Huge result given the side we put out and saints loss yesterday.

Shame Wigan won but still 4 pts clear, vastly superior pts diff and what is it 4 games left?

We have saints at home , cats away ,cad home, Hudds away.

Wigan have cats home ,hull home, saints away, cas home

Job done hopefully there were no injuries.

Harsh on Delaney, but I don't think he's that important that he walks back into the side when he's fit.

Plenty of options for those back row spots, particularly if we play a prop at loose. Achurch IMO offers more going forward, and is less likely to look like his legs have gone after ten minutes.

Two very hard games after the CCF IMO. Saints haven't played well but they will have a week off, Wilkin back (I think) and we might have hangovers/ injuries from the final .

Cats away is always a harder fixture too.

If Delaney is fit after the few weeks off I'd have to pick him. Achurch hasn't played much rugby for the latter half of the season .I'd rather keep him for the game after .

Don't think you can pick Achurch on fitness/injury reliability reasons.

Injuries are a part of sport. They can happen to any player at any time, most of them occur as a result of a freak set of circumstances - Achurch getting knocked unconscious as a result of slipping and cracking his head on the attacking player's hip being a perfect example.

If you start not picking players because you're worried they might get injured, then you may as well cancel their contracts and let them go.

It's not like Delaney has an unblemished record on that front either, is it?

Remind us why you wouldn't pick Delaney again? Worried about injury wasn't it?

Nope. I've not picked Delaney because I think Achurch did enough tonight to be able to hold onto the jersey, and because Delaney isn't a player who gives you so much that they are an automatic first choice like say a Sinfield or a Hardaker would be.

I pointed out Delaney's injury record in response to your comments about Achurch being fragile.

You actually pointed out Delaney legs struggling to last more than 10 mins first before I said anything.

Delaney will play for sure , he was magnificent in the semi final . Achurch i'm afraid is just a squad player a decent one but no more than that .

We still have to win 2 and have some difficult games to come , can't see Wigan losing another as they have easier run in and probably only difficult game is Saints away , think we may have to beat Saints and Cas then hopefully can rest players in the other 2

enjoyed the match last night, One day we will beat you lol, hope you don't have any injuries and will be shouting for you next week

Big effort from Singo and Ward (41 tackles each) and a useful 33 tackles from Keinhorst who should all play next week along with a deserving Delaney.

With nothing to play for except pride Hull are to be admired for making such a game of it with some good attacking skills. Houghton was a poor distributor at acting half though!