having watched two close, high pressured semi-finals, it was noticeable that one scrum half turned up and won the game for his team, whilst the other was largely anonymous.

one had a perfect day with the boot, one missed a conversion which ultimately would have given his team a draw.

funny how different people re-act to pressure.

Sneyd has played in 3 at Wembley. 1 of which he was hauled off after a horror half hour.

Gale played behind a pack which made 18 handling errors yesterday. Eighteen, Jonathan Thurston and Cooper Cronk would have been on the losing side yesterday playing in a game with such damning statistics.

I agree that Sneyd also had a big game nightmare at Cas. Maybe there's a clue there ....

Hull were struggling in their first Sneyd Wembley final and he pulled out a forty-twenty that turned the game. He cemented his big-game status by a match-winning peformance this year. Perhaps Gale isn't at the big-game level yet.

Having said that, Gale could have kicked ten forty-twenties and your forwards would have spilled the ball on the second tackle each time.

Woudn't select either; even before yesterday's game the obvious choice was McGuire.

Even with my loathing of everything Leeds RL he is still the best English half by far.

Definitely shone yesterday.

Not the point. Sneyd has shown up well in the last two big games he's been in. However what really matters is that he has always skill that even the Aussies struggle with. He can kick a team to death.

Gale may be the better player in every other way though I personally don't think he is. But he can't run a game with his boot and negative though it sounds that's our only chance.

He's simply a better option imho. Not that I think it will make that much difference.