:00:35. > :00:36.Hello, it's all about the ups and downs as we entdr
:00:37. > :00:42.We're about to see if Leigh manage to get upwardly mobile
:00:43. > :00:46.and their captain Mickey Higham is here alongside Iestyn Harris
:00:47. > :00:48.Leigh's push for a promotion has featured two wins
:00:49. > :00:50.against Super League opposition so far, and a thhrd
:00:51. > :01:00.against Huddersfield would guarantee them a place in the elite.
:01:01. > :01:10.And Greg McNally restores Leigh's cushion!
:01:11. > :01:29.It is magic for Leiua! One or when would do it for Leigh,
:01:30. > :01:32.promotion beckons, such an hmportant game for Huddersfield as well in
:01:33. > :01:38.their fight to stay in Super League, and a mistake from the start,
:01:39. > :01:46.because they kick from Ridy`rd has bounced ahead of Ikahihifo, and
:01:47. > :01:56.Leigh in the first minute gdt the first chance to attacked thhs
:01:57. > :02:08.Huddersfield defence. So many good things this season for this Leigh
:02:09. > :02:16.site. Mickey Higham again. Looking left, keeping it going, keeping it
:02:17. > :02:25.going! Worthington in at thd corner! What a start for Leigh, a try after
:02:26. > :02:33.50 seconds! And Higham... Looking left again, isolating the whnger,
:02:34. > :02:40.and it is going to be Matty Dawson, two thrives in seven minutes, it is
:02:41. > :02:46.even a bit! -- two tries in seven minutes, it is fever pitch!
:02:47. > :02:51.Huddersfield at sixes and sdvens at the moment, needing something to
:02:52. > :02:55.settle themselves down. Somdthing in defence but help but Leigh have
:02:56. > :03:02.other ambitions, and Matty Dawson is in for his second. This is world
:03:03. > :03:07.wind by Leigh, unbelievable whichever side of the fence you are
:03:08. > :03:11.sitting on. The tackle just good enough to stop
:03:12. > :03:15.Oliver Roberts and Ryan Hinchliffe is anxious to get things moving
:03:16. > :03:19.again and Huddersfield will have their first try. Michael Lawrence is
:03:20. > :03:32.over, they needed that response Danny Brough, swinging it away, some
:03:33. > :03:45.space for Murphy and Huddersfield right-back in it now with their
:03:46. > :03:50.second Brive. -- second try. Leigh's defence being asked more qudstions.
:03:51. > :03:54.And it is picked out of thin air by Martyn Ridyard! Can he go the
:03:55. > :04:02.distance, being chased by Ctdjoe, they cut back inside, Leigh have a
:04:03. > :04:10.four tonne to re-establish their comfort zone. What a try! Ddfault
:04:11. > :04:16.places going nuts again -- the whole place is going nuts!
:04:17. > :04:27.It goes to that win, and Jermaine McGillvary has fined a pass on the
:04:28. > :04:31.inside. All he needed to do was catch and he was over, and he has
:04:32. > :04:43.lost possession. I cost the mistake year potentially. Up there `t dummy
:04:44. > :04:47.half, Leigh looking left ag`in, Huddersfield just about hanging on
:04:48. > :04:56.but wants to play it quicklx and Matty Dawson is there, with a
:04:57. > :05:02.hat-trick, a first half hat,trick! Boy, do they believe now? They are
:05:03. > :05:07.hammering again at this Huddersfield line. It has been relentless beatnik
:05:08. > :05:13.will be taken by Paterson, ht is clean in the try -- it will be
:05:14. > :05:23.taken. They are jumping up `nd down again. But they have to wait just a
:05:24. > :05:29.moment. It is clean enough, keeping hold of it, touching it down. It is
:05:30. > :05:41.going to be a six league trx in an incredible first half.
:05:42. > :05:49.Into the final minute Leigh implausibly are searching for more
:05:50. > :05:55.keeping it alive. Box that over the top, the ball is kept alive again,
:05:56. > :06:04.and here comes Ridyard! Would you believe it? 40 points scored in the
:06:05. > :06:15.first half! B might be alre`dy in Super League!
:06:16. > :06:24.Buttle brush and a push by Sam Hopkins. Settled a lot more in the
:06:25. > :06:31.second half, not quite as vhbrant in the first, but here they cole again!
:06:32. > :06:44.Mitch Brown is over! Surely there is no way back for Huddersfield now?
:06:45. > :06:46.Leigh are in heaven! Hinchcliffe, to the right-hand side, and Danny
:06:47. > :06:55.Brough with one of those little kicks. It is a juggle! Jake Connor
:06:56. > :07:02.confident he has scored herd. He suggests it should be a try as well.
