0:01:03 > 0:01:03Hello there.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07The greatest show on earth is up and running in Rio and the final
0:01:07 > 0:01:10lap of the Rugby League season is underway.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Week one of the Super Eights and Jamie Peacock and John
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Keir are standing by.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19This is how it works.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22The top eight after 23 rounds of the regular season have broken
0:01:22 > 0:01:24away and take their points and they play each other over
0:01:24 > 0:01:27the next two months.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30The top four then contest the play-offs and try to win the big
0:01:30 > 0:01:32one at Old Trafford.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37The bottom four face the top four from the Championship.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41It is a little bit more, complicated than that,
0:01:41 > 0:01:44but all will become clear over the next eight weeks.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46We will start tonight with Thursday's meeting
0:01:46 > 0:01:47of Warrington and St Helens.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Saints have been resurgent and are looking to continue that form.
0:01:50 > 0:02:00Dave Woods was watching.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Back towards the middle again.
0:02:04 > 0:02:05Taking it in.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Ten metres out, scrambled forward.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Short pass and McCarthy-Scarsbrook using all his will to
0:02:10 > 0:02:13get over and score.
0:02:16 > 0:02:22Midway through this first half.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Clark.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27A fine atmosphere around the place.
0:02:29 > 0:02:30Dropped down.
0:02:31 > 0:02:37But Clark out from dummy half, Daryl Clark, sniping his way over.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Warrington should be back level again
0:02:40 > 0:02:47in a moment.
0:02:47 > 0:02:47Hold.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Roby.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Stepping back on the inside, but no way through.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56Roby collects again.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Moore is going to bustle forward and a good off-load and Turner goes
0:02:59 > 0:03:02left and gets the pass away and Percieval to Swift who has got
0:03:02 > 0:03:03the pace to take on Evans.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Lomax backing up, what a wonderful St Helens try that was.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11From start to finish, brilliant from Jonny Lomax.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Wriggling away, Ratchford.
0:03:22 > 0:03:28Warrington are working their way down field at the moment.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32It is a drop by Toby King.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Zero tackle.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Percival is trying to get on with it but McCarthy-Scarsbrook
0:03:38 > 0:03:43is getting involved.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48McCarthy-Scarsbrook very much involved here.
0:03:48 > 0:03:49McCarthy-Scarsbrook comes in and then Hughes is
0:03:49 > 0:03:59grabbing him in the face.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17Oh dear!
0:04:17 > 0:04:19It does not look good from Jack Hughes.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20You kept hold of him.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22That has caused a problem.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23It is a penalty.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25I will speak to him in a moment.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26That might come back to haunt Jack Hughes.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28It does not look nice.
0:04:28 > 0:04:29Roby.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Taking them down the middle again here.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Walmsley will be held up ten metres away.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35St Helens are sensing something, it will be a penalty.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37St Helens will take their two.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Lazy push in the end.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45A chance for Percival to open up this St Helen 's lead
0:04:45 > 0:04:50to a two score lead here.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Put that one over, 14-6, a little bit of a cushion that
0:04:53 > 0:04:54St Helens can enjoy.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Dummy, Westerman.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Dragged down.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10By Joe Greenwood.
0:05:10 > 0:05:11Slow play of the ball, penalty.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Referee deciding he was not getting off quick enough.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Solid support from the stands and the St Helen 's coaching staff
0:05:23 > 0:05:25because they know their side are under pressure.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28He will take it in.
0:05:28 > 0:05:29Here is Clark.
0:05:29 > 0:05:35Back it goes, the short pass and Hughes is the man who is over.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38It is Jack Hughes.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Warrington dragging themselves back into the contest again.
0:05:42 > 0:05:51Hughes is the man to do the business.
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Roby short to his right.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53St Helens nibbling up the yards.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58Roby again.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00They are coming in waves once more.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01McCarthy-Scarsbrook.
0:06:01 > 0:06:11Turner kept hold and drags himself over.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Sheer determination.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15Really powerful individual effort.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Stretching his muscles beyond endurance
0:06:16 > 0:06:18but he has scored.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Keeping it alive.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Hill.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26Eventually put down.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30The Warrington coach watching to see if his side can get in again.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31Atkins.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33What a splendid individual effort, eight minutes left to play,
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Atkins with a wonderful solo try and Warrington are back
0:06:35 > 0:06:44within touching distance.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49Warrington.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50Looking right.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Here it comes.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52Quick hands.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Evans might just have won it.
0:06:54 > 0:07:04With what could be the last play of the game.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05He says try.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Foot in touch and grounded.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Look at this.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10That right foot just brushes the line.
0:07:10 > 0:07:17Just brushes the line.
0:07:17 > 0:07:24In the act of scoring, it will be no try.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29St Helens surely now are going to hang on to win a cliffhanger.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31It is just about keeping the ball safe.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36Played out by a Warrington player as it went through.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37Warrington will not get it back.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41That will be that.
