:00:54. > :01:25.He has got the Premiership. Leeds take a hold and Leeds win the
:01:26. > :01:30.treble. Hello and welcome to Headingley. We
:01:31. > :01:35.will be crowning the world club champions. It the treble winning
:01:36. > :01:40.Leeds Rhino sense the North Queensland Cowboys. We have got two
:01:41. > :01:48.men who know these teams very well indeed. This man with was the
:01:49. > :01:53.Cowboys for four seasons and Jamie Peacock is a Leeds Rhinos legend.
:01:54. > :01:57.How many times have you been asked if you have brought you boots. I
:01:58. > :02:02.would have liked to have been out there. I felt like part of the team.
:02:03. > :02:07.It is not to be. Leeds, they have a strong team out tonight. This is the
:02:08. > :02:11.one when we won the Grand Final, I thought I wish this could have been
:02:12. > :02:15.the week after, it is not to be. I was looking to lucky to bow out in
:02:16. > :02:19.the way I did. You were twitching, you want to be out there. I would
:02:20. > :02:24.love to. Like yaim Egyptian, it's a massive game. Huge game. A lot of
:02:25. > :02:28.good friends still there, you know, what I mean, I have had a great time
:02:29. > :02:30.at the Cowboy, and you know hopefully they do well tonight. You
:02:31. > :02:35.caught up with them earlier in the week. What is the mood like, how
:02:36. > :02:39.seriously are they taking it? Real serious. I talked to the players,
:02:40. > :02:43.this is one trophy, the Cowboys have never had a chance to compete for,
:02:44. > :02:49.and they want to make a good fist of it and play well. With the injury,
:02:50. > :02:52.you have got, Jordan Lilley and Liam Sutcliffe up against Johnathan
:02:53. > :02:56.Thurston, what will that be like for them. I don't think they will worry
:02:57. > :03:01.about it. They will worry about themselves and what they can
:03:02. > :03:07.deliver. It's the forward area they may have the edge on Leeds. Thurston
:03:08. > :03:10.is unbelievable. Jordan an Liam will thrive. What is Johnathan Thurston
:03:11. > :03:13.like as a character, to play alongside and be round? He is
:03:14. > :03:17.unbelievable to play along side. Any break, any kind of half breaks he is
:03:18. > :03:22.the first one there that is backing up, on the other side of the coin,
:03:23. > :03:27.he is first one there in defence as well. His tenacity and willingness
:03:28. > :03:34.to win. That is what makes him the player he is. Leeds are dog, do they
:03:35. > :03:35.to win. That is what makes him the go into a bubble, I have heard talk
:03:36. > :03:40.to win. That is what makes him the about the bubble. You have to focus
:03:41. > :03:43.on what you can do and ignore what everyone is saying, that is the
:03:44. > :03:50.thing that it will be like, it is about what they can control and what
:03:51. > :03:54.they can do as players. It is the Leeds Rhinos against the North
:03:55. > :03:58.Queensland Cowboys for the 2016 attach owe World Club Series. Your
:03:59. > :04:05.commentary team are Brian Noble and Dave Woods.
:04:06. > :04:09.We are getting used to rugby league words client colliding. Headingley
:04:10. > :04:14.under lights and full to the rafters takes some beating for atmosphere
:04:15. > :04:20.and we are keeping our fingers crossed that the contest tonight can
:04:21. > :04:24.match this occasion. It's a wonderful noise inside Headingley.
:04:25. > :04:29.This is the way they are lining up tonight. Leeds of course, three
:04:30. > :04:33.icons retired after the Grand Final. They have lost several more key
:04:34. > :04:39.players through injury at the start of this campaign, including the
:04:40. > :04:42.influential skipper Danny McGuire, so a lot of responsibility on young
:04:43. > :04:48.shoulders in the halves in Liam Sutcliffe and Jordan Lilley.
:04:49. > :04:53.And this Cowboys 17 is exactly the same 17 that won them the Grand
:04:54. > :05:02.Final last year it includes arguably the best player in the world, in
:05:03. > :05:08.scrum-half Johnathan Thurston. Justin O'Neill has played against
:05:09. > :05:17.Leeds before and they were both winners. Richard Silverwood is our
:05:18. > :05:21.referee for the evening. So far down under has got one over
:05:22. > :05:26.on the Northern Hemisphere, Leeds tonight go in search, not just of a
:05:27. > :05:29.world crown for themselves, but a restoration of pride for Super
:05:30. > :05:35.League as well. Over the half way line, penalty for
:05:36. > :05:40.Leeds. It was away then. Michael Morgan it is the stand-off
:05:41. > :05:46.that too much time in the ruck gives Leeds great field position coming
:05:47. > :05:51.in. So great attacking opportunity for
:05:52. > :05:56.Leeds here. And a first drive in from Mitch Garbutt, who is fresh
:05:57. > :05:59.from the bench. Burrow waits Delaney, Delaney is going to use
:06:00. > :06:04.that all muscular style of his to try and get over. He is going -- he
:06:05. > :06:08.is mighty close, but not quite close enough.