:07:03. > :07:09.It is not back by the Leigh player, Jake Connor gets it, and grounded
:07:10. > :07:10.that, it is Lakmal, that is a try. Some pride restored for
:07:11. > :07:23.Huddersfield. -- it is a trx. Coming to the right-hand side,
:07:24. > :07:29.strong is Leroy Cudjoe, and he is through, through that attempted
:07:30. > :07:35.tackle of McNally, Huddersfheld getting closer but still a long
:07:36. > :07:41.long way. Hinchcliffe quick in getting things moving, Dannx Brough
:07:42. > :07:48.keeps the ball alive. They `re going through hands here. Some
:07:49. > :07:54.determination. Leroy Cudjoe again from Jake Connor, two two, the space
:07:55. > :08:02.is open and three unanswered tries by Huddersfield and they have some
:08:03. > :08:09.belief back. -- from Jake Connor, then to Cudjoe.
:08:10. > :08:20.Ellis stepping back on the hnside, Ellis is over! As he touched it
:08:21. > :08:25.down? Just listen to the atlosphere now, it was raucous and rocking not
:08:26. > :08:34.that long ago, and as we watch this replay, it is all very nervous and
:08:35. > :08:40.tense from the Leigh supporters I think he has brushed the line. He
:08:41. > :08:46.has! They are 14 behind with ten minutes left to play. Hinchcliffe!
:08:47. > :08:52.Throwing it to the left-hand side again. The numbers they havd here,
:08:53. > :09:00.can they make the finish? Not this time. The Leigh defence, to roar
:09:01. > :09:08.from their fans, manages to hang on. There are still tackles in the bag.
:09:09. > :09:15.The cake is good. Ellis is hn again! -- the kick. This is another big
:09:16. > :09:21.decision. That is a try, isn't it? It is! What a fightback by
:09:22. > :09:27.Huddersfield! But is time against them now? It has been an
:09:28. > :09:34.extraordinary game, it really has! But it looks like Leigh will hold
:09:35. > :09:41.on. That fast and frenetic first half, enough of a lead, hanging on
:09:42. > :09:47.in the face of a deal of reprisals from Huddersfield in the second But
:09:48. > :09:58.they are into the final ten seconds. You can hear the countdown. It is a
:09:59. > :10:01.slow play the ball from Patdrson. Leigh have run themselves into the
:10:02. > :10:08.ground! But they have reachdd for these guys! It is a win that gets
:10:09. > :10:14.them promoted in one of the most memorable games of the season! It is
:10:15. > :10:20.the most important game of the season for Leigh! They are tp in
:10:21. > :10:21.Super League. The question hs, where does this leave the Huddersfield
:10:22. > :10:24.Giants? You've achieved a huge
:10:25. > :10:28.amount in your career, It is definitely up there. Like you
:10:29. > :10:39.for you as a Leigh lad? It is definitely up there. Like you
:10:40. > :10:43.said, I come from Leigh, hole-town club, one of the reasons I came
:10:44. > :10:48.back, wanting to play with this team, we have gathered a te`m we
:10:49. > :10:52.felt was good enough. We have got to the promised land. I am ecstatic,
:10:53. > :11:00.over the moon, I could not put it into words at the weekend, but I
:11:01. > :11:06.have sobered up and it has sunk in. Could you believe half time, you
:11:07. > :11:11.were 42-10 up? No, I just think it was almost perfect rugby from Oz,
:11:12. > :11:15.everything came off, kicks, the bones of the ball. And it dhd not
:11:16. > :11:20.come off for the Huddersfield players. The stakes, penalthes, the
:11:21. > :11:28.bounce of the ball not going for them. We did our best, so the
:11:29. > :11:34.culmination ended in that h`lf-time score. It was all going to have some
:11:35. > :11:39.momentum change in the second half. You punished everything thex did
:11:40. > :11:46.wrong in the first half? From the kick-off, I don't know, Huddersfield
:11:47. > :11:51.were like rabbits in the he`dlights. What do you think went wrong for
:11:52. > :11:56.Huddersfield? Rugby league `t the highest level, it is a game of
:11:57. > :11:59.inches and you have to have immaculate concentration.
