd that. The Giants were 14 -- 14 in the
:15:39. > :15:39.stage winning five of their matters. The Giants were left stranddd once
:15:40. > :15:46.The Giants were left stranded once again. It was that final hurdle once
:15:47. > :15:52.again that he could not get over, we were coming up against big teams in
:15:53. > :15:57.big games. I am 27 years old now and these guys were only about 2526 and
:15:58. > :16:04.have plagued in five or six Grand Finals and stuff like this, I am 27
:16:05. > :16:05.and have not played in one. Whether that be a Challenge Cup or a
:16:06. > :16:08.and have not played in one. Whether that be a Challenge Cup or ` Grand
:16:09. > :16:12.Final, I just wanted a metal ring or something like that. They do not
:16:13. > :16:21.come to you, you can wish or hope all you want but you need to go out
:16:22. > :16:25.and grab it. 2014 Super League champions St Helens were halmered
:16:26. > :16:29.39-0 by said Sydney in the rule cup challenge but got off to a fire in
:16:30. > :16:34.defence of their domestic title. Huge toss from Wilkin and hd
:16:35. > :16:34.defence of their domestic thtle Huge toss from Wilkin and he will
:16:35. > :16:36.score. He played his last g`me, Huge toss from Wilkin and hd will
:16:37. > :16:39.score. He played his last game, so score. He played his last game, so
:16:40. > :16:43.too did lines or higher, as Saints used seven different full-backs. It
:16:44. > :16:49.is Quinlan in support for a hat-trick. What a night. We got to
:16:50. > :16:53.two semifinals which does not sound too bad to be honest but from our
:16:54. > :16:57.point of view, slightly disappointing because we knew we
:16:58. > :16:59.could have done better, we could have gone to those finals are
:17:00. > :17:01.probably could have gone on and won those finals but at least we
:17:02. > :17:01.probably could have gone on and won those finals but at least wd got
:17:02. > :17:03.those finals but at least we got knocked out by the eventual winners,
:17:04. > :17:08.if that makes any differencd. The if that makes any difference. The
:17:09. > :17:13.season was OK, generally good but from her point of view we probably
:17:14. > :17:17.thought he could do that little bit better. We talked about Zach
:17:18. > :17:24.Hardaker, how good a full-b`ck was Hardaker, how good a full-b`ck was
:17:25. > :17:26.all? Use the best full-back in Super League from his consistency, his
:17:27. > :17:28.will to win, I have spoken about League from his consistency, his
:17:29. > :17:30.will to win, I have spoken about it already, he was pleased with the
:17:31. > :17:34.will to win that he had it hn will to win that he had it in
:17:35. > :17:37.bucketloads. He is an incredibly brave player, in the first time I
:17:38. > :17:42.played alongside him at the 200 World Cup, I cannot believe how
:17:43. > :17:43.tough and a player he was at the Centre will miss madness that
:17:44. > :17:44.tough and a player he was at the Centre will miss madness th`t strike
:17:45. > :17:46.Centre will miss madness that strike he has the leadership at thd field
:17:47. > :17:53.he has the leadership at the field as well, what a fantastic m`n, an
:17:54. > :17:54.absolutely fantastic man. There are types of people that you see in the
:17:55. > :17:56.types of people that you sed in the game over and over again, very brave
:17:57. > :18:02.on the pitch but an absolutd on the pitch but an absolute
:18:03. > :18:06.gentleman offered. It seems right that you two are bowing out at the
:18:07. > :18:12.same time. I have so much respect for him, he is a player I h`ve
:18:13. > :18:13.always looked up to, I think he was a pioneer going to Australia when no
:18:14. > :18:17.a pioneer going to Australi` when no British players were there. He took
:18:18. > :18:24.the competition by storm and then came back over the and was pivotal
:18:25. > :18:28.to the success. The toughest player I predict X, went up again but off
:18:29. > :18:33.the field, his kindness is second to none. This humility is what makes
:18:34. > :18:35.him the man he is today and I am glad to see I played alongside
:18:36. > :18:35.him the man he is today and I am glad to see I played alongshde him
:18:36. > :18:39.glad to see I played alongside him and in his friend as well. What
:18:40. > :18:47.about yourself, as sunk in that you have done? I have no regrets, no
:18:48. > :18:52.nothing, I am delighted to have had the career I have had met the people
:18:53. > :18:53.I have met and I believe I have been involved with two special teams have
:18:54. > :18:55.involved with two special tdams have got to do things I never could have
:18:56. > :18:56.got to do things I never cotld have imagined doing so I am quite
:18:57. > :18:59.imagined doing so I am quitd content, quite happy. Who wants to
:19:00. > :19:00.content, quite happy. Who w`nts to train in this kind of weather?
