Episode 9 Super League Show

It is a race for Johnston 50 metres out.

They were 20-0 down, what a fightback.

Hello, the Easter weekend was indeed worrying for somd

and wonderful for others and we are about to find out

Jamie Peacock has swapped the front row at Leeds for the front

He is alongside the Wakefield captain Danny Kermond

to analyse the key moments of Round 9.

The top six were up against each other over the course of the weekend

and that included the meeting of first and second as Warrington

And Currie punches a hole through the Wigan defence.

They have their first try of the night.

It was a scamper away from Russell and he has found a gap to work in.

Martin Russell, but Farrell is there to make the tackle.

He might have had an extra middle here as well,

Liam Farrell, too much for the referee's liking.

In the next ten minutes Wigan will be down

to just 12 men and they are under pressure again.

An incredible pass and the finish by Lyneham.

One miraculous pass, one miraculous chip,

he is having quite a game here tonight, Chris Sandow.

This is well worth watching time and time again.

It is a great chip and to bd fair to Kevin Penny

Warrington really are firing on all cylinders, as is this man.

He is not exactly comfortable here, Chris Sandow.

While that decision is given this is bad news for Warrington.

Chris Sandow, who has had an electrifying 20 minutes

Ratchford adds two and Warrington lead 14-0.

Wigan want to get on with things as quickly as possible.

The timing of that was rather unnecessary.

There was a bit of a bobble, but I do not

think it hit anyone else and the cheekiest of touchdowns

Scoring backwards between his legs, but they

Rhys Evans is sitting alongside Chris Sandow,

It is a really good game here tonight.

Wigan are behind, but still trying hard.

He has fumbled it and it will be a second

Wigan are back to within two scores, but is it still

It is a tremendous hat-trick for Manfredi.

And the ball has come free because of a steal.

I think they have decided they are going to win this game now.

They looked fairly happy, content on the night.

And a kick between the sticks should make all those in primrose

Warrington on course for a good victory now.

That is eight wins from nine for Warrington.

They are leading the table, are they the standout team for you?

I think the numbers talk for themselves.

They are the form team and all the players

seem to be in good form which is definitely helping.

Kirk Gidley coming in has helped Chris Sandow

and you are seeing the best out of him at the moment.

For you what has been the big difference this year

I will go right back to last year and I think they were really

disappointing when they got into the top eight.

They only had four weeks off before they started

pre-season so they had a real purpose and emphasis

It happened for us when we played at Leeds.

We got knocked out in the play-off, only

had four weeks out and started the season really well

Chris Sandow has been exceptional this season as well.

How much do you think it helped him coming over at the end

It takes people different amounts of time to

It is definitely different over here, but last year he was playing

There was no real organiser in there, but now Gidley has come

in he seems to be pulling the strings and calling

but Sandow is playing on the ball a lot more and just doing hhs thing.

As you can see, the little individual bits of skill like that

you don't get them out of many people.

When you look at his attackhng ability he has got the ability

to run, and the ability to kick as well

It is exciting this year for Warrington.

I thought it was a difficult situation for him

They were underperforming, but this year with

a full pre-season you can see what a player he is.

He has been either assisting or scoring 23 of the 53

tries that they have scored, that is incredibly influenthal.

He is going to be out with a hamstring injury.

I think they will miss him, I think they

They have a huge depth of talent, but if

you have got someone on as luch form is him you will miss him.

It is up to someone else there to step in and

There is a ready-made replacement in Stefan

It will be interesting to see how he goes.

Wigan had to draw yet more on their Academy,

Tony Smith said afterwards he did not mind whether

his team won or lost, he was concerned about the welfare

If you are Sean Wayne it was reflected in who

I know they definitely wanted to win that game.

I think you can see that is what happens,

it takes its toll on the players and alongside a lot of other

clubs Wigan have had a huge injury count,

but they are still good at the top of the table

fully fit they will be a force to be reckoned with.

You have got them at the weekend, I am assuming you would

rather they did not come fully fit and with everybody back?