:12:00. > :12:03.Huddersfield just didn't concentrate throughout this game, whethdr it was
:12:04. > :12:08.kicking, and prime example here Ellis on the inside, to get back in
:12:09. > :12:14.the game, he bakes a mistakd there, and less than two minutes, Leigh go
:12:15. > :12:19.down and score the try. Then they have to pick themselves up, two big
:12:20. > :12:24.games going into this series but concentration was way off on
:12:25. > :12:29.Saturday. Give us an idea about how much work has gone into this? Not
:12:30. > :12:33.having to go through the ?1 million game, that is quite something. It is
:12:34. > :12:39.beyond our wildest dreams. Ht is. But you set your own goals. In-house
:12:40. > :12:46.and between us. I will not go through what we did. But two games
:12:47. > :12:49.to go, you are up and dry in Super League, you would snatch thdir hand.
:12:50. > :12:55.I cannot underestimate how good this is. We have a squad that we think
:12:56. > :13:01.are good enough. But to raise intensity from the championship and
:13:02. > :13:05.to do it not beaten is fant`stic. Long may it continue and be a
:13:06. > :13:11.looking forward to the future. The new season of Strictly Come Dancing
:13:12. > :13:16.starts shortly, all partners pics, but will you sign up for thd next
:13:17. > :13:22.game judging by this? -- all partners have been picked. This
:13:23. > :13:28.might give the phone call for me. I will be waiting. I have had a couple
:13:29. > :13:35.of text makes it is calling it dad dancing. -- text messages. Ht caught
:13:36. > :13:39.me off guard, being pushed hn the circle. What are you looking forward
:13:40. > :13:43.to most about being back in the top flight?
:13:44. > :13:53.And like the HW, the Whee Khm week out challenge of challenging the
:13:54. > :13:57.best in Super League. Especially for me and for the town
:13:58. > :14:00.as well. I think for the town, this club has been knocking on the door
:14:01. > :14:04.of Super League for years and just not been able to get the final
:14:05. > :14:10.hurdle. Now we have done it, and the town is electric at the momdnt.
:14:11. > :14:13.You still look fairly stunndd! So, Leigh are promoted, and that means
:14:14. > :14:15.at least one Super League tdam will be relegated.
:14:16. > :14:17.It is indeed squeaky bum tile for Salford, Huddersfield and Htll KR.
:14:18. > :14:20.Rovers went to London Broncos on Sunday, with head of rugby,
:14:21. > :14:48.Jamie Peacock, out of retirdment and back on the battlefield.
:14:49. > :14:59.First possession of the ball for Hull KR. Donaldson to Campese. Out
:15:00. > :15:08.wide to Mantalata. He just stopped short there. Mantalato is in at
:15:09. > :15:11.dummy half. Here is Campese. Nice kick, Thomas mints! Opening try
:15:12. > :15:23.opening moments. Thomas mince with it. -- Tomas Minz. This looks
:15:24. > :15:25.familiar. Campese, here goes Minz again. Minz has scored again. A
:15:26. > :15:44.quickfire double for him. is a bit of a sloppy pass. Steps
:15:45. > :15:49.back inside. He will touch down behind the uprights. Great start for
:15:50. > :15:56.Hull Kingston Rovers in the West Ealing sunshine. Here is Lunt. Out
:15:57. > :16:03.to the right, there is Marsh again. Ciaran Dixon. Smart try for the
:16:04. > :16:09.winger against his former club, the London Broncos. Dixon scored as the
:16:10. > :16:14.Robins' fourth. Good position for London.
:16:15. > :16:21.Mark Ione will drive to the line. Speculative off-load, but a nice
:16:22. > :16:26.dummy. London have registerdd their first score. Alex Walker, the
:16:27. > :16:31.full-back, crosses the goal line. Best passage of play for London so
:16:32. > :16:36.far. Take through, cunning `nd running nicely. That is two. London
:16:37. > :16:39.Broncos back in this game, two quick tries.
:16:40. > :16:49.That is Lunt out to Dixon, Dixon tackled. Speculative, but it has
:16:50. > :16:52.found Marsh. Marsh has found Lunt, Lunt to Greenwood, and they have
:16:53. > :16:54.started the second half likd me started the first, with a try. James
:16:55. > :17:08.Greenwood with it. Here is Lunt. To Peacock. Rdverses
:17:09. > :17:13.his way to within 50 metres of the London Broncos goal-line. Ltnt
:17:14. > :17:22.again. To Marsh. Nice dummy. And again. Maxine Marsh, going to score,
:17:23. > :17:25.Matt Marsh, his first of thd afternoon. Hull KR playing very
:17:26. > :17:32.attractive attacking rugby league here. Nice dummy again. Anything
:17:33. > :17:37.Marsh can do, Bath at a canter too. Nice deception here from thd London
:17:38. > :17:43.number seven. Keeping them just in it. Lunt. Along the line. C`mpese to
:17:44. > :17:49.Walker. Back to Donaldson. Donaldson will score here, and he does. Walker
:17:50. > :17:55.could not stop him at the ddath Donaldson scores for Hull KR. Quick
:17:56. > :18:00.play of the ball from Greenwood Lunt has broken through. Sthll
:18:01. > :18:06.going. Another nice dummy. Shaun Lunt, got support, got a trx. Marsh
:18:07. > :18:14.is in for his second. Hull KR breached the London defence yet
:18:15. > :18:22.again. Dixon is the dummy h`lf. And that is a mess up. We'll job on
:18:23. > :18:29.debut. Cancel a holiday in Lagaluf to play today. It has paid
:18:30. > :18:36.dividends. -- Jubb. Minns Ltnt. That is Marsh. This will be a hat-trick.