:19:01. > :19:00.content, quite happy. Who wants to train in this kind of weathdr? I
:19:01. > :19:09.train in this kind of weather? I don't! And bowed out in the best
:19:10. > :19:15.possible way. Incredible, it finished the best possible way. Now
:19:16. > :19:19.working time for Jamie Peacock but he like the rest of us will follow
:19:20. > :19:59.every twist and turn of 2016 on the BBC.
:20:00. > :20:09.We have moved to Keely when in maybe had to come to terms with the sudden
:20:10. > :20:11.death of half-backs Danny Jones who suffered a cardiac arrest dtring a
:20:12. > :20:15.suffered a cardiac arrest during a game in London and died aged just
:20:16. > :20:21.29. He left behind a wife, Lizzie, and five-month-old twins Bobby and
:20:22. > :20:25.Phoebe. The community have raised a quarter of ?1 million to help the
:20:26. > :20:26.family. To say thank you was a sign about with the head of the Challenge
:20:27. > :21:26.Cup final. Lizzie joins me now. When you look
:21:27. > :21:29.back to me and such an awful time, or what was it like in terms of
:21:30. > :21:33.everybody rallying round yot? or what was it like in terms of
:21:34. > :21:34.everybody rallying round yot? It was amazing, the Rugby league family
:21:35. > :21:36.amazing, the Rugby league f`mily have been the most amazing I could
:21:37. > :21:38.have been the most amazing H could ask for, there would be no other
:21:39. > :21:39.support that would come frol ask for, there would be no other
:21:40. > :21:40.support that would come from any support that would come from any
:21:41. > :21:45.other sport in the world. Rtgby other sport in the world. Rtgby
:21:46. > :21:51.league are wonderful family. Taking you back to the Challenge Ctp final,
:21:52. > :21:57.what are your memories of singing? Magical. Crazy to be able to have
:21:58. > :21:59.done what I did. So honoured to be asked to do that, and so wonderful
:22:00. > :22:04.to keep Danny's memory alivd, asked to do that, and so wonderful
:22:05. > :22:09.to keep Danny's memory alive, but also to spread the message that
:22:10. > :22:11.people need to be checked, `nd I want you that message going and keep
:22:12. > :22:14.singing and making people rdmember singing and making people remember
:22:15. > :22:18.Danny, but also make them think we Danny, but also make them think we
:22:19. > :22:21.need to look after ourselves and make sure we are safe and hdalthy.
:22:22. > :22:29.make sure we are safe and healthy. How important is how is the campaign
:22:30. > :22:33.going? I don't want Danny to have died in pain and the campaigning is
:22:34. > :22:39.going fantastically, everyone is behind me, the RFL have been
:22:40. > :22:42.amazing. Things are happening all the time. Deferable later is, I see
:22:43. > :22:46.it everywhere. I get messages, it everywhere. I get messages,
:22:47. > :22:50.Facebook, Twitter, everything coming through about people who have been
:22:51. > :22:55.saved, about campaigning, money being raised so we can have a
:22:56. > :23:01.defibrillator in our amateur league club, and it has been so lovely to
:23:02. > :23:06.see... I hope it keeps going. How are you doing and how are Bobby and
:23:07. > :23:11.VB? They are good, Bobby has been a bit poorly but is on the mend. Just
:23:12. > :23:17.keeping them out of the cold, but generally we are doing OK, we are
:23:18. > :23:22.busy which is nice, and we have a wonderful support around us.
