I turned it off and went for a ride on the bike. First 10 mins confirmed to me it would be an embarrassment to the game of Rugby League and i was right.

We cant really call Wigan fans for singing about us, one of our biggest ever CC songs is regarding Wigan Rugby popping to Rome to see the Pope so I think they have us one that.

Regarding the game, what a joke. Still fair play to Wigan, you can only play what is in front of you and they were pretty ruthless.

Sadly I cant make tomorrow due to starting nights at 7pm but heres hoping for a better spectacle for the neutral

The London players should be ashamed. No pride, no desire, no commitment.

m.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/aug/ ... llenge-cup

m.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/aug/ ... llenge-cup

Hadnt Catalan beaten us pretty easily a few weeks before?

Just checked it was by a point 2 weeks before

Catalan were nowhere near the level of London, we simple made them look bad.

Why do rugby league fans always look for the negatives?

We have just seen a record breaking performance in a major game with a place at Wembley on the line, and a team managing to nil the opposition with great defence.

Its just a shame that the RFL didn't market it more, as it would have been great for more of the countrys sports fans to see this great Wigan performance.

There's a great opportunity with the World Cup coming up at the end of the season for the RFL to seize it and really push RL in to the mainstream consciousness, I reckon there will be performances just as good as this with 60 and 70 point scorelines but it will only be a handful of fans watching it because they don't have the confidence to market it better.

You can't have it both ways. We hammered them' pure and simple. Nobody blinked an eyelid.

Sally; this is not the thread.

kick london and baldy bentham out of sl..both are an embaressment

How Bentham and the Touch Judge came to a decision that Tomkins was took out with a high shot when the tackle was across his chest was unbelievable. Shocked by it? Not for a second.

I appreciate your taking the but maybe for once take the out of the NRL ...how many NRL grand finalists and minor premiership winners in that London side........Kafusi Roberston Rodney and Soward alone its shuddering how many grand finals and Premierships between those four alone.

its been a long time since your takes were funny.......

Exactly, it was not a bunch of token lads from London Broncos Academy that Wigan were beating today, they were taking on experienced players who have been there at the top of the game, and they ruthlessly smashed them and nilled them. But the way some people are going on here its like there's a problem with the quality of SL, sounds to me like the type of negative trash we'd get from Jon Wilkin, if RL fans can't talk their own sport up then why are they surprised that the sponsors all go off to kick and clap and wendyball.

Not taking anything away from Wigan as they can only beat what's put in front of them but a few of the top championship sides wouldn't have been as embarrassed as London were.It's very easy to look good when your playing poor opposition + that's what London have been for most of the season but all the same congrats to Wigan.

Have you any concept what a grinding bore you are Sally Cinnamon?

As a contest it was a none starter.
London gave away stupid penalties and that was disappointing. It heaped pressure on themselves time and time again. They didn't do the basics right - from losing the ball many times in the tackle (a little was due to Wigan pressure, but the majority not) to not marking up at the ptb (how basic was the error that led to the first try?).
Tony Rae is a good coach imo and he must be very frustrated by what he's seeing.
The squad isn't performance anywhere near their potential - and that's a little reminiscent of the end of the Cullen / Lowes era.
It can be turned around - Smith did - but so much in our sport relies on confidence and at London it's near enough rock bottom.
I really feel for David Hughes who's pumped lots of money in and had no return. He doesn't deserve to be goin gthrough this. I only hope he realizes we do want his support in our game.