:06:09. > :06:11.Another penalty. Which in effect gives Leeds another
:06:12. > :06:15.set of six. You can't imagine they will go for a goal. I would play on
:06:16. > :06:19.as well. The first time they have been down here with any ball. Over
:06:20. > :06:25.the line goes Garbutt but he has held up. They will have to go back
:06:26. > :06:31.ten yards for Leeds to play-the-ball again. And Leeds asking the
:06:32. > :06:36.questions. So far, the Cowboys have the answers. Lilley. A little run
:06:37. > :06:47.round, Ferres to Sutcliffe and now Watkins.
:06:48. > :06:51.Hardaker. Galloway to his left. Free tackle still to go.
:06:52. > :06:56.Burrow. Standing and waiting Burrow, with a
:06:57. > :07:01.short pass and it has hit the line. Especially well by Singleton, has he
:07:02. > :07:07.got over? Yes, he has but he is not able to touch the ball down and they
:07:08. > :07:13.go back to the ten metre line for another... They are hitting the line
:07:14. > :07:19.with baseball bats. Singleton, Cuthbertson has gone off, Garbutt is
:07:20. > :07:25.on, bashing away. Here comes Lilley, Sutcliffe, Sutcliffe wider still.
:07:26. > :07:31.Moon, Hall. Wrapped up by Feldt. They will find a decent kick Leeds.
:07:32. > :07:36.It is another penalty. We can't be far away from the Cowboys being put
:07:37. > :07:38.on a team warning here. It is giving Leeds back-to-back sets. And they
:07:39. > :07:42.aren't going to argue with that. Delaney.
:07:43. > :07:48.Burrow. Wants it played quickly. To to his left but he is going to go
:07:49. > :07:52.central. Here is Lilley. Big hit forward by Garbutt, twisting and
:07:53. > :07:57.turning as he goes. This North Queensland line is being tested
:07:58. > :08:02.here. Burrow, goes left, moon, steps
:08:03. > :08:08.offloads. Do they keep it, yes they do. Delaney dives back on top, and
:08:09. > :08:13.Burrow stands and waits again. A little skip, Moon, this is Hall,
:08:14. > :08:18.where he has come from? From? Ryan Hall they offload away. Garbutt
:08:19. > :08:25.hurls himself at that line again and he is still going. Scott has it all
:08:26. > :08:30.on to hold him up. Three more stop him in his tracks. Back to Hardaker,
:08:31. > :08:34.Hardaker to Watkins, Watkins. Put down on the fifth. So one play to go
:08:35. > :08:38.here for Leeds. Hardaker, going down the blindside,
:08:39. > :08:42.a step by Ferres, he is not going to find way through. But it is not
:08:43. > :08:49.about second options to give the ball away. Another example of how
:08:50. > :08:58.the NRL team defend their line as if their lives depend on it.
:08:59. > :09:03.Granville. There is Granville. Thurston. On its way to Tamou. Tamou
:09:04. > :09:06.just Thurston. On its way to Tamou. Tamou
:09:07. > :09:11.Leeds, there in numbers. Thurston. On its way to Tamou. Tamou
:09:12. > :09:15.the Thurston and Thurston has found Thurston. On its way to Tamou. Tamou
:09:16. > :09:20.the gap for Michael Morgan, to go skidding through, great line picked
:09:21. > :09:25.by the stand-off, great pass provided by the scrum-half. And
:09:26. > :09:26.after 21 and a bit minutes, North Queensland Cowboys have their first
:09:27. > :09:32.score. Queensland Cowboys have their first
:09:33. > :09:37.Put Put this down to Thurston finding Morgan on the outside.
:09:38. > :09:38.Burrow is attracted by the inside run of the north Queensland player
:09:39. > :09:40.Burrow is attracted by the inside and goes inside. Has to make that
:09:41. > :09:50.play. Morgan has a free run. and goes inside. Has to make that
:09:51. > :09:52.goes in. Johnathan Thurston whose last conversion attempt in anger was
:09:53. > :09:58.the one he last conversion attempt in anger was
:09:59. > :10:00.Final. Here he comes again, hiss first in 2016, it is also wide. He
:10:01. > :10:06.needs a new pair of kicking boots. first in 2016, it is also wide. He
:10:07. > :10:06.It remains 4-0 North Queensland Cowboys. Morgan comes round the
:10:07. > :10:13.back. Jordan Lilley Cowboys. Morgan comes round the
:10:14. > :10:20.in and help Rob Burrow, they are all going, or go out.
:10:21. > :10:23.in and help Rob Burrow, they are all He has gone right. Little dummy.
:10:24. > :10:24.Thurston again, he has passed it to the wrong man. The right man if you
:10:25. > :10:30.are Leeds. And this could the wrong man. The right man if you
:10:31. > :10:37.moment of glory. He has been chased hard here, Sutcliffe, Sutcliffe is
:10:38. > :10:45.beaten too and dragged down. From Leeds's point of view the best pass
:10:46. > :10:50.he has given all night, Thurston. Here comes handily. I think gusty
:10:51. > :10:56.roar coming from the south stand as they look left through Delaney.
:10:57. > :11:05.Morgan makes the tackle. Moon. Inside for Cuthbertson.
:11:06. > :11:09.Singleton puts his head down and tries to push a pass through. There
:11:10. > :11:13.are still tackle in the the bag for Leeds. In prime position. It is a
:11:14. > :11:19.great offload. And Rob Burrow is over.
