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Hello we have arrived at the penultimate round of matches

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in the regular season and the last time we saw this set of fixtures

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it was Magic Weekend in Newcastle so plenty of scores to be sdttled

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in Round 22.

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MUSIC: Lawson - 'Used To Be Us'

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Our two little ducks for Rotnd 2 by the Huddersfield prop

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Eorl Crabtree and Wakefield coach Chris Chester and we will start

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with the Wildcats who were hn the South of France to take

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on Catalan, just a dropped goal separated these two

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so what happened on Saturdax?

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Matt Newsome was watching.

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Miller to feed the scrum for Wakefield.

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From the base, Moore to Sio.

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Decent position this for Wakefield.

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Searing day in Perpignan.

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Miller to the left.

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Into the hand of Jowett.

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He has got down the left-hand side, he is going for support and he has

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found Jowitt and Jowitt has caught the ball down and Wakefield

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hit the front.

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Fine try.

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Penalty for Catalan.

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Maria will put it in.

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Wakefield scramble back into the line.

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Moore will come to the right-hand side, through the hands it goes

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to Gigot, he is still going, has he got it down?

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He thinks he has.

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Wakefield were there in numbers and Chris Campbell

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is going to video referee.

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He has got a try on field ddcision.

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Gigot spins with the ball `nd it looks as though it is on thd line.

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And back in the third set.

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Catalan back in the game.

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Pull with me Wakefield, go.

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Having gone in front, Wakefheld they need to try and stem this

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Catalan side now it is level.

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Hold it!

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Yaha.

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Centrefield, move it to the right-hand side.

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Great run by Dave Taylor, he has gone steaming

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through and that is why thex call Dave Taylor The Coal Train.

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Catalan Dragons move ahead.

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And Dave Taylor is the man on the spot.

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Keep it low.

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Jason Baitieri.

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Pound for pound one of the toughest in the game.

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It has taken three men to put him down.

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The dummy half to the right.

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He goes straight through.

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What a try.

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They could not stop the big back rower and Catalan Dragons are really

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stamping their authority in this first half.

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Hold the line.

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Eight minutes to the break.

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18-6.

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Arona backing in.

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He is going to be held up.

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Played the ball to Moore.

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John Molloy.

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Under the shadows of the st`nd in front of the Wakefield supporters,

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John Molloy touches down.

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Catalan Dragons goal-line drop out.

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Wakefield turning the screw.

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It is a long punt.

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From under the sticks.

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Here goes Anthony Tupou.

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With space to run into.

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Met by a wall of Catalan pl`yers, it is a loose off-load,

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hacked on by Craig Hall, a race, that is horrible

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and Craig Hall is bounced.

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And Catalan Dragons have bedn torn apart at the back.

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Escare has made a real hash of it.

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The puff of the cheeks says it all.

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To the right-hand side, he goes through, has he got

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the ball down?

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He has, but Chris Campbell says forward pass.

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Dave Taylor, it looked as though it came out the back of his hand.

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It was gathered in by Yaha, still in touch.

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Laurent Frayssinous makes hhs point to Chris Campbell.

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Level at the break.

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Catalan have it.

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Deep inside Wakefield territory

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Dave Taylor, it has taken four men to wrap him up, he has liftdd

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the ball out, back to Wakefheld

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Miller, we know he can do it and he will race away.

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Out wide to Hall.

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Runs into traffic and Horo is stopped in his own 40.

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The Catalan defenders are rdtreating and Bill Tupou will run at the line.

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He has gone sliding through.

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Brilliant from Bill Tupou.

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Can he get away from Yaha?

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Yes, he can.

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Wonderful score.

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Wakefield go in front once `gain.

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Bill Tupou.

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Da Costa, to Albert, drops it to Baitieri.

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Close to the hour mark here.

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Catalan is losing on home soil.

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Da Costa.

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To Albert.

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It's the kick in, Morgan potnces.

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Atonement for the first half error and he looks a relieved man.

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So does Chris Chester.

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Moore goes to them, drops it off on the angle, to the left-h`nd side.

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Jacob Miller, a bit like ond of those flies in the ointmdnt,

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they are trying to swat him, but he keeps buzzing away.

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Until he is finally wrapped up, just inside the ten.

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Moore will go to the left-h`nd side but then, back

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on the inside to four feet.

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He is going to be held up as well.

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He is a big man to stop.

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Moore to Sio, sprints his w`y across, great finish.

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Wakefield retake the lead again

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Stuck to the final ten.

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And Maria.

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Punches his way through.

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Hold the line.

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Get it away.

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Da Costa.

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Albert.

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Out to the side, Yaha, did he get that down?

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Helped back to his feet and Chris Campbell,

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it was a try.

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Appeals.

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To level.

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Pat Richards.

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That looks good.

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Stay down.

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No good says the referee.

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Chris Chester, he raises his eyebrows.

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It looks for all the world as though it was through.

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The referee's decision is fhnal

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A moment of controversy that could be crucial.

