Comiserations Saints. It's no consolation but it was a great game.

The odds of losing five in a row are 32 to 1. You have to wonder what's going on.

Every time Leeds were in the Saints half they were scoring points. By contrast Saints spent the first 20 mins of the second half on Leeds line and scored once.

Defence won it tonight. Leeds were relatively solid. Saints were paper thin.

thanks to both teams for show casing our great game, well done leeds, commiserations to sts , with the young lads you have coming through you will be stronger next season, thanks to all the teams for making it an exciting season, see you all next year, can't wait

Thats ok Rogues Irubbed it in between 2007-2009 ,but not now Remember 1957 1st round of cup?

Sport always has a habit of coming up with unbelievable. 5 Grand Final defeats in a row is certainly a somewhat unwanted record. However it's almost certainly unique.

it was obvious that something was wrong when there were 2 interchanges left with 15mins to go, and Jammer off the pitch. Well tried, but just wasn't to be.

I was there. Billy B's two 75 yarders. Dave Bolton broken leg. Eric Ashton missed kick 13 -11 wasn't it?

We broke the gate down to get in that day. I'll send you a p.m. later to explain the circumstances (get your hankie out)

Think we got rid of a dozen last weekend - you need to up your game.

great final played by 2 great teams ,your young players will learn a lot from that experiance.

well done

I must be one of the few Wigan fans who genuinely has sympathy for Saints. It was a great effort and despite what the bookies said I thought Leeds were the clear favourites. Man for man they probably had the better team and have been under-performing all season so it's not too much of a surprise that they have come good.
There were so many young players in the Saints side that they were always going to be at a disadvantage in terms of experience but the youngsters stood up and gave it their all. I think the experience will benefit those players and to reach a Grand Final with so much disruption in the team is a very good achievement.

Good game guys, score should have been closer than it was and certainly doesn't reflect the game. You may be our greatest rivals but I admire the way you have played this season and your young players have come on leaps and bounds and that can only bode well for your future. See you next year

I have posted on the Leeds site, that i think this marks Leeds side (since probably 2005) as one of the all time great sides in an era.

While its annoying losing 5 in a row we are losing to a truly magnificent big game side.

I am also encouraged that none of our kids let us down. I thought Gaskell in particular was in the running for MOM.

Makinson also had a stormer, and his maturity for one so young is phenomenal.

M,
I think you need to watch the game again.
As you know I'm a big Gaskell fan but tonight he took a lot of wrong options. Also Soliola IMO goes in for the big tackle too often and finishes up missing it.
Saints pack came a poor second (I expected them to win the game for you) and as a consequence the young Saints halfbacks were dominated.


Oh and Scott Moore was awful.

And yet they have only finished top once in that period! Weird!