wow

Whatever system, whatever salary cap, whatever quota, whatever referee, whatever interpretation, whatever use of the VR, whatever million and 1 other things we as fans complain about, that is what matters. That is RL.

Next year they may have to rebrand...every *second* matters

Brilliant. Pat on the back for the RFL for the Super 8's?

Wow. That's why I watch this sport.

Good thing is with the new system we go straight into sudden death with the 4 best teams. We carry on the momentum.

We don't have an anti-climax of the play-offs with Mid table teams being lambs to the slaughter!

Just got home. Gutted! What an end to the super 8''s!
Roll on the semi!

that game and especially the finish will be better than anything that occurs in the other code's tournament over the next 6 weeks

and you've got to hand it to the superleague marketing team - we call them many times, but that slogan this season has turned out to be a work of genius

Intense, fast, tough, tense, and dramatic. This is THE GREATEST GAME.

Super ending to a superb night. From the body language on the Huddersfield players, that is the end of their season.

But the actions of Grix and McGilvray? Why did they both ignore the ball? It's getting a bit WWE. They will probably bring out Ryan Bailey interference with a steel chair in the final.

Haven't seen the Hudds/Leeds match as I just got back from the Wigan game. Naturally disappointed after that performance we couldn't take the shield but it would certainly be bittersweet as Leeds have been the best team for me. As a Wigan fan, I'd prefer to play Hudds who will be feeling deflated after this, and who we've beaten three times this season. The idea of playing either Leeds or Saints at this knockout stage terrifies me as I truly believe that despite what the table says they're both better teams.

Hudds would have been far more deflated had wigan lost, as it would have meant them blowing the league leaders shield. As it is, they wen't from playing leeds at home, to playing leeds away, to playing wigan away in the space of about 90 seconds

But after a good nights sleep, they'll realise it's still all to play for. Wigan maybe slightly deflated due to how it ended, will be eager to brush this away with a ''LLS, who needs that? we'll take the grand final!!'' kind of attitude.

As long as hudds don't do their usual playoff kind of performance it should be a really good game.

I'm not sure. Hudds have lost all that momentum they had. Wigan absolutely flattened Cas and scored some cracking tries. Wigan lost it last week. This week it was Leeds shield to lose, not Wigan.

I'm not sure they will have lost momentum- didn't after the last loss- went on the best running streak of any other team in the 8.

The difference is having the mentality to do that in the games that really matter. Leeds managed it but it's in no way easy. Should Hudds contrive to do it, it may well set them up as one of the very best for the next few years.

Don't think there's anything McGillivray could have done. Grix though did hesitate and should have put his body on the line, may not have been able to get the ball but might have at least made it harder for Hall to take the ball in full flight. In the end he just looked like he'd bottled it (I'm not actually saying he did it was probably more about indecision)

Brilliant stuff. More of the same next season please (allbeit with a couple of different teams than the usual).

Amazing finish. Something like that really is special to our game in particular. You won't see that anywhere else. In the dying seconds of a game, top of the league shield on the line, and they pull it off in spectacular fashion. I really am happy for them, they deserved that wholeheartedly and you can tell by their elation at the end. You see the worthiness in battling all season just for that one moment. If the semi's and final are of that calibre, I will be extremely happy. If Hudds and Leeds make the final, I will be there.

I'm sure the Giants players were degected to lose that game

But to say its season over is laughable

as a giants fan I think it will be easier to go away to Wigan than play Leeds two weeks running, home or away

Naturally I'd rather play saints at home