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Chris, you have had some melorable wins with Wakefield,

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62-0 against Wigan stands ott, how does that compare?

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It is up there.

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Long time since Wakefield got a result in Catalan.

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We had to do it the hard way, we lost Mickey Sio

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in the first minute.

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Very hot day, 32 degrees, it was something we were not used to.

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We ground out a really good win and we are really pleased

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for everyone and more pleasdd for the fans who turned up.

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They were fantastic for us.

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Only the top three have won there this year and that is quite

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a scalp for you guys.

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It is.

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We were not particularly that good either.

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We have not been great thesd last few weeks but it is certainly a step

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in the right direction, no one is getting

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ahead of themselves.

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We have a big campaign coming up on the Challenge Cup.

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We need to be better in a lot of areas, mainly defensivelx.

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We conceeded 20 odd points at the weekend and we had pretty

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soft tries, we do try to fix that.

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We are really delighted that we got a result in Catalan.

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Obviously it must give the team immense confidence to go and do

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that, what has happened?

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They won one game in seven before you came in, what kind of group

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of players did you find waiting and what did you need

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to do for them?

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Very nervous group of players.

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They were worried about tryhng things out on the training field

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and on the field.

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I just wanted to get them to express themselves a little more,

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play with some confidence, play with some arrogance

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and it is showing on the fidld, they are working

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hard for each other.

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We are a good attacking sidd, there are a lot of things wd need

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to sort out defensively.

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I am really pleased we have turned a massive corner.

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We have had a good little rtn, we are enjoying each other's company

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and that is the main thing.

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It is a heck of a turnaround from being in the million pound game

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at the back end of last season to being secure in the top dight

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and being able to plan for the future.

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That must be fantastic.

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It is.

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Recruitment has gone well.

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When I took over I spoke to Michael at length and I said to him,

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he wanted a good middle eights campaign and a good Challenge Cup

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and I said, we need to be thinking a little bit higher than th`t

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and we want to be in that stper eight and we went on a good run

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and I am pleased for Michael.

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He has copped a lot of stick from his own fans and he has

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put his money where his mouth is, not just invested money but a lot

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of time along with Chris Br`yton at the club and I am pleased

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for those guys.

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There was a bit of controversy in the game.

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We saw Laurent Frayssinous, he was unhappy about a try

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and the two kicks, you talkdd to us before you came on air,

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you talked about the kick from the first try, the first

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conversion that was given, that you thought possibly mhght not

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have been from the angle yot had.

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It looked like it had missed and it had gone well over

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the top of the post.

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Me and Stu Dickens looked at each other and we could not

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believe what we saw.

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This was the one that was not given and everyone thinks it was.

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Yes, I did not see this one, I only watched it when I watched

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the game back at home.

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We got an injury on the pitch and I ran down the sidelines

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and I was not aware that th`t had been missed until I got

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down on the sidelines.

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It looked like it went throtgh.

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We will take that.

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Absolutely take that.

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For Catalan, they seem to bd wobbling with players missing

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particularly Todd Carney.

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They are lacking confidence.

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They looked really scrappy `nd lazy.

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They were missing tackles you would expect them to make.

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Wakefield were fantastic.

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They could have easily not bothered, they could have relaxed and thought

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we are close but they did not.

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They went right to the final whistle and I thought they were fantastic.

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Catalan were worrying, they were a team that should be

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doing really well.

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They were slackening off and it is not the right time to do it.

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Rick Stone took over at Huddersfield with the Giants already

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heading for the qualifiers.

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That middle eight will be a unique challenge for the new coach

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who has good memories of his last time in England.

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I was involved with Fiji in the World Cup in 2013

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and I walked away thinking I would love to come back coaching

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on a full-time basis.

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In the last couple of weeks, it has been a new world,

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but I made contact with the club and they contact with me and one

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thing led to another and the next thing I am herd.

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The squad looks like it has plenty of talent.

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We are going to work hard to see if we can rectify things

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in the next two weeks.

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We have two weeks before thdy enter the middle eights competition

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and the priority has got to be making sure we stay

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away from relegation.

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That is a realistic scenario.

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We have to make sure that the boys in the next few weeks

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respect their opposition.

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Play with consistency, because that is something they have

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not been great at in the se`son

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It is not something I have been involved in before but a knockout

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semi-finals is not new to md and I am looking forward to making

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sure we put our best foot forward once we start the last seven games.

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He did not seem fazed by thd whole concept of the qualifiers,

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how are you finding him, what is changing, is there

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a whole raft of new things to get your head around?

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There is quite a lot of information being thrown at us and the hmportant

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thing is getting to know hil and for him to get to know ts.

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Obviously, he is coming to ` team that has 30 players and he hs not

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really sure who they are, what their names are includhng

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myself, he keeps calling me Errol, which is fantastic.

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He will probably find out now that my name is Eorl.

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It is good to have him around as a breath of fresh air.

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It is a case of getting him in now and trying to change things.

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It is a good opportunity for ourselves.

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He has not got much time, is there a particular

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thing he has got right?

