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Quote: NickyKiss "Hard to say if there is much talk of it on the Sky coverage as I've been at the games but there seems so little talk across the game about a potential Grand Slam. I think the desperation to see a new name on the Grand Final trophy is just knocking it in to the long grass. I know a couple of Leeds legends were bowing out in 2015 but we heard nothing else all season apart from them going for a treble and this would be a bigger achievement, with it including a win over an Australian side many say are one of, if not the best NRL team of all time.

Make no mistake, these Wigan players need to win 2 games to put themselves right up there with some of the best achievements the game has seen. Opportunities like that do not come around very often, if ever.'"


It would be an outstanding achievement particularly as you say the distraction of the WCC and the injuries to French and Field. If you do go on and do it then I won't have any hesitation in saying its up there with anything else

However here comes the but... Its a bit naughty to expect rival fans to laud your achievement when Wigan fans (not saying you necessarily) have put our 4 in a row achievement down to a) Covid and b) a poor quality SL.

You can't have it both ways.

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Quote: Stu M "It would be an outstanding achievement particularly as you say the distraction of the WCC and the injuries to French and Field. If you do go on and do it then I won't have any hesitation in saying its up there with anything else

However here comes the but... Its a bit naughty to expect rival fans to laud your achievement when Wigan fans (not saying you necessarily) have put our 4 in a row achievement down to a) Covid and b) a poor quality SL.

You can't have it both ways.'"


I asked about the media, I expect nothing from opposition fans.

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Quote: NickyKiss "Hard to say if there is much talk of it on the Sky coverage as I've been at the games but there seems so little talk across the game about a potential Grand Slam. I think the desperation to see a new name on the Grand Final trophy is just knocking it in to the long grass. I know a couple of Leeds legends were bowing out in 2015 but we heard nothing else all season apart from them going for a treble and this would be a bigger achievement, with it including a win over an Australian side many say are one of, if not the best NRL team of all time.

Make no mistake, these Wigan players need to win 2 games to put themselves right up there with some of the best achievements the game has seen. Opportunities like that do not come around very often, if ever.'"


On the Sky coverage it seems that Hull KR are their darlings - Wigan get grudging praise but several times they had to mention the two yellow cards for Hull KR and how different it could have been....etc etc. Think they would absolutely love it if Hull KR did win the GF.

Even the performance last night Wigan were getting some criticism because they did not rack up 70/80 points each half, especially from the commentary team - Dave Woods needs some new glasses how often does he get players names wrong - he even mixed up Marshall and Eckersley at one point!

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Well done and congratulations on winning the league.
Impressive throughout the season and well deserved.
My prediction at the start of the season you would win the CC, LLS and GF is coming to fruition.
Whoever you play in the final should make for a good game.

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Quote: NickyKiss "I asked about the media, I expect nothing from opposition fans.'"


Fair enough, I thought you meant across the game

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Quote: NickyKiss "Hard to say if there is much talk of it on the Sky coverage as I've been at the games but there seems so little talk across the game about a potential Grand Slam. I think the desperation to see a new name on the Grand Final trophy is just knocking it in to the long grass. I know a couple of Leeds legends were bowing out in 2015 but we heard nothing else all season apart from them going for a treble and this would be a bigger achievement, with it including a win over an Australian side many say are one of, if not the best NRL team of all time.

Make no mistake, these Wigan players need to win 2 games to put themselves right up there with some of the best achievements the game has seen. Opportunities like that do not come around very often, if ever.'"


The problem I have with this is that there SHOULDN'T be a desperation to see a new name on the trophy. This is the age-old problem with the British RL commentariat. They don't seem to realise that their job is to report what's happening in front of them, not sulk if a club they don't like wins a trophy or if a club they do like doesn't. Even getting upset because "it's not good for the game if one team wins everything" is an abrogation of their duty to impartial journalism - but it also encourages a widespread belief that one club soaring above the others is somehow unworthy of praise.

At present, Wigan's potential completion of the Grand Slam is by far the biggest story in the British game, but you wouldn't have known it from last night's coverage. Talk about subdued. Do they want great teams to shine and show the way, or is everyone playing at the same okay-to-average level a price worth paying so long as different names appear in silver?

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Quote: Cruncher "The problem I have with this is that there SHOULDN'T be a desperation to see a new name on the trophy. This is the age-old problem with the British RL commentariat. They don't seem to realise that their job is to report what's happening in front of them, not sulk if a club they don't like wins a trophy or if a club they do like doesn't. Even getting upset because "it's not good for the game if one team wins everything" is an abrogation of their duty to impartial journalism - but it also encourages a widespread belief that one club soaring above the others is somehow unworthy of praise.

At present, Wigan's potential completion of the Grand Slam is by far the biggest story in the British game, but you wouldn't have known it from last night's coverage. Talk about subdued. Do they want great teams to shine and show the way, or is everyone playing at the same okay-to-average level a price worth paying so long as different names appear in silver?'"


I'd just enjoy it mate. When you get to a point when the media and fans are desperately hoping another team wins and start to sulk when it doesn't happen, you know your club is doing well.

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Won't Wigan be the first club to win a Grand Slam twice if it comes off? Only done 4 times previously, Hunslet, Huddersfield, Swinton and us in 1995.

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