0:07:41 > 0:07:50St Helen 's momentum might just be unstoppable.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52The way they are playing at the moment.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Really fine margins.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54Fabulous finish.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Another victory for St Helens.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Dave Woods said that there were fine margins with that great tackle
0:07:59 > 0:08:01by Percival on Rhys Evans that clinched the game and that
0:08:01 > 0:08:04commitment to defence typified St Helens at this moment in time.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15They are buying into the basic principles, executing them well
0:08:15 > 0:08:18and any team that has come away with the win at Wigan and Warrington
0:08:18 > 0:08:22in the last six, they are in pretty good form.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24They are a danger to anyone.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Half a dozen victories on the spin, seven in a row and they go
0:08:27 > 0:08:32to Warrington, they love it, why does that happen?
0:08:34 > 0:08:39It gives them confidence.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42They have the muscle memory, they have won the game there before.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44It is not the reason why Saints won.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45They are doing the non-negotiable.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50They are running hard tackling hard and kicking and chasing well.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53They are in very good form and one of the most dangerous sides.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58Great to see Jonny Lomax back fit and playing good Rugby League.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59We have missed him.
0:08:59 > 0:09:04He is a heck of a talent.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05It is great to see him.
0:09:05 > 0:09:0613 months out.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10I love this clip of St Helens.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13It is instinctive.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14There is an off-load.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16They play at the space.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18On the outside.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21There is Jonny Lomax staying on the inside as any
0:09:21 > 0:09:24good fullback should.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26This is a high-quality Rugby League side.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28It is off-the-cuff stuff, all about support and speed
0:09:28 > 0:09:35and it is exciting for anyone to watch.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Tony Smith did not like the turnaround,
0:09:37 > 0:09:42does he have a point?
0:09:42 > 0:09:45When you are in a big game, it takes a bit out of you,
0:09:45 > 0:09:48it is a five-day turnaround and as a player you should be
0:09:48 > 0:09:49able to deal with that.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51You would like a seven-day turnaround but as a player,
0:09:51 > 0:09:57when I had a five-day turnaround, I thought it was great.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59There were four Challenge Cup semifinalists in that top eight
0:09:59 > 0:10:03who had a rest and I do not think a game would have been
0:10:03 > 0:10:05beyond the realms of possibility to have them playing
0:10:05 > 0:10:10on the Thursday.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Saints striding, Wigan are wobbling, the Warriors were in reverse
0:10:16 > 0:10:18towards the end of the regular season and were looking to avoid
0:10:18 > 0:10:21a fourth successive defeat.
0:10:21 > 0:10:26They were playing Wakefield and Matt Newsome saw this.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Wigan poised through Sam Powell.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30Williams steps back towards the centre
0:10:30 > 0:10:35and crosses for Wigan.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Powell targets.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40He brushes away, free, touches it down.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Smith.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48At the back it goes to Williams, again down the left-hand side.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50That is a lovely little flick back and Josh
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Charnley finishes it off.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Powell.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02Atkins in the middle with Smith.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Atkins to the left-hand side, Williams through the hands,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Tomkins steps his way and touches down.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11It has been all Wigan but this is a rare glimpse for Wakefield.
0:11:11 > 0:11:12Miller shuffles the ball away.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13Joe Arundel!
0:11:14 > 0:11:19He will slide across.
0:11:19 > 0:11:20Bateman.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Taking on the line himself here.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25At sixes and sevens and he has strolled through.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28John Bateman for Wigan.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33Driving forward.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Wakefield struggling to contain them and he has got a ball away.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Streaming into space, dummies the pass, manages to pass
0:11:40 > 0:11:42to Sam Tomkins and the mood is still alive.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Tautai.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51Straight forward to Williams.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53He will stride through.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Right on the left-hand side.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Sio.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00To Miller.
0:12:00 > 0:12:00It has been picked there.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Dom Manfredi is the poacher and he will get away from Miller
0:12:06 > 0:12:09and he will continue to chase but Dom Manfredi has got the pace
0:12:09 > 0:12:19to strive through and slide under the sticks.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Dummy half, to Williams, again this left-hand side.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Come back to the middle and he will go himself
0:12:25 > 0:12:31here and Max hit the post.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35John Bateman has carved his way through, he has got
0:12:35 > 0:12:39Dan Sarginson in support.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41He feeds it to him and Wigan are flying.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Having made the top eight, Wakefield might have
0:12:43 > 0:12:45fancied their chances but they are being
0:12:45 > 0:12:46stranded by Wigan.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57John Bateman is streaming through, Sam Tomkins back on the inside.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02Scored his 150th Wigan try.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Quite an effort.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Wigan are well and good.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07Sarginson.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11It has been intercepted by Craig Hall and it is
0:13:11 > 0:13:16a simple trip to the line.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Rare moment of joy for Wakefield.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20They have a big scrum.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22A really sloppy pass.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Acted on by Bateman.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Has he got the pace and composure?