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That is exactly what he is doing, he has given us something to focus

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on and going into the first game, we did not really show

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ourselves very well.

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Everything we do try and focus on was pretty much terrible.

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We have had a disappointing start for Rick and ourselves,

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but we want to improve and I'm sure we will do.

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The new man's first game in charge was against St Helens on Sunday

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and it did not start well for Eorl.

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We talked about first impressions, we kicked it out and that w`s

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probably the worst first impression.

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Off the back of that, a nice little kick

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from Joe Greenwood.

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That is the sort of thing wd did.

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Then Broughey gets us back into the game with great footwork.

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We knew we had an opportunity.

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We did some real good stuff but we kept conceding the soft tries

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and what made it really bad for us was the fact that we kept ghving

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the ball away and we talked about targets within the gale

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and hopefully, only making six errors in the game

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and I think we made nine in the second half alone.

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Completing 55% which is not good enough to win the game,

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off the back of this we can throw the ball around.

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We have great skill and it is a fantastic try

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for Tom Symonds who has been great for us, a great signing,

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but we are doing some great things but we are making things re`lly

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difficult for ourselves.

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This is our chance and opportunity to make sure we are going

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the right direction.

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We need to change pretty fast.

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He used the word frivolous, you were doing frivolous thhngs

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I have not heard that word tsed in press conferences.

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Is it a question of taking you back to basics?

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I think he was being polite to be honest.

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Some of the things we do is get ourselves into a good posithon

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and you know that they will crack at any second and you know

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you are putting them under pressure and waiting for them to bre`k

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and they do not break, it is us

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We break ourselves.

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This is what we are talking about.

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We put ourselves under pressure we get tackled, and then it gets

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to the last tackle and we try and set ourselves up.

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We know that off the back of this we should be building presstre,

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we should be going for a trx to get the ball back, we get a ricochet.

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The referee does not give it back, Broughey puts on the kick

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and it is swift on the outshde and he goes the length of the pitch

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and that is our season so f`r and if we cut out those mistakes

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and it goes our way instead of the opposition's way,

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we stand a chance of staying up in Super League and that is

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what it is about.

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What about St Helens?

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They are going on a nice run having come under pressure as much

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as anything, they seem to bd getting it together.

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They played some really good football and Ciaran has copped

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a little bit of stick over the last month or so,

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but we were in a similar position to Eorl the other week

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when we completed at 58% against a good team like St Helens.

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When they are doing 60 odd tackles more, and they caught us out

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that was the back end of thd game.

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They are really fighting for that fourth place which looked rdally

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beyond them a few weeks ago.

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It did but they are starting to get a few bodies back,

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Luke Walsh played again at the weekend and Jon Wilkhn

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played particularly well.

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They are going to be a forcd in this, and they are going to take

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some beating and I am reallx pleased for Ciaran, because he has copped

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some stick this year.

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He has come out the other shde and I am sure he is smiling.

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Leeds and Wigan met in the Grand Finals last ye`r

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but with the Rhinos heading to the qualifiers only one

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of them can make it back to Old Trafford this season.

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Their meeting at Headingley on Friday was the final

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chance to square up and Dave Woods was watching.

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Segeyaro.

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Looking to martial things again here for Leeds.

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Back to Burrow.

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Sutcliffe is involved.

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Will push a couple away but will have to take the t`ckle.

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Here comes Sutcliffe to flick it back inside again.

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Jamie Jones-Buchanan keeps ht alive.

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Across from Lilley, here is Kallum Watkins,

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Kallum Watkins with a swervd.

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Still going, Watkins.

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Has he got it down?

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Has a look at the referee who gives a try.

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A mixture of athleticism and brutal determination from Kallum W`tkins.

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A double from dummy half.

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The Leeds defence is not found wanting.

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Powell.

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Here is Smith.

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Williams.

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Now he puts the kick in.

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That is sublime and Charnley will score.

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What a kick that was from George Williams

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to open the Leeds defence.

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Segeyaro.

0:19:010:19:02

Marching into position.

0:19:020:19:04

Watkins, who is certainly h`ving more of an influence on this game.

0:19:040:19:11

Deep inside that Wigan half.

0:19:110:19:13

Ablett cuts back inside, only brushing away the defender

0:19:130:19:18

Ferres was there in support but he still gets it

0:19:180:19:21

away and Cuthbertson, over to finish.

0:19:210:19:27

Six minutes into the second half, Leeds have a bit of wiggle room now.

0:19:270:19:34

This will be the last of thd referee says, having settled things down.

0:19:340:19:35

The high chip from Burrow and the arms go up and Ferrds comes

0:19:390:19:42

down.

0:19:420:19:46

But lots of questions to answer here.

0:19:460:19:49

Challenge in the air.

0:19:490:19:54

Who did this ball come off and which way was it going?

0:19:540:19:57

Well, if it came off a Leeds player, it is going backwards anywax.

0:19:570:20:01

So Ferres is safe with a totchdown.

0:20:010:20:07

And a try is confirmed.

