Episode 29 Super League Show

Hello, Bake Off may be going, but the play-offs are coming!

Super League season has movdd a step closer to its conclusion.

So plenty for Brian Noble and Terry Campese to get

Warrington had the chance to secure first place on Friday when a third

win of the season against Wigan would see them claim

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COMMENTATOR: Moving in at dtmmy half, Wigan are edging closer.

It's a good start to the game for them.

That's a good pass from Williams says he need to score in the corner.

The drop out as they scampered towards the 40 metre line.

Flower with the initial drive in, and it's a penalty for Wigan.

Just a little bit of a second effort here from Ashton Sims.

And a chance for Wigan to extend their lead.

Wigan lead 6-0 in these early stages.

Warrington having to hang on a little here.

It's another clumsy effort from Chris Hill.

Matty Smith to extend the lead to eight points to nil.

Evans, Gidley had his arm in the air, clearly indicathng

Bouncing awkwardly, picked up by Patton,

it is a wonderful pass by Patton, and a finish in the corner.

The referee wants to make stre that Matty Russell is a try

scorer, knock-on is what they are looking for.

If Sims got a touch, that went backwards.

Wigan will find themselves conceding here, Warrington have their first

Thomson, and Tierney has room in which to run.

The back runner gets in to make the tackle.

Ratchford with a second attempt has been shown the yellow card.

You have to say that looks pretty harsh.

King goes off at an angle here to find a way

Suddenly there is a reason to celebrate.

A wonderful weaving run and Warrington are very

Chris Hill's smashing effort and back-to-back

From trailing, they now have the chance

Over the line but a lot of bodies there.

The referee is asking for a second opinion and he says it is a try.

As we know, that could be critical in the giving or otherwise.

Tomkins gets down, and a timely score right on the break for Wigan.

Just like Chris Hill at the end of the first half, Westerman has

found a path through, at the start of this second.

They are re-establishing authority.

And over goes Currie, but I think he's hurt

But there's a party atmosphdre around the ground now.

But there is a concern for Ben Currie.

I think it was a twist, the angle at which he tried to turn hhs knee,

It looks as though Ben Currie's night is over.

But Warrington's night might only just be beginning.

That looks like the sixth t`ckle and it looked a little nasty.

Flower comes in, he is cert`inly high.

A red card, one hour played and Wigan are down to 12 men

Trying to make something happen deep inside their own half.

A pass for Gelling, but Atkins gets there

These are nervous moments, aren't they?

Warrington will hang onto the League Leaders

The referee would like another look, he thinks it's a try,

and if it is we are level, but what about the hand?

Did he touch the whitewash before he touched down?

It is all square at 28-28, what a game this is!

Wigan are in the lead, he has missed it!

Hold your breath, we are in for a real

Bateman, might be setting a platform here for a drop goal.

The drop goal kick of the season, might just have won it for Wigan.

They get one set, this is the last one here for Warrington.

They were within touching dhstance of the League Leaders Shield.

Or is there another dramatic twist?

It is an extraordinary fight back, in adversity, Wigan have snatched

glory from under the noses of the Warrington Wolves.

They cannot believe it at Warrington.

The League Leaders Shield is packed up for another week.

It is Wigan who have picked up a priceless victory

The shot of the League Leaddrs Shield being put away.

But just sum up how big a win that was for Wigan?

It was massive, coming back from 12 men.

I think that was the best football that they played all night.

They threw the ball around the off-load to Nuuausala

and George Williams would be there, changing the game.

Obviously, Warrington needed a draw but now it sets up

Both coaches seemed to suggest that they thought

If you saw the ten minute sin-bin for Ratchford,

and went by the same principles, it is a red card.

I understand Ben's frustration, I'm not hanging him before the judge

But for me, he has to justify how far he is off the ground

The fact that he gets up is to his credit as well.

It hits him in the forearm and the head.

I don't think the officials had much of a choice really.

As you said, it seemed to take the shackles off

They knew that they had to throw the ball around

to be in with a chance to win the game, and they did.

They threw it around and in the end, they had some winners,

It was probably the best defence all game.

I think as well, this Sarginson off-load here,

I think it is Tautai who picks it up and gives it to Frank-Paul who picks

As Terry said, trying to change their mentality,

I think if you coached Smith, he would say he wants

They did not quite go with it, they were not expecting the fact

It is fair to say that they are not renowned for their expansive

off-loading, free-flowing, double phase kind of football.

For Tony Smith, would there be a concern that, OK,

the Challenge Cup was a lot tighter but they did not close that out

and it would not be able to here when there is silverware

I don't think so, but they `re running out of opportunities now.