:11:20. > :11:25.Adam Cuthbertson got the arms free and Burrow got his moment of glory.
:11:26. > :11:29.With a dive for the line. And Leeds are back level.
:11:30. > :11:33.Brilliant from Cuthbertson on the back of the intercept from
:11:34. > :11:38.Sutcliffe. Away it go, off you go Liam. Gets Leeds to the other end of
:11:39. > :11:42.the feel, when you think, he has picked the pockets of this Cowboys'
:11:43. > :11:46.defence, the restructured and reorganised but it is Rob Burrow,
:11:47. > :11:50.Cuthbertson again with the flick at the back. And away Rob Burrow plants
:11:51. > :11:57.it for four great points for his Leeds team.
:11:58. > :12:03.19-year-old Jordan Lilley. This will be his first Leeds goal,
:12:04. > :12:07.if he puts it over. Big responsibility on young
:12:08. > :12:11.shoulders. But Lilley to give his side the lead, and he has put it
:12:12. > :12:16.wide. He has put it wide. So it remains four apiece. Great
:12:17. > :12:24.play from Cuthbertson and Rob Burrow. Couldn't hold it on. Here is
:12:25. > :12:27.Lilley. It is time, not tackles now because there are only 20 seconds to
:12:28. > :12:33.go. 20 more seconds for Leeds to put in the hard work, here it comes to
:12:34. > :12:38.Morgan. Morgan is held up. 12 seconds and a half remaining. Maybe
:12:39. > :12:44.another couple of plays. Maybe just the one. Rory Kostjasyn to Thurston,
:12:45. > :12:48.Thurston hurls it away. The ball has gone the ground. The 14 minutes are
:12:49. > :12:51.up. The hooter sounds, the next stoppage is the end of the half.
:12:52. > :12:57.Thursday, fancies that being a try for his side. Skips the ball away.
:12:58. > :13:03.Leaves his defences absolutely magnificent. Right on their own
:13:04. > :13:12.line, right at the end of the half, they have denied the Northern
:13:13. > :13:19.Queensland Cowboys. So here comes Thurston with a kick.
:13:20. > :13:22.Queensland Cowboys. It is a test. Hand has dropped it
:13:23. > :13:27.and Kane Linnett will pick it up. Less than two minutes of the second
:13:28. > :13:32.half play and the Cowboys get the try. It went high and hand has to
:13:33. > :13:37.cope with that. It is not difficult. Four chasers in there. Unfortunately
:13:38. > :13:45.spills the ball and just a hand on to Linnett to dive over the line.
:13:46. > :13:49.Heartbreak for Leeds at the start of this second half.
:13:50. > :13:55.And Johnathan Thurston puts the kick this second half.
:13:56. > :14:07.over, it is Leeds 4, North Queensland 10.
:14:08. > :14:18.Rory Kostjasyn. Short pass to Asiata. He tries to bulldoze his way
:14:19. > :14:20.over that Leeds line. Still, they ask the questions
:14:21. > :14:23.over that Leeds line. Still, they problems, Thurston to Morgan. It is
:14:24. > :14:32.a pass that provided a try in the first half. In at the corner goes
:14:33. > :14:37.Kyle Feldt. Skipping away, they found the fringes wanting. And Feldt
:14:38. > :14:42.is into score. Out to Thurston. Out to Morgan who
:14:43. > :14:46.finds Feldt one-on-one with Hall. That, he has given the see you later
:14:47. > :14:51.and thrown him out of the way and got the ball down. This is a rare
:14:52. > :15:00.occurrence, watch this from Feldt. Boom, get away. Get the ball down.
:15:01. > :15:04.Johnathan Thurston tight for the touchline. They are just over his
:15:05. > :15:11.right shoulder, he will put that to one side as he kicks but he has put
:15:12. > :15:15.the kick to one side. He is a Father Christmas of a figure
:15:16. > :15:20.here, Johnathan Thurston giving away every kicking tee he has used. I am
:15:21. > :15:23.sure his reputation has gone down well among the youngsters in the
:15:24. > :15:29.south stand. Granville back on the field as well.
:15:30. > :15:33.In the dummy half role, it will take him through to the 80th minute.
:15:34. > :15:41.Morgan almost getting past the Leeds defence.
:15:42. > :15:45.Taumalolo is back on the field as well.
:15:46. > :15:50.Here is Granville. Scott. Taumalolo with a dummy run. Thurston, if he
:15:51. > :15:54.has given the ball away there, who are we to advice what he should have
:15:55. > :15:59.done. He has taken a tackle. Here is Granville.
:16:00. > :16:04.Taumalolo. Leeds doing their job here, but they have won more -- one
:16:05. > :16:07.more tackle to complete as Thurston taking it wide and threads it
:16:08. > :16:14.through. It has taken a deflection, that is really bad luck. Really bad
:16:15. > :16:25.luck, and the referee is going to ask for the video replay here. Takes
:16:26. > :16:31.a ricochet off Hardaker. Did he touch there, off his knee? Has he
:16:32. > :16:37.lost it here Coote? Has he lost it there? No, they are cheering and it
:16:38. > :16:43.he hasn't hit the ground yet. He lost it there but he regained it. I
:16:44. > :16:52.don't think he ever had control of that did he. No.