:23:23. > :23:33.Rugby league reached a whole new level at the end of the season when
:23:34. > :23:35.a group of former players and supporters climbed Kilimanj`ro.
:23:36. > :23:37.supporters climbed Kilimanjaro. Their aim was to play the hhghest
:23:38. > :23:40.Their aim was to play the highest ever game of rugby league, hnspired
:23:41. > :23:42.ever game of rugby league, inspired by the late Steve Prescott. Amongst
:23:43. > :23:47.the group was Becky Meehan. It is not easy but it is an
:23:48. > :23:54.opportunity to test ourselves, opportunity to test ourselvds,
:23:55. > :23:55.knowing what Steve was like, because for the last seven or eight years of
:23:56. > :23:58.his life, he pushed his body for the last seven or eight years of
:23:59. > :24:00.his life, he pushed his bodx to for the last seven or eight years of
:24:01. > :24:05.his life, he pushed his body to the limits. So, you know, it is just a
:24:06. > :24:11.shame knowing he wanted to do this, that he can't be here, becatse he
:24:12. > :24:15.would be leading the pack. @fter three days of walking and within 24
:24:16. > :24:20.hours of the crater, the effort is starting to take its toll on us all,
:24:21. > :24:25.including Warrington Wolves legend libra years. I'd don't know if we
:24:26. > :24:33.will get there. I am determined to. will get there. I am determined to.
:24:34. > :24:37.You will. I never thought it would be like this. I am used to tough
:24:38. > :24:44.things, I like tough things, but I am all over the place, I am doing my
:24:45. > :24:51.best. It's hard. It is, and I know when big Chris gets up, we will all
:24:52. > :24:58.be really pleased for him. Don't, I'll be off again! I know. Let's get
:24:59. > :25:05.a cup of tea. Cup of ginger tea, I think.
:25:06. > :25:10.It is 4am and this is summit day, the day we have been looking forward
:25:11. > :25:12.to with some trepidation, f`ir the day we have been looking forward
:25:13. > :25:15.to with some trepidation, fair to to with some trepidation, fair to
:25:16. > :25:20.say. This is the day we will head to the summit, hopefully getting
:25:21. > :25:22.therein about ten hours, thdn play rugby in the crater of Kilimanjaro.
:25:23. > :25:31.rugby in the crater of Kililanjaro. Let's see it goes. Dash-mac how it
:25:32. > :25:34.goes. As the sum rises we start to lose members of the party to
:25:35. > :25:45.altitude sickness dash-mac `s the altitude sickness dash-mac as the
:25:46. > :25:48.Sunrisers. Finally, on the rim of the crater of Kilimanjaro, 4685
:25:49. > :25:55.the crater of Kilimanjaro, 5685 metres above sea level, just below
:25:56. > :25:59.the summit. Come on everybody, well done! For Adrian Mori, this
:26:00. > :26:05.achievement marks the end of a 20 achievement marks the end of a 0
:26:06. > :26:11.year playing career -- a de Mori. So we had down into the crater of
:26:12. > :26:17.Kilimanjaro to camp overnight. It is so inhospitable here nobody has come
:26:18. > :26:23.for several years. Tomorrow we aim to play the highest ever rugby
:26:24. > :26:25.league game and make the sulmit After a night in the crater of
:26:26. > :26:32.Kilimanjaro we are getting ready for the match. We will kick that way.
:26:33. > :26:40.All right. 80 gruelling minttes under RFL referee Robert Hicks.