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Hall again is chasing.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Picked up by Bateman.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Support all around, he will find Matty Smith and Smith
0:13:32 > 0:13:36will ice the cake for Wigan.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39They needed that Jamie, great way to return to winning ways.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46It was not far off in the semifinal against Hull.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48They really contributed.
0:13:48 > 0:13:48A lot of fuss at that game was created.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Wakefield had 60 odd points on them earlier in the season.
0:13:55 > 0:14:04John Bateman coming back, you saw how influential he was.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Great feet as well.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11You are off back to Wakefield next year, is that this year done
0:14:11 > 0:14:12for them now?
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I think it is difficult for them to pick themselves up.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17If you're asking asked to have objectives, the top eight
0:14:17 > 0:14:20and Challenge Cup would have seen a dream season but the fact
0:14:20 > 0:14:23is they have achieved that already.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26I believe what they have got to do now is start looking towards next
0:14:26 > 0:14:30season and building for next season and you do that by performing well
0:14:30 > 0:14:32and building on your systems and structures and honestly
0:14:32 > 0:14:34they will be looking out for the defensive aspect
0:14:34 > 0:14:37because they have conceded 60 odd points and that is something that
0:14:37 > 0:14:39needs addressing and could be cracked in a very competitive
0:14:39 > 0:14:41situation for the rest of the season.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Sounds like you have started that job already!
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Catalan and Widnes started the super eight against each other
0:14:52 > 0:14:55which is how they ended the regular season.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Jodie Broughton got the Dragons on the board on this one.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59This was a terrific score.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09It was, yeah.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I think this was a terrific game, to tell you the truth.
0:15:12 > 0:15:13We see them attacking there.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14The Catalan line.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16And this boy gets the ball, and he can catch.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19He can turn the light off and he's in bed before
0:15:19 > 0:15:20it's dark, I tell you!
0:15:20 > 0:15:21He's that fast.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24They almost close him down and it's a tremendous finish, it really is.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26The line just came in time.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27He literally fell over the line.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28He did.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Another couple of metres.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30A heck of an effort.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34And obviously they built further from that and again,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37there's a little error there, on the spot to ground the ball
0:15:37 > 0:15:38for that four points.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41And I thought Catalan, as St Helens, they based a lot of this game
0:15:41 > 0:15:44on their defence and they looked really good as well with that.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46That was Whitley just touching down.
0:15:46 > 0:15:47We had a teenager scoring a hat-trick.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48In Yaha.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50He's a big fellow, isn't he?
0:15:50 > 0:15:53He's a big fellow, he's a strong fellow, he's a fast fellow.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55And he can knock people about as well when he's got
0:15:55 > 0:15:56the ball in hand.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59But they really did attack the Widnes right hand side.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04Because they hadn't many changes.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Mellows defending on the wing sometimes,
0:16:06 > 0:16:07then Thompson at other times.
0:16:07 > 0:16:08And they really targeted that.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10And Yaha was the main beneficiary.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Catalan another team getting back to winning ways.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Yeah, I think the break will have done good.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17They will have gone back and looked at what wins rugby games.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19And come out and played that way.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21For me as well, with Widnes suffering those injuries,
0:16:21 > 0:16:25I'd like to see a bit of a rule change that if you lose a player
0:16:25 > 0:16:28from the game through injury, you can have five substitutes.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30And bring these players in.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32I think Denis Betts spoke about Catalan just targeting
0:16:32 > 0:16:33the side where they suffer those injuries.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35And that will take away that problem.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38He did say he was proud of how his side played under
0:16:38 > 0:16:39the circumstances, did Denis Betts.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Well, Hull FC are one of two teams still in with a chance
0:16:42 > 0:16:45of the trouble.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47They made it to the Challenge Cup final, remember, last week.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50And are hoping to take another step towards the league leaders shield
0:16:50 > 0:16:52when they played Castleford on Friday.
0:16:52 > 0:16:53Commentary here from Dave Woods.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Rangi Chase at dummy half.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01Good early pressure here that Castleford have.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Moors eventually wrestled to the ground.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Milner up at dummy half.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11Gale spinning it wide.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Solomona's pass quickly blocked by those scrambling defenders.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17He has got a good off-load away.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Minikin.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22Minikin reaches out the arm and scores.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Great start for Castleford.
0:17:24 > 0:17:29Only three minutes played.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32So Dorn will play and Castleford come again.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Another wave of attack.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Rangi Chase.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37Crooks.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Scooping it up.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Hampshire stepping back on the inside.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45And through some rather soft Hull defending.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Three defenders there, but Hampshire with the finish.