:16:53. > :16:58.He has given the try. It is 18 points to 4. Lachlan Coote didn't
:16:59. > :17:02.have the cleanest pair of hands, but clean enough for the video referee's
:17:03. > :17:12.point of view. He threads the needle. Gets a ricochet off Jimmy
:17:13. > :17:17.Keinhorst. It is Keinhorst that kicks the ball back in to play for
:17:18. > :17:25.Coote who drops over the line. Here is Thurston with a kick.
:17:26. > :17:35.And Thurston is on target, and it is 4 Leeds, 20 for the North Queensland
:17:36. > :17:40.Cowboys. Granville with a tap, Morgan and
:17:41. > :17:43.here is Taumalolo. And rolling away from that is
:17:44. > :17:47.Garbutt. He might have had a bit of trouble
:17:48. > :17:55.to start with. Garbutt is hanging behind the line here. Scott has
:17:56. > :18:07.pushed it to the 20 metre mark. Granville, skipping away, Thurston.
:18:08. > :18:12.Tamou. Granville. Going to the left. Thurston, bounces away from Watkins,
:18:13. > :18:18.attempted tackle, and Johnathan Thurston will dive over and it is
:18:19. > :18:22.becoming a task too far now, for Leeds's point of view. It goes at
:18:23. > :18:26.the line, Thurston and Watkins, can't handle him. He bounces him
:18:27. > :18:30.off. So close to the line Johnathan Thurston scores. Here he goes.
:18:31. > :18:35.Thurston on the fly. Watkins wants to take him out but doesn't hit and
:18:36. > :18:40.so Thurston gets over the line for a four pointer. Johnathan Thurston,
:18:41. > :18:43.his 11th year as a Cowboy, just starting, puts the ball between the
:18:44. > :18:49.sticks and it is Leeds 4, North Queensland Cowboys 26.
:18:50. > :18:55.Granville. Here he come, Scott is winding himself up here. Scott
:18:56. > :19:00.Andrews drops it inside for his fellow front rower. Tamou. They put
:19:01. > :19:03.him down and away goes Granville to the left-hand side and Thurston with
:19:04. > :19:08.a pass away. It's a tester here as Cooper. He is held up. Ten from that
:19:09. > :19:18.Leeds line. Granville again. Coote. Cooper. He is held up. Ten from that
:19:19. > :19:24.Thurston. Morgan. Held on to, no he is not. He is looking for support
:19:25. > :19:28.and find its here. O'Neill skipping and dancing, and wondering, and
:19:29. > :19:35.wondering no more, because he finds way in, Justin O'Neill to score in
:19:36. > :19:39.the corner. Leeds defence left absolutely flat footed.
:19:40. > :19:44.And the Queensland Cowboys are riding into the sunset here.
:19:45. > :19:48.It is a great try from the team. Testing this Leeds line, Thurston
:19:49. > :19:53.the architect in chief. Gets Morgan on the outside. He escapes from Joel
:19:54. > :19:58.Moon. He finds O'Neill who is looking for a pass, looking for a
:19:59. > :20:01.pass, Moon doesn't come up with the goods which gives O'Neill the
:20:02. > :20:06.opportunity to dive in for another North Queensland try. Coote with the
:20:07. > :20:11.ball finds Thurston. Morgan the other half. Moon doesn't wrap him
:20:12. > :20:16.up. Gets away from Moon. O'Neill goes away from Moon. Moon goes back
:20:17. > :20:22.at him and runs round him. Ferres can't make the play. Good try
:20:23. > :20:24.Queensland. Johnathan Thurston
:20:25. > :20:26.Queensland. that one in for the right touchline,
:20:27. > :20:32.Queensland. he has found it, and it is 4 for
:20:33. > :20:42.Leeds, 32 for the north Queensland Cowboys.
:20:43. > :20:59.There is Tamou. Oh, it is all flying here. On a chilly night, they are
:21:00. > :21:07.warming their fists. A bit a dispute going on that
:21:08. > :21:10.warming their fists. Some of these NRL ex-team-mates put
:21:11. > :21:13.their arm round Tamou's neck. On the floor. A bit of facial going on
:21:14. > :21:20.there. And Tamou... Garbutt give him floor. A bit of facial going on
:21:21. > :21:25.a bit. A bit of a slap. floor. A bit of facial going on
:21:26. > :21:29.miss. If you are going to hit floor. A bit of facial going on
:21:30. > :21:30.they will come back with a fist like that. There is a card coming out.
:21:31. > :21:41.What is the colour? that. There is a card coming out.