When the time clock goes thhs way and it goes to a real

small margin, you think, we have to get this right.

This has happened a couple of times and why we've contradicted

It sets up a fantastic final weekend.

The race for the League Leaders Shield is very much alive,

and that means that Hull FC are still in with a

They were at Wakefield on Thursday, but they have not been convincing

No, we were talking beforeh`nd about what happened to Leeds

Emotionally, it is a huge performance to win there.

You have to be an outstanding coach with a group of outstanding people

to get back onto the planet, in relation to having that success.

This is Washbrook here who keeps going, they played tough here.

Not their most fluid football but they've done enough to win.

Many people might not have won, because Wakefield were pretty good

The no try that we are about to see, we will see if it was a no try?

I think so, I think it is a penalty but he doesn't interfere

Is that a rule that you would like to see looked at?

He has not interrupted any type of play.

He's not within three metres, he could not have affected it

It is not in the rules, officials can justify things

but at the end of the day, we want to see good football,

the fans want to see tries scored, and I think it is a soft no try.

Wakefield, we should give them credit, they defended

I thought it was a 30 or 40 point game.

A credit to Wakefield that turned up.

They wanted to put on a show for the fans.

They were unlucky in the end, but this was a turning point.

Talanoa had been tremendous all year for Hull.

And they have been fantastic, haven't they?

Yes, Fonua is not only quick but how do you stop him?

He's one of those shades when, on the fly like that,

he has smartness and there's a change in the corner.

He gets the line and he's done at 100 times.

But on a number of occasions this year, used on that.

Hull FC versus Warrington for the League Leaders Shield,

I think it will be Hull, at home they have a big crowd

and I think they've turned their form around.

Would be bed before eight o'clock for that big game.

I don't know, a couple of smarting losses for coach Smith and his boys.

If Ben Currie is healthy and they go into the game healthy,

I think that Warrington have a chance but Hull FC h`ve

shown at the KCOM Stadium that they are pretty hard

So, St Helens can no longer finish on top of the table

but a second-place finish and a home match in the semifinals is just

Saints were at Widnes on Sunday, and Sharon has the

With nine wins in their last ten games, St Helens have momentum

going into this one, and it showed from the off.

The first try coming after just three minutes.

Swift went 70 metres to get the opening points,

His 17th came just six minutes later, when he was on the end

of some slick passing from the corner, putting Saints 10-0

Luke Walsh's penalty was thd only other points and almost half

when Widnes finally got off the mark after a spell of pressure.

Patrick Ah Van took the pass from Runicman to score.

After the break though, St Helens pulled away again.

Matty Fleming first knocked on as he went to score,

but he made no mistake with the second chance, cardfully

But Widnes were not dead and buried yet.

This event of play led to their second try of the afternoon.

A loose ball was hacked forward and collected by Chris Houston,

his pass allowed Kevin Brown to go across to the corner.

The conversion was missed and Saints took a chance to go further in front

with a look Walsh dropped goal, Saints leading by nine points.

With just a handful of minutes left on the clock, tempers boiled over.

Saints's Joe Greenwood was tackled ten metres out

Referee James Child blew the whistle and awarded Saints a penaltx.

But Greenwood and Brown escalated into a brawl which took mord

Players from both sides rushed in, getting involved.

Referee James Child went to the back pocket.

Patrick Ah Van was sent off for fighting...

Kevin Brown walked for a head-butt and Greenwood got ten

And it was the Saints who finished as they started.

Atelea Vea scoring the last try of the game.

Saints could end their season as high as third in the table,

but it was disappointment for Widnes in their last home

The disciplinary will be busy this weekend.

On paper they are the form team going into the play-offs?

Yes, I'm thinking they could do with a loss before the play-offs,

to make sure that they are all right for the semifinals.

They've done a great job, haven't they?

There was not one point where they looked like

Catalan were a shoo-in for the position, but they've turned

it around and played good stuff on the day as well.

Catalan and Castleford finish the season outside of the top four,

The Dragons aren't in a great place at the moment?

They know that they cannot lake the top four, they've

It's like they're sitting on the beach and having a few wines.

It is disappointing, they have not been the side that

Solomona broke Lesley Vainikolo s record number of

tries, how good has he been this season?

Throughout the year, you can beat people off

They are just a couple of put-downs by his standard.

He has held his shape and held the chalk, it is not easy to do

The memories of Les getting that record will live with

A different type of player to Dennis Solomona but it's the kind

of football that he plays there which gives us opporttnities.

