Quote: Rob Wire "To win a grand final you need a few things to go your way, you need to have your key players fit and available at the back end of the year, for as much as some people don`t like Leon Pryce he was missed by saints, they looked clueless in the middle against Wigan in the GF and lacked ideas and something off the cuff.
A good challenge cup run isn`t going to help any GF ambitions, it would take a super human team to do the double now that we have 5 realistic teams that can make it to a GF. The teams that didn`t make the latter stages of the challenge cup had time off during the year which is like a mid season break, we didn`t have that luxury last season and neither did Leeds, neither of us made the GF.
A lot of luck is going to be involved to make a GF, having the bulk of your key players fairly fresh and available is a must at the back end of the season.'"
As a team Warrington visibly switched off after the CC win, the performances took a noticeable dive in intensity. I suspect any team would struggle to maintain such a high level after such a physical and mental peak of focus.