:21:42. > :21:46.Got that right. What is the colour of this one? There is a bit of red
:21:47. > :21:52.to start with. He didn't miss, Garbutt, he pinged him. Now it is
:21:53. > :21:55.Garbutt. It is a red card, Mitch Garbutt is off for the rest of the
:21:56. > :21:58.game. So Leeds will play the rest of this
:21:59. > :22:11.match with only 12 men. Granville. So Leeds will play the rest of this
:22:12. > :22:17.Scott. These defenders getting to him. Granville again. Carrying it
:22:18. > :22:21.away, oh, the pass is not the best, but it has gone backwards, five
:22:22. > :22:26.tackles. Granville. A desperate kick but it
:22:27. > :22:30.might serve its purpose because Feldt is underneath it. He gets
:22:31. > :22:33.might serve its purpose because pass away to Morgan and Morgan to
:22:34. > :22:39.O'Neill and Justin O'Neill with his second try of the night. Well,
:22:40. > :22:44.fortune favours the bold, and it was a very bold kick from Granville. It
:22:45. > :22:50.looks wasteful when it left the boot, but ended up with a try.
:22:51. > :22:54.Well it's a huge speculation from Granville. He leathers the ball as
:22:55. > :23:01.hard as he can. The winds, the Leeds players can't cope with it. Morgan
:23:02. > :23:11.receives it. Getting it out to O'Neill. Just it exposes the Leeds
:23:12. > :23:18.team. Whack, the ball from Feldt who releases Morgan who gets it to
:23:19. > :23:21.O'Neill who finishes. Johnathan Thurston with a kick,
:23:22. > :23:23.which has been caught in the wind but not enough to blow it off
:23:24. > :23:34.target. but not enough to blow it off
:23:35. > :23:43.But all three contests have been very much Australian dominated.
:23:44. > :23:52.Lilley. Away to Burrow. Keinhorst. Back to Hardaker. Quickly
:23:53. > :23:56.away, to Moon, and now Hall. Ryan Hall, back to Moon again. Moon has
:23:57. > :24:00.to cut back inside, there is a bit of space in which to run, Scott got
:24:01. > :24:06.a hand on it. Knocked it forward. There is only two seconds left to
:24:07. > :24:11.play, so that will be the final act of the night, at half-time it looked
:24:12. > :24:16.as though we had a real contest on our hands, we did, with 40 minutes
:24:17. > :24:21.played but with 80 minutes on the clock it is a run away Australian
:24:22. > :24:32.It is a heavy piece, but between crowned the World Champions.
:24:33. > :24:35.It is a heavy piece, but between them, they will be able to lift it
:24:36. > :24:41.high in the air, Queensland have the victory. They won their grand final
:24:42. > :24:46.with a golden point, and a golden second-half performance here, and
:24:47. > :24:49.they can now call themselves world champions. There will be quite a
:24:50. > :24:59.celebration going on tonight. Congratulations. In the end you made
:25:00. > :25:04.it look easy, but that was some first half. Yes, we turned over the
:25:05. > :25:08.ball a few too many times and they made us play, so the second half we
:25:09. > :25:15.controlled the ball a bit better and the tries came off the back of our
:25:16. > :25:19.defence. You have won so many things over the years, but what does it
:25:20. > :25:25.mean to be world club champions? Everything. It is a great reward for
:25:26. > :25:29.the boys after last year, and that is what you get from winning the
:25:30. > :25:32.Premiership, we come to play the best in the northern hemisphere, and
:25:33. > :25:38.the rhinos have been at the top four an number of years. We had a packed
:25:39. > :25:42.house, it is an experienced the boys will have for a long time. And what
:25:43. > :25:47.have you made of the three games, is the Gulf as big as it looks on paper
:25:48. > :25:53.after these three matches? Is always a tough match, and it is my first
:25:54. > :26:01.time here in a cap Cowboys jersey. The scoreline doesn't reflect how
:26:02. > :26:07.hard the game was. That was the proverbial game of two halves,
:26:08. > :26:10.wasn't it? Yes, disappointing. That second half when the opposite to
:26:11. > :26:14.what we had planned. We were happy and confident coming back out, but
:26:15. > :26:18.that first ten minutes of the second are probably lost us the game. Is
:26:19. > :26:25.that the difference, you think those errors that you just can't make
:26:26. > :26:32.against both sides? You can't make those errors against any sides. We
:26:33. > :26:36.are better than that, and they are a quality side, and if you make
:26:37. > :26:42.errors, you get penalised. You looked like you were everywhere and
:26:43. > :26:49.trying to do everything. We were never not going to dig in, but we
:26:50. > :26:52.just weren't good enough today. You have so many injuries. How do you
:26:53. > :26:58.pick yourselves up from this? You have to travel the Catalan next
:26:59. > :27:04.week. It is Monday tomorrow, so it is the start of a new week, and that
:27:05. > :27:10.is how we will treat it. We will deal with this quickly, get on with
:27:11. > :27:13.it and move on. They stuck it to rise early, but I thought we
:27:14. > :27:21.controlled the game really well in the second half. What did you say at
:27:22. > :27:26.half-time? I thought we could have just carried the ball a little
:27:27. > :27:30.stronger, and we certainly did that from the second half from the
:27:31. > :27:37.opening whistle. And what does it mean to you all to win this title?
