Leigh demolished Keighley 86-0 top performance all round . Bradford in 2 weeks will be a corker . Hope the full back is ok from Keighley he took the Fuifui smash
You'd think the Super League preview would be among the top stories on BBC Sport but they gave F1 TESTING and some stupid thing about footballers' wages more prominence.
Good to see the season opening with Wigan for purely selfish reasons. I think Hampshire is going to play a big part this season and expect Liam Farrell to be even better.
Really unsure about the new format. All this talk of every minute counts is starting to get on my nerves to be honest. I don't see it at all and only having 4 in the play offs just doest sit well with me.
Should have went with 6. Maybe 5 with the shield winners getting a the first round off. I don't see how the new format will create new champions or even new finalists. Going with top 4 only is just gonna see the same teams as per usual.
Really hope Todd Carney hits the ground running as catalan now have a harder time to make the play offs.
Considering we may see 7th and the 8th places teams way out of reach in making top 4 I really struggling to see where all this every minute counts talk comes from. There seasons will be over come the split.
Really unsure about the new format. All this talk of every minute counts is starting to get on my nerves to be honest. I don't see it at all and only having 4 in the play offs just doest sit well with me.
Should have went with 6. Maybe 5 with the shield winners getting a the first round off. I don't see how the new format will create new champions or even new finalists. Going with top 4 only is just gonna see the same teams as per usual.
Really hope Todd Carney hits the ground running as catalan now have a harder time to make the play offs.
Considering we may see 7th and the 8th places teams way out of reach in making top 4 I really struggling to see where all this every minute counts talk comes from. There seasons will be over come the split.
Not necessarily there will a few teams that could finish in the bottom four it could come down to a + or - difference no team will want to finish in the bottom four
For me it's different I am in support of it I would prefer promotion and relegation but it's better than nothing
Hopefully leigh will get a chance to prove how good or bad they are
The SL clubs got 3 times as much money as Leigh did but the difference won't be that much
My groan is sky are giving the championship 4.5 million a season and are only showing magic weekend and play offs
Well, they tried their guts out, but Wigan finally managed to get one of their men sent off. Well done, Pies, you kept going right till the end, and it paid off. Shame it wasn't a red, but I'm sure you'll have plenty of other opportunities to go one better if you keep playing like that.
Lost my voice from shouting at the incompetent ref and touch judge last night,
Wigan were awful and we could have easily won that game. Great fight by our players to come back and draw it. You could see how frustrated they were getting with the inconsistencies in every play.
Wigan were niggly and sometimes downright thuggish, but I don't really expect much more from them under Wane. Lost count of the number of off the ball hits they put in. Liam Farrell has gone from being a good player (who played for us for a while) to a spoiler, keeping his hands in every tackle and punching people off the ball. O'Laughlin and J Tomkins weren't any better.
I hope the RFL look back at that game and see how the ref lost control of it. A better red would have calmed it down in the early stages and not let it escalate.
Of course nothing will happen because it's Wigan....
Lost my voice from shouting at the incompetent ref and touch judge last night,
Wigan were awful and we could have easily won that game. Great fight by our players to come back and draw it. You could see how frustrated they were getting with the inconsistencies in every play.
Wigan were niggly and sometimes downright thuggish, but I don't really expect much more from them under Wane. Lost count of the number of off the ball hits they put in. Liam Farrell has gone from being a good player (who played for us for a while) to a spoiler, keeping his hands in every tackle and punching people off the ball. O'Laughlin and J Tomkins weren't any better.
I hope the RFL look back at that game and see how the ref lost control of it. A better red would have calmed it down in the early stages and not let it escalate.
Of course nothing will happen because it's Wigan....
Played like that in tbe friendly against us will wane ever learn
Lost my voice from shouting at the incompetent ref and touch judge last night,
Wigan were awful and we could have easily won that game. Great fight by our players to come back and draw it. You could see how frustrated they were getting with the inconsistencies in every play.
