It was never going to be the greatest spectacle ever with those conditions, and I guess we had to play tactically well enough to suit the conditions. Matty Smiths kicking game was the difference at times. Throwing the ball about like theres no tomorrow would have only lead to even more knock ons.

If the scoreline had been the other way around I bet no one would be complaining.

Correct. I suspect all those that are complaining would prefer a 42-38 scoreline or similar.

Not sure if anyone dissing the final has ever played rugby in torrential rain before...
Yes there were errors and it got worse in the second half, but up to half time it was a good game - close scoreline with defences on top. We never really had to work hard for it as Hull bombed most of their half-chances. And, if Charnley hadn't made that try-saver, then who knows...

If celebrating winning the cup is celebrating mediocrity then what is the excuse for fans of every team celebrating a regular season win? Why do they even bother watching? Top 8 in the playoffs celebrates mediocrity, celebrating winning the cup is celebrating greatness...in this case for the 19th time.

I would have preferred both teams holding onto the ball a bit better tbh. There was a period of about 15mins in the second half when neither team completed a set.

It's not great seeing a scrum every other minute.

Thanks for proving my point.

Too easy.

Personally I enjoyed the game.

Thought it was a good example of grinding out a win in difficult conditions and a low scoring game (apart from the last minute try making the margin wider).

If Wigan had ripped them a new bumhole like you did London in the semis, people would have complained about that too.

Wigan fans should stick two fingers up at the knockers and celebrate the win IMO.

Congrats on your win but....it was awful, absolutely dire from both teams -Wigan did enough to win the game without actually playing well and creating anything but boy the final hooter was a huge relief !!

Shocking advert for RL in this country.
From the coverage by the BBC to the reffing of the game.
No skill on show today and can`t think where those brutal hits were.
Must have missed that bit.
As for playing in poor conditions it never stopped Leeds and Saints putting on a good game that had the skill factor and the big hits.
Congratulations on winning the CCF again.
It`s not as if you had an easy run this time.
On a serious note as a leeds fan I would love to have seen us win the CCF and a win is a win however you achieve it.
Still thought it was a poor game though

I will celebrate a trophy any day regardless of how it's won......you must be hurting real bad

Top trolling from Mr Eve. Last time ai looked there were 2 big trophies and we won one today, and won it well. Our players show every week that they are highly skilled - today they had to play the conditions and did it very well.
To have a Leeds - "top kicking Kev" - fan on here commenting in winning rugby made me laugh out loud.
As for the Giants fan, my god didn't we have enough nonsense from them after the league game. Presumably they're still seething about the "total disrespect".
As it happens, you get a million Wigan haters who would be delighted to have swapped places - and all they've got to cling to is "that was rubbish viewing". Read it in the papers.

You think I'm a Sir Kev fan?

I like tripe !

Wigan can never win, even when they win .... if you get my drift.


For me that game wasn't to different in terms of completion rates and skill from the semi final between Wire and Hull.

Very similar conditions, both could be called knockonathons , The difference was both teams managed to get on the scoreboard that day and make a game of it.

Had the Hull fullback who made that break not been tackled and scored... the game would have turned on it's head, would have been a much closer contest and people would be discussing how close and thrilling a game it was with a possibly close blockbuster finish. But Wigan defended brilliantly at times today.

I'm loving the critcism from all the "neutrals". Regardless of how we've played lately, today we played to the conditions and thats all anyone can ask for. We could have put 80 on the board, just like the quarter final and semi final when people moaned about how much of a non contest it was...