:18:37. > :18:40.Thomas Minns deserves it too. Minns scored three against his former
:18:41. > :18:42.side, comfortable 40 point victory in the end, and the young l`d in the
:18:43. > :18:50.34 jersey did not go too bad either. Before we talk about Peacock, you're
:18:51. > :18:52.not going to announce your coming out of retirement tomorrow lorning,
:18:53. > :18:58.I new? I am always just about it, so you
:18:59. > :19:01.never know! Would you make of him coming out of
:19:02. > :19:07.retirement? He has been at the very top, of the
:19:08. > :19:11.game, for a long, long time. He has felt the need to put his hand up,
:19:12. > :19:15.and I think it is the experhence that he wants to put into that
:19:16. > :19:19.group. It is young group, whth him and Campese and two games to go
:19:20. > :19:24.that experience will potenthally take them through and keep them
:19:25. > :19:28.safe. So it is a big call from him, but a very bold lot, that is what he
:19:29. > :19:31.has been about in his career. I'm guessing you're quite lhkely
:19:32. > :19:35.make the decision for this week and not last, but is having Campese back
:19:36. > :19:39.almost more important? Most definitely. They have ` leader
:19:40. > :19:42.on that field, and as you s`y, his kicking game is one of the best in
:19:43. > :19:46.the business. A couple of tries set him on the way. To have him back
:19:47. > :19:54.hopefully for the last few games is a massive boost. To have hil around
:19:55. > :19:56.the fall pack as well, they have two leaders there, forwards and backs,
:19:57. > :20:01.which could hopefully... Whdther they will be thinking, they deserved
:20:02. > :20:04.it. Featherstone the Labour
:20:05. > :20:08.Huddersfield. I guess he is picking up taking a bit of time to get
:20:09. > :20:12.himself back up to speed, and I will be the big one for him?
:20:13. > :20:15.It will. I thought it was a big result for them, not only to win the
:20:16. > :20:20.game, but to do so pretty confidently. The points margin could
:20:21. > :20:24.come in. To get a good win there, a good win this week, might jtst be
:20:25. > :20:27.enough for them, but if Jamhe Peacock is going to have an
:20:28. > :20:30.influence, it will be in thd last game, against Huddersfield, which
:20:31. > :20:36.could ultimately determine dither one's fate. It is written. He is
:20:37. > :20:39.finished with the treble, and he is finished with that game. It could be
:20:40. > :20:40.massive for him. Now, what about the Salford Red
:20:41. > :20:42.Devils? They hadn't won since the opening
:20:43. > :20:44.week of The Qualifiers, but with three Championship teams
:20:45. > :20:47.to play, they still fancied The commentator for their g`me
:20:48. > :21:00.against Featherstone is Matt Newsum. COMMENTATOR: Through the hands it
:21:01. > :21:06.comes, across to this left side Factory dummies, takes it to the
:21:07. > :21:10.line. Support inside and out. Continuing the break. Support on his
:21:11. > :21:18.inside. Ellis flips it back. What a try by Featherstone! Targethng the
:21:19. > :21:22.left edge, he spends and gets the ball down. Salford respond.
:21:23. > :21:34.Dobson, hanging one up. Two or three players around him. It has fallen.
:21:35. > :21:38.O'Brien. Dobson. Tries to shimmy away. Over the top goes to Jones,
:21:39. > :21:46.borrowing his way through. Salford at the corner. Logan Tomkins.
:21:47. > :21:56.Through the hands to O'Brien. Get it away. Lovely time for the p`ss.
:21:57. > :22:01.O'Brien to Griffin. Try to take their money inside here. Trxing to
:22:02. > :22:08.flick the ball away. That is a lovely pass.
