Re: TV games (not Wire) : Tue Oct 15, 2024 8:00 am  

Captain Hook wrote:

The point is by winning the LLS you give yourself the best path to the final and should be in the best shape. It obviously does not guarantee you will win the GF. I thought I was stating the bleeding obvious…

Agreed.

The last 6 grand finals have been won by teams finishing 1st. The last 11 have been won by teams finishing 1st or 2nd.

On that basis, and because you're Warrington, you had slim chance from 3rd.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Tue Oct 15, 2024 8:22 am  

nathan_rugby wrote:

Agreed.

The last 6 grand finals have been won by teams finishing 1st. The last 11 have been won by teams finishing 1st or 2nd.

On that basis, and because you're Warrington, you had slim chance from 3rd.

You could have omitted that, but chose to hurt us

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sat Oct 19, 2024 9:17 am  

Fiji v PNG.
The PNG SL players really standing out in this game.
Tai having a solid game, Fiji running his side and defence held up every time, and helped Derby take 2 interceptions bring up tries.

Meme McDonald has been superb in attack.
Little Lammy and Rhyse Martin have been great too.

Fiji Naqama and even Waga Blake looking among their best.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sat Oct 19, 2024 9:54 am  

rubber duckie wrote:

Fiji v PNG.
The PNG SL players really standing out in this game.
Tai having a solid game, Fiji running his side and defence held up every time, and helped Derby take 2 interceptions bring up tries.

Meme McDonald has been superb in attack.
Little Lammy and Rhyse Martin have been great too.

Fiji Naqama and even Waga Blake looking among their best.

Are Tai or Russell in the PNG 17 man squad?

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sat Oct 19, 2024 10:59 am  

Boss Hog wrote:

Are Tai or Russell in the PNG 17 man squad?

Tai played Russell didn’t.

Fiji attacked Rod’s usual right side and couldn’t score.
Then in the second period they swapped Tai to left centre after Fiji scored twice down that side, the Fijian brief fight back was halted yet again.

[Wanderer]

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sat Oct 19, 2024 11:11 am  

Wakefield v Toulouse on YouTube's Sportsman Channel this evening (7pm kick off)

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sat Oct 19, 2024 11:31 am  

Wanderer wrote:

Wakefield v Toulouse on YouTube's Sportsman Channel this evening (7pm kick off)

It can be viewed on YouTube apparently.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sat Oct 19, 2024 12:34 pm  

What was quite worthy of note was the Commentary Team's hype up of Rodrick Tai prior to the game. We have a world star in our midst! They love him.

[Wanderer]

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sun Oct 20, 2024 8:17 am  

Wanderer wrote:

Wakefield v Toulouse on YouTube's Sportsman Channel this evening (7pm kick off)

Incredibly one-sided to say it was first against second. Toulouse didn't look like they would score if they had played until midnight!

The highlight probably being Max Jowitt becoming the first player in British rugby league history to score 500 points in a season although I had to smile at Jermaine McGillvary being offered, accepting and kicking the final conversion from near to the touchline minutes before retiring from playing the sport.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sun Oct 20, 2024 4:12 pm  

Wanderer wrote:

Incredibly one-sided to say it was first against second. Toulouse didn't look like they would score if they had played until midnight!

The highlight probably being Max Jowitt becoming the first player in British rugby league history to score 500 points in a season although I had to smile at Jermaine McGillvary being offered, accepting and kicking the final conversion from near to the touchline minutes before retiring from playing the sport.

Great atmosphere, it’s took long enough their best 80 minutes all season, hopefully get into SL and make a better fist of it