:26:41. > :26:45.A full measured marked out pitch with inflatable posts in a bid for
:26:46. > :26:53.the world records for the hhghest the world records for the hhghest
:26:54. > :26:59.ever game of rugby league. Job done. And so for the last pushed the
:27:00. > :27:00.summit. But not before we lose another man to crippling altitude
:27:01. > :27:08.sickness. We have made its, the peak, the
:27:09. > :27:18.highest point in Africa. Whdreas highest point in Africa. Whereas
:27:19. > :27:23.Adrian Morley found out, I dven the Adrian Morley found out, I even the
:27:24. > :27:28.simplest task seems insurmountable. Feels pretty weird, doesn't it? It
:27:29. > :27:34.does. There have been dark times, it is the hardest thing I have ever
:27:35. > :27:36.done. But we have 38 in the group, and we have had to pull each other
:27:37. > :27:42.through. Things like this last a through. Things like this l`st a
:27:43. > :27:46.lifetime. A fantastic effort from everybody
:27:47. > :27:48.involved there. Let's catch up with four more teams, the one that -- the
:27:49. > :27:50.four more teams, the one th`t - the ones that finished right in the
:27:51. > :27:58.middle. Castleford ended the season in fifth
:27:59. > :28:04.but enjoyed some memorable nights against the teams that finished
:28:05. > :28:07.above them. Roberts! To win it! On the for Castleford. I think it was
:28:08. > :28:11.the season of near Leeds, rdally, the for Castleford. I think it was
:28:12. > :28:16.the season of near Leeds, rdally, we just missed out on the top four
:28:17. > :28:20.finishing fifth, and I think many people think this is a good
:28:21. > :28:24.achievement for Castleford, expecting us to come near the
:28:25. > :28:29.bottom, but we knew once we got nations going we would be a threat,
:28:30. > :28:33.and we were, coming to the middle part of the season. We just missed
:28:34. > :28:42.out on four which was disappointing. Liam Finn, no mistake. This one for
:28:43. > :28:45.Castleford. We like to play good, attractive rugby, and when the
:28:46. > :28:51.defence comes unstuck we score points. We just let a few more in.
:28:52. > :28:54.We will work on that pre-season and hopefully the close games c`n be
:28:55. > :29:02.more comfortable. Warrington failed to make the Super
:29:03. > :29:04.League semifinals but did score some eye-catching tries. Their season
:29:05. > :29:11.eye-catching tries. Their sdason included home and away wins against
:29:12. > :29:16.Leeds. On the search and has found... Scores the opening try. A
:29:17. > :29:22.very consistent year. We had injuries but you have to get on with
:29:23. > :29:24.it. We have come once a month with a big win and we couldn't take it
:29:25. > :29:24.it. We have come once a month with a big win and we couldn't takd it onto
:29:25. > :29:29.big win and we couldn't take it onto the week after. Consistency wasn't
:29:30. > :29:33.there at all. I think we will work on it this year. Richie Myldr, John
:29:34. > :29:36.on it this year. Richie Myler, John Monaghan have left the club. It
:29:37. > :29:41.would be a new look Warrington in 2016. We have to build and we have a
:29:42. > :29:47.good few signings coming next year will bring a lot to us.
:29:48. > :29:49.Catalans 10th Super League season was much like many that havd gone
:29:50. > :29:52.was much like many that have gone before. The Dragons lost just twice
:29:53. > :29:55.at home but won only twice ` before. The Dragons lost just twice
:29:56. > :29:57.at home but won only twice a way. Overall we had a disappointhng
:29:58. > :29:59.season, we set ourselves goals at season, we set ourselves goals at
:30:00. > :30:03.the start of the year, wantdd to the start of the year, wantdd to
:30:04. > :30:05.finish top four before we split to super rates. Once again awax form
:30:06. > :30:10.super rates. Once again away form wasn't the best. I think if we could
:30:11. > :30:13.turn that round we would have had a better season and push for the top
:30:14. > :30:16.four but like I said we didn't do that. Todd Carney started jtst 2
:30:17. > :30:23.that. Todd Carney started just 12 games. Zeb Tye was in the Dream
:30:24. > :30:27.Team. Don't they love the moment. He is a world-class player and when he
:30:28. > :30:30.plays with a different team as you have probably seen, he controls it
:30:31. > :30:38.better for us and we are better when he plays with more wins with him and
:30:39. > :30:39.the team. Hull FC recovered from an E`ster
:30:40. > :30:44.Hull FC recovered from an Easter derby defeat to avoid the
:30:45. > :30:51.qualifiers. Their mid-season form included seven wins from nine.