0:20:070:20:11

And Leeds looking as though they have put themselves

0:20:110:20:13

in a winning position now.

0:20:130:20:22

Powell.

0:20:220:20:23

Manages to get things going quickly here.

0:20:230:20:25

Tierney.

0:20:250:20:26

Cannot scramble away after the first effort from Segeyaro.

0:20:260:20:30

Matty Smith.

0:20:300:20:33

Testing kick and it is a good one because it falls in no man's land,

0:20:330:20:37

taken by Charnley, looks to keep it alive, has done and finished.

0:20:370:20:41

Finish by Higginson.

0:20:410:20:45

Jack Higginson is in.

0:20:450:20:48

Wigan might just have a foothold in this game.

0:20:480:20:52

Still time left.

0:20:520:20:54

Williams.

0:20:580:21:00

Williams puts the foot down, George Williams, oh my word

0:21:000:21:03

Special piece of individual magic from George Williams.

0:21:030:21:09

And Wigan are going to be back within a score.

0:21:090:21:13

They have given themselves ` chance to snatch it here.

0:21:130:21:17

Williams coasting through.

0:21:170:21:20

And a try that might prove pivotal.

0:21:200:21:23

Not long left to go, Tautai will get it forward.

0:21:250:21:28

Last seconds, can Wigan launch something from here?

0:21:280:21:35

Tautai is not on.

0:21:350:21:36

Leeds will hang on.

0:21:370:21:39

They are going to be off thd foot of the table with a hard-fotght win

0:21:390:21:43

against Wigan here tonight who missed the chance to go top

0:21:430:21:47

Thoroughly exciting, especially the second half,

0:21:510:21:54

but Leeds are the winners.

0:21:540:21:57

Chris, an incredible couple of weeks for the Leeds Rhinos,

0:22:000:22:02

the fans must be wishing thd season was only starting,

0:22:020:22:05

what a difference getting some players back makes.

0:22:050:22:07

It always helps.

0:22:070:22:09

They have had an horrendous injury list all season and it shows how

0:22:090:22:12

much they have missed Ryan Hall and Tom Briscoe.

0:22:120:22:17

I thought Ryan Hall was outstanding and Segeyaro took my breath away.

0:22:170:22:22

He has really gone in and made a huge difference.

0:22:220:22:25

He has been a breath of fresh air.

0:22:250:22:27

He is a very lively number nine, a good defender,

0:22:270:22:29

he takes the line on.

0:22:290:22:31

They have got the players b`ck, and they are a force

0:22:390:22:42

to be reckoned with.

0:22:420:22:43

They will take some beating in that middle eight position.

0:22:430:22:49

You talk about Wakefield having character, but Wigan

0:22:500:22:52

had a lot of players and they still run Leeds close.

0:22:520:22:57

There is a huge amount of spirit in that Wigan sidd.

0:22:570:23:00

There always is.

0:23:000:23:01

The fact that they can bring through such great players,

0:23:010:23:04

the youngsters that come through, they are fantastic.

0:23:040:23:06

I think they probably bring more players through now than anxbody

0:23:060:23:09

else does and I think those sort of players, you can literally put

0:23:090:23:12

them in and they do a job.

0:23:120:23:17

They have showen that character and they always had that

0:23:170:23:19

intensity and I do not think they have the personnel

0:23:190:23:22

that they needed on the night to win the game against Leeds

0:23:220:23:31

Slightly worrying for us I suppose, because they are hitting

0:23:370:23:39

their stride right about now, the business end of the season

0:23:390:23:42

which is what they always do but for them it is at the lower end

0:23:420:23:46

of the table rather than the top end.

0:23:460:23:48

The qualifiers will be faschnating.

0:23:480:23:49

One of the big talking points from that game was a first-half

0:23:490:23:52

tackle by Taulima Tautai on Adam Cuthbertson.

0:23:520:23:54

These are the views of the Leeds coach Brian McDermott.

0:23:540:23:56

I would not look towards Sh`un Wane or Wigan or Tautai even.

0:23:560:23:59

I made a point in the build,up to this, those things,

0:23:590:24:08

Your silence encourages thel.

0:24:100:24:11

I do not speak to anyone in the game, coaches,

0:24:110:24:14

administrators, fans, mums and dads who want to sde that

0:24:140:24:16

type of tackle continue in our game.

0:24:160:24:21

And the only way to get rid of it is to highlight it penalise

0:24:210:24:25

it and get rid of it.

0:24:250:24:26

If you continue running those type of tackles somebody will end up

0:24:260:24:29

with a full leg snap and evdryone will be throwing the book at that

0:24:290:24:33

particular player or they whll be highlighting the coach and blaming

0:24:330:24:36

them, it is not that, it is how the game uses

0:24:360:24:38

that type of tackle.

0:24:380:24:41

I do not know why the game is accepting that type of t`ckle.

0:24:410:24:45

He has been charged.

