2009 - 5th
2010 - 11th
2011 - 12th
2012 - 8th
2013 - 11th
2014 - 12th
2015 - 12th (MPG)
2016 - 8th
2017 - between 4th and 7th

I'll take that for steady progress, coming to the end of the second year of the complete rebuild following the MPG and we've pushed the top 4 all season and competed in almost every game. Little errors have cost us big games all season but that's to be expected from a team on in the rise, they're not going to get everything right and need time to learn. The hopes for a top 4 finish may be over by the end of this weekend, but there's still a fight to be had to finish in 5th or 6th and round off a successful season.

- Fifita was half pushed/half dragged - could have gone either way - disappointing that we couldn't get additional players in there to help stop his momentum.
- The Arona penalty was blatantly the incorrect call - He was committed to the tackle and hit the man as he kicked the ball.
- The BJB incident - players were offside but were more than 10m away from BJB when he first touched the ball so no issue with that. I haven't watched again to see if he knocked on or not.

The other one for me that was dubious was the tackle on Thompson? where the ball came out and MCB picked it up and would have been away but for the referee deciding that the tackle was complete as his elbow touched the floor. Very harsh call IMO. Compare with the incident later in the game where Sneyd (I think) was tackled about 20 yards out then got loose and ref waved play on. For me they were either both "tackle complete" or neither were - you can't give one and not the other.

Call it bad luck or whatever but last week we hit the upright and the ball bounced out - we lose by 2 points, this week Sneyd hits the upright and it goes over - they win by one point. We just needed one of those two moments to go our way.

It is not over just yet though - Get Grixy on the phone to his ex-Hudds team mates calling in any favours he can, likewise Finny with Cas. If they both go our way then we will have one more chance next week. If not then, hold your heads up high boys, you've done a remarkable job this season and I can't wait to see what we can do next year.


Red, White and Blue and damn PROUD of it!!!

Or maybe your sides inability to only score 10 points with a dominant and well deserved first half performance

Fordy - Spot on. Every word.

Some bad luck, some dodgy calls (I counted 7 Hull forward passes when I watched it at home this morning) and an inability to take our chances -we missed three try scoring opportunities - and we still nearly got a draw! Keep trying boys.

Great game, thought overall Trinity were the better team but we just had enough to get over the line. Fantastic season for you guys, really hope you get chance to play for a playoff place next week.

So perfectly legal then?

In both of those incidents the referee made his decisions' on the advice of the touch judges.

Last week, I was totally gutted that we had found a way to lose a game that we could and should have won.
Last night, we gave FC (probably the most powerful side in SL) one hell of a dig and to go behind and yet find a way to score and be withing inches of getting a draw, wes a stunning effort.
Yes, we pulled up short but, what a great effort from 1 - 17.

It was an enjoyable game and to go toe to toe with a full strength FC, on their own patch, with the ref "helping" them, was superb.

IF RL was like that every week, we truly would have "the best game in the world" and I'm more than happy to follow a team anywhere to watch that level of passion and commitment.

Just on a side note, just how high did Foruna leap to collect the cross field kick to score.
Even though it was a try against us, the pure athleticism was a joy to witness.
For a guy of that size to get 5ft+ off the ground was a great effort.

Also, Grix played a faultless 80 mins and showed his doubters that he is indeed a quality player, top effort.

Barring a freak set of results in other games, our chance for glory has gone but, a win against Wigan will be the right way to finish, what has been, a great season.

Top season from Wakefield. Punched well above your weight all season. Cant see you repeating it next season but well done for this year.

Regards

King James

Lebron James that's exactly what we like . Lets hope more think the same so we can stuff em when we hit the top four.
We are in a good spot and don't think I would change it with any club for the coming season.

The jump was impressive but his landing even more so. He came down on one leg with ballerina-like balance.