0:17:48 > 0:17:58And Castleford are making quite a statement here.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Shane, connecting it there, it is the sixth tackle.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Still the last, the referee says.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07So they go to Hampshire, whose way is quickly blocked.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09McShane off-loads.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Hampshire spinning it.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15Gale going left.
0:18:15 > 0:18:25This is a chance for Minikin again.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28This time he flicks it backwards and Gale is over!
0:18:28 > 0:18:30For a third Castleford try.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Well, who saw this coming?
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Minikin doing ever so well here to keep this alive.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35The little flick away and Gale's alert to that.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38To dart over.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42And the coach enjoyed the moment.
0:18:42 > 0:18:52McShane.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Chase offering it inside to Savelio.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Savelio with a bustle and a barge.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Eventually down he goes, but he wants to scramble up and play
0:19:05 > 0:19:06this ball quickly.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08There's a Hull player left on the floor.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09Gale puts it back.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10Dorn with a dummy!
0:19:10 > 0:19:11Sliding over.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14He might be in his final year, but he's still
0:19:14 > 0:19:19a class act, Luke Dorn.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Gale.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23Castleford just prodding and probing
0:19:23 > 0:19:25here at the moment.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Moors.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32Always a handful.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35The coach has spotted something, McShane goes to the right-hand side.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37The dummy is shown by Chase.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Who then off-loads wonderfully well.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Out of the tackle.
0:19:41 > 0:19:50For Hampshire to finish for his second try of the night.
0:19:50 > 0:19:56The penalty has Hull within touching distance.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58"Hull faithful" is echoing around the stadium.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01They've not had much to cheer so far tonight.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Over an hour played, Castleford very much
0:20:03 > 0:20:05in the driving seat.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07But here come Hull and finally, Michaels, not to be
0:20:07 > 0:20:13denied this time.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17With Hull's first try.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20More urgency in these last few minutes than there has
0:20:20 > 0:20:22been throughout the game so far from Hull.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25And look at this from Prichard.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29Always a potentially damaging runner.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Houghton flicking it away.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36Just trying to force their way over at the moment.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Houghton again.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40And Washbrook has picked a path!
0:20:40 > 0:20:44And Danny Washbrook is over.
0:20:44 > 0:20:54So back to back Hull tries has given them a glimmer of hope.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56That's a good ball away and Yeamen is away.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Down the left-hand side.
0:21:00 > 0:21:05Gathered in by Hampshire, not quite the pace on that occasion.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10But it has given Hull a very good position to work from here.
0:21:10 > 0:21:16You think it is probably too much to do with not enough time to play,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19but they might give themselves hope if they can scramble a try.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23And here's Pritchard doing his best, and the finish by Jamie Shaul.
0:21:23 > 0:21:28It is three tries in succession, four minutes left to play.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30They have to score twice more, though.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35And it is probably too much.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37The clock is counting down now and Castleford exactly
0:21:37 > 0:21:39where they want to be.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43And very close to getting the final try of the night as well.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Milner!
0:21:45 > 0:21:49Adam Milner will get the final try of the night.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Or will he?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54The referee is asking a question here.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57He thinks try.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Having a look at the play of the ball.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02He has waggled his leg vaguely in the right direction.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03And that counts.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07And Milner's pick-up was clean.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09So it is going to be a try for Castleford.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13And what a performance for them, so-called, nothing to play
0:22:13 > 0:22:16for at this stage of the season, but they have put in a mighty
0:22:16 > 0:22:21performance tonight.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Castleford have won twice at Hull this season.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Star man yet again Luke Dorn.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Since he has announced he is retiring, he has been
0:22:28 > 0:22:34absolutely brilliant.
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Yes, he's an outstanding player.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38I think he found his spiritual home, actually, at Castleford.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41It suits Luke Dorn, how Daryl Powell has set his team.
0:22:41 > 0:22:42And he is obviously a very gifted player.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45He loves sweeping round the back, loads of pace, passing as well.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49He's got footwork.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51So if he gets that opportunity and gets
0:22:51 > 0:22:53one-on-one against a player, especially close to the line,
0:22:53 > 0:22:55he's going to come up trumps.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57And he's done that a number of times in his career.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01And he can still play at this level, but it's family reasons mainly that
0:23:01 > 0:23:02he's going home.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03He still got it.
0:23:03 > 0:23:04There's no doubt about that.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05And he will be sadly missed.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08I'm sure that is one of Daryl Powell's main recruitment
0:23:08 > 0:23:10targets, is to find another full-back similar to Luke Dorn.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Both Challenge Cup finalists lost this weekend, JP.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16Is that another example of how tough it is, how gruelling it is at this
0:23:16 > 0:23:18stage of the season, to keep going at that level
0:23:18 > 0:23:19on so many different fronts?
