Congratulations firstly to our u19s for once again winning the Grand Final!

We made it tough at times against Cas and did perform poorly for a while but we recovered and had a convincing win. We blew them away second half and for spells of it played better than we have at any time this season - great to see.

Of course we all would have liked the shield, but I'm very glad Leeds did beat Huddersfield. I much prefer to see our current scenario of playing Huddersfield rather than St Helens. I don't want to jinx them, but Huddersfield do have a reputation for bottling it in the games that matter at the business end of the season. Additionally, I could imagine playing Saints in the semi-final being fiesty with it being a derby and, whilst id expect us to win, it would surely increase the chances of us picking up injuries. Very glad we have Huddersfield. If we do beat Huddersfield, the extra days rest after playing on Thursday will give us a head start in preparation for potential Grand Final and players will have played and have recovery out of the way whilst St Helens and Leeds still have to battle it out against each other in what will be a ferocious contest.

You wont see anyone from the club admit it, and they obviously woudnt have minded finishing first (even if just for financial reward) but I bet there are a lot of people who when they have time to think it over are quietly happy Leeds have beaten Huddersfield.

Huddersfield are due a semi final win!

Yes, in the same way Wakefield are due a Grand Final victory...

Indeed.

Sick of seeing Wakey lose at Old Trafford

Saints are poorest of the 4 left. I'd rather have took them next week. Still struggling to comprehend how they beat us in last years final let alone last week.

It's quite easy to comprehend how they beat you in last years GF....some idiot thought he was taking part in UFC.

Shhh! We were trying to avoid mentioning it!

You have beaten us once in our last five meetings and that was when we were in an extreme injury crisis... pretty embarrassing record against such a 'poor' team!

Stop trying to pretend that you didn't win the title last year by default. You did, and everyone knows you did.

This last weekend of league action was a great occasion for RL - the LLS was suddenly worth winning. And you lot played no real part in it because you'd decided that getting into the semis was enough.

Well ... now you'll have the opportunity to test that theory.

We beat you last week, which in the end stopped you winning the shield.Job done.

And you didn't bother playing against Wire because you'd done your job?

A team and its fans neatly summed up there mate.

Enjoy your trip to Leeds.

You lot will be still telling tales of how we won by default for years to come!

It makes my day to know that you lot are happy that you lost out on the LLS, and a much needed pay cheque, so you didn't have to face the mighty saints next week. You worried that we might have won by default again?!