:27:38. > :27:40.We won our first Premiership last year, and to get a chance to do that
:27:41. > :27:46.tonight, you have to work really hard. The boys are really aware of
:27:47. > :27:50.the opportunity they have earned for themselves, and they didn't want to
:27:51. > :27:56.waste it. We are really happy about it. Congratulations to the North
:27:57. > :27:59.Queensland Cowboys, they are the world club champions, and in the
:28:00. > :28:06.end, it was fairly straightforward for them, wasn't it? I think it was
:28:07. > :28:11.a good first half, but the class and power of the Australian side was
:28:12. > :28:16.just too much in the end. The first half was a real arm Wessel, wasn't
:28:17. > :28:20.it? It really was, I think they should have gone in 6-4 at
:28:21. > :28:29.half-time. It probably killed a little bit, but full credit to the
:28:30. > :28:35.Cowboys, they deserved it with a standout players for you? Michael
:28:36. > :28:43.Morgan, Matthew Scott, the guys coming off the bench, Scott Bolton,
:28:44. > :28:46.Ben Hannant, they all set up their role there. Hugely disappointed if
:28:47. > :28:53.leads the way it happened in the second half. How will they pick
:28:54. > :28:57.themselves up from that? They will take some positives out of what they
:28:58. > :29:06.did in the first half, and that first 40 minutes, if they can build
:29:07. > :29:10.on that against Catalans, that's all they can do. What did you make of
:29:11. > :29:16.Rob Burrow? He really stepped up into the captain's role. They have
:29:17. > :29:21.lost leadership, but he was dangerous going for the quick
:29:22. > :29:25.play-the-ball is. And the North Queensland, it means a huge amount,
:29:26. > :29:31.Johnathan Thurston was really proud to lift this title. It puts another
:29:32. > :29:34.trophy to his legacy, he is such a great player, but they really wanted
:29:35. > :29:38.to win this over here, I was talking to Paul before, and he really wanted
:29:39. > :29:47.this trophy, to take it home, and they came here and did their job.
:29:48. > :29:54.This was the third match in the World Cup series -- the world club
:29:55. > :29:55.series. We had other games with Wigan and said Helen is, and this is
:29:56. > :30:08.what happened. Yet again, no Grand Final in 2015
:30:09. > :30:10.for them. Terrific strength, terrific power, to rhetoric skill,
:30:11. > :30:18.and really too hot to handle, terrific power, to rhetoric skill,
:30:19. > :30:24.have every right to be worried. It looks like he has scored, that looks
:30:25. > :30:26.like a tried to me, and the referee think so, too. The Roosters strike
:30:27. > :30:41.first. Well, Saints are under the think so, too. The Roosters strike
:30:42. > :30:49.cosh here now. Nick Arima with the kick, and it came off the arm of Jon
:30:50. > :30:51.Wilkin. -- Jayden Nikorima. Jayden Nikorima again, and here
:30:52. > :30:59.Wilkin. -- Jayden Nikorima. Jayden it is Jake Friend with the ball,
:31:00. > :31:01.brilliant fans, Jake Ferguson, three tries in
:31:02. > :31:08.brilliant fans, Jake Ferguson, three from the Sydney Roosters. Can Saints
:31:09. > :31:12.get on the ball before half-time? But is hanging kick, a good kick
:31:13. > :31:17.from Wilkin, Owens has fumbled it, and here come Roosters again!
:31:18. > :31:22.Nikorima, with Swift racing across, but he has support, and Dale Copley,
:31:23. > :31:29.four tries in the first half for the Roosters. Is that game over already?
:31:30. > :31:38.Jon Wilkin will try one of those teasing, hanging kicks, and he has
:31:39. > :31:40.gone under it, and Dominique Peyroux will score for St Helens, finally a
:31:41. > :31:48.try in the world club will score for St Helens, finally a
:31:49. > :31:53.Saints. Nikorima again, what a debut it has been for him! Surely this
:31:54. > :31:56.will be another try for the Roosters, and it is Shaun
:31:57. > :32:00.Kenny-Dowall, what an outstanding display by the Roosters. At the
:32:01. > :32:02.moment, Saints can't do anything about this, and Nikorima involved in
:32:03. > :32:07.this again, just hangs on, about this, and Nikorima involved in
:32:08. > :32:15.ball out, brilliant play from Sydney. He beats another man, and
:32:16. > :32:21.Aidan Guerra gets his second try. It is a rout at Langtree Park. The
:32:22. > :32:24.Roosters have just been too good. Saints here looking for some
:32:25. > :32:29.consolation, and they get it as Dominique Peyroux goes over for his
:32:30. > :32:31.second, Saints' second. They certainly haven't given up all they
:32:32. > :32:32.have given it certainly haven't given up all they
:32:33. > :32:40.second half. certainly haven't given up all they
:32:41. > :32:42.it is picked up I Daniel Tupou, and he is going to go the length of the
:32:43. > :32:46.field. He was denied he is going to go the length of the
:32:47. > :32:50.by the video Roef gone and he won't be denied this time, a seventh try
:32:51. > :33:01.for the Roosters, it is a convincing victory.
:33:02. > :33:11.Josh McGuire. The New England coach, Bennett, is looking on.
:33:12. > :33:15.Josh McGuire. The New England coach, down the left-hand side, Corey
:33:16. > :33:22.Josh McGuire. The New England coach, Oates, he is in a great tackle the
:33:23. > :33:27.Lewis Tierney, and they want to have a look at this one. Does the foot
:33:28. > :33:38.brushed the turf as he gets the ball down. It looks like it from here.