:22:09. > :22:10.Rare raid for Featherstone, kicked through by bricks, chased down, and
:22:11. > :22:20.finished. Tomkins dummies the past Dobson
:22:21. > :22:28.Back on the inside. That is slick play from Salford! Has he got the
:22:29. > :22:35.Casio? Nigel Evans in at thd corner. The position of dominance the
:22:36. > :22:39.Salford. Dobson to Griffin. The to hear. Featherstone looking tired.
:22:40. > :22:47.They haven't laid a finger on him. O'Brien dubs it after the rhght hand
:22:48. > :22:55.side. What a friend! Huge fdnded, fine try. Tomkins. Goes it `lone.
:22:56. > :23:00.Then touches down. Alistair daiquiri, dummies the past. Here
:23:01. > :23:03.goes Josh Walters. Tomkins the Dobson. We have seen
:23:04. > :23:14.that movie so offered today. Good for work. Began targeting the left
:23:15. > :23:19.edge. Louis flicks it away. Through the middle. Here goes O'Bridn. So
:23:20. > :23:24.many pivots here. This afternoon. Josh Jones rumbles away, get into
:23:25. > :23:32.heavens, who flicks it away to Dobson. Another try. Tomkins,
:23:33. > :23:36.O'Brien. We have already sahd seen him brush away a few defenddrs for
:23:37. > :23:43.his first. That is his second. Tomkins, a one-way traffic. A rout
:23:44. > :23:52.already. He flicks it off, to Josh Jones. 70 points. At. -- 70 points
:23:53. > :23:58.for Salford. Mickey, do you think your promotion
:23:59. > :24:00.on Saturday has woken up Salford and Hull KR that they have to whn points
:24:01. > :24:05.and games? It does look like it, yes. They are
:24:06. > :24:09.so fighting for their Super League survival. Points difference now
:24:10. > :24:14.could play a major part in ht, and if Hull KR have been a bit closer
:24:15. > :24:19.down there, that was a big win against the, but they have some
:24:20. > :24:23.points on an it is time to really put their foot on the gas now,
:24:24. > :24:27.because the game is running out The first spot is up for grabs `nd could
:24:28. > :24:30.go anywhere. Salford, they got two champhonships,
:24:31. > :24:35.London and Batley. They need to do that twice to get their points are?
:24:36. > :24:39.They do, just looking at th`t game, Featherstone were full of effort,
:24:40. > :24:43.but it does look like men against boys, some of those tries, too
:24:44. > :24:47.strong, too physical. They will be looking to do that Batley in two
:24:48. > :24:50.weeks' time, when they playdd in the last game. But they have an
:24:51. > :24:55.important game this week ag`inst London as well, and they have put
:24:56. > :24:59.two big scores up if they w`nt any cancer the automatic third spot It
:25:00. > :25:03.is highly unlikely, but you can see with the ability they have got, they
:25:04. > :25:04.are a good side, and if thex can string together, they might squeeze
:25:05. > :25:07.into that third spot. Leeds were looking to maint`in
:25:08. > :25:09.their perfect ending to the year. The Rhinos were defending a 100
:25:10. > :25:12.record in The Qualifiers on Friday. Batley the opponents, Iestyn,
:25:13. > :25:22.and they made Leeds work hard. They did, and I am really pleased,
:25:23. > :25:26.because they went to London and conceded 70 points, and I know their
:25:27. > :25:29.coach was desperately disappointed with that. He spoke about them
:25:30. > :25:34.turning up and actually enjoying the experience of going to Headhngley,
:25:35. > :25:38.and I think Kallum Watkins obviously came up with a couple of spdcial
:25:39. > :25:42.plays to really score, and he was always going to do that. Gr`teful
:25:43. > :25:46.work from Watkins, but they just did not give in. They stayed strong
:25:47. > :25:49.defensively, just a couple of high-level skill plays were too much
:25:50. > :25:53.for them. You've got to be really pleased with that. I thought for a
:25:54. > :25:57.part-time team that were probably working in the day as well `nd
:25:58. > :26:00.having to turn up at night to play, to compete with leaves, it hs a
:26:01. > :26:05.credit to them. And Batley, the crowd were chanting
:26:06. > :26:08.their name, leaves really dhd it proud.
:26:09. > :26:14.Yes, it has been a special xear for Batley, and their coach.
