Well part of the reason the team got this Wembley fever thing straight after beating Saints is because they knew their opponents were lower league (admittedly the best of them) in the next round. They'll have definitely been a case of already thinking they'll make the semis in their heads, it almost tripped them up.

They lost in that game last season.

They've never beaten Wigan in any final.

NOT EVER.

They had a terrible record against wigan in knock out games full stop, but then they started beating them in semi finals 04, 07, 08, 12 x 2

Exactly.

Leeds record in semi finals against Wigan is a lot healthier than their record against Wigan in finals.

Conclusion? Wigan in the semis please.

Which finals have they met Wigan in during the last decade then? 1 isn't it?

Haven't played them at Old Trafford since we developed a knack of winning there though.

The 2 teams who have shared the last 7 GF's yet haven't met in any of them, it'd be the most intriguing final IMO. If they could beat us there then they'd take that kind of unofficial "Old Trafford specialists" tag off of us.

Or we could have Saints vs Wire, losers of the last 7 GF's between them......see which one could finally stumble over the finishing line on the night.

Leeds have never beaten Wigan in a final of any sort.

Even when they did meet Wigan in a final during their most Glorious Golden Era, they still lost.

No amount of silverware won during the most lamentable era of SL mediocrity can compensate for that glaring omission.

doesn't matter who you beat in a final it's winning that counts

Been a bit hard to try beat them in a GF during this Golden Era seen as since 2004, we've met them in the semis 6 times (4-2 to Leeds), 2 years Wigan didn't make the playoffs (2005,2006) and the only two times we were kept apart in the semis (2009 & 2011) Leeds reached the GF whilst Wigan lost.

Maybe if Eric Pollard hadn't uttered those words "we choose Leeds" in 2012 and sent us to St.Helens instead then Leeds vs Wigan GF might've happened during this era.....still worked out well for them that year

Indeed, but a win in a final against Wigan would be sweeter than most would it not?

I assume it's Leeds regular season policy of demonstrating that "winning does not count" which was mainly responsible for your loss of patronage and the termination of your season ticket?

I have to agree with old Willy here. The one regret through this era I have is not playing Wigan in a GF. Each time I was hoping it would go that way.

Just a shame it never came off.

The majority of final defeats came in the mid to late 90's with a completly different team, so it's a meaingless statistic. In 2011 leeds were unlucky not to win. How relevant would leeds record against saints at old trafford be in 15 years when the 2 teams are totally different?

I see what you're saying, but I'm pretty certain wigan will make the grand final again this year so if we play them before old trafford to my mind it means we aint gonna make it.

If we are to ever taste sweet victory against them on the big stage then we need to play them in the final and now is as good a time as any whilst we still have this group of players.

sweeter? possibly but as i said winning is everything. i didn't get a season ticket as i felt that A- i missed to many games for it to be worthwhile and B- i wasn't getting value for money

I have hoped we get a chance to defeat wigan at OT for a while now.not many more chances for this group of players to do that now.We have all felt the pain of the 90's defeats to them,the CC final ones were hard to take but the worst one was the premiership final at OT, i think they put fifty odd past us and Radlinski got a hat full of tries.Awful day