Wigan were niggly and sometimes downright thuggish, but I don't really expect much more from them under Wane. Lost count of the number of off the ball hits they put in. Liam Farrell has gone from being a good player (who played for us for a while) to a spoiler, keeping his hands in every tackle and punching people off the ball. O'Laughlin and J Tomkins weren't any better.
I hope the RFL look back at that game and see how the ref lost control of it. A better red would have calmed it down in the early stages and not let it escalate.
Of course nothing will happen because it's Wigan....
I think you are showing your bias there. A few late hits by Widnes on Wigan, plus a fair bit of niggling and lying on going on.
As for nothing happening because it's Wigan, you must have an incredibly short memory! I predict a 2 game ban, reduced to 1 after an early guilty plea. Let's come back next week and see who was right!
Oh look Catalan screwed out of a try again. They seem to get the wrong end of decisions time and time again.
If that jump for the ball constituted "tackled in the air", then I'm the King of Siam. Abysmal decision by the officials. Not surprised though, Bentham loves Saints.
James Child's "punishment" for his inept performance in the opening game last week is a trip to Perpignan for the Catalans v Castleford TV game.
He must have photos of Steve Ganson in compromising situations. How he can get another game, and in France for that matter, after his god awful performance last Thursday?
James Child's "punishment" for his inept performance in the opening game last week is a trip to Perpignan for the Catalans v Castleford TV game.
He must have photos of Steve Ganson in compromising situations. How he can get another game, and in France for that matter, after his god awful performance last Thursday?
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Good to see the season opening with Wigan for purely selfish reasons. I think Hampshire is going to play a big part this season and expect Liam Farrell to be even better.
The best way to raise standards is to ensure all clubs spend up to the salary cap. Not sure how a new league structure achieves that.
An 8 team play off in Superleague was too many but a play off between 4 teams. I would of changed it to 6.
Should have went with 6. Maybe 5 with the shield winners getting a the first round off. I don't see how the new format will create new champions or even new finalists. Going with top 4 only is just gonna see the same teams as per usual.
Really hope Todd Carney hits the ground running as catalan now have a harder time to make the play offs.
Considering we may see 7th and the 8th places teams way out of reach in making top 4 I really struggling to see where all this every minute counts talk comes from. There seasons will be over come the split.
Not necessarily there will a few teams that could finish in the bottom four it could come down to a + or - difference no team will want to finish in the bottom four
For me it's different I am in support of it I would prefer promotion and relegation but it's better than nothing
Hopefully leigh will get a chance to prove how good or bad they are
The SL clubs got 3 times as much money as Leigh did but the difference won't be that much
My groan is sky are giving the championship 4.5 million a season and are only showing magic weekend and play offs
Ha ha ha, Stevo is reading my mind, used the exact phrase 10 secs after I wrote it.
Let's get some Aussie refs in.
Wigan were awful and we could have easily won that game. Great fight by our players to come back and draw it. You could see how frustrated they were getting with the inconsistencies in every play.
Wigan were niggly and sometimes downright thuggish, but I don't really expect much more from them under Wane. Lost count of the number of off the ball hits they put in. Liam Farrell has gone from being a good player (who played for us for a while) to a spoiler, keeping his hands in every tackle and punching people off the ball. O'Laughlin and J Tomkins weren't any better.
I hope the RFL look back at that game and see how the ref lost control of it. A better red would have calmed it down in the early stages and not let it escalate.
Of course nothing will happen because it's Wigan....
Played like that in tbe friendly against us will wane ever learn
As for nothing happening because it's Wigan, you must have an incredibly short memory! I predict a 2 game ban, reduced to 1 after an early guilty plea. Let's come back next week and see who was right!
Kallum Watkins always tears up Hull KR at their place. Yesterday was no different.
The Aussie refs are just as bad.
If that jump for the ball constituted "tackled in the air", then I'm the King of Siam. Abysmal decision by the officials. Not surprised though, Bentham loves Saints.
At least they make decisions without the need to go to the screen all the time.
That's because the video refs always fook up their decision. ;-) Just ask the Cowboys, or the Sea Eagles!
He must have photos of Steve Ganson in compromising situations. How he can get another game, and in France for that matter, after his god awful performance last Thursday?