TODAYS MATCHES Saturday 17th of July 2021!

GENERAL CHAT ABOUT THE GAMES, BUILD UP, THE ACTION AS IT HAPPENS AND AFTERMATH BELOW.

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GAME ON : National Rugby League 2021 Canberra Raiders v Cronulla Sutherland Sharks - 06:00:00

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GAME ON : National Rugby League 2021 North Queensland Cowboys v Sydney Roosters - 08:30:00

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GAME ON : National Rugby League 2021 Melbourne Storm v Newcastle Knights - 10:35:00

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GAME ON : Betfred Championship 2021 Toulouse Olympique XIII v Newcastle Thunder - 18:00:00

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GAME ON : Betfred Challenge Cup 2021 St.Helens v Castleford Tigers - 15:00:00

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GAME ON : 1895 Cup 2021 Featherstone Rovers v York City Knights - 12:00:00

Is it just me or does the attendance looks very low? A big difference to England’s 60k at Wembley.

Ok nothing can be worse than that Abide With Me rendition. It’s all uphill from here.

I know, she sounded nervous to be fair.

Yorkshire post is quoting 45k maximum allowed for today’s final?

At least one forward pass in that set for the St.Helens try, Moore is giving Cas a hiding at the PTB with Saints having a ridiculous skinny ten.
great comeback from Cas with a fantastic try.

She sounded like she couldn’t sing to be fair - in both instances

Cas have been very good and Saints not very good, just one lucky try bouncing off the post.

Should be a good second half!

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.