Play on from that! It's clearly gone forward off Percival's hands you cheating twot!

You can jump from out of play and touch the ball? That’s a new one for me.

Was always under the impression you have to get back into the field before touching the ball. I'm sure the officials know more than me though. I just feel like I've seen similar trys disallowed before when a player jumps from in touch.

Cas have lost their way sadly

St. Helens winning the challenge cup was the result everyone wanted given castleford shenanigans of throwing last weeks game

Well done to both sets of players, it must have been absolutely draining.

I didn't see a problem with the Roby try, Grace was back in the field of play when he touched it.

The problem was that the ball clearly went forward relative to the field (Kendall's words), that would have been called a knock on in every single match in SL.
it never went backwards, it was an easy/obvious call. Moore was horrendous on Saints being offside at the PTB but pinged Cas early on.
Would it have affected the outcome, no idea, but that skinny ten throughout and that dubious try makes a hell of a difference. Oh and the head high shots (plural), one of which should have seen a card, the other a penalty right on Saints try line.

Yes the refereeing in the first 10 to 15 minutes of the second half killed it as a match.

I was just shocked they never ruled a knock on

Personally I feel the Video referees love the challenge Cup games as it gives them an opportunity to get there voices heard on TV. They talk for an age watching replay after replay taking forever to make a decision, its a joke.

Cas though with plenty time on the clock lost all composure. Too many errors and poor execution.

No question that HT rescued Saints who were struggling at the end of the first half but, Cas never had a sniff in the 2nd half.
Yes, Saints seemed to get some luck but, it was 20 - 0 in the 2nd half, which, luck or no luck, is pretty emphatic.

The players on both sides deserve huge credit for their performance in ridiculously hot conditions, all of them earned their brass yesterday.

No, but you are allowed to step back into the field of play and then touch the ball, otherwise any player who ever moved into a dead position would be permanently out of play. I've seen people quoting sections of the laws online, but they don't specifically fit the Grace scenario. He was out of play, then he was in play, then he touched the ball. The only interesting question is whether a player coming from outside the field must have both feet in play to become live again, as Grace appeared to have one foot in play and one foot in the air immediately before he touched the ball. But we allow players to ground the ball over the try line when the rest of their body is off the ground!