:30:52. > :30:57.Trillo fix Ben Ali, real power, what a pass! -- terrific finale. What a
:30:58. > :31:02.try! Just seconds on the clock, drop goal territory, and he will win the
:31:03. > :31:06.game with that kick! The black-and-white site aiming high in
:31:07. > :31:09.2016 with Frank Prichard among the new recruits. My goal is to help the
:31:10. > :31:15.team move forward, stick your spot team move forward, stick your spot
:31:16. > :31:17.in the top four and most of all help the younger boys as well, so give
:31:18. > :31:27.them extra knowledge. If you are dash-mac-Salford is
:31:28. > :31:32.really dull but they avoided the drama of the million pound name
:31:33. > :31:34.which fell to Bradford and Wakefield, the Wildcats sectring
:31:35. > :31:35.Super League status in dramatic Super League status in dramatic
:31:36. > :31:37.fashion. Brian Smith loved ht Super League status in dram`tic
:31:38. > :31:40.fashion. Brian Smith loved it so fashion. Brian Smith loved ht so
:31:41. > :31:49.much he has come back for more. I came back because I loved it, I came
:31:50. > :31:53.back because Wakefield asked me to. All the time I was here there was
:31:54. > :31:55.pressure and it was at times nerve wracking but I don't think there was
:31:56. > :31:59.a day when I didn't enjoy mxself, a day when I didn't enjoy mxself,
:32:00. > :32:00.and certainly in this environment of pre-season training it is easy
:32:01. > :32:03.and certainly in this environment of pre-season training it is e`sy for
:32:04. > :32:06.me to walk in and lead the way when everybody is ready to rumble.
:32:07. > :32:06.me to walk in and lead the way when everybody is ready to rumbld. We
:32:07. > :32:16.everybody is ready to rumble. We start work at 6am or 6:30am and
:32:17. > :32:19.finish about 3pm, and we do it six days a week, so enormous work going
:32:20. > :32:23.on here and we know we have to do it, we are starting from a position
:32:24. > :32:28.no other team has had to do, make up as much ground as we have too, so
:32:29. > :32:33.there is no two ways about it, we need to work our way back into being
:32:34. > :32:38.force in Super League. It is a am Alam but Brian is good, knows what
:32:39. > :32:44.he's doing. He has all the knowledge in the world so we can put ht in
:32:45. > :32:48.good stead. Wakefield took the long route to survival in 2015,
:32:49. > :32:55.victorious in the winner takes all million pound game at Bellevue.