:26:15. > :26:18.He is a people man, and thex want to play. Leeds had to grind th`t one
:26:19. > :26:22.out. The couple of special plays from some special players. They will
:26:23. > :26:25.take some credit and they w`nt to come to the sports village next week
:26:26. > :26:29.and spoil our party. He would like nothing more! Five out
:26:30. > :26:31.of five for leaves, and this is how the week 's results have left things
:26:32. > :26:32.at the qualifiers. Leeds and Leigh heading
:26:33. > :26:34.for Super League, of course, and, as it stands,
:26:35. > :26:37.Hull KR will join them. Remember, the top three sectre
:26:38. > :26:39.top flight status for 2017. will fight for the final
:26:40. > :26:43.spot in Super League. That will be Huddersfield
:26:44. > :26:45.against Salford if it all ended today, but there `re
:26:46. > :26:50.still two rounds to go. In Super League, the Challenge Cup
:26:51. > :26:52.winners Hull were looking 16 of the 17 players on dutx
:26:53. > :26:59.for the final were back on the team-sheet on Friday,
:27:00. > :27:15.when their opponents were Whgan Dummy half. Trying to bamboozle
:27:16. > :27:20.those hole defenders, but hd waters were wall of white and black.
:27:21. > :27:25.Telling at dummy half. Willhams with a little step, and another stab and
:27:26. > :27:30.off he goes. George Williams! Brilliant! Is he going to gdt there?
:27:31. > :27:36.Yes, he is. That is a wonderful individual leopard. -- individual
:27:37. > :27:44.effort. They are having a look again here. The only question herd is the
:27:45. > :27:49.grounding. It deserves to bd a try, and surely that is a try. Great
:27:50. > :27:50.individual magic from Georgd Williams. Wigan have the le`d with
:27:51. > :28:04.ten minutes to play. A good strong driving run, `nd Wigan
:28:05. > :28:07.dragging him down. I'm not sure he played the ball, but they are
:28:08. > :28:12.allowed to carry out, as thd looks of this left-hand side. A khck.
:28:13. > :28:26.It was very tight. So, they are just checking here. Well, he thinks it is
:28:27. > :28:31.a try on the field. The touch judge Mark Craven says he thought it was a
:28:32. > :28:35.try, and the video referee H think is going to back them all up here.
:28:36. > :28:40.Yes, yes, hole get their first points for two litre Lamela. --
:28:41. > :28:51.hole. Slipping up on the inside from
:28:52. > :28:59.Prichard. Here is how Tim. @nother kick. But goes Michaels, popped it
:29:00. > :29:04.back, and it is Matt Haig hdllo this time they will finish. That is
:29:05. > :29:07.usually his role, together get high balls, but this time, he is the
:29:08. > :29:15.beneficiary, and it is a second hole try.
:29:16. > :29:25.He has dropped it, knocked ht on, and caught Heidi as well by
:29:26. > :29:31.Frank-Paul Nu'uausala, and the referee, it should have been a scrum
:29:32. > :29:36.for Wigan, but it is penalthes for Hull because of Frank-Paul
:29:37. > :29:44.Nu'uausala, 54 yards or so, this, Mark Snead with a chance to London.
:29:45. > :29:48.What a kick! Huge kick from Marc Sneyd and Hull have a two school
:29:49. > :30:03.lead at 12-4. A step back on the inside. He was
:30:04. > :30:07.having a look around, the lhne from Hull, standing strong at thd moment.
:30:08. > :30:19.Going from dummy half! Well, it looks short as a real mess of bodies
:30:20. > :30:23.and now. He thinks it is a try. And that is going to make a hugd
:30:24. > :30:27.difference to the decision here because the video referee is looking
:30:28. > :30:35.for absolute proof he has not hit the line, and I don't think you can
:30:36. > :30:42.find that. So a try is given. And Wigan are pushing back closd again.
:30:43. > :30:53.Charlie picks up, Wigan, left. Here is Taulima Tautai. Taulima Tautai!
:30:54. > :30:59.It's his first try of the sdason, and it may be a matchwinner But it
:31:00. > :31:05.is a real might be hanging over it because we'll have to look `gain,
:31:06. > :31:10.the referee thinks it's a try, and the evidence would suggest he is
:31:11. > :31:18.right. And Taulima Tautai, with three minutes to play, scords a big,
:31:19. > :31:23.big try! Time running out on Hull. Wigan will register a very hmportant
:31:24. > :31:28.win here. They have a penalty as well. Right in front of the sticks.
:31:29. > :31:35.This will be the last act of what has been a tight and tense game But
:31:36. > :31:40.it is going to be a massive win for Wigan in the context of the chase to
:31:41. > :31:42.the Grand Final, people levdl with Hull, and it is all to play for with
:31:43. > :31:55.two weeks to go. Iestyn, did Wigan find a wax to win
:31:56. > :31:59.that ordered Hull find a wax to lose it? Massive opportunity in the first
:32:00. > :32:03.half for Hull, all over Wig`n, and you felt they should have khcked on
:32:04. > :32:08.then that first half, should have been in front more than thex were.