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Yes, I think it's new challenges for Hull.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24I think Hull are a benchmark side now for people in
0:23:24 > 0:23:25Super League in 2016.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29So when you are the benchmark side, I reckon coaches plot to beat you,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32they want to come up with a game plan to beat you.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35And the players who play against you will rise up every week,
0:23:35 > 0:23:37they want to play better against a side who are in
0:23:37 > 0:23:40the Challenge Cup final and who are top of the table.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42That's something they're going to have to deal
0:23:42 > 0:23:44with for the rest of the year.
0:23:44 > 0:23:45It is three of the four semifinalists actually
0:23:45 > 0:23:47who lost at the weekend.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49That is the top eight all wrapped up.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51So let's take a look at how they stand in the First
0:23:51 > 0:23:52Utility Super League table.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55The Challenge Cup finalists both lost, Wigan now sit
0:23:55 > 0:23:56between Hull and Warrington.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Saint Helens are just four points off the top.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Widnes and Wakefield at ten adrift off the play-off spots with just 12
0:24:03 > 0:24:07left to play for.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Well so to the qualifiers, these are the eight teams fighting
0:24:10 > 0:24:13for Super League status over the next couple of months.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Leeds and Huddersfield among them of course.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Salford and Hull KR survived this system last year,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Leigh, London and Featherstone and Batley are the teams
0:24:22 > 0:24:27looking to gain promotion from the championship.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30First up then we get the inside story on just
0:24:30 > 0:24:32what happened when these two met at the Lightstream Stadium.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Hull Kingston Rovers against Batley of course.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38John, your Bulldogs were first on the board.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Yeah, they started really well.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Alistair Leak is a smart player.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46He knows it's a chink in the defence and over he went.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50But I was really impressed with Hull Kingston Rovers.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52How they approached the game, I think the Oldham Challenge Cup
0:24:52 > 0:24:57defeat certainly didn't do us any favours this game,
0:24:57 > 0:24:59because Albert Kelly came with his A game.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Ken Sio came with his A game.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Blair and Lunt.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06When you've got players like that who already performing
0:25:06 > 0:25:08well, the others follow.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11And we met a Hull Kingston Rovers team who played really well.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13The first of three there for Thomas Minns.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Was it a Rovers side that had learned from their defeat
0:25:16 > 0:25:19in the cup to Oldham?
0:25:19 > 0:25:21I think John is doing himself a bit of disservice there.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24We respected Batley because they are a good side.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26I think the slip up against Oldham made us extra cautious
0:25:26 > 0:25:28about what we were doing.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30But respecting what Batley could do.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32You don't finish where you finished in the table without being
0:25:32 > 0:25:34a good team against other full-time players.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37We had to give them the respect they deserved.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40You were picking holes, Jamie, in their defence.
0:25:40 > 0:25:46He is a great player, Ken Sio.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49He picked a few holes in Super League sides this year,
0:25:49 > 0:25:50never mind teams coming up from the championship.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52We scored some great long-range tries just recently.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56We are a threat with the ball and the team is looking a lot better
0:25:56 > 0:25:58than it has done for a while.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01I think Ken Sio is as good a winner as there is in Super League.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Our kicking strategy was to kick basically anywhere but to him.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07But obviously Hull Kingston Rovers's strategy was to get it to him
0:26:07 > 0:26:08as soon as possible!
0:26:08 > 0:26:10So, you know, it worked very effectively.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13But there are some good players coming through at
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Hull Kingston Rovers, with young Green on the edge
0:26:15 > 0:26:17and obviously Albert Kelly is a stellar player.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20The confidence grew.
0:26:20 > 0:26:27But I was pretty pleased with our lads' effort and application.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30And we will be a better team at Batley at round
0:26:30 > 0:26:31seven then we are now.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Because this is a step up in intensity.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34It's a step up in quality.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37The players enjoyed playing at this stadium and I think it will be
0:26:37 > 0:26:39really fascinating the next six games for everybody.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Hull KR, Jamie, won all seven of their games at this
0:26:42 > 0:26:43level last year.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45This is a great start.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Yes, you want to get off to a good start in the qualifiers.
0:26:48 > 0:26:49We managed to do that.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52We managed to score some points and put in a performance as well
0:26:52 > 0:26:55against a spirited side who played right to the death.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56Right to the 80th minute.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59But the key for us now is we've got Leeds coming up.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00We've got some big games coming up.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02It is now to perform against them.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Is it hard, John, watching this back?
