TODAYS CHALLENGE CUP MATCHES Saturday 5th of June 2021!GENERAL CHAT ABOUT THE GAMES, BUILD UP, THE ACTION AS IT HAPPENS AND AFTERMATH BELOW.

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GAME ON : Hull FC v St.Helens - 14:30:00

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GAME ON : Castleford Tigers v Warrington Wolves - 17:00:00

Can't see past a Saints Wire final.

It sounds like a Hull home game. Have any Saints fans turned up?

Gawd we got to listen to booing now for the rest of the game

I'm sure I've seen previously a player drop the ball whilst injured and the ref stopped play?

Totally unsporting like

Why would you just drop the ball like that?? Just pass it or play it dead! I know that injury must be excrutiating but surely it doesn't make you braindead...

You will of done if was deemed serious for the game to stop for the players well fare ie head injury, this was just fortunate ligament damage not life threatening

So where do you stop it then head cut, broken finger nail

Nothing wrong with what fages did. He played to the whistle .

As for Griffin if it was a full tear the pain is equivalent to being shot . It hurts like hell so don’t blame him for dropping it .
Depending on the level of the tear probably 6 to 8 months out .
( wife is a physio)

Even as a Hull fan I don't hold any blame against Griffin for dropping it. Disappointing it happened but I've never had that pain before so I ain't going to judge the guy.

Saints nearly collapse as usual in this comp. Touch wood for my team up next...

Thought they were going to bottle it again, lucky to get the win from an intercept.

At least the Saints players turned up when their fans didn't

Hull probably would've nicked it without the horrendous injury to Griffin, tough one to take.

Tough one. Fages played to the whistle, but when a player is obviously hurt like that it's the right thing to stop. They would have asked the ref to stop play had he held the ball.

Split second timing though for Fages and he played to the whistle.

Did nothing wrong, but I can understand why he would get stick for it.