To be honest, from a third party perspective (lleds fan, sorry) I've found that pretty much all RL fans are fairly gracious in defeat, and that, as somebody said above, is why it's the greatest game. You get some bitter whinging on here after games, but my experience at matches has always been very different. A few Uncle Kn0bheads will always take victory or defeat in the wrong spirit, but my abiding memories are always of the banter and sensible discussion you can have with fans of any club after the game.

When I were but a lad after the '95 cup final, our coach stopped at services on the way home, and pulled up next to a Wigan coach. There followed some banter during which the Wigan fans presented us, by way of consolation, with a tray of "8 in a row" commemorative pies (I kid you not), with number 8s baked onto the top. It was my first extended conversation with other team's fans after a match and set the tone quite well for all that has followed.

Cracking pies as well.

Love Rugby League me.

Quality

Christ, all this sentimentality is making me feel sick, you pie eating, one eyed, early leaving clowns

Nah, better team won at the weekend and graciousness comes from respect which has been earned over years of back and forth successes and failures. I'm still going to Wembley and look forward to having a beer with the Wigan fans, although I'll still be supporting Leeds I mentioned to the pie-eating missus that the game on Sunday was several levels below our game, and I would have been confident that either team would have won by 30+ points had the draw turned out that way.

As an additional note to the Wigan/Saints youth mentioned above, if Saints didn't have a top academy they would be in the transition that Leeds are currently in, a seriously below par one.

wigan to be fair have had a little bit of fortune in the last 2 rounds of CC due to both wire and saints having under par teams either with key players missing (wire),or,as in saints case key players playing with injuries. Take tomkins out of wigan team and they are a very ordinary outfit!!!!

One in every port isn't there.

we beat wire and saints...who did you beat in the last 2 rounds flower?

Is your Dad called Ron?

hit a nerve have we ladies.truth hurts methinks.

Yes, its because the rugby gods look after us, for we are the chosen people

do not know what your problem is i am only stating the obvious. surely you lot are not that one-eyed that you cant see that.Next year madge will be at a big club!!!

I wonder if Tony Smith will ever get a 'big' club ?

Don't think he's a Wire to be honest. Hope not anyway.

he will have to get used to playing in front of smaller crowds in his "big club"

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