Amazing game, and the atmosphere was bouncing that night. Bedsy showed Micky Monners why he was the best 9 of the modern era with a masterclass and I believe he didn't miss a single tackle! Webby standing Bridge up after receiving a deep ball from Burrow was another special moment as he shipped back inside for Bobs to go under the sticks. Great showing from Leeds

Great 9 Buderus was, but Cam Smith is head and shoulders the best 9 of the modern era

The final may have been a bit boring for nuetrals because Leeds were so dominant in the second half, but I dont buy anyone who is saying that Leeds were not even that good, I think it was our best performance in over 2 years and McGuire put in one of the greatest GF performances of all time

Agree completely

Possibly our most under valued player for a long time. Not by all, but many of our fan base have no idea how important he has been to the team over the years

Not sure I would agree, smith is just the best since the last best which was Buderous

It was persisting down. Leeds did what they needed to do. GF or league game. Winning is the main thing. I wasn't bored by it as a neutral. I very much enjoyed Leeds knocking that 'already champions' smirk of the faces of Castleford. A side with literally no history chanting 'That's why we're champions' after a league game getting way too big for their boots needed that peg taking down. Usually i wouldn't want Leeds to win but i was 100% a Leeds fan last Saturday. The only thing Cas could take out of that match was by looking at Danny McGuire and watching how a final needs to be played. He was outstanding.

The only thing that mattered was the result, the rest is irrelevant, just as the Wigan v Hull Challenge Cup game was in 2013, that was played in worse conditions, but hey-ho who cares.

It's in the record books, that's all that matters.

While I'm on, I've never been McGuires biggest fan but that was as good a halfback performance as I've seen in a long time. I was talking to my son in law who's a Saints fan, and a friend who supports Wigan and they both said the same.

Apparently Mac stood back and let McGuire do all the pre match talking

I think the worst Grand Finals of all time are those ones that Leeds did not reach!



Regarding the 2017 final it has to be said the handling conditions were terrible but we should not underestimate how good Leeds were. McGuire was magnificent and did to Cas what Gale has done to us in the past. Our defence and line speed never let Cas settle or gain momentum. We created and took our chances well. Yes 3 of our 4 tries came from kicks but that was the right tactic under the conditions and Briscoe’s 2nd try was made by a lovely bit of centre play by Moon even if there was a suspicion of a forward pass.

It's true that mate, I heard it from a player's mouth.

With McGuire suspended we only scored the one early try but Sinfield took kickable penalties when given the chance and a drop goal in the first half. At the end 1 point behind with 3 mins left and 45m out most would've tried a drop goal which would've been unlikely to land but Sinfield shows great patience and puts up the bomb so even if the FB catches it we can hopefully get field position for one final set. When we end up with the ball again such smart play by Burrow to run right at Farrell to win the penalty where again many others may have run for the line looking for a try. That 10/15 secs shows perfectly why we've had the success we've had in playoffs and exactly why people say playoff rugby is different and point out Cas turning down kicks as a massive mistake.



To quote Sinfield's post match interview after that game



"Look it wasn't great, it wasn't pretty, but it didn't have to be, we just had to win"