:33:39. > :33:48.The on field decision of try stands. Nikorima onto Tony Milford. They
:33:49. > :33:54.pick up the ball, and play continues with Andrew McCulloch. McIlorum
:33:55. > :34:00.looks in a bad way. Ben Flower slides onto his foot, and he is
:34:01. > :34:07.carried off the field on a stretcher, it takes a lot to get rid
:34:08. > :34:17.of Michael Mcllorum. Milford puts the kick through, it bounces off the
:34:18. > :34:20.post and is taken by Nikorima. Does he have the requisite control? The
:34:21. > :34:34.referee has said yes. That goes onto Dan Sarginson, and
:34:35. > :34:44.that is just what they needed, the Wigan Warriors, no video referee
:34:45. > :34:49.needed this time. McCullough, on to Parker, and a slick move this from
:34:50. > :35:01.Brisbane, they have found a gap, Matt Gill it. -- Matt Gillett. So
:35:02. > :35:04.sharp. Onto Milford again, and this time it is a flat ball to Jarrod
:35:05. > :35:09.Wallace, and he goes over under the sticks just before the break. Wayne
:35:10. > :35:10.Bennett is happy with that. One-way traffic at the moment.
:35:11. > :35:18.Bennett is happy with that. McGuire onto Milford. Down this
:35:19. > :35:21.left-hand side, Corey Oates has picked the gap on
:35:22. > :35:27.left-hand side, Corey Oates has side, and Shaun Wane has plenty to
:35:28. > :35:37.think about as they come down this short left-hand side. Triple one
:35:38. > :35:40.will give chase, -- Nikorima will give chase, and the referee has
:35:41. > :35:45.already called for the video referee for fears of a knock-on full up
:35:46. > :35:51.Wigan wait in hope, but the try is awarded, and Nikorima gets his
:35:52. > :35:58.second. It has been a good weekend for the Nikorimas. A quick shift the
:35:59. > :36:03.right-hand side, and Greg Eden has got the pace here. He is going to
:36:04. > :36:08.streak down this right-hand side, and the former Huddersfield and Hull
:36:09. > :36:11.KR man will go over for a debut try. It is a good night for one
:36:12. > :36:17.engagement, and it is a good night for Wayne Bennett. Wigan across this
:36:18. > :36:23.left-hand side, can they finish with a flurry here? Sarginson is going to
:36:24. > :36:26.be held up, he is in a cul-de-sac. The ball as a waiter Farrel, and
:36:27. > :36:30.onto Williams, who scampers through a gap. It is a bright note on a
:36:31. > :36:43.pretty dismal evening for Wigan. It is not been a wood good weekend
:36:44. > :36:49.for Super League. No, we have shown the difference in class. In real
:36:50. > :36:55.terms, talent goes where money is, and it is so much bigger than the
:36:56. > :36:58.Super League. When you see a Super League side Players Championship
:36:59. > :37:03.side, it is not really positive for the game at the moment. You have
:37:04. > :37:08.played in both. Is the Gulf as big as it has looked in the last couple
:37:09. > :37:13.of days? I don't think it is. It is a tough competition over here, but
:37:14. > :37:15.the other teams all weekend have taken their chances, any errors or
:37:16. > :37:22.anything like that, they just pounced. So I hope people don't look
:37:23. > :37:26.at the scorelines of think, we should abolish this, no. To help
:37:27. > :37:33.grow the domestic game, we need this competition, so hopefully they don't
:37:34. > :37:37.do anything. What do you think Super League need to do, or do we need to
:37:38. > :37:43.forget this, because this is one competition, the NRL is different?
:37:44. > :37:47.It is down to the ministry. I think we have got a really good tough,
:37:48. > :37:52.tight competition the Mound, but if you want to increase the salary cap
:37:53. > :37:54.so that you can compete with the NRL, you will have two or three
:37:55. > :37:56.teams winning everything in being way better than everybody else.
:37:57. > :38:04.teams winning everything in being agree that this game should stay,
:38:05. > :38:07.this theory should stay. But we need a Super League team to win a weak
:38:08. > :38:12.least one of the games, we have a two years of this. We need a Super
:38:13. > :38:15.League team to play well this year, to get to the Grand Final, Tobia
:38:16. > :38:19.Arlt there and have a go at this competition next year, so talking to
:38:20. > :38:25.a lot of guys around, they really want to crack at the Australian guys
:38:26. > :38:27.next year. Do you think we do need to make changes to our competition
:38:28. > :38:35.to somehow increase the intensity so that we can do 80 minutes? We can't
:38:36. > :38:38.afford the cap to go up any more as it is, so I think we have a
:38:39. > :38:42.competition that is good, we have a competition that is tight, there is
:38:43. > :38:46.a chance of everybody beating of a body, and that is what we want.
:38:47. > :38:50.People who pay to watch a team want to see their team have a chance of
:38:51. > :38:54.getting in the top four or the top eight. If you take the salary cap
:38:55. > :38:58.out, that goes, and I don't think that is right. Away from the World
:38:59. > :39:03.Cup series, we also had a couple of Super League matches this weekend.
