Well at least we won't need any extra motivation to beat Wire!

All the best against Dire next week. Hope you manage it from 5th again

Deep down I wanted saints.

Briers has a kicking game saints don't have and for once in a grand final we will have to cope with being penned back.

Plus i can just see smith's smug face at the end with warringtons fans going mental.

Oh dear!

Bad news for Leeds that result tonight.

We do, it's just Mike Rush insisted on playing our best fullback at 6 and leaving him in the u20's to rot

Looking forward to it. Should be a great game.

I agree. Wire will have too much for leeds next week. Looks like warrington are going to do the double.

It's not just that warrington have the full package to win the grand final which saints don't quite have.

Thought it was going to be another Leeds v Saints GF after the first 40. Sky team doing the usual ''Warrington have been excellent tonight'' lines, and yes they were......in the 2nd half. Saints lost it from not getting far enough ahead at the break, on balance of play about a 12 point half-time would of been a fairer reflection than the 2 points it actually was. Reminded me of the '07, '08, '09 GF vs Saints. They were in it at half-time, actually the better team and then they just let the game steadily slip out of their grasp in the second half when the opposition upped their game and they couldn't go with them.

As for Wire in the final. Well a tale of two halfs, first comfortably outplayed and got 2 tries through Saints gifting them possesion, otherwise didn't get near the Saints line. Second half they clicked and played the way they can, they managed to get Briers into positions he could do damage as well as stopping Saints making as many yards forward. Throughout the match Wire's defence in their last 20m was very good, mixed in with a bit of sloppiness from Saints at times when up there, which is a problem Leeds do suffer from too at times. McGuire will be back but will it be enough to score the at least 4-5 tries (possibly more?) we'll need to outscore Warrington? If Warrington can produce that defence on the biggest occasion and not get overawed by it being their first GF then Leeds will have a struggle on their hands to get points.

If we defend like last night,they wont get more than 2-3.should be a classic as stevo would say!

I think it will be closer than wembley but wire have the better forwards and if briers brings his kicking boots I fear for us.

We do in that we have the experience and the ability but we don't have the attitude, especially up front. Our forwards go missing at crucial times without James Graham to hound them, and Rush has insisted on playing a half who isn't one with one who is still learning in a pairing that isn't pairing at all, while leaving one true half to rot in the u20s.

Still, personally I am relieved we are not at OT next week. Leeds would have battered us and I couldn't have taken a fourth battering! Wire have been the better team all season and deserved their win.