0:27:04 > 0:27:05In a way, yes.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07I mean, I already watched it this morning and clipped it.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11So yeah, I've tortured myself already before re-watching this.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14No, you've just got to look, learn, and try to improve.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17And that is what we will try to do.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20We will reconvene, review this game, and then we will build for this
0:27:20 > 0:27:21coming Sunday against London.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23I'm sure you will do that.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26The top two in the championship met on Saturday.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Leigh finished head and shoulders ready above their opponents, London.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31And everyone else actually in that division.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33But it is back to zero for both of them.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34And everyone else in the qualifying.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Sharon has the details.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40It took a while for the first try to come in this game,
0:27:40 > 0:27:43with only an exchange of penalties for the first 20 minutes.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45But it was Leigh that breached the London defence first.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48With Matty Dawson on the end of slick passing.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51But it wasn't long before it was all square again
0:27:51 > 0:27:54as Ben Hellewell first-handed off Mitch Brown and found a way
0:27:54 > 0:27:55through to score for London.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58It didn't seem like Leigh wanted to make things easy for themselves,
0:27:58 > 0:28:01though, as just after the half-hour mark they went down to 12 men.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04A high tackle on Rhys Williams by Cory Paterson meant referee
0:28:04 > 0:28:11Ben Thaler had no hesitation showing him a yellow card.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14But it was still the home side that finished the half stronger,
0:28:14 > 0:28:18with Martin Ridyard and Gregg McNally combining to send Brown in.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22Ridyard converted to give Leigh a 14-8 half-time lead.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24An early second-half penalty extended Leigh's advantage and that
0:28:24 > 0:28:27stretched further when Maitua crashed in.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31And when Mitch Brown scored his second on his debut just
0:28:31 > 0:28:33after the hour mark, Ridyard converted and Leigh were 20
0:28:33 > 0:28:40points ahead and looking in control.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44It took Leigh four games to get a win in the qualifiers last year,
0:28:44 > 0:28:47and after good work from Dane Weston led to the ball being shipped
0:28:47 > 0:28:49left for Matty Dawson to score the second,
0:28:49 > 0:28:50it looked in no doubt it
0:28:50 > 0:28:52wouldn't take as long as that this season.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54But London hadn't read that part of the script.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57And with less than ten minutes to go, they started a comeback
0:28:57 > 0:28:58with a try from Pewhairangi.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Jamie Soward provided the past to put him in at the corner.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05But as he scored, a fight broke out in back play between Jamie Soward
0:29:05 > 0:29:06and Leigh's Greg Worthington.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Jamie Soward appeared to feel he'd been taken out late in the build-up.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11The fight resulted in a red card for Jamie Soward
0:29:11 > 0:29:12and then Worthington.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16Both sides down to 12 men for the rest of the game.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20This served to galvanise London more than you could have anticipated.
0:29:20 > 0:29:26A brilliant display of handling and support play that started
0:29:26 > 0:29:30in their own half saw them keep the ball alive down the right
0:29:30 > 0:29:31and end with Pewhairangi scoring his second try.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34He converted it and the gap closed to 16 points.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Two minutes later, it closed even further.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39More of the style of play that had been prompted after going down to 12
0:29:39 > 0:29:41men kept the ball alive, allowing London to pressure
0:29:41 > 0:29:42the Leigh try line.
0:29:42 > 0:29:50It eventually led to a try for Andy Akers.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Three minutes to go, Leigh's lead was reduced to ten.
0:29:52 > 0:29:53London still refused to give up.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57Jack Bussey regathered his own kick and broke clear from his own half.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Daniel Harrison was in support and another successful conversion
0:29:59 > 0:30:00brought them to within four.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03But with seconds left on the clock, Leigh hung on to take the win,
0:30:03 > 0:30:05despite what was possibly the craziest five minutes
0:30:05 > 0:30:07of this year's season.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Sharon mentioned there, Jamie, some of the stats from the end
0:30:10 > 0:30:13of last season for Leigh, who never really got going.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16And a lot of people fancied them to gain promotion.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18When we talk about lessons learned, they must have
0:30:18 > 0:30:21learned lessons from that?
0:30:21 > 0:30:22Well, we've yet to see that.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24They've beaten London, but that's a side they've
0:30:24 > 0:30:25beaten all year.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27They've not played a Super League opposition yet.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30And I think the key for Leigh is, last year they couldn't
0:30:30 > 0:30:32handle the pressure.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Now they've signed big again at the back end of the year and the
0:30:35 > 0:30:37pressures on them to deliver again.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Whether their players and their coaching staff can cope
0:30:39 > 0:30:42with the pressure put on them, and the expectation from the crowd
0:30:42 > 0:30:44and within the club to get back into Super League.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47Well they do have at least the experience of 12 months ago.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51We will hear by the way a lot more about the London Broncos when head
0:30:51 > 0:30:52coach Andrew Henderson joins us next week.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54He likes a chat, does Hendo.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Huddersfield, well they were still looking for their first
0:30:56 > 0:30:59win under Rick Stone and they were at Salford on Sunday.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02And it was a great start, this, to the qualifiers for the home side,
0:31:02 > 0:31:03Jamie.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Yes, Salford are good side, I think if it wasn't
0:31:05 > 0:31:08for the points taken away, there'd be up around six.
