To the bloke I accidentally spilt beer on . Trust me when I say it was an accident, I’m not going to spill it on purpose, especially at that price

Just got back to hotel and while it was great to get to Wembley and win feels a bit anti climatic, especially after watching an exciting challenge cup final. Generally played well in the first half, but felt in the second half that we were playing so as not to lose whereas Batley, with nothing to lose at 12-0 down were playing to win.We seemed unwilling to take any risks, whereas Batley played like I expected Fax to continually spreading the ball wide, and offloading almost at will and as a result making much more ground than Fax..Defended well for long periods, thought O'brien had a really good game, but JWH nothing like as involved against Featherstone. While I was pleased with team selection today, purely on basis of this performance I'd bring Keyes back next week if fully fit and move JWH back to fullback.Frustrating that on a pitch like that Walmsley spent his afternoon driving the ball in without any real impact , without receiving one decent ball with any space to possibly make a break.

Batley 10v12 Fax.

We won a final at Wembley that is all the matters.

@Faxlore, is that all that matters?
It does not cover over the obvious cracks and disjointed displays over the past 2 months.
Whilst I am thrilled that Fax pulled it off and maybe laid ghosts to rest by beating the 2 teams that hang like a shadow over them, there is still plenty to put right.

No it doesn’t cover up the season ( which is still going) but enjoy and rejoice in this victory instead of being constantly negative. People on here would find fault and moan even if we won SL grand final, challenge cup, world club challenge. Miserable bunch to of whining gits who can’t enjoy the positives of our club

@Faxlore I agree with you rebuttle .

I really enjoyed my trip to the new Wembley and 2 brilliant games of rugby to watch as well. The first game was quality, I thought Leigh dominated but Hull Kr just would not go away, Leigh just look so dangerous when they move the ball and I was veryy happy they won and win as they did in golden point.
In our game just like the first game I thought we looked the more dangerous and you always thought at some point the Batley defense was going to break but in the same way as Hull Kr they managed to stick in the game and with a lot of desperation play managed to get our nerves going. Our defense though, where has that been all season? If we can carry that on we will not lose many games and I can't remember us defending as well as that for a long time and I thought we deserved the win overall even if its a strange way to win a game with a missed kick. That goal kick seemed to go in slow motion and when the Fax fans at the front didn't react I were sure he had got it. What a glorious win and a cracking game to finish the day, congrats to all the players, coaches and everyone involved. You have all just gone down in history for the club.

With hindsight my earlier post was unduly negative, there have been several games this season where we played some great rugby but lost because of silly mistakes or fragile defence. Some of the defence today was heroic, defending set after set on our line in the second half - and you only needed to see the players faces to realise that on this occasion the only thing that did matter was the result. While difficult to pick a MOM in what was a real team performance think Salty deserves special praise for doing what he does every game, expecially his carries away from our line when we were really under pressure which he continued right to the end.

I think this match should have been played before the main match like last year when we beat Fev. After the excitement of our (Leigh) win we didn’t feel calm enough to spend another 2 hours watching your game. What do you Fax fans think and how many supporters did stay behind to watch your match?

I can't speak for others but for me it really didn't matter when it were on as it was the only game that I went to see it was just a bonus that we got two new teams in the main event and it was also such a good game. I was disappointed with the production by the RFL though, video ref's for first 2 games and none for our "after thought". That was poor.

Back to the game I do think we still had those brain farts in our game(Louis & Obrien running it on the last and Woody kicking out on the full) but the difference today was how much fight we showed for each other and that helps you get past those mistakes. I think at times maybe we were a bit negative taking 2 but as it turned out it played out perfect and again I think we drop a goal over we avoid that late drama but as a group I thought we played superbly. Back 5 were fantastic doing the hard yards and Pickersgill I thought stood out and our pack fronted up to Batley who probably have the best pack in the league. I thought Kav really stood out and obviously Calcott was never coming off that field despite that nasty cut. Not many players get chance to play at Wembley so this group can be very proud of what they have achieved.

I agree, not so much for the game as fans present still created a good atmosphere - but it would have been great for the presentations at the end to have almost a full house.
Really glad I arrived early enough to see the Leigh game which was excellent- while I initially wanted HKR to win Leigh fully deserved it - you've done well to tie down Lam who was head and shoulders above anyone else on the pitch.

Fantastic result for everyone involved at the club yesterday from the BoD, coaching and backroom staff who have put in an incredible amount of work in their respective areas to make it a special day.
At the final whistle you could see just what it meant to all the Fax players on and off the field and supporters in the crowd which no doubt mirrored everyone behind the scenes as well.

The day did feel a bit surreal at times and very different, which it was.
A lot of travelling, being at Wembley with the triple headers and different sets of supporters, Fax playing a different game from the norm, the extra nerves involved etc, but all said and done, great day, one to remember.

For me the challenge cup final should be the last game of the day. I just think that way the atmosphere would build during the day and would be better for the other teams playing before reaching a explosive climax just at the right time.