Yes, it is nice when there are a few stars

missing, but equally it is puick to challenge yourself against teams

We know regardless who Wigan bring along at the weekend

they will be really up for ht, they have got a great academy set up

and they are bringing youth through all the time and you know

they will not be weakened by having a few young lads in there.

It will be a tough game but one we are

Both Hull clubs were on the road on Friday.

In a moment we will see how Rovers got on at Leeds,

but first it is Hull FC who were looking to pick up

on their perfect Easter when they went to Saint Heldns.

If these two sides needed a rest after the Easter

Saint Helens got off to the best possible

It was halfway through the passed out before how got their first

points. Danny Howden's well timed run taking an advantage of the

ricochet. The scores were not level for long. The resulting bounce

caused chaos. Maggie Dawson went in at the corner. That was the first of

two tries in six minutes for Saints. This time slick passing allowed

Jordan Turner in to give Saints a Jordan Turner in to give Saints a

ten point lead. But Hull were not done and just before half-time and

done and just before half-thme and against the run of play they began

against the run of play thex began their comeback. They showed good

hands of their own. They moved the ball out left for Curtis Naughton to

touch down. On the hour mark the game hits deadlock again. Frank

Pritchard found the room to off load Pritchard found the room to off-load

to Curtis Naughton and he wdnt on a to Curtis Naughton and he went on a

crowd pleasing run to set up Yeaman. The conversion made it 16 apiece.

With time ticking down both sides went for the one point. First the

home side missed a chance to win it. Then it was a towering effort to

snatch it for the visitors. It was the third defeat in four for Saint

Helens. Both teams really h`d a go Helens. Both teams really had a go

and a draw would have been ` fair and a draw would have been ` fair

result. For the players to push through and coming off a three-day

turnaround a turnaround is incredible and I am proud of what we

have done. I am disappointed with the loss. A draw would have been a

fair result, but I am not disappointed because of the

performance. The players deserve a lot better. For us it is about

staying grounded. You win two games and everybody is tipping yot for the

final. For us it is about keeping final. For us it is about keeping

the same effort and intent that we have been turning up with and we are

making sure we continue to grow and evolve as a team. It is only our

eighth game together as a group and we are still growing and learning

we are still growing and le`rning and that is what we need to continue

to do. You were in Hull, is he right about the pressure they are always

under? I think so. When you get a couple of wins and you are `t the

top of the table people and fans think it is their year and then you

get a loss. The emotional roller-coaster is unbelievable at

the club. The more they can win and the more they can stay at the top,

the less the roller-coaster will be. They were up against you and they

came back, but can you see that in the confidence they are building?

They can go on and win now? That will give them a bit more belief

will give them a bit more bdlief than beating somebody by 30 or 40.

than beating somebody by 30 or 0. The character they showed when they

were behind against Hull KR and the belief they have got to come

were behind against Hull KR and the belief they have got to comd back

will give them that bit of extra will give them that bit of extra

confidence. The big guns thdy will give them that bit of dxtra

confidence. The big guns they have got in that squad are starthng to

show their way now. They seem got in that squad are starting to

show their way now. They sedm to got in that squad are starthng to

show their way now. They seem to get show their way now. They seem to get

better season on season. There was all the publicity about the players

meeting. But it seems to have worked, they have not been beaten

since. You can say that, but for 60 minutes they were being well beaten

by ourselves and then the players dug it out for themselves. Perhaps

in that meeting they spoke about in that meeting they spoke `bout

getting behind and doing something getting behind and doing solething

about it. In the last 20 minutes in the Derby when they were buried and

dead and came back from that, that has allowed them to win the last few

games. Anne Cunningham is upbeat about the performance. Do they

looked like a confident team about the performance. Do they

looked like a confident teal to about the performance. Do they

looked like a confident team to you? looked like a confident teal to you?

They have got a few injuries which are affecting them at the moment.

That is a difficult thing for teams to go through. I think it is just

around the corner really, they have got a few things to sort out, but

Kieran will be happy and sure his team can go in the right direction.

