Saints LLS & GF
Leeds CC

The 2 best teams of the SL era by far.

Don't get me wrong, I'm incredibly proud of the rest of the team. But I can't lie - and I know this will be stronger than a lot of my fellow Wigan fans - if we had won it would have left a bitter taste in my mouth. The whole sequence of events was pretty shocking, Flower turning up the aggression too much when Lance tried to obstruct him, Hohaia flying in with an elbow (which could almost make the first punch understandable, but one of the first things I was taught was to defend yourself if you need to, but never retaliate, and Hohaia isn't really a threat to anyone in RL)... but the punch on the floor was inexcusable. Just sickening. Never going to be able to look at Flower the same way, which is a shame because up until today he was one of my favourite players.

Had some fun in the past at Paul Wellens expense for moments like the 2007 GF when he got made to look foolish by Scott Donald but got to say it was great to see his reaction and emotion as soon as the final whistle went, perhaps the highlight of the night for me.

was great to see the massive badge chest thump right in front of the wigan thugby supporters.

Flower actually knocked on just a second before with the try line begging. He takes that and he never get's sent off and wigan are a try up after 2 minutes.

Has there ever been a bigger brain fart in the history of super league?

It should be a turn of phrase. To cost your team big with a moment of madness is to ''pull a flower''.

Hey dosey if I was bitter it would be to Wigan. Im glad saints won but I do think they're Not a great team.

Wane has to take some of the blame. Remember he encourages his players to go out and hurt the opposition. Flower was just following Wane's thuggish game plan. Didn't come to the microphone to congratulate the winners. Poor loser, poor sportsmanship.

I agree, Wane winds their players up too tight. Stick to the rugby for the full 80 minutes they would have won tonight.

Wane is damaging the Wigan brand imo.

But what does that say about the rest of the teams this season?

This thread appears to be getting sidetracked by fans of the team which finished 7th in SL.