Your team and one player in particular let the rugby league world down last year at OT in a more serious way.

If you don't want to accept that your club is second best, then denigrating the whole sport is one way to deal with it. But it lacks integrity. Which, by the way, is why your club is second best.

Been asleep for a year? Some of us have moved on....

Haven't re-watched the BBC coverage, but I just saw the Maxine Peake piece on the BBC website.

I ran into her at the Jungle last year when we played there, nipping round the back by the bar for a smoke at half-time (is there one of the few SL grounds you can smoke in now?), and we got chatting in the bar queue. She was charming and chatty (and very glam on that day; she looked a million dollars). I didn't give the guff about, I love your work etc, but I did recognise her.

So that took up the entire half-time, and I eventually got back to my mate on the terraces and was able to say, "I've just been chatting to Maxine effing Peake!"

She played for the Wigan ladies team in the 90s IIRC.

Yeah she did. So she's played the game, which is more than I have!

quite right we didn't even reach 2nd gear in attack,but defensively we were brutal

I think you need a referee that will allow 3 second play the balls and also plenty of laying on and niggly stuff around the ruck area for you to beat Leeds

But we've certainly got the players that can play that way too if needed

I do think that it will be a Leeds Wigan Grand Final

Funny you should say that as you needed the ref to help you over the line the last time we met.

Is there really any need for this bickering? Can't we just give Leeds the credit they deserve?

They were the best team in the cup and proved that by winning it. They can only beat what is in front of them. Yes Hull KR were very disappointing but they beat us and Warrington to get there and were fully deserving of their place in the final. It isn't like they fluked their way to the final with easy draws, they beat the best teams to get there until they met Leeds.

Well done Rhino's, it was an outstanding defensive and attacking display and the scoreline was justified by that. Hopefully it will be a Leeds - Wigan Grand Final to make a very entertaining match.

Exactly. Leeds did what they had to do and did it very well. HKR were poor but that's not Leeds fault, they played what was in front of them. We didn't complain when we put 60 on them at the DW earlier in the season.