I actually want the opposite, the sport needs new names on both trophies.

Would be good to see Ellis lift the cup as captain.

I'll go Hull to win 28-20

Well that won't be happening this weekend.

Hull, because just like last season, it's Warringtons year.

Well obviously I meant relatively new names, Wire won the CC only a few years a go

Smith is a very good coach who plays the game in the right spirit - I hope Warrington win.

I think Hull's 3/4s look vulnerable to me not sure how they will go under the pressure of a cup final

They will still on the pitch, celebrating the semi win against Wigan, half an hour after the game ended. Says it all for me.

I'll probably make up my mind while I'm watching it. I usually do that when I'm neutral.

It's a funny one because doing the double with the CC final just before the big playoff games is very difficult. I've said before that the only thing worse for GF chances than losing the cup final is winning it. In that regard I think Warrington have a better chance of holding it together than Hull should they win. I think if Hull win then their season is over.

For the resources Warrington have, their three quarters are nothing to write home about.

I would say both teams are easily matched on paper, it will come down to whoever handles the occasion. I just hope Hull put on a better show than 2013, that game could have put a glass eye to sleep!

I'm pretty sure they will, much different side now and that Hull were like 7th/8th in the league compared to top this year. They also are having close contests with Warrington lately. Both won the away fixture in 2015 by a drop goal and Hull have won both this year by 2 & 7 points respectively so they've got a gameplan that works well against Warrington.

The 3/4's I don't believe is a main factor and is both teams weaker area. Both set of forwards are strong so it'll be down to the halves. Sneyd needs to have a massive game for Hull. Whoever wins I reckon the Lance Todd is going to either Sneyd, Gidley or Sandow unless somebody scores a hat trick.

Tony Smith's sides as I've mentioned before on here lose a lot in big playoff/cup games when the scoreline is close (with the 2004 GF being the exception to the rule) and wins come from getting a few scores clear. If it's even or very close approaching the final 20 then I think Hull will do it and going by those recent results listed above it looks likely it'll be close.

Hull. Would be nice for Gaz Ellis to get a winners medal before he retires. Just had bets on Minichiello for 1st try AND Lance Todd.

I don't particularly mind which team wins it, as I think it will spur on whoever loses to win the Grand Final.

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Good game overall. Quality defence in debilitating conditions from both sides. Gidley will be having nightmares for the rest of his life about missed penalty.

Absolute classic ??

Far from it , no matter how many times John Kear tells us so .

Seriously average game , lots of effort and endeavour , but short on class not the classic the bbc want us to believe it was . Well done to Hull fc on breaking the hoodoo .

Exciting last 20 but there wasn't an abundance of quality on show, I couldn't believe how bad both teams were at building pressure, it will probably make a good highlight reel though

Its just BBC propaganda, as we have seen many brilliant GFs in the last 10years but no great CC finals since Hull beat us a Cardiff

Watching that really made me wonder why we don't seem to put the ball up high to our wingers as often as we used to. Especially to hall.

Because setting up a kick like that to the left needs some kind of organisation and game plan to have your 5th tackle be somewhere on the right hand side of the field

You obviously aren't aware of Macs revolutionary 'sans-gameplan' philosophy

That was a classic.Collision game..Collision being the word,Leeds need to learn..

A classic hahahaha.

Was a decent finish. But the game itself was far from classic. Just shows the current quality in SL

Agreed. Things were way better back in the day, when there was real quality in super league.

Kind regards,

The 2001 CC final.

I thought the defence in those conditions was superb. I don't think we really appreciate how much defensive structures have improved in the last 20 years. Fans point to the decline of attacking skill, but the improvement in defence, and the size of the collusions has improved massively. There simply isn't the space, or time on the ball there once was. It was certainly the best final for at least a decade.

I thought it was an enjoyable match.

Sandow was awful in the second half - didn't even look interested half the time when Warrington had the ball never mind in defence. His attempt on the high kick that led to hulls try was embarrassing (sort of thing you see in a kids game)