And how important as gale been in creating an awful lot of those

And you He is the form half for myself.

I think he has been outstanding all year.

They have had a lot of injuries and he has alwaxs

If it wasn't for him I don't think Danny

would have as many tries this season.

I think he is also a great finisher and he creates

He has been a real plus for them, hasn't

They are going to have to get their thinking caps on.

This try, that is some finish from Stewart.

Let's hope he is going to bd staying over in

We hope he has going to be over here so we can see

I think he has had a huge impact over

and on and on and on and on and on and on

He don't know exactly what is going on

with the press over there, but obviously

there has been talk about

a few players leaving and they have pulled a few guys that they can shop

I think that might have just taken the foot off the throttle

and they just don't really care as much as they did at the start.

Actually going over there this season, it hasn't been the horrible

I think ten years, we spoke about when are they

going to get their act together in the UK and they have done that this

They have won some big games over here.

Then they have been knocked over at home, which is

traditionally so hard to do because they have

this temple, Temple down and it is hot over there.

You have to be really good at running the

game to get them but they h`ve been got quite a few times.

The coaching staff and owners will sit down and say we made

so many strides at the start and got two thirds of the way through the

season and then Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall, so they have got to

find a reason at putting back together again.

So, four away wins and with just one round to go, this

is how they stand in the first utility Super League table.

Warrington and Hull are separated by one point at the top.

They meet at the KCom Stadium on Friday, with

the winner will have the league leaders shield.

Wigan can finish second if they beat Catalan and St

And so to the fight for a Super League

status in 2017 and week six of the qualifiers.

Leigh are going up, so at ldast once Super League will be

relegated at the end of the qualifiers.

A nervous time awaits for Huddersfield, Hull KR and

Salford won just twice in the opening five weeks

of the qualifiers, but still had two championship teams to play on

They were up against the London Broncos and Matt Newsome was

COMMENTARY: Salford decent position here.

London moving the ball swiftly across the field.

Teasing and tempting the Salford defence.

Enter the challenge by Mark Flanagan and

And that is a penalty to the London Broncos.

Ackers was a runaway train and Flannigan did enough to stop him

A penny for the thoughts of Iain Watson.

As the London Broncos move two scores

To make it a three converted score a lead.

What have Salford got in thdir locker here?

O'Brien gets it away to Griffin who strides through.

He's on his way to Hull at the end of the

season, but he's doing his best for Salford now.

Obstruction is what we are looking for here.

There is that dummy run, but the ball is gone and the defence

Iain Watson didn't pull his punches afterwards.

It was embarrassing and unacceptable, and it was, w`sn't it,

It is a brave thing to say, you know, when you've got stch

You clearly want to get your group together and say, this wasn't good

I think they had a good win the week before.

They have gone into this game thinking London

are a bit busted and don't have their full team out, so we'll just

Unfortunately you have to roll your sleevs up

at whatever standard you are

Obviously you faced London last weekend and credit to

They've built through this process, haven't they's that is two

games they have one now in the qualifiers.

They were in the game until the 60 minute

mark with us as well, so it was a great game

They might spend a bit more money now next year and try and cement

Salford have got to go to Batley now.

John will be looking forward to that one,

If they don't win that, thex are not going to be in the million

Batley as an entity have looked forward to every big game

And they have played and they have rocked up, so

the Salford mentality I am sure will be right this time.

Full credit to Henderson and what they have done at

London to get themselves within a chance and a gasp of getting there.

They will want to be playing at their best

to beat Featherstone at

Who knows who is going to be in the four v five game.

Two more wins for Hull Kingston Rovers

will confirm their place in the Super League next se`son

Terry, you are at Featherstone on Sunday and

they gave you one hell of a run for their money, didn't they?

I thought they held the ball and they played to conditions.

We just gave away too many penalties and

Salford had a good win the week before and came out and we

probably weren't at or best, but credit to Featherstone.

They finished their season of at their

I think we just saw what was going to happen because we had a

We were playing against Featherstone and

lost by 70 against Salford, so I think running out

there of the boys probably thought it might just

But it is rugby league, you turn up every week and if you play

like that last weekend against Huddersfield, it is going

Is this possibly the key try, do you think?

At the stroke of half-time there is a lot of confidence if you are a

I know that try just before it, they put themselves up by three

That confidence going into the second half.

And what is it like being on the park with Jamie

When he announced he was going to play, I was excited to play

with him and he just brings up an intensity and passion and he just

It is better for the team when he is on

As Terry is saying, credit to Featherstone for the

Best performance by a Golden mile was I

Looking after the ball helps, but they have shown

They have pushed every step of the way.

