Quote: Fames "I think you are classing it as 50/50 because you are a Leeds supporter! I would class it as a 90/10 ( but I am a Wigan supporter!). If it had been a Wigan player losing control of the ball in a similar manner, you would have been very angry if it had resulted in a try.
In all seriousness, do you Leeds fans not accept that you got the benefit of the doubt from the VR every time in the Super 8s and Play Offs/Grand Final? You certainly did at Headingley and in the Grand Final. Hall's winning try against Saints too? Were there any controversial anti-Leeds VR decisions in the games you lost after the Challenge Cup Final?
Please do not quote back what happened at the DW in July - you were harshly treated by the VR then, but that wasn't Super 8s/Grand Final and thus not as important a game!'"
I'm a Leeds fan so I'll try to answer. I've checked the rules and have conceded that McGuire knocked on (see previous posts). I'd probably be angry if it was scored against us, I doubt I'd be much bothered a week or more later, particularly if we'd been as dominant over as much of the game as you were; you had plenty chances and plenty time to have made it irrelevant.
I also checked the rules for Hall's try in the semi which I thought at the time shouldn't have been awarded. I was wrong on that one; it was ok as the rules stand. Can't remember any controversies in the games we lost after the CC, we deserved to lose all three and did so fairly comfortably. As for the DW in July, who cares? It may have even provided that little extra bit of motivation that scraped us the win in a very close game.