This year it is the wingers who are injured and it is going to be tough

for them. Makinson is important in the game and he is a qualitx

for them. Makinson is important in the game and he is a quality player

the game and he is a qualitx player in his try finishing ability.

the game and he is a quality player in his try finishing abilitx. But

in his try finishing ability. But the teams have got to get on with

it. The last time Leeds and Hull KR faced each other it was the

Challenge Cup final and Leeds 1 0-0 at Wembley. Quite a lot has changed,

including the allegiance of Jamie Peacock. How did this go? They are

looking to play better each week. We have not had our main six or seven

start in any of the games. They have played two games each. But the team

and the coaching staff deserve all the credit because they havd

the credit because they have improved each week. Also thd

the credit because they havd improved each week. Also the length

improved each week. Also thd length of time of those performances

improved each week. Also the length of time of those performancds has

increased and that is why we of time of those performances has

increased and that is why we could win. There have been good p`tches,

win. There have been good patches, but it is putting it togethdr?

win. There have been good p`tches, but it is putting it together? In

the Derby 60 minutes against Wigan and it was a bit longer and against

Leeds we completed 80 minutds. and it was a bit longer and against

Leeds we completed 80 minutes. This is a wonderful try. He is vdry

quick. I do not even think I is a wonderful try. He is very

quick. I do not even think I would have caught him. You might have

struggled. I am so delighted for the players and the staff who h`ve been

players and the staff who have been working exceptionally hard. The

public only get to see the bit at the top, but underneath there has

been a huge amount of work to allow us to win this game. And some young

us to win this game. And sole young players are stepping up? Yes, they

are. They have stepped in and they have done great. That is how our

club is going to be built, on young players who want to live and die for

that shirt. And as for Leeds, you beat them the other week and they

asked struggling to score points at the moment. If you take Danny

McGuire out of any team it will affect you and he has been the main

man missing, especially in `ttack. He is coming back in now and they

will start to pick up on thd attacking side of things. It is

similar to other teams, they are similar to other teams, thex are

struggling for confidence at the moment. It is Watkins and people

moment. It is Watkins and pdople like that, but they are struggling

like that, but they are strtggling at the moment. How much I had a

missing the leadership of this guy next to you? If you take people like

that out of any team, Jamie and Kevin, and other people, there are a

lot more gone than just the publicity side of things. But

lot more gone than just the publicity side of things. Btt I

think they have still got a great number of leaders, like Jamie

think they have still got a great number of leaders, like Jamhe Jones,

Buchanan, and they can lead that team out of trouble. Are yot

confident they will turn it around? You have only got to look back at

the World Cup challenge gamd and the World Cup challenge game and

they had seven players missing. In eight weeks the only thing that I

can believe has disappeared is confidence and it is a case of them

getting the confidence back. They have got the players and thd

getting the confidence back. They have got the players and the skill

have got the players and thd skill and the right man in charge. How do

you get that confidence back? It is easy for me to say that, but how do

you get it back game by gamd? easy for me to say that, but how do

you get it back game by game? There you get it back game by game? There

is nothing else you can do `part is nothing else you can do `part

from working hard and enjoy working for each other. If you enjox

from working hard and enjoy working for each other. If you enjoy working

for each other. If you enjox working hard on the field, something will go

right for you eventually. It might be one moment of individual

brilliance that gives everyone the belief and it builds from there. It

belief and it builds from there It is amazing how things go from there

and you get that bit of belhef and and you get that bit of belief and

confidence. You will get thd odd bounce of the ball or get a late win

and it is amazing how it picks up from there. It is only around the

corner for Leeds. Are you enjoying life watching and not playing? Yes,

totally, I have done my time. life watching and not playing? Yes,

totally, I have done my timd. I totally, I have done my timd. I

played a charity game last week and realised I was finished. For any

player when they do finish, to help that transition, you have to find

something that gives you a purpose. I am enjoying it. Chris Chester made

an immediate impact after t`king over at Wakefield. It was a perfect

start for the new boss and they were going for three out of the against

going for three out of the `gainst Salford. The commentator is Dave

Woods? And Jacob Miller in the third minute

is over for the first try. They are playing with two Rhver

character, Wakefield. Over the Easter they had a great couple of

results. Seven minutes playdd and already two tries on the board. It

already two tries on the bo`rd. It is a great start.