:32:56. > :33:00.Overall it was a very tough season with a lot of disappointments, then
:33:01. > :33:03.it finished on a real high, and a lot of the misfortune the club had
:33:04. > :33:09.suffered throughout the course of the year all of a sudden turned into
:33:10. > :33:16.fortune. Rumack finds a way through, Scott Moore for the line! Hd has
:33:17. > :33:23.just scored the ?1 million try. Wakefield by the skin of thdir teeth
:33:24. > :33:24.go on to the Super League -- hang onto their Super League livds. I
:33:25. > :33:27.onto their Super League lives. I have been in a couple of Gr`nd
:33:28. > :33:32.Finals but this is the best game I have played in, fighting for jobs
:33:33. > :33:35.and mortgages, a tough week but you can see everyone is made
:33:36. > :33:43.It was a tremendous amount of courage and commitment from the guys
:33:44. > :33:49.left standing. Wonderful frhendships forged in the pressure of those
:33:50. > :33:51.situations that the back end of last year, to make those guys care about
:33:52. > :33:55.the club, and we have been able to the club, and we have been `ble to
:33:56. > :33:58.add guys from outside. I definitely feel they have the necessary
:33:59. > :34:02.feel they have the necessarx characteristics and talents to
:34:03. > :34:03.balance the team into a much more formidable team than we were
:34:04. > :34:08.balance the team into a much more formidable team than we werd last
:34:09. > :34:12.season. The teams in the bottom four last year probably don't want to be
:34:13. > :34:13.there this year so everyone is fighting for the top eight. The
:34:14. > :34:14.competition will be fierce `nd competition will be fierce `nd
:34:15. > :34:15.hopefully that can bring the competition will be fierce and
:34:16. > :34:21.hopefully that can bring thd right hopefully that can bring the right
:34:22. > :34:26.results. I am joined by director of rugby
:34:27. > :34:32.league at Salford Tim Sheens. What brought yourself and Brian Smith to
:34:33. > :34:34.the lower reaches of Super League? Please! LAUGHTER. Probably a
:34:35. > :34:34.the lower reaches of Super League? Please! LAUGHTER. Probably ` couple
:34:35. > :34:39.Please! LAUGHTER. Probably a couple of old eyes looking to use xears of
:34:40. > :34:44.experience I suppose, you like to experience I suppose, you lhke to
:34:45. > :34:51.think so. I would like to think there is still plenty of value in
:34:52. > :34:57.the years we have spent in the game. For Wakefield with Brian and Salford
:34:58. > :35:02.for me, it is a new lease of life. What did you make of the new
:35:03. > :35:04.structure in Super League? The mid-late is very interesting. You
:35:05. > :35:08.have to say it was successftl have to say it was successful
:35:09. > :35:13.because it kept the crowds coming and people interested in the game
:35:14. > :35:15.till the end of the season. Generally once you have an eight
:35:16. > :35:18.till the end of the season. Generally once you have an dight and
:35:19. > :35:22.half the team on there they lose interest. The downside is that
:35:23. > :35:25.recruitment takes a risk at that point because it is an unustal
:35:26. > :35:29.point because it is an unusual system here where if you ard
:35:30. > :35:35.eliminated, you write off every contract in the club. So asking
:35:36. > :35:41.people to come when you are not sure of being in Super League is not
:35:42. > :35:49.easy. It is in the DNA of being which public with football `nd rugby
:35:50. > :35:50.league, and so on, so I think the clubs in championship now h`ve
:35:51. > :35:52.league, and so on, so I think the clubs in championship now have a
:35:53. > :35:56.chance to be good enough to work their way back into Super League.
:35:57. > :35:58.You have had a big turnover of players again over the winter, big
:35:59. > :36:00.players again over the wintdr, big names leaving like Rangi Chase,
:36:01. > :36:02.names leaving like Rangi Ch`se, where are you at for the season? At
:36:03. > :36:04.the rebuilding stage, no dotbt, where are you at for the se`son At
:36:05. > :36:07.the rebuilding stage, no doubt, but not to the point where we are not
:36:08. > :36:08.confident to make the play-offs. not to the point where we are not
:36:09. > :36:11.confident to make the play-offs We confident to make the play-offs We
:36:12. > :36:16.are very confident to make the top eight. There wasn't much in it this
:36:17. > :36:21.year, between the 12 teams to be honest. This year with everxone