0:24:450:24:48

When you watch that as a pl`yer is that something that

0:24:480:24:51

worries you and frightens you because you could be

0:24:510:24:53

on the end of that?

0:24:530:24:54

If I was on the end of that, I would be worried.

0:24:540:24:57

I think Cuthbertson saves hhmself by moving his leg at the last second

0:24:570:25:00

if that were static.

0:25:000:25:01

He could have been in a lot of trouble.

0:25:010:25:03

It is not nice to see.

0:25:030:25:05

It is not something that you want to see and it should be

0:25:050:25:09

punished again in the right way and not through,

0:25:090:25:11

if he had got injured or not, I think there was intent thdre to do

0:25:110:25:14

some damage in the sense that he was trying to form ` tackle

0:25:140:25:18

and it was not right.

0:25:180:25:20

That is not the correct way of tackling, it is very dangerous,

0:25:200:25:23

potentially, I think it should be punished.

0:25:230:25:26

McDermott was right to highlight it but also to question

0:25:260:25:28

why it was not picked up in the game itself?

0:25:280:25:33

Rightly so.

0:25:330:25:34

Cuthbertson could have got hnjured, those kind of tackles need

0:25:340:25:36

eradicating from the game.

0:25:360:25:39

Until there is a lot to say that you cannot do it,

0:25:390:25:43

teams are still going to kedp on doing it.

0:25:430:25:46

We had Scotty Moore up the other week, we teach our players

0:25:460:25:49

to hit above the knee, below the waist, but not

0:25:490:25:53

to go in with any intent.

0:25:530:25:57

That challenge there could have been really nasty.

0:25:570:26:01

Now to the meeting of Widnes and Salford who would have been neck

0:26:010:26:04

and neck in the table were not for the Red Devils' 6-point

0:26:040:26:07

deduction so they were two dvenly matched teams who met on Frhday

0:26:070:26:13

Salford were looking to makd it a hat-trick of wins against Widnes

0:26:130:26:16

this year and got off to an ideal start.

0:26:160:26:20

Good play from Salford, real opportunity,

0:26:200:26:22

Salford can they strike?

0:26:220:26:23

Yes I think they will, they are going all the way,

0:26:230:26:26

like, a great touchdown from Mason Caton-Brown.

0:26:260:26:30

They got the reward after 70 minutes, simple pass from White

0:26:300:26:32

and Widnes put a sizeable g`p to level the scores.

0:26:320:26:35

Salford looking dangerous across the line, this is Dobson

0:26:350:26:39

puts it on to Lui with the sidestep, White, real opportunity

0:26:390:26:45

for Salford, Carney!

0:26:450:26:48

In at the corner.

0:26:480:26:50

Right on the try line.

0:26:500:26:55

Here come Widnes, great defdnce from Salford, Patrick

0:26:550:26:57

takes the inside ball.

0:26:570:27:00

Cuts through.

0:27:000:27:01

The second half saw Salford start to dominate, beginning

0:27:010:27:03

with the fabulous team try.

0:27:030:27:05

Lovely ball.

0:27:050:27:08

Brilliant opportunity here for Salford.

0:27:080:27:11

Mason Caton-Brown.

0:27:110:27:12

Can he make to the try line?

0:27:120:27:13

Widnes are after him but I think Mason Caton Brown has got

0:27:130:27:16

the ball over the line.

0:27:160:27:20

18-12 at the moment, the Red Devils have

0:27:200:27:22

it over the Vikings.

0:27:220:27:25

There goes another score for Widnes.

0:27:250:27:31

Dobson again.

0:27:310:27:32

Dobson got the ball away, can keep it alive?

0:27:320:27:35

He is in for Salford.

0:27:350:27:36

But with the game, hanging in the balance tensions flared

0:27:360:27:38

and a scuffle between these players left the referee little chohce other

0:27:380:27:41

than to send them both to the sin-bin.

0:27:410:27:44

As the players watched, Salford secured two penalty scores

0:27:440:27:49

leaving Widnes eight points adrift with five minutes remaining.

0:27:490:27:55

Salford are playing with 11 and Widnes I think

0:27:550:28:02

are in at the far corner.

0:28:030:28:08

This is Dobson, lovely off-load, Lui, O'Brien,

0:28:080:28:10

in towards Caton-Brown.

0:28:100:28:15

Yes it can.

0:28:150:28:19

For Salford, they admitted that they were feeling a bit hard

0:28:190:28:21

done by and sorry for themsdlves understandably, really imprdssive

0:28:210:28:24

to come back in that way.

0:28:240:28:27

They have shown plenty of character, much improved this year Salford

0:28:270:28:30

very consistent, had it not been for the 6-point deduction,

0:28:300:28:32

they would be up there challenging in the top ranks.

0:28:320:28:39

You have got to feel sorry for the players who have worked

0:28:390:28:42

really hard to put themselvds in a good position

0:28:420:28:44

like they have done.

0:28:440:28:46

To have it snatched away from them, it is not good, it is not

0:28:460:28:50

good for Salford.

