This is a weird thread - Wigan won something in a poor and dour rain soaked game which was still far better than a standard soccer/RU final = end of the world doomsday apocalypse scenario for RL. Poor game in poop conditions, grow a pair everyone and move on.

God knows what will happen if Wigan now go on to win the GF - the day of reckoning no doubt, denziens of Dante's infernio roaming the earth etc



On a (not much) much more serious note, how much does Bentham's TV "backpack" weigh? It looked huge on tv. Surely it must slow him down or affect flexibility? Given the only benefit appears to be close ups of pained defensive captains arguing about a penalty is it work the weight/ratio referee performance reduction?

It peed it down, the ground was sodden, it would have made the handling exactly the same, wet shirt, wet hands, wet ground and wet ball would have been identical regardless if it rained constantly or heavy for 25 minutes, once you're wet, you're wet.

Funny how all these armchair supporters remember wetter games. If you weren't there today, you can't really comment. It was torrential from about 1pm till the final whistle, not for a 5min spell...

Mate I live here not Warrington I know how wet it was today and I know what it was like last year too.

Here as in Wembley or here as in somewhere else in London? I assume you were at Wembley seeing as though you seem so sure...

It was a dreadful final end of, it's not some conspiracy to discredit Wigan or Hull just an honest opinion on what was a really bad game.

That is an interesting fact. But basically meaningless. Just because CC Finals haven't been played in the rain hasn't stopped thousands of other games being played in the rain. The players don't get excused for being dog excrement in the rain just because other CC Finals weren't played in the rain



That's news to me, and also an interesting fact. It's just unfortunate that it was also news to the two teams on the pitch as well.



It still could have been error-strewn and physical without boring the life out of everyone unfortunate enough to watch it.



I wouldn't disagree with much of this. I'd say it was a pretty accurate summation of the game. Unfortunately your summation of the game was about 100 times more entertaining than watching the game was. And while your summation was pretty accurate, it still wasn't entertaining. So take your minimally entertaining summation, divide it by 100, now spread that over 80 minutes. That's not a good way to spend an afternoon.

That's why people are reacting badly to it. Most people would have been looking forward to the game. I certainly was. Most people would have expected as least some enjoyment out of 80 minutes of passionate RL. But we didn't really get any.

I take it you're a Wigan fan? I can understand why the game wouldn't be as terrible to you as it was to neutrals. Your team have just won a trophy and done it in a pretty professional manner. Job done for you. But today's game for neutrals was a complete waste of two hours of our life .

Don't talk such utter sh:te. A quick cloudburst does not make the ground 'sodden' at all. It drains quickly (especially on world class pitches!) and seeing as there was also plenty of sunshine last year things also dry quickly.

Not even sure what your argument is. Is it "my wonderful Warrington won in better style in torrential rain "? Today was far, far wetter than last year.

so yes, I do know what the weather was like today.

Mate it rained at the point Sinfield was just about to convert that first try, it was so heavy it was like a fog, the game was p*ss wet through, my point is don't blame the weather for being garbage, plus ive seen many a game in the rain with similar/worse conditions and seen twice the entertainment.

Not really when everyone RL fan and his dog is bitching about a 'boring' final. If you don't think the weather played a huge part, you're an idiot.


Well they were introduced at amateur level as well. Horrible to handle. Let's just say they've disappeared pretty sharpish. And it's not news to the players, many of them have commented on it.


I'd like to apologise on behalf of Wigan Warriors and Hull FC.


We get it. You, and others, didn't enjoy it. Thing is, it wasn't about you. I enjoyed it and bearing in mind Hull were 2 scores in it until the last minute it was fairly tense from a Wigan fan's perspective. So, no offence, your whining and your bitching is just so much hot air. Meanwhile, I've had a cracking day, enjoyed the game and celebrated tonight.