But we've always played that way, and you know it, or at least you should if you purport to know so much about rugby. If it had been a strategy we'd never done before i'd agree but we even did the same against you when we could have took the two and drawn but we went for the win, gambled and lost.
I think you're on your usual poop stirring with that post.

No we haven't.

I can't say that I have, did you actually see it as he happened? It wasn't just a cheeky finger to the wire fans, he was really loving the fact that he had managed to swear on tv, not the best advert for 'the family game'. It doesn't help that he looks like he ate his way out of an egg rather than being born either

Do you think that champion teams play exactly the same way in regular season games compared to semi finals/finals?

Wigan went for a 2 against London to put themselves 2 scores away. That was against a team we went on to score 70 against.

Leeds certainly play differently in big games.

Whether it's right or wrong is by the by, just saying it's our way and it always has been, all or nothing isn't arrogant if that's all you ever do.

I saw loads of stuff like that on tv yesterday. Around kick off they did a crowd shot with a lovely chap doing the w gesture all over the show.

It does happen but yesterday I saw a lot more than I'm used to seeing on a televised game.

God forbid a player to ever act in this manner

They seemed to linger on the FC spectator far longer than they needed to.
On Wire, I think they have looked Weaker than last year all year. While it was some effort to draw with them at the start of the year, I suspect Wire of a couple of years ago would have put us in our place. I shudder to think what they would have done to our A team that went to the HJ and were leading within the last 10 minutes.
If we keep Sam and Lockers fit, we're really well placed for the double now.
I think we could even win the treble if we win in Catalans (with, I assume a Sam less team). Playing FC at Wembley gives us both a better chance of winning there, and a much better chance the week afterwards, while we can go full on for the other 3 games.

2011 CC final

Josh Charnley opening try

Sam Tomkins V's at leeds fans behind charnleys back, caught on camera.



Pathetic.

Tut tut

Hull are nowhere near as consistent as Wire. They have a handful of games in them when they can convincingly turn over the top teams, but I'd say there is easily more chance than not that Wembley won't be one of those games. That isn't to write them off of course, but the percentages are against them IMO.

How did nobody notice that at the time? Good work Sherlock.

If that gesture by Sam to the so-called English fans who booed him when he was playing for England a few weeks earlier is still annoying those responsible - good.

It's not arrogance it's playing rugby the way its supposed to be played.

If you want to watch penalties being kicked there are other sports for that.

I think that Briers being AWOL was the biggest issue Wire had on the day... Looks like time could eventually be catching up with the old Warhorses....