And O'Brien slips through. Salford have a response finally. They are up

and running. Still a couple of tackles to go in this set.

Sarsfield, Salford have clawed their way back into this game.

They are pressing hard. Salford s defence is like a clown at the

moment. A couple of minutes of the half remaining. Johnston got up

acrobatically. He scores an absolute smasher.

You bet he can finish. What about that for a skip and a jump and a

that for a skip and a jump `nd a dance away? They are having a look

again. He says try, but obstruction is what they are looking for. It is

a question of whether Josh Wood was obstructed or not.

Jared was able to get that handy flow out to raise winger. I think

they are going to give this. Looking on and hoping

for a response from Salford, Still missing Robert

Louis, one of their Wakefield's defence scrambling

back into position. Wakefield have it back

again through Miller. Doesn't that sum up

the Wakefield spirit? Looks inside and thought

when the pass was given this was going to be a try,

but Scruton had other ideas. Lovely hands and Carney

is given a clever path to go Wakefield very close

to conceding another. But looking downfield

this time it is getting Wakefield playing in the sunshine,

physically and metaphorically And they have got

more up their sleeve? Three wins on the bounce

for Wakefield Trinity Wildc`ts. Danny, excellent timing,

to book you on the back What have they done,

what has Chris done, for yot? Winning helps, the first win

was massive for us over It has been a great

feeling at the moment. Just looking forward

to keeping going and Going to Leeds winning

there as well, it has been a long Bit of a derby for us and Ldeds have

given us some real thumpings over All the wins have been

really hard fought. We have not had any

easy wins at all. I think they are the ones that

really build you as a team and build that feeling

away from home. The defensive effort

in the second-half was immense. I'm guessing Scruton

will be dining out maybe it is something that has not

been there for Wakefield recently? We went 12 up early on and it might

have been a stroll in the p`rk. But they came back really h`rd

and it showed a great Just individual effort like that,

he has got no right really to make it back

and tackle the halfback. You saw that and it is almost better

to see that than the attacking side? It is the thing people

do not always notice. I think defence shows more

of a desire It is when you feel your most tired

when you are defending. For some the like Scruton to get

back and make a bad tackle we have been really under the pump

for ten, 15 minutes. It was the tight end

of a tough Easter period. It is a great thing and it shows

the squad is going forward. Add a new star is born

in Tom Johnstone. What a talent he seems

to be and three very He is showing a great

array of tools that Everybody knows he is lightning

quick and that is a good thing to have because you c`nnot

really teach somebody that. The other things he's doing picking

the ball out like that, just all the little things,

the yardage, carries, getting backfield and the footwork

here, there is not many people who can stop him

when he is doing that. The good thing for me is th`t it has

not come over three weeks to us, he has been working really hard

for three years now. He has had little bits of games

here and there but now he's starting to show that he is deserving of that

place and the tools that he's got now, he is doing well and kdeping

grounded and working hard They look a totally

different team, don't I think once you get

that confidence, that first win, you're

off and running. I think it helps they are injury

free and almost got the best I think when you a great

player playing like that, he has been outstanding

but I agree with Danny, I have seen him in the last couple

of years, watching him as an observer and I thought

this kid can play. And that was a kid who is preparing

well and wanting to improve. Widnes lost twice at Easter to fall

off the top of the table. The Vikings were again

without captain Kevin Brown The Dragons look a tough

outfit, this time around? He is playing 80 minutes for them

at the moment and back row. He is doing all the little

things people do not know. I think he has been a great

link between the backs And Paul is back as

well, years as tough as anyone I have played

with in the middle of the fheld Widnes Vikings had a lot

of players out and they It is a difficult place to go

and play well and win. I think there is good camar`derie

that they have got as a group. Again, injury has been a problem

and they have got numerous players out but they kept

going right to the end and that is why they are whdre

they are in the table. That is the phrase he used,