:39:04. > :39:12.The early leaders with his work at Salford. Salford carried on where
:39:13. > :39:20.they left off, the Vikings victory over Leeds last weekend soon
:39:21. > :39:26.forgotten as Justin Carney strolled in with his first for the club. A
:39:27. > :39:30.couple of quick steps saw Robert Louis danced to the middle. A
:39:31. > :39:33.terrific skill to set up Mark Flanagan, and the former Saint just
:39:34. > :39:36.had the legs to outpace Flanagan, and the former Saint just
:39:37. > :39:43.Marsh. Widnes just couldn't get a foothold. Salford dominating through
:39:44. > :39:49.Dobson's kick creating a third try. Greg Johnson have the pace. And it
:39:50. > :39:55.looked to be plain sailing for The Red Devils, more poor defence,
:39:56. > :40:03.Dobson involved again, and it was all too easy for Josh Griffin. But
:40:04. > :40:06.from nowhere, the Vikings, who won their opening matches, gave
:40:07. > :40:10.themselves a lifeline, with two quick tries just before half-time.
:40:11. > :40:19.Rhys Hanbury had the strength to touch down. And then quick hands so
:40:20. > :40:22.Kevin Brown send Aussie recruit Chris Huston powering over to give
:40:23. > :40:32.Widnes a glimmer. And from 22-0 down, it got better
:40:33. > :40:39.for the Vikings ten minutes into the second half. A Salford error, some
:40:40. > :40:44.superb handling, the pace of handbrake, and it all added up to
:40:45. > :40:49.another that down. Marsh outpacing Johnson, and Widnes were within just
:40:50. > :40:54.eight points. Incredibly, the Vikings hadn't finished. They
:40:55. > :40:57.dominated for long spells in the second half, and with ten minutes to
:40:58. > :41:02.go, Corey Thompson followed up his own kick. Handbrake's touchline
:41:03. > :41:08.conversion, and it was a two point ball game. Lee and Dobson setting up
:41:09. > :41:12.Flannigan for his ball game. Lee and Dobson setting up
:41:13. > :41:14.back to back wins now for The Red Devils.
:41:15. > :41:21.Both Hull Kingston Rovers and Wakefield Wildcats were awaiting
:41:22. > :41:25.their first win, and it was Rovers who got themselves on the board
:41:26. > :41:34.first. Adam Walker was held up, and a quick shift to the left Ian
:41:35. > :41:38.Thornley put Kieran Dixon in. Wakefield hit back, Stuart Howarth
:41:39. > :41:42.finding Liam Finn, and it looked as though he looked like he had been
:41:43. > :41:52.backed up, the ball went to Michael Seaman. -- Mikhail Simon. And when
:41:53. > :42:00.he was finally stumped, Stuart Howarth Winford dummy half to put
:42:01. > :42:01.the Wildcats ahead. The Robins reduced the arrears before
:42:02. > :42:05.half-time, Adam Walker hitting a flat ball to Steve Drew, and
:42:06. > :42:08.half-time, Adam Walker hitting a already missed the first kick,
:42:09. > :42:13.Kieran Dixon pulled them wide again to leave a 4-point gap at the break.
:42:14. > :42:18.Wakefield looked as though they had passed up a golden chance to score
:42:19. > :42:26.on the back of repeat sets when Rovers finally mock up on the last.
:42:27. > :42:32.Robert Hicks, the referee, pulled playback for an off the ball tackle
:42:33. > :42:37.by Maurice Blair that sorted him -- saw him head to the sin-bin. And the
:42:38. > :42:45.penalty goal extended the lead to six points. Ken CEO gave Rovers the
:42:46. > :42:53.chance to level when we produced some fine work down the left-hand
:42:54. > :42:54.side. -- Ken Sio. Wakefield went on to record their first Super League
:42:55. > :43:12.win since last July. hung in Endeavour ended -- hung in
:43:13. > :43:18.and defended well. What needs to happen for you lot? You need key
:43:19. > :43:24.players back, but defensively, the team needs to be stronger, and that
:43:25. > :43:28.is being worked on at the moment, we are a work in progress, but we would
:43:29. > :43:32.like to give Campese look back, but you need to be able to run with good
:43:33. > :43:37.layers, and we are not doing that at the moment.
:43:38. > :43:39.layers, and we are not doing that at good win for them, they are
:43:40. > :43:46.beginning to build bit of momentum, and they? Yes, a top win, I watched
:43:47. > :43:51.a bit of the game last week was Salford and Saint Helens, and guys
:43:52. > :43:56.like Robin Louis played we well -- really well. You have Wakefield next
:43:57. > :44:02.week, they will look a bit more chipper. I think so. We will have a
:44:03. > :44:05.look at the video from today's game tomorrow, and we will try to make
:44:06. > :44:09.out a plan to get a victory against Wakefield. And you can follow the
:44:10. > :44:13.Super League season with us right right of the year, we are here on
:44:14. > :44:18.Monday nights, Tuesday lunchtimes and all week on the BBC iPlayer. So,
:44:19. > :44:21.the night belonged to the North Queensland Cowboys, and the world
:44:22. > :44:22.club series belonged to the Australians. From Headingley, from
:44:23. > :45:01.all of us, goodbye. MUSIC: Close To You
:45:02. > :45:04.by the Carpenters