*** Official Rugby League SLXX Thread ***

I think its safe to say it will be a different game in 2 weeks when all that lot return.

Wigan were good (but not brilliant). HKR not so good.
 
That's more like it after the horror show of last week.

Wakefield aren't as bad as their position suggests (if they get their front row back from injury - Paea et al) but Rovers were much the better side tonight. Not much of a spectacle for the neutral though.
 
You can just see the confidence throughout the entire team.

The problem is that when we lose our key playmakers we fall apart, as we saw last week!
Let's hope that we've got a stronger squad for the return visit!
 
What's worse, getting beaten 60-0 by Wigan at the DW or losing to Hull KR 54-6 at the KC Lightstream Stadium. Maybe Chester did chuck it last week, but we will never know.
 
Monsoon type weather and a pitch that definitely needs relaying made the Wigan v Cas game a bit of a slog. Wigan got to 18-0 up by getting into Cas' 20m once! They scored 3 penalties, a 90m kick downfield that Burgess aquaplaned in from about 10m and a dummy half scoot following a 40/20 that got them into Cas territory for pretty much the first time. They cut loose a bit after that and scored a couple of good tries, but it was a weird scoreline. Cas had loads of good ball.

Wigan handled the much bigger Cas pack - not comfortably, but they didn't look overpowered like they did earlier in the season. The Cas scrum half had a really good kicking game, but so did Smith.

Big game next Friday. It won't be 60-0 that's for sure.
 
TonyM19 said:
Monsoon type weather and a pitch that definitely needs relaying made the Wigan v Cas game a bit of a slog. Wigan got to 18-0 up by getting into Cas' 20m once! They scored 3 penalties, a 90m kick downfield that Burgess aquaplaned in from about 10m and a dummy half scoot following a 40/20 that got them into Cas territory for pretty much the first time. They cut loose a bit after that and scored a couple of good tries, but it was a weird scoreline. Cas had loads of good ball.

Wigan handled the much bigger Cas pack - not comfortably, but they didn't look overpowered like they did earlier in the season. The Cas scrum half had a really good kicking game, but so did Smith.

Big game next Friday. It won't be 60-0 that's for sure.
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We'll have improved by then....so.....59-0! :D
 
Where do you think that Bradford will end up in the Middle 8's? I reckon that Leigh will finish high enough to get a SL place.
 
Bradford are aiming to knock Wakefield Trinity off and Leigh. The cracks are beginning to show at Leigh and we know how to deal with them now.

Not sure we will go up this season (maybe million pound game candidates), but, Leigh have been together as a group longer, so they have to be the favourites.
 
That's what I'm talking about! The team played as a team. They had each others back, played with spirit and defended their arses off. Absolutely chuffed with the result and hope we can press on and get to the final now!
 
Yeah Wigan got a taste of their own medicine tonight and they didn't like it one bit. A few good shots on Tomkins, Farrell and some dumb play from McIllorum and the tide turned.

Dane Tilse and James Green were absolutely immense tonight, long minutes, good defence and solid ground made.

I'm still shaking, soooo nervous at the end!
 
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Best team won. Absolutely no complaints from me. I think the key was the first 15 minutes. That's when Wigan can blow teams away. You could see the belief growing in the HKR players. Wigan fans are moaning about the mistakes and dropped ball, but that's because HKR defended so well. They seem to have Wigan's number at the moment.
 
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They seem to have Wigan's number at the moment.
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That's not what the aggregate score would say though!

I think you're right about the first 15 minutes. It was crucial that Rovers got through that as unscaved as possible in order to restore the belief that they CAN beat teams like Wigan. I was still a bit nervous as our bench still wasn't that strong, with the likes of Sonny Esslemont on the bench (turns out he wasn't even used).

Looking forwards to the Leigh V Wakefield game today. Will be a good potential marker for how good Leigh are this year.
 
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