It actually should be due to the Field no try.

I thought the defence was sleepy early doors tbh. Saints are so boring to watch but their defence will smother you and if we put that performance up against them in a GF, we’ll be done for after 25/30 mins.

If we'd won by 30 everybody would be moaning we've not had an intense game for 2 months and that's no preparation for a knockout game

Job done!

Not pretty but Smiths kicking game was superb.

I feel we played a bit like Huddersfield in the CC final last year.

We didn’t really throw anything at them and just went set for set and back out defence.

Glad it didn’t bite us like it did them

I’d like to see us play with a bit more confidence with the ball.



Job done though, we need Havard to pop up in the squad for the semi final. Our prop rotation was bad tonight

I’ve got a lot of time for DB but if that’s true he should be ashamed. Yeah, it should have been given but so should the field try imo. That’s just a childish throwing your toys out of the pram response.

So disappointed to hear all the down-beat talk. I'll look forward to seeing the game back.

Just back from the game. We conceded 6 in a tough game and won it. Nothing else needs to be said, we did the job and that’s all that matters now for the next 3 weeks.

One thing that was clear is that Peet doesn't trust Mago or Hill to play in those final moments when defence is all that matters. Add Ellis' failed HIA and the injuries to Cooper, Havard and Byrne and we did well to see it out.

Havard looked to be limping a little at the end of the game so not optimistic on him returning but we sure could do with him.

Leigh to beat Hkr then beat Wiggin int semi.

Walking off the ground a few us said that if we repeat that display in the SF we won’t make the final. I think HKR will give Leigh a good hiding next week as they seem to be hitting some form and I think Leyth put so much into tonight that they maybe a spent force. HKR for me could be the real dark horse to get to the GF.
On the plus side I thought O’Neil had a great game. Not sure who won mom but for me I thought that he walked it.
Smith’s kicking game was very good and at times he kept us in the game. I thought that all of the three quarters played well. Field looked dangerous every time that he had the ball. I don’t know why his second try was disallowed because I struggled to see any obstruction.
French was disappointing and what do you say about Mago?? I’m totally amazed that we have extended his contract. Unless he is injured his minutes/effort was poor in the extreme.
I’m a big Farrell fan but at the moment in attack he is almost pedestrian. Maybe he is still struggling with the calf strain?

Maybe we needed a game like that to really stretch us. To be fair to Leyth they are a very fit and physical side and the metres that they made when they had the ball was impressive at times.
Hopefully a weeks rest and god willing Havard back and we may just have enough for HKR. Somehow we have got to get French in better positions with the ball because for me at the moment we are getting very little form our main strike player.
Having said all of that if someone had said to me 10 weeks ago we would finish top I would have laughed my head off. Peet and his team have some work to do but thankfully we’ve now got 2 weeks to fine tune the attack and get the defence playing at a significantly higher intensity than we did at times tonight. Peet is a smart guy and I’m hoping that he can squeeze that little bit extra out of the team that will be absolutely required if we are to progress further.

Ellis passed his HIA, he's only allowed on after 15 mins, by which time the game had ended.

Fair enough. The bigger concern is Bevan French may well get banned for deliberate contact with the referee.

Play conservatively at this time of the season and you can win trophies. It’s all about winning not entertaining.

I thought Harry Smith's kicking game was outstanding last night. Goal kicking aside, I've been very impressed with how he has kicked on.