When did we have teams that brought real week in week out intensity?

Price's first season (2018 )


The peak TS years (2010-13) when people on this forum used to say we were putting in too much during the season and needed to learn to peak at the end like Leeds and Wigan


The last year at Wilderspool under Cullen (2003)


The Jonathan Davies years (1993-95)


Early Brian Johnson era when we had Des Drummond (1989-91)


Any others? Or am I looking at some of those teams through rose tinted glasses?

I seriously don't think any team can play with that sort of intensity every week. The current Wigan team definitely doesn't and they quite often have off days and one or two of their stars helps them out. I think we are imagining things if we think we played high intensity 100% of the time in say the Briers era. That game yesterday will take some getting over. The fact that we have had three broken eye sockets this year says a lot ... we are a very physically motivated team.
The game may not be as dirty as it was but it is still very tough. Leeds, who are a very physical side, will be licking their lips whilst watching the final.

We can question the validity of the try until the cows come home, the true focus point as a club is that for a stint of 20 mins we had repeat set after repeat set in their half and got nothing out of it. We even got away with messing up their drop out and giving them an escape route.


KR defence was solid and our creativity was lacking, though conditions and event clearly didn't help. We had about 18-19 foot of man on our left edge but never set up for an aggressive cross field kick in my mind.


It was a good game of territory from us and in other scenarios, Lindop puts that ball dead, we take 30 seconds to drop out and soak up their last set. Proper finals footie without the results. Hard lines

Wire played as I expected and probably deserved the win. Sneyd in that weather and in a tense final is absolute gold and it had to be one of the best performances ever to have ended up on the losing side. 

He's got plenty of mitigation on this occasion due to the bad injury he's coming back from but it was another final where George Williams doesn't quite put his stamp on it. He's one of the biggest running threats in the league but he didn't test the line enough IMO. Maybe that injury just meant he wasn't quite fit/confident enough to take it to them. In fairness, the weather probably played it's part as well. 

Tough to take a defeat and I find it hard to read some of the criticism on this thread and wonder whether some of it is based on TV viewing rather than being at the game. I'm not suggesting that one out validates the other BTW, just strictly as a matter of interest. 


The weather was a factor adding to the tension inside the ground. I couldn't be prouder of the team, we weren't plucky losers, IMO we were the better team on the day and a crucial play/decision didn't go our way. Admittedly a score in the second half when we forced those repeat sets was always likely to bite us, you could sense it....it's sport I suppose.


My lucky underpants are consigned to the also rans in my knicker draw it wasn't a winning streak after all. I'm down but not out, the lads have proved that they can compete with anyone, their reaction and our support is important for the second half of the season.