Are you saying he didn't ground it because you're the only person in the world who is saying that if you are?

The conversation is around being short or double movement. If you accept he's over the line (it's hard to argue otherwise given that pic) then it's whether you feel it was a double movement or not which is a 50/50 at best.

I'm not sure what your objection is here other than Wigan won and you wanted them to lose.

On a separate note, as I've posted elsewhere, the team with the greater flair, invention, execution and will to win got the result. Isn't that what's sport is supposed to be about?

A true Brit.

The only wording of that I'd disagree with is them (Penrith) whining about the calls. Maybe some of their fans are but their players and coach were extremely gracious and showed plenty of class. I've seen just Brian To'o from Penrith come out with some religious stuff about God not liking people lying or something like that but you can't win them all.

In terms of the Wigan and Saints stuff, it's to be expected. We're massive rivals and lets face it, we're the only two sides who look capable of consistently stopping the other winning trophies at the minute, so you're going to get it. I'm not really fussed whose win was better, they were both exceptional in different ways (fwiw the fact Saints were away ranks it higher IMO) and while I know Penrith were not at their best in either, they should still win the games as you say and it's a credit to how well Wigan and St Helens run their clubs that they've been able to beat them. Neither sides win makes them the best team in the World IMO but it just gives a huge sense of pride and it feels great to ram it down a few Aussie throats. They can continue disrespecting us all they want for me.

Saw a post yesterday stating the NRL cap is A$12m and the SL Cap is A$4m per season.

To compare it would be like Batley beating Saints one year and then Wigan the year after in the Regal Trophy final if we played it now.

I don’t think that’s true. The Aussie teams have all the power really, not the organisers or sponsors. If they don’t wanna play they won’t play, they didn’t play in 2021 or 2022 and they even forced the game to postpone its World Cup because they didn’t wanna travel. There’s every chance they’ll just say nah next year, and not just because of Saturday but SL rules next year are going to be so radically different from NRL rules that there probably won’t be much point in playing it.

That said congratulations for Saturday, whatever we think about the calls it was an incredibly gutsy performance and a really fun game to watch. I wouldn’t be d what oppo fans are saying, we’ve had people whinging about every win we’ve had for the last 5 years. Rugby league fans in this country are the absolute worst when it comes to stuff like that.

Should be a good title race this year. From what I’ve seen so far I think you and us are a clear cut above the rest, but as for who will win when we come face to face, I genuinely have no idea. Good Friday should be a cracker

Looks like Las Vegas may be favourite for the fixture next year.

As much as I enjoyed the arrogant Aussies being shut up yet again, albeit with a none impartial ref and a home field advantage, myself and my daughters had the misfortune of sitting next to the most disgusting family I have ever come across. They claimed they were Wigan fans and the filth that came out of their mouths would indicate they were from Wigan, but their personal hygiene was terrible.

Not having it that you’ve had sex Robbie lad

Quote: RobRiches "As much as I enjoyed the arrogant Aussies being shut up yet again, albeit with a none impartial ref and a home field advantage, myself and my daughters had the misfortune of sitting next to the most disgusting family I have ever come across. They claimed they were Wigan fans and the filth that came out of their mouths would indicate they were from Wigan, but their personal hygiene was terrible.'" Was this you? https://twitter.com/AlexG6/status/17621 ... oKVJA&s=19

Quote: RobRiches "As much as I enjoyed the arrogant Aussies being shut up yet again, albeit with a none impartial ref and a home field advantage, myself and my daughters had the misfortune of sitting next to the most disgusting family I have ever come across. They claimed they were Wigan fans and the filth that came out of their mouths would indicate they were from Wigan, but their personal hygiene was terrible.'" Was this you? https://twitter.com/AlexG6/status/17621 ... oKVJA&s=19

I agree ,only difference I am on a Wigan site my friend.
I am sure we all do this on our respective sites.

I think on the whole the Australian media have been very sporting and respectful with the Wigan win. There is always a vocal minority but most acknowledge that any poor referee decisions shouldn't take away from how courageous and resilient Wigan were on the night. Gus Gould also pointed out that you don't see any other teams in the NRL keep Penrith to nil in a full half and gave a stat that Penrith have won 73 out of 74 games in the NRL when winning at half time. The only thing that does tend to come up a fair bit is when absent Penrith players are listed (even players like Crichton who have left) but there is no acknowledgement of the absences of Thompson, Walters, Havard and Nsemba(likely because they have no knowledge of it) or the fact that Wigan had one player who was injured the whole 20 minutes he played (Leeming) and two others who had to leave the field through injury. It really was one of the bravest performances you will see.