:36:22. > :36:22.strengthening more teams will take more wins from each other, and with
:36:23. > :36:26.more wins from each other, `nd with 12 teams in eight spots, it is a
:36:27. > :36:32.realistic goal for any team starting in Super League, whether it be Brian
:36:33. > :36:38.and myself with our sides at this end all at the top, two or three
:36:39. > :36:40.teams have been there since Super League started, anyone can lake
:36:41. > :36:40.teams have been there since Super League started, anyone can make that
:36:41. > :36:44.League started, anyone can lake that top eight. Is it time for stability
:36:45. > :36:46.at Salford on making headlines on the pitch? The only way to get out
:36:47. > :36:49.is not only coaching your w`y out the pitch? The only way to get out
:36:50. > :36:55.is not only coaching your way out of it and putting together a strong
:36:56. > :36:57.group of people, but also the recruitment, so recruitment will be
:36:58. > :37:03.an ongoing thing for the years, not only from the outside in
:37:04. > :37:08.but recruiting from within, youngsters, we have a number of
:37:09. > :37:10.outstanding youngsters I believe will feature in Super League in the
:37:11. > :37:13.will feature in Super Leagud in the next three years. So it is a
:37:14. > :37:14.will feature in Super League in the next three years. So it is ` matter
:37:15. > :37:18.next three years. So it is a matter of staff, recruitment is thd most
:37:19. > :37:22.important thing, that's what the club is built about, those
:37:23. > :37:24.personalities and the history of any organisation is part of the
:37:25. > :37:30.structure as well. We are vdry keen structure as well. We are very keen
:37:31. > :37:33.to drive what is the football side of things here and turn it back into
:37:34. > :37:34.football club. That leaves ts of things here and turn it back into
:37:35. > :37:37.football club. That leaves ts two more teams to catch up on. Here's
:37:38. > :37:44.more teams to catch up on. Here s what happened to witness and Hull
:37:45. > :37:48.KR. -- witness. Rovers beat Wigan and said Helen 's early in the
:37:49. > :37:55.season but Kelly got the fans on their feet. Albert Kelly is a wave.
:37:56. > :38:01.Isn't he covering ground? Swift in hot pursuit but Kelly will go the
:38:02. > :38:06.distance. What a try for Kelly. There is a lot of pride and passion
:38:07. > :38:08.in the jumper, you can see the fans turn up in numbers and are very
:38:09. > :38:10.loud, it is up to us to go up turn up in numbers and are very
:38:11. > :38:15.loud, it is up to us to go tp there and get points. I love it at the
:38:16. > :38:20.moment. It is like a wild roller-coaster, having a lot of fun,
:38:21. > :38:21.making a lot of memories. They made it to Wembley in the Challenge Cup
:38:22. > :38:25.but recovered from a record,breaking but recovered from a record,breaking
:38:26. > :38:30.defeat to secure their Super League status in style, winning seven out
:38:31. > :38:42.of seven in the qualifiers. He is on his way with the pace, what a
:38:43. > :38:50.finish! Dixon. Short pass he is over! He scores a
:38:51. > :38:52.try! The biking season got off to a dramatic start but they failed to
:38:53. > :38:54.make the top eight -- the want dramatic start but they failed to
:38:55. > :38:56.make the top eight -- the w`nt a Mac make the top eight -- the w`nt a Mac
:38:57. > :39:01.season. They ended up in second place in the qualifiers. We are a
:39:02. > :39:06.bit short on a couple of games, in bit short on a couple of games, in
:39:07. > :39:09.seventh, maybe sixth when you look at the table, we acquitted ourselves
:39:10. > :39:14.well in the qualifiers, did what we set out to do which is maintained
:39:15. > :39:16.Super League status, we did that convincingly, it was a different
:39:17. > :39:18.feeling. We are in good ste`d convincingly, it was a diffdrent
:39:19. > :39:19.feeling. We are in good stead for feeling. We are in good ste`d for
:39:20. > :39:23.the future. The year ended with a visit from the
:39:24. > :39:27.number one Machan New Zealand, the Kiwis over for a three match series
:39:28. > :39:31.against England. -- the number one team New Zealand.
:39:32. > :39:46.He claims the try. The skipper has won it for England!
:39:47. > :40:01.It is all on, it is all on, he scores!
:40:02. > :40:13.Some finish here, he has had to go over the top of Zak Hardaker! Push
:40:14. > :40:19.it, and scores! He has the series to win! He has!
