Haha, I've just got on the train home. I wasn't remotely looking forward to anything about today, but how wrong I was, and delighted to be so. Brilliant Wires.



To an extent I think our big game experience told, as it reminded me a bit of the Grand Final a couple of years ago when Cas were easily the best team in Super League but Leeds had the nous when it mattered. Obviously that Leeds team contained serial winners rather than the perennial losers that we have been recently, but nevertheless that experience of playing in finals tells you they aren't like normal weekly round games. Saints have had it easy - and are undeniably a level above, as were Cas 2017 - but today the intensity stepped up and they weren't ready to step up with it.

Robert Hick's call of the no try by Knowles after a magnificent kick by Theodore Fages, was a disgrace. Hicks should have gone to the video referee. That wrong call effectively stole the game from St Helens.

As opposed to the numerous handling errors from Saints and some stern Wire defence.

This is just simply fantastic news to get rid of the stench of the usual Stains trolls on here. At least JEAN has tried in vain to mitigate the heartache for the Stains fans, but he has just simply embarrassed himself.

Perhaps he lost the toss and had to represent themselves.

Thought you'd be watching the Ashes.

Anyone else think Tanya Arnold looked rather nice today?

I thought we were the big game bottlers.

Would you ?

Great day and great game today.



It's said above but I think the experience of being at Wembley before gave Warrington a lift but only a little bit.

Ultimately some never say die defence won that game for Warrington. Very well deserved.

Well done Warrington, superb performance, first final I've truly enjoyed in a while. Daryl Clarke on his day is a machine.





Also shows once again why:

A - if the technology is there, use it (although I thought Hicks was correct on first viewing - and he had a good game overall).



B - the ridiculous "I have a try/no-try" call should be abolished in favour of simply "is it a try or not". We've seen far too many instances where the most probable outcome is clear to anyone with a modicum of common sense and reasonably clear vision, however as the on-field ref has gone the other way and as there is no 'clear evidence to overrule', the video ref is bound by the rules to reaffirm the on-field ref's call.

I’d agree with that, or at least give the ref the option of saying he’s unsure. Nothing wrong with him not knowing, that’s what the technology is there for.