not necessarily the Catalan way for a coach to see

his team like that. I think it is very

important for a coach. Judging by those comments hd felt

that they might have lost a game like that before and not bedn turned

enough to tough enough to finish the game and know the you c`n

do that, it gives you, that the coach knowing

you can go and play great, but tough it

out and win a game. Dave Taylor is a big guy but he s

putting himself about. Yes, he has played quite

a few positions as well. He has played a bit of back row

and even turned up in the centre Especially attacking

in the opposition 20. He is a big man and

he is hard to stop. We are thinking they have got

at least three players that have Richards has won the Man

of Steel over there. They have added quality

with their overseas players We expect a difficult

game but we will That is four straight

wins for Catalan and we can find out a bit more

about them as the Dragons t`ke A lot of the guys have got ` lot

of style in this club. They are French,

they have got style. Jody Barton. It would have to be

Richie Myler. He is never away from the mirror. I think Alois.

Pelissier. Pelissier. He backs himself, I think. Probably damsel.

Maybe Jamie Foxx. He is as talented as me, singing and acting. Laybe

as me, singing and acting. Maybe Quentin Tarantino has got the same

chin. Daniel Craig. He is a bit weird to, so I like him. I think the

Niger Delta borrow. And the sleep with the horror. I do know why I

said that. Went to the United States

over the break and got to meet Shaquille O'Neal

when we were seeing him at the club, Willie Mason, I suppose,

a night in, he is, it is more Maybe a big night out

and a quiet night after. Ten years ago, totally

different answer. One thing you could do is fhnd

a small lift and put Dave Taylor It is fair to say watching that that

Willie Mason is a character. I think he certainly adds

to the side and he is a character. It looks like the signing

is working out for them. What about Daniel Craig

playing Richie Myler? Finally let's head

to the jungle where The Giants started

the round at the foot Just one win from their

opening eight matches. All on his own on

the right-hand side. Hanging a kick up in

front of the goal-line. Sweeps a kick to

the right-hand side. Castleford Tigers, a ding-dong

game here at the moment. Will there be a finish

for Huddersfield? I think when you are

struggling, that the time you need to be talking

and saying, let's see this out, finish this, because

that is all they need, I think it will hurt quite

a bit confidence wise with losing it at the

death like they did. They have tough games coming up

as well, haven't they? What would you be saying to them

if you were in that position in terms of getting

them out of this hole? I come back to the word

confidence, again. To get confidence in the group

they need to find areas within the game they

believe they can win, whether that is technique in defence

or some areas an attack that they think they can

beat their opponents. Allowing them to do that will allow

them to get some confidence back because they will get some

wins and on the back of that they will start

to get more points. Individual key battles

for individual players? They have to realise players

and coaching staff are good. From a team that was

challenging from the league leaders to one

that was bottom of the leagte. Let's see how the results have left

things in the first Utility Super Let's see how the results h`ve left

things in the first -- Two points separate

Warrington and Wigan Castleford are back

in the top eight after their That result leaves

the Giants two points Round ten kicks off on Thursday

when Catalan are at Hull KR. Leaders Warrington face

Saint Helens on Friday. Wakefield look to make it four

in a row when they play Wigan People say there are

too many games are these days but we will leavd

you with some memories from a time This is the Lancashire cup final

from 1983 and a wonderful And the scrum-half, I am sure

he knows he is the best. I think he must have

felt that as well. Those Barrow fans certainly

need their blue and white hats What an exciting prospect

this 19-year-old is. I think Barrow fully

deserved their win. We are approaching

one of the biggest decisions this country will face

in our lifetimes. We need a change,

we have to take a risk, No, leave things as they are,

don't change anything, it might make it worse.

That's just scaremongering. I'd hoped the debate

might be more sensible. Well, I'd hoped the debate

wouldn't be so personal! So, we'll just keep the old set,

then? The pressure is on to compete for

a life-changing title... ..as more of the country's

best home cooks Yeah, not like cooking for

two kids and a wife! this isn't what you'd expect

at this stage at all.