:40:20. > :40:20.So, Tim, England finally winning the series, how important is that
:40:21. > :40:20.So, Tim, England finally winning the series, how important is th`t to
:40:21. > :40:23.series, how important is that to them? Obviously you would h`ve to
:40:24. > :40:26.them? Obviously you would have to ask them but looking in, very
:40:27. > :40:32.important. They have been narrowly important. They have been n`rrowly
:40:33. > :40:37.beaten, made it to four Nations finals in England in 09 and 11,
:40:38. > :40:39.missed out on the World Cup by a whisker in the last few minttes
:40:40. > :40:42.whisker in the last few minutes, probably last year in the four
:40:43. > :40:47.nations were lucky against us, so so nations were lucky against ts, so so
:40:48. > :40:49.far... At the end of the day at nations were lucky against us, so so
:40:50. > :40:50.far... At the end of the dax at home in England they are a stronger side,
:40:51. > :40:57.there is no doubt, and getting there is no doubt, and getthng
:40:58. > :40:59.stronger all the time. Good to see them winning at home and the crowds
:41:00. > :41:04.them winning at home and thd crowds and the game here would have
:41:05. > :41:05.benefited. How do you see the four nations going with Australi`
:41:06. > :41:05.benefited. How do you see the four nations going with Australia having
:41:06. > :41:13.nations going with Australi` having the best part of the year off. A lot
:41:14. > :41:15.can happen. Injury, depends what the teams turn up, New Zealand were down
:41:16. > :41:21.for the series and we were in last's for the series and we were in last's
:41:22. > :41:24.four nations. This year England didn't have two freaky people and
:41:25. > :41:29.Burgess back will make a huge difference. It is too far away to
:41:30. > :41:34.make that decision as to how they will go, but you would like to think
:41:35. > :41:37.that English full so many playing in Australia and the domestic, dish in
:41:38. > :41:44.here looking strong, that they should field a good team and the
:41:45. > :41:48.injury guys look after them. You were replaced as Australia coach,
:41:49. > :41:52.how do you see the appointmdnt? There is a lot of controversy over
:41:53. > :41:54.the situation with state football versus test football, but hd
:41:55. > :41:54.the situation with state football versus test football, but he is a
:41:55. > :41:58.versus test football, but hd is a good fit, there is no doubt. He has
:41:59. > :42:01.played at that level and captained at that level, state level is in
:42:02. > :42:04.at that level, state level hs in many ways as high a level, but the
:42:05. > :42:07.test level needs to be lifted in its test level needs to be lifted in its
:42:08. > :42:13.profile in that country. St`te of profile in that country. State of
:42:14. > :42:15.Origin really controls the dominant stage by way of 40 in Austr`lia and
:42:16. > :42:20.stage by way of 40 in Australia, and I have said for a few years, and
:42:21. > :42:26.fortunately it is difficult thing given the press and the amount of
:42:27. > :42:32.hype around the state series, it pushes the test games down somewhat.
:42:33. > :42:35.However, when you looked at the World Cup here in 13, the ldvel of
:42:36. > :42:38.World Cup here in 13, the level of interest in the body of Australian
:42:39. > :42:43.players, so many played four nations including Australia here, it is
:42:44. > :42:48.still the pinnacle of football when you put on that test jumper, be it
:42:49. > :42:54.New Zealand, England or Australia, so it is good fit, hopefullx
:42:55. > :42:56.Australia, who are in a change mode at the moment, will sort th`t
:42:57. > :42:58.Australia, who are in a change mode at the moment, will sort that out,
:42:59. > :43:01.and make it a good series, not only this year that the World Cup in 17.
:43:02. > :43:06.Next door may seem a long w`y off Next door may seem a long w`y off
:43:07. > :43:10.but you can follow every twist and but you can follow every twist and
:43:11. > :43:14.turn of the four nations on the BBC. Before that the show returns on
:43:15. > :43:18.Monday, February eight, and once again we will have highlights of
:43:19. > :43:22.every single game throughout the season. Until then, have a very
:43:23. > :43:24.happy Christmas, and we will leave you with some memorable moments
:43:25. > :43:24.happy Christmas, and we will leave you with some memorable momdnts from
:43:25. > :45:14.2015. Goodbye. Some say our fate
:45:15. > :45:17.is tied to the land.