:32:09. > :32:12.February 2009 was the last time Hull beat them at the KC Stadium. I
:32:13. > :32:17.thought nervousness came into them. They will have to get over that
:32:18. > :32:24.because Wigan stayed with them, as Wigan do, but they have to get over
:32:25. > :32:27.that because they could potdntially meet them again in the semifinal.
:32:28. > :32:30.And it could be at the KC Stadium again if it is two versus three
:32:31. > :32:34.They have to get over that @chilles' heel. If they meet them in the
:32:35. > :32:38.semifinal they need to have confidence and should have been way
:32:39. > :32:41.in front in that game. What do you make of Wigan question mac showing
:32:42. > :32:48.enough to go on and win the Grand Final? I would have said no, but you
:32:49. > :32:52.can't write them off after that By their own standard, not plaxing
:32:53. > :32:58.their best rugby. Looking at times not sure direction, but agahn, the
:32:59. > :33:06.challenge cup winners, leagte leaders for so long. People will
:33:07. > :33:11.argue that Hull should have done well but Wigan find a way. Lots of
:33:12. > :33:15.tries to the end to win the game. Keeping them in there. They just
:33:16. > :33:21.defence of wealth, even when up against, the defence, hold the line,
:33:22. > :33:26.make you work for everything, then taking opportunities. The one player
:33:27. > :33:28.for me that standing out as George. Some of the players, that try,
:33:29. > :33:32.sensational. Yes. That defeat for Hull gave W`rrington
:33:33. > :33:34.the chance to extend their lead Mickey, it was a sparkling start
:33:35. > :33:42.from your old teammate Chris Hill. Don't we know it was a Mac they have
:33:43. > :33:49.sent me the video three timds already. Going for a 40 metre break.
:33:50. > :33:54.-- don't we know it? I have never seen him give a bad perform`nce Mr
:33:55. > :34:00.consistent, and to start like that, he is brilliant. And a really good
:34:01. > :34:04.first half from Warrington? Yes clinical, taking chances well. Some
:34:05. > :34:09.great lines. I think the dalage was done. They will look at response and
:34:10. > :34:15.have responded from the challenge cup defeat. Bouncing back wdll. And
:34:16. > :34:20.how hard has been for the players to come back from that? Yeah, went to
:34:21. > :34:25.Wembley with confidence, whhch you should do. The last few years,
:34:26. > :34:32.Warrington have been associ`ted with the Challenge Cup, winning ht
:34:33. > :34:35.back-to-back desperate to gdt there again and you need special tours to
:34:36. > :34:42.win it at Wembley. Moving on to Wakefield versts
:34:43. > :34:48.Catalan, not one for the nettral? It was not an absolute classic. The
:34:49. > :34:53.defence is on top. Catalan scored one of very few tries in thd game,
:34:54. > :35:00.but I thought it was a low puality game. And Chris Chester calling his
:35:01. > :35:05.side dumb? Yes, they are seventh or eighth in the table and either team
:35:06. > :35:11.have nothing to play for, not a lot of intensity, and ultimatelx, use or
:35:12. > :35:15.a lack of quality in the gale. There was that try there, and any game
:35:16. > :35:19.that in your highlight pack`ge is a penalty kick at the end tells you
:35:20. > :35:24.everything about the game, H don't think it was one of the better, but
:35:25. > :35:27.Catalan under a lot of pressure Andy Goode win for them, needing to
:35:28. > :35:33.bounce back from some poor performances. -- under pressure and
:35:34. > :35:36.they needed to win. It has not been a great end of the season for the
:35:37. > :35:41.Catalans? No, imploding partly through the season.
:35:42. > :35:44.where St Helens knew a win against Castleford
:35:45. > :35:45.would confirm their place in the semi-finals.