0:31:08 > 0:31:09And they started the game very well.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Some poor defence from Huddersfield and a great try on the outside
0:31:12 > 0:31:13from Mason Caton-Brown.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15He had a great afternoon.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18Yes, he is back in form again, I think he scored a hat-trick
0:31:18 > 0:31:20the week before and he's in again scoring tries this week.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22And that is what all wingers like to do,
0:31:22 > 0:31:24John, don't they!
0:31:24 > 0:31:25They do, yeah!
0:31:25 > 0:31:26Without doing the hard work, yeah!
0:31:26 > 0:31:29But I think, you know, a lot of these tries have come
0:31:29 > 0:31:32from within ten metres of the Huddersfield goal-line.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35So that is just one area that Rick Stone will be
0:31:35 > 0:31:37looking to correct.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39There is a barge over try there for Huddersfield
0:31:39 > 0:31:41for their points.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44But Salford will feel really happy with this, because...
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Well that was Mason and then Roberts, sorry,
0:31:46 > 0:31:48John, for Huddersfield.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Now I want you to take a close look at this incident.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54This is Danny Brough.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Yes, well Danny Brough is a competitor.
0:31:56 > 0:31:57And in he goes.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01Yes, that looks a little naughty, does that.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03And obviously Tomkins did react and, you know, you'd think
0:32:03 > 0:32:07quite rightly, from that.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09But I see the referee has got that under control.
0:32:09 > 0:32:10There we see it again.
0:32:10 > 0:32:16It is a grade C charge from the Rugby Football League.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18So Brough will be sitting out two or three matches.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20Well, it looks that way.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22He's got to be proven guilty, but that's what the disciplinary
0:32:22 > 0:32:25process is, I'm sure he'll be represented by the head
0:32:25 > 0:32:26coach and himself.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28But it didn't look the best incident that
0:32:28 > 0:32:29we've seen, did it?
0:32:29 > 0:32:32On the TV there.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34Work to do for Huddersfield, great win though for Salford.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Yes, they will be very pleased with that.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38They've got a tough opening.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40They've played the Giants, they've got Leigh next and they've
0:32:40 > 0:32:41got ourselves the first three games.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44So they wanted to get off to a winning start.
0:32:44 > 0:32:45They managed to do it.
0:32:45 > 0:32:46Nicely done.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Finally, let's go to Post Office Road in Featherstone.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51They call it the Big Fella stadium these days.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53And in terms of Super League history, Featherstone come much
0:32:53 > 0:32:54bigger than their visitors on Saturday.
0:32:54 > 0:32:55Leeds Rhinos.
0:32:55 > 0:32:56Commentary from Matt Newsome.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Leeds in a promising position here.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Brett Ferres across to the right hand side.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08Turned onto his back by Taulapapa.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Enthusiasm in this Featherstone side early on as they come
0:33:10 > 0:33:12to this right edge.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14And it's Sutcliffe who gets his way through,
0:33:14 > 0:33:16touches it onto Watkins.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Via Maguire.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20And Leeds hit the front.
0:33:20 > 0:33:26Joe Cobb awards the try.
0:33:26 > 0:33:30Segeyaro is having a good game so far already.
0:33:30 > 0:33:31Watkins, into space.
0:33:31 > 0:33:36Back on the inside to Liam Sutcliffe.
0:33:36 > 0:33:42Leeds showing Super League quality.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46Segeyaro seemingly involved at every opportunity here.
0:33:46 > 0:33:47Brett Ferres with the loose off load.
0:33:47 > 0:33:48Picked up by Taulapapa.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Has he got the pace?
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Feeds it off to Cooper, into space now, the hooker.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55Across to this left-hand side, and he has tried to push that on.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57It's a race between Thackeray and Briscoe.
0:33:57 > 0:33:58And Thackeray gets there first!
0:33:58 > 0:34:02Have the championship side got a try on the board?
0:34:02 > 0:34:06Joe Cobb is going to the video referee.
0:34:06 > 0:34:11The pass comes back.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Taulapapa is fine.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Gathered that cleanly.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21It is here where it all counts.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Hacked on by Thackeray, so it's all about the finish.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Clean as a whistle.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31And Featherstone are on the board!
0:34:31 > 0:34:34A famous try for Anthony Thackeray.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36And some happy flat-cappers.
0:34:38 > 0:34:39Segeyaro.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42To Jones-Buchanan.
0:34:42 > 0:34:43Trying to bend the backs of this Featherstone site.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47He gets it away back to Segeyaro.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Ball over the top to Ablett.
0:34:49 > 0:34:50Good hands onto Joel Moon.
0:34:50 > 0:34:51Moon has got support.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53He will go it alone!
0:34:53 > 0:34:54What a finish by Joel Moon!
