No need to think about it. Wigan aren't going to lose this. The Rugby Gods have spoken through the man in yellow.

Just put on other thread, only thing Hicks has got wrong all night.

Oh those gods!

What a finish. Cracking match. Well done to Saints, who's defence was incredible, surviving so many drop outs. Roby is a machine.

Saints deserved that.Found themselves on the wrong end of some key decisons but stood tall.

So.In our hands.Win we finish top lose and we likely finish 4th.

Hope it was good, you missed a great match.

Every minute matters

Going into the final round, and the top four could finish in any order. The RFL must be wetting themselves with delight.

What decisions? Hicks got one thing wrong all night, and yes it was against Saints. What an amazing ref performance that was.

Well the forward pass was a classic 'momentum' throw. It clearly went backwards out of the Saints player's hand, so that was one, but I'm also going to call him for the penalty he gave Wigan at the play the ball, when the Pie threw it against a prone McCarthy-Scarsbrook to get the decision.

So did I but it still doesn't stop union being really boring. And I don't accept it's more technical.

And no it won't put the RLWC to shame because it was a great world cup but unfortunately few people watched it because the likes of radio 5 live didn't bang on about it for weeks before and it also seems RU fans have endless wads of cash that they'll pay to watch any old drivel.

I'd have gone to every RLWC game bit I couldn't afford it even with the reduced prices.

RU doesn't even care about its own fans. Hence high ticket prices and babies have to pay to get it. What a middle class joke.

I'd pay to take my 4 month old to a game... Easiest way to get him off to sleep.

Hardly a miracle but Saints showed good character to hold on until their chance came.

Three wins from history, two defeats from a repeat of last year.

Yep. Should've just waved play on.

The one wigan kicked was the worst of those three decisions imo. Thought the forward pass was 50/50 and the other was one of the standard 2 or 3 that seem to get awarded against LMS for rank stupidity every game. But then again, I don't like to see a player milk a penalty quite as blatantly as Flanders did, particularly during such a compelling game.

I dont disagree from a personal view, but he didn't move so by the rules was a penalty. Like I said only the forward pass he got wrong.

I would agree that League is a better spectacle, I would disagree Union is really boring.
It does put the RL World Cup to shame unfortunately. Not in terms of on field but in terms of support and atmosphere.
It's not just a load of toffs who play and watch it. My old man came from armley and played to a very high standard of RU. I played and watch and I am far from middle class with wads of cash.

Union is a more technical game, which is one of the reasons it's not as easy on the eye to watch.
We certainly have a chip on our shoulders in general in RL when it comes to RU

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(Seriously...you missed an absolutely fantastic match. Brutal defence and some superb tries - although I never like the Chris Ashton like the cocky celebration going over the line. However, saying that, George Williams is undoubtedly a shoe in for the GB/England shirt IMO. He is going to be one of the sport's greats.)

His pace and skill remind at the age of 20 remind me of Danny Mags. He's a talent.

Agree about the celebration.

Greats? Too early to say give the lad a chance.looking good though so far.

Speaking of good tries, what a finish that was from the Saints' winger.

I wish there was a like button.

Without trying to argue with you you are right we (and i) do have a bit of a chip on our shoulder.

I played RU under 19s (when I was 15) and league as well. Under 18s league was like a different ball game.

The thing that annoys me about "the rugby world cup" (which was originally league's but we rolled over and gave the name back) is the huge number of non - fans. If you are an RU fan then quite rightly enjoy every minute of it. But if 2 months ago you couldn't give a then why get all excited now?

And to make of even worse they wear a red bloody rose

The simple answer is that the sports governing body is able to promote the game outside of its core support.

He got few more decisions wrong than that mainly in favour of Wigan - good performance but that wasn't his only error.

The Joel Tomkins elbow straight into someone's face to start with - then he gave a penalty the other way. There was lift above the horizontal that he let go etc.