0:28:500:28:54

I do not really see them behng under much pressure on those middle eights

0:28:540:28:58

because they have been very good the last few weeks.

0:28:580:29:00

For Widnes, he says the gamd sums up their season,

0:29:000:29:02

there have been too many gales when they have been on the wrong

0:29:020:29:06

side of the tight score lind.

0:29:060:29:07

I know the feeling.

0:29:070:29:09

It is tough when you're grinding games and you want to win

0:29:090:29:12

and if you get to those sort of stages where you should be

0:29:120:29:15

winning games, Widnes put themselves in positions before and thex do not

0:29:150:29:18

quite get over the line and it is tough and it is fhnding

0:29:180:29:23

a way to win and Salford have done that all season and I have been

0:29:230:29:27

so impressed with them because they do not deserve

0:29:270:29:29

the position they have been put in.

0:29:290:29:31

Those players do not deservd it

0:29:310:29:32

I think they are a great side and they deserve a little bht more

0:29:320:29:38

and yet again another team that is even stronger fighthng

0:29:380:29:40

at the bottom of us.

0:29:400:29:49

You're feeling sorry for yotrself.

0:29:490:29:50

A quick word about Mason Caton- Brown sidelined for a lot

0:29:500:29:53

of the season but he showed what he could do with that

0:29:530:29:56

hat-trick didn't he?

0:29:560:29:57

He is a talent.

0:29:570:29:59

He has been out for three or four months.

0:29:590:30:01

To a bad challenge around the knees.

0:30:010:30:02

It has been a tough ride for him but he has come out the othdr end

0:30:020:30:06

now and scored a few tries these last few weeks.

0:30:060:30:09

He has got back to the form he was in 12 months ago

0:30:090:30:12

and he is a fantastic talent and he has

0:30:120:30:14

some speed to burn.

0:30:140:30:17

He has indeed.

0:30:170:30:19

The next two opponents for Wakefield are Castleford and Warrington.

0:30:190:30:21

Chris Chester was keeping a close eye on their meeting at the Jungle.

0:30:210:30:25

It was an entertaining game to watch, wasn't it Chris?

0:30:250:30:27

Yes, it was.

0:30:270:30:28

They both are really good footballing sides.

0:30:280:30:30

Castleford like to throw the ball around.

0:30:300:30:34

They would be a little disappointed with the points that they conceded.

0:30:340:30:37

But it was touch and go.

0:30:370:30:39

The first 40 minutes.

0:30:390:30:41

I think Castleford went into half-time winning.

0:30:410:30:43

I have been really impressed with young Rhys Evans.

0:30:430:30:47

He is playing very well for a young kid.

0:30:470:30:51

A fantastic interception trx there.

0:30:510:30:54

He goes the full length.

0:30:540:30:59

Castleford came back into the game.

0:30:590:31:02

They got in front at half-thme.

0:31:020:31:04

You are going to keep an eye on Deny Solomona.

0:31:040:31:07

He knows how to score.

0:31:070:31:10

For me, he is the best winner in the competition.

0:31:100:31:12

He can finish a try, that khd.

0:31:120:31:14

He has speed to burn.

0:31:140:31:16

He kicks up in the air and you are worried as an opposing

0:31:160:31:19

coach and I will be very worried next week when the ball up

0:31:190:31:22

in the air.

0:31:220:31:24

They have a lot more to him than just Denny Solomona.

0:31:240:31:28

I don't think Warrington had to work real hard for their tries.

0:31:280:31:31

The first couple of tries, I won't call it a soft try,

0:31:310:31:34

but they didn't really have to work hard for that one.

0:31:340:31:38

There was a little dive over in the second half.

0:31:380:31:40

Again, this full length run of the field.

0:31:400:31:49

28 for the season already.

0:31:490:31:52

He is a special talent.

0:31:520:31:54

Darryl took a punt on him a couple of years ago

0:31:540:31:56

when he was in London Broncos, he has repaid his faith.

0:31:560:31:59

There is another little dive over try.

0:31:590:32:01

They are coach killers them tries.

0:32:010:32:03

I know you were being politd, so you're alright.

0:32:030:32:05

I don't think you will wind them up.

0:32:050:32:12

He was not happy with the ddfence.

0:32:120:32:15

You were watching it with the eyebrows up a little

0:32:150:32:19

at some of the defence.

0:32:190:32:20

Yes.

0:32:200:32:23

It reminded me of ourselves at times.

0:32:230:32:25

People falling off tackles, which is unusual, and Castldford

0:32:250:32:28

are a team you would usuallx say is that they work

0:32:280:32:30

hard for each other.

0:32:310:32:31

On some of those instances, it is the fact that they

0:32:310:32:34

were not working hard.

0:32:340:32:35

You call it defending soft and I don't mean like

0:32:350:32:37

they are soft people, they are just not as aggressive

0:32:370:32:40

not getting up is hard and they didn't defend

0:32:400:32:43

at times and that won't be acceptable to Darryl.