:35:46. > :36:00.Early pressure for cattle for, MacShane waits that dummy h`lf. --
:36:01. > :36:05.for Castleford. Luke Dorn going through, breakthrough with two
:36:06. > :36:12.minutes on the clock, Luke Dorn with the try, classic full-back play
:36:13. > :36:23.James Roby to Walsh, to the left edge. All going to the corndr, Swift
:36:24. > :36:31.gets it away to Matty Fleming, St Helens, how they scored? Jack Smith
:36:32. > :36:37.has gone to the video referde. As the kick goes up, looking at Louie
:36:38. > :36:40.McCarthy-Scarsbrook, outsidd the tent, lovely, no problem and a fine
:36:41. > :36:56.finish. That confirms it. Paul McShane, right-hand side, Luke
:36:57. > :37:02.Dorn looping past, to Ryan Hampshire, acres of space,
:37:03. > :37:09.Castleford back in front, and one to enjoy for the man from Wigan. James
:37:10. > :37:15.Roby, back to the ten the goal, looking for the left-hand shde,
:37:16. > :37:24.through the hands, onto Morgan Knowles, who will spin across an
:37:25. > :37:32.score. He held of Ben Crookds. The young guns to the fore forchng
:37:33. > :37:38.Helens. -- for St Helens. Kxle a, twisting, turning, scoring, and St
:37:39. > :37:49.Helens, having gone behind, flexing their muscles now! James Roby to
:37:50. > :37:57.Kyle Amor. Rangi Chase with the challenge. Again for James Roby
:37:58. > :38:06.Lomax has hit the deck. Plax will be stopped here. Jack Smith sedking a
:38:07. > :38:11.bit of guidance. It looked `s though Lomax might have been trippdd in
:38:12. > :38:20.back play. Let's see it herd. Moving onto Fleming, just Rangi Ch`se clips
:38:21. > :38:24.his heels. Tactically cynic`l. And that is his punishment, ten minutes
:38:25. > :38:38.in the bin for Castleford's Rangi Chase. Castleford one man down, and
:38:39. > :38:43.here goes Luke Thompson, he could not be held out, and St Heldns
:38:44. > :38:48.easing further ahead! Not long to the break. They have turned this
:38:49. > :38:56.game around. James Roby to the left side.
:38:57. > :39:04.Castleford just about holding firm. There is danger for the Tigdrs.
:39:05. > :39:10.Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook! The big Londoner would not be stoppdd. St
:39:11. > :39:18.Helens, 60 minutes gone, picking up where they left off. To this
:39:19. > :39:26.left-hand side, through the hands goes, ball to Adam Swift. Good ten
:39:27. > :39:27.minutes since we have the l`st try, but Saints in this scrappy second
:39:28. > :39:41.half pulling clear. Not been the best second-half in
:39:42. > :39:47.terms of quality, but Jake Webster trying to change that, scooped up by
:39:48. > :39:51.MacShane, flicking it away to Will Maher, and the Cumbrian goes under
:39:52. > :40:05.the sticks! Jack Smith not puite convinced yet. Webster got the ball
:40:06. > :40:10.away, does this go forward? Paul McShane is alert to it. It hs not
:40:11. > :40:13.particularly consumers of us to see it when forward, and Will M`her
:40:14. > :40:21.finishes good. Castleford mhght well have a consolation try. But not
:40:22. > :40:31.particularly impressed, Powdll. Will Maher scores. This game well in the
:40:32. > :40:36.pocket of Saints in these closing stages. Alex Walmsley runs tp to the
:40:37. > :40:43.line. He will ice the cake for Saints. The hooter goes, St Helens
:40:44. > :40:45.have that semifinal and the Al looking ominously good.
:40:46. > :40:55.Absolutely massive. Walmslex Walmsley to that victory?
:40:56. > :40:58.Absolutely massive. Walmslex particularly, when carrying the
:40:59. > :41:03.ball, ripping through the hdart of the Castleford defence. Strtggling
:41:04. > :41:07.physically to contain him. @t his sidekick Kyle Amor was the same
:41:08. > :41:11.ripping through the heart of them. Struggling with them. Castldford
:41:12. > :41:17.with a lot of younger players, spells in the game, but the size of
:41:18. > :41:21.St Helens, they could not h`ndle! And they are looking good, hf they
:41:22. > :41:26.can clean up some areas, thdy could sneak that Grand Final. Or Saints
:41:27. > :41:32.good enough to go on and win the grand Final? I think so, on good
:41:33. > :41:38.form, big men playing well, and you have the likes of Kyle Amor and
:41:39. > :41:41.Walmsley, they have a chancd. So you are saying yes!
:41:42. > :41:43.So the top four are now officially confirmed.
:41:44. > :41:46.in the First Utility Super League table.
:41:47. > :41:48.Warrington have a three-point lead at the top, so they will win
:41:49. > :41:51.the League Leader's Shield if they beat Wigan on Fridax.
:41:52. > :41:54.Hull stay second, but they `re now level on points with the Warriors.
:41:55. > :41:57.St Helens still have a chance of a top two finish,
:41:58. > :41:58.which would earn them a home semifinal.
:41:59. > :42:02.My thanks to Mickey and to Iestyn for joining us.
:42:03. > :42:07.We'll see you at 11.15 next week. Until then, goodbye.