0:34:54 > 0:34:59Just brushed the Featherstone defenders away.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01And Leeds are enjoying this one.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Jamie Jones-Buchanan ripped through the middle,
0:35:08 > 0:35:10gets it away to Segeyaro.
0:35:10 > 0:35:11He flicks it off in turn.
0:35:11 > 0:35:16And that's a high tackle from Brett Delaney.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Slick play from Leeds, they're really finding
0:35:19 > 0:35:20their groove at the moment.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23And there is the claw around the chops.
0:35:25 > 0:35:26So Brian McDermott watches on.
0:35:26 > 0:35:31Sutcliffe to make the scores 18-6, on the cusp of the hooter.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34It's been a fine first half.
0:35:37 > 0:35:38Featherstone well in it.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41But Leeds ahead at the break.
0:35:44 > 0:35:45Segeyaro.
0:35:45 > 0:35:46To Burrow.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Trying to slash through this line, and that's a really smart move,
0:35:49 > 0:35:50back to the right-hand side.
0:35:50 > 0:35:56And Liam Sutcliffe will come back inside and find Watkins.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59Second try of the game for him.
0:35:59 > 0:36:07And the England centre is really finding his form.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11Leeds have a commanding lead.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13As the ball from Maguire, sent high into the sky,
0:36:13 > 0:36:16an awkward bounce.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20Tom Briscoe flicks the ball away to Watkins.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Back on the inside he goes, to Achurch.
0:36:24 > 0:36:30Leeds Rhinos stretch further in front.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36I don't know whether it's the heat, whether the conditioning,
0:36:36 > 0:36:37it's starting to tell here.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39It's a Featherstone line-up, but Carl Ablett finds a way through!
0:36:41 > 0:36:46Not even an hour gone and Leeds are well in control.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Have Featherstone got an answer to this seemingly
0:36:52 > 0:36:55unstoppable Leeds onslaught?
0:36:55 > 0:36:58Watkins gets away to the right-hand side.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00They keep running down that channel.
0:37:00 > 0:37:01And they've got Briscoe in.
0:37:01 > 0:37:02Lovely flick past.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05And Briscoe will saunter through.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08And Leeds Rhinos hit 40 points.
0:37:10 > 0:37:15It's been ruthless, it's been classy.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18A little jeopardy for Leeds at the moment here, as they worked
0:37:18 > 0:37:25it out on the left-hand side.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26Back on the inside to Sutcliffe!
0:37:26 > 0:37:36All too easy, all too easy for the Super League side.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42There is only Stevie Ward who isn't available for Leeds at the moment.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44All those injury problems earlier in the season.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Here comes Joel Moon, they call him Crazy Legs,
0:37:47 > 0:37:47he lived up to it there!
0:37:50 > 0:37:56Leeds Rhinos are putting their foot on the throat.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01Some tired bodies out there.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02Limping in navy this afternoon.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Segeyaro goes to the right-hand side, that's a hat-trick.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11But Watkins, right back in form.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Leeds deep in their own territory.
0:38:19 > 0:38:24They still manage to find a way through as Watkins races away.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27He won't be caught, like a thoroughbred.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31This is his fourth try of the game and caps it for Leeds.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Not even Super League's best could have lived with them today,
0:38:35 > 0:38:38it's ominous for the rest of the qualifiers.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Leeds, Jamie, have got their swagger back.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45They always do at this time of the season, albeit this
0:38:45 > 0:38:48time they've left it a little bit too late.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50But they could do some damage if they'd have
0:38:50 > 0:38:52scraped into that eight, the way they are playing.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Yet, they've been playing very well recently.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56I think before they got into the qualifiers,
0:38:56 > 0:38:57they beat Hull, top of the table.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59And they beat Wigan as well.
0:38:59 > 0:39:00And I think the players look confident.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02And they're injury free as well.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05They've had a horrendous run of injuries this year.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Yes, you just sense that they might be all right.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10But a word on Featherstone, John.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13Almost 7000.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15It was tremendous, a great atmosphere, and I thought
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Featherstone did a pretty good job of that first half especially.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21And two of those first three tries for Leeds came off the back
0:39:21 > 0:39:24of Featherstone losing possession.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Just as we will learn after the Hull KR experience, I'm certain
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Featherstone will learn as well after their Leeds experience.
0:39:29 > 0:39:30And improve for the coming weeks.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Do you think they'll have to briefly pick themselves up?
0:39:33 > 0:39:34No, I don't, not at all.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36If you look at that Leeds team, that's some team.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39And if you look at two, three, four and five,
0:39:39 > 0:39:41they would get into any Super League team, believe you me.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45Gentleman, I've had a great time, thank you very much for having me.
0:39:45 > 0:39:46And that's it for this week.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48You can join us at the same time next week.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Until then, goodbye.