0:32:430:32:46

On Warrington, Tony had askdd them to be more aggressive

0:32:460:32:48

in their defence and it did seem to pay off in the second half,

0:32:480:32:52

they were good in the second half.

0:32:520:32:53

They were.

0:32:530:32:54

They were very good in the liddle.

0:32:540:32:56

The middle laid the platforl.

0:32:560:32:57

Hill, Westwood, Westerman were outstanding for him.

0:32:570:32:59

When you have Kirk Gidley, Chris Sandow as your half-b`cks

0:32:590:33:01

you have got a special team there.

0:33:010:33:03

They are a special team and they will take some beating

0:33:030:33:06

in a couple of weeks, but there is no pressure on us.

0:33:060:33:09

Nobody expects us to win.

0:33:090:33:13

We will go full of confidence.

0:33:130:33:20

Yes, keep telling us that.

0:33:200:33:22

The biggest crowd of the wedk was on Thursday for the third

0:33:220:33:25

and final Hull derby of the season.

0:33:250:33:27

The Black and Whites won thd first two and a hat-trick will put them

0:33:270:33:30

back on top of the table.

0:33:300:33:32

Dave Woods was watching.

0:33:320:33:32

They are having a look around.

0:33:320:33:34

They will do that.

0:33:340:33:35

All Kingston Rovers, posing a few questions

0:33:350:33:41

here in the early stages.

0:33:410:33:45

Foley is wrapped up.

0:33:450:33:48

A terrific atmosphere here `s well.

0:33:480:33:50

16, 17,000 inside the staditm.

0:33:500:33:55

Kingston Rovers have indeed the better of

0:33:550:33:59

these early exchanges.

0:33:590:33:59

Right it comes.

0:33:590:34:03

Kelly with a little kick to the corner.

0:34:030:34:05

He has dropped it.

0:34:050:34:08

Had he caught it would have been a try.

0:34:080:34:10

He didn't.

0:34:100:34:13

So it is not.

0:34:130:34:18

Skipping it away to Ellis with a bludgeoning effort again

0:34:180:34:22

He will be held up but it has taken four of them.

0:34:220:34:25

A little interchange again as it goes right.

0:34:250:34:28

Hull Kingston Rovers are hanging on here at the moment.

0:34:280:34:30

Up and the drive by Liam Watts who will claim the first

0:34:300:34:33

try of the game.

0:34:330:34:37

12 minutes played and it is first blood to thee Black and Whites.

0:34:370:34:41

Driving it forward again here.

0:34:410:34:50

Snead, hurling it back.

0:34:500:34:58

Veteran of so many of these big hole locations, of course.

0:34:580:35:03

They are going down the blindside.

0:35:030:35:04

Talanoa.

0:35:040:35:07

Proving a handful.

0:35:070:35:13

Snead.

0:35:130:35:16

Was he onside?

0:35:160:35:18

He is claiming the try.

0:35:180:35:21

The referee has a look and he is happy to give it.

0:35:210:35:25

How about that for a kick from Mark Snead?

0:35:250:35:28

Well read by the Danny Houghton

0:35:280:35:32

Hull Kingston Rovers, you feel at this stage,

0:35:320:35:40

cannot afford to concede a third.

0:35:400:35:44

They need to get themselves on the board pretty quickly.

0:35:440:35:47

There is Snead with a kick.

0:35:470:35:49

It has bounced off Kelly is not it is over at the finish.

0:35:490:35:54

For a moment, Kelly might h`ve been thinking about going 90 yards,

0:35:540:35:57

instead he is back underneath his sticks

0:35:570:36:00

because Minichiello is the scorer.

0:36:000:36:06

Working it up again here.

0:36:060:36:07

Taken in by Abdul who is a bulldozer.

0:36:070:36:11

Away it goes to Manu.

0:36:110:36:13

A couple of tackles still to go

0:36:130:36:17

Minichiello with a step and again.

0:36:170:36:18

And he scores his second of the night.

0:36:180:36:20

Eight minutes into the second half, Hull completely in charge now.

0:36:200:36:30

Snead.

0:36:310:36:41

Quick hands.

0:36:410:36:45

Very quick hands.

0:36:450:36:48

Great pass.

0:36:480:36:51

From the Centre for Noah and Michaels with a diving finish.

0:36:510:36:56

There is a little bit of a rukus breaking out.

0:36:560:36:59

You would expect that in this particular fixture.

0:36:590:37:01

That was good centre play there

0:37:010:37:06

Maybe he feels he was taking a little late.

0:37:060:37:09

While that was happening in the background, Michaels

0:37:090:37:12

was doing his Superman act to score the try,

0:37:120:37:14

which is now confirmed.

0:37:140:37:15

They need something, don't they

0:37:150:37:25

The bouncing ball that just loses Hull Kingston

0:37:260:37:31

Rovers all momentum.

0:37:310:37:37

30-0 behind.

0:37:370:37:40

Here they come.

0:37:400:37:41

Back on the charge.

0:37:410:37:42

Walker over to score.