They pushed Hull Kingston Rovers every

Sharpie has done a great job there to get them

When they have they've best team out there, they had a

They are a force to be reckoned with.

And for yourself, confident after the

It is the first time all ye`r they have won two in

If the game doesn't get you up this weekend, nothing will.

Relegation worries in the mdantime game doesn't get you up this

Livelihoods, jobs, everything is on the line.

We have to prepare the

best possibly can starting from tomorrow and putting everything into

Hull KR continued to fight for their Super

League lives and what of Huddersfield?

The Giants were hammered at Leigh last week and needed

So far the Giants have dominated this one.

There was a shoulder charge on Ryan Bradley.

Great little inside ball from Symonds.

They are trying to push it wait here.

They have got Briscoe along this

It might have come too late for Leeds.

Terry, you were watching very, very closely, and

Joel Wardall, one of the Huddersfield players saying why

haven't we played like that all year?

If they play like that next week, you have got a game on your hands.

It sets it up on Friday night with Hull, Warrington,

The league leadership on Frhday and us to see who plays in

It is quite a question, why haven't they played

Who would be a coach when you see all that they did

against Leigh and then you see that performance against Leeds?

You have to ask yourself the question first

He is probably pointing the finger at

himself, why have we played like that?

That is why there are so many questions.

answer against Leeds and now they have to find

it again and again, who

They will be looking for their best game and I am confident

Hull Kingston will be doing the same.

pressure, everybody has to produce their best

It is going to be one for calm heads.

It will be about conserving energy throughout the

Don't burn yourself out getting too nervous.

Make sure you have got the right attitude on the

I think Hull Kingston Rovers, because

The crowd aspect of the lift that they

They have got some pretty pivotal people back in their team.

If Huddersfield rock up with a calm approach and come to play the game,

you have to believe the gym, it is not about

You have to play the game and I think whole Kingston Rovers will be.

Their opponents were Batley and Sharon was

After securing promotion to Super League last week it was a

party atmosphere at Leigh's sports village.

It was an early try from

Batley that threatened to spoil the party.

The Bulldogs getting out the

But Leigh started to get control of the game.

They crashed in and Lee Smith got the conversion to bring thel level.

Just four minutes later, thdy took the lead but somehow they kept the

ball alive. Hickson got it `way ball alive. Hickson got it away,

athletically diving in by the corner flag. Batley responded throtgh

Alastair Leithead stepped over from acting half. Pat Walker adddd

extras, and it was all over again. The deadlock did not last long, just

four minutes later, Leigh wdnt in front again. Leigh extended their

lead further before the break when lead further before the bre`k when

Lewis Foster showed good showing to get the ball in. The Centurions

Lewis Foster showed good showing to get the ball in. The Centurhons have

not lost in the Middle Ages, and this try from Travis Burns showed

that the record was not at risk. It looked like the game was out of the

reach of Batley, when Tonga got on the end of this kick from Bdn

the end of this kick from Ben Reynolds. He kicked for a 24.8

advantage. -- 24 point advantage. Batley were not done, Alistair

advantage. -- 24 point advantage. Batley were not done, Alist`ir Leake

managed to put the ball through a mass of bodies and Keegan Htrst

scored his third of the season. With a crowd of more than 10,000 taking

advantage of the free tickets on offer for the game, Leigh wdre not

entertaining any ideas of a comeback from Batley, Corey Patterson held

short of the line before they short of the line before thdy

charged into the gap, and Smith charged into the gap, and Smith

scored the goal for the 24 point difference. Only one winner but the

final say when Ted Batley. After final say when Ted Batley. After

Smeaton refused to be wrappdd up by Smeaton refused to be wrapped up by

the defence, this was the consolation goal. But Leigh were

able to celebrate in front of the home fans.

Quickly, a great gesture from them to open the doors? It was a fabulous

gesture and a great season prospect for next year to people in.

Definitely, it would be good to see a big crowd for them at the weekend

as well. Six out of 64 Leigh, this is how things stand heading into the

final round of the qualifiers -- six final round of the qualifiers -- six

out of six for leave. Leigh will be in Super League next

Leigh will be in Super Leagte next season.

?1 million Game awaits for those finishing in fourth and fifth, when

the final place in the Super League will be on the line.

Congratulations to Rochdale Hornets who secured promotion to the

who secured promotion to thd championship too.

That's all, thank you to my guests for joining us.

See you next Monday for the final week of the Super 8s.

Until then, goodbye!