0:37:420:37:45

They are still too far back but at least it gives the Rdd

0:37:450:37:48

and Whites something to chedr here.

0:37:480:37:51

Hatton comes out.

0:37:510:37:56

What a pass.

0:37:560:38:02

Second time that Michaels scores and second time from an

0:38:020:38:05

absolute quality Mahe Fonua pass to get him away.

0:38:050:38:09

Have a look at this again.

0:38:090:38:14

Holding defenders off and still managing

0:38:140:38:17

to flick the ball out.

0:38:170:38:20

Michaels the happy recipient.

0:38:200:38:27

A battering ram effort here by Walker.

0:38:270:38:29

He has done well to off-load.

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Hull Kingston Rovers creating a bit of space on this left-hand side

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Thornley is creating some space for himself.

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Support inside.

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Lovely.

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Ghosting past the fullback.

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It is a memorable try on thd night they would otherwise want to forget.

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Thornley, the scorer.

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Lovely stuff here, wasn't it?

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Ghosting forward.

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He leaves Snead clutching at thin air.

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Hull Kingston Rovers know now they will not make the top dight.

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That is mathematically cert`in and Hull, for the moment,

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are top of the table.

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Hull FC back to winning ways with a bang and how key

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Danny Houghton in that window?

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His game management seemed to be involved in everything for them

0:39:150:39:18

That is probably because he is involved in everything becatse he is

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one of those workhorses.

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He will tackle all day and he picks the ball up,

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makes the right decisions, he is so fit it is unreal.

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He just seems to get around the park all day.

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80 minutes every single gamd and it is just his game man`gement,

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kicking the ball long, knowing his followers need ` rest,

0:39:330:39:36

probably himself as well at times and there is only one marker here,

0:39:360:39:39

picks it up, gets the pass of the back of it and makes things

0:39:390:39:43

look pretty simple and I just don't know how he keeps going.

0:39:430:39:46

He has an unbelievable engine.

0:39:460:39:50

He is the man who makes them tick with the pack

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will have had this year, how much better as

0:39:520:39:54

he been able to be?

0:39:540:39:56

People Liam Watson have been fantastic for him.

0:39:560:39:57

Two English front rowers.

0:39:570:39:59

It always helps when you ard going forward and that Hull FC

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pack is a very big pack.

0:40:010:40:03

It makes Danny's job a lot easier coming out there.

0:40:030:40:11

Anything quick, Danny will run.

0:40:110:40:12

He has some speed and he makes the right decisions

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nine times out of ten.

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For Rovers it means they are in the qualifiers,

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obviously you got them through them last year,

0:40:230:40:25

but how tough for them in tdrms of trying to build for next year

0:40:250:40:28

to be in that position?

0:40:280:40:33

Yeah, it is not a nice position to be in in terms of recruitment

0:40:330:40:36

but there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes.

0:40:360:40:39

They are passionate people and they want this club to love

0:40:390:40:42

forward and I am confident they will come out the other end.

0:40:420:40:44

They will be very disappointed with the performance.

0:40:440:40:48

I thought the first five or ten minutes they were the better side.

0:40:480:40:51

James Donaldson went underneath the posts.

0:40:510:40:57

It was a bit of an if, buts and maybes game for them.

0:40:570:41:04

Yeah, it was.

0:41:040:41:05

It just looked like they let the first ten minutes affect them.

0:41:050:41:08

Take nothing away from Hull FC, they were far too good on the night

0:41:080:41:11

and deserved the result.

0:41:110:41:14

Another Hull derby win for them

0:41:140:41:15

That is three out of three for Hull FC this year.

0:41:150:41:18

This is where it has left them in the First Utility

0:41:180:41:20

Super League table.

0:41:200:41:25

Points difference puts Hull above Wigan at the top of the table.

0:41:250:41:28

They are both a point clear of Warrington.

0:41:280:41:30

Catalan or St Helens will end up in fourth and claim an extr` game

0:41:300:41:33

in the Super Eights.

0:41:330:41:34

The bottom four could still finish in any order.

0:41:340:41:36

St Helens are at Wigan on Friday and Catalan go to Widness on Sunday.

0:41:360:41:40

Hull FC will almost certainly claim top spot if they win at Salford

0:41:400:41:43

Home games for Hull KR, Warrington and Wakefield.

0:41:430:41:45

That is it for this week.

0:41:450:41:46

My thanks to Earl and Chris for joining us.

0:41:460:41:48

We will see you next week for the final round of

0:41:480:41:53

the regular season.

0:41:530:41:54

Goodbye.

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Here, it's for you.

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'..action!'

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'The mother of all comedy is back - for one night only

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'and for the first time ever, it's completely live.'

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I think it's your line.

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'Anything could happen...'

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Watch it! '..and probably will.

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Where's me handbag?

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We could be a while getting through this.

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We're brave, aren't we? Yes, I am.

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The Professor's on an omnibus. He's not to be approached!

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I can't just go. Who's stopping you?

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Will you inform on me?

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What's the target?

0:42:550:42:56

She knows.

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