I had nerves on Monday!



I'm the driver tomorrow, god help us, I'd say a bit of rum at 7am might calm the nerves but I don't think that would be sensible.

Going to watch the '99 final again tonight , can't Believe that was the last time we won it.

Having read the 'SouthStander cup final preview' I have now changed from feeling 'excited' to also now feeling 'nervous'...

hope you all have a good day out, tbh i be rooting for cas but still hope you guys have a great time win or lose, i love going to wembley even though we wont b.ugger all there lol

Going to go Leeds 32 - 14 Castleford

MOM - Hardaker, to score a great try and at least one memorable try saving tackle.

Think it'll be much closer than the scoreline I put, just a couple of tries near the end ala the 2011 GF will open up the final points gap.

Shenton first try scorer.
Hardaker MOM
26 - 18 to Leeds

28-24 to the Rhinos. Got a feeling Cas will get off to a flyer with a decent lead and we will reel them back in and win it in the last ten

Rhinos 25-16 Cas ,Hall FTS and Zak for the Lance Todd!

Wouldn't it be ironic if we win through Dorn giving away a penalty in the last minute & Sinfield kicking it over via a post?

It's us against the rest of the League we have not got very many neutrals favoring us

Beware of the monkey on your back, and hope that Hardakers finger and mouth behave themselves.

Never back a Rhino into a corner

This is one neutral who hopes you win. Three reasons-
1. Your older players deserve it
2. JP remains the player still playing the game who I most admire
3. The practical help your club has given to mine over the past few years
Good luck

It'll be a funny old game today, Leeds win and all the disillusioned nuetrals will be saying it's an RFL fix, Cas win and it is a superb day for RL in this country as it breaks the monopoly of the top clubs (Wigan/Leeds) winning all the silverware, so i will be going for Cas today as a win by them might bring new fans into the game

Big congrats from Wire. Well deserved, especially for the senior players.

Yassss!! Well chuffed for the players! Buzzin! So good to win at Wembley. Think Cas got stage fight. We used everything we got from the losses in previous years and that experience won us That today. Sinny, mags, bailey, burrow you finally got your full set today. Well done lads

Forgive me, and JJB!

Did Cas take another picture with their fans under the posts?

Cracking result really cuffed for the boys.

Didn't have anyone who had a bad game. Special mention for me to Mags. Not always been his biggest fan this year but thought he had a good game as did all our pivots.

Briscoe has been getting bagged for a while now on here but didn't let anyone down today and does a job BJB is not capable of doing. Our back 3 cart it up and gain big yards and win collision giving our pack a well deserved breather.

Again for me the Clark for MOS was delt a blow today, did not perform on the big stage.

Lastly I would love to know what Dorn said to Sinny a few weeks ago when sinny got sent off. He seemed to get some special treatment from our team. Peacock smashed him in the opening minutes.

Speaking of Dorn. Are the 2 or 3 meters her moves off the mark every time he plays the ball included in his meters gain stats? It's about time this law was enforced, Cas are especially guilty of it.

I think he shoots himself in the foot as it's clear he is trying to milk something. But he did get some special treatment today. (Most of it legal apart from baileys high hit).

Bailey. Not been his biggest fan this year but to the naked eye seemed to take the ball up with more gusto than usual.

Wow, broken my challenge cup hoodoo at last.
I agree with most of the comments on here but would like to add that I thought the ref & his touchjudges (one very hard to spot forward pass apart) had excellent games.
They were helped by the discipline of both times (Dorn apart) very little high stuff, no OTT messing about at the play the ball & a decent 10 metres that we nullified for them due to our outstanding line speed.
Cas scarcely got into our half in their sets of 6 whereas we were nearly always kicking on the 6th tackle from well within their half.
We used the hive to park & I availed myself of their oyster card offer which all worked very well.
All in all the day could not have gone any better.

The focus and determination by this Leeds team produced a top notch performance. Very enjoyable to see as fan, particularly the celebrations at the end in front of the fans.I don’t want to mention the double/treble in case I jinx it. Oops too late. I think the peanut dish may just be out of reach, since we are relying on Stains results going for us, but with an attitude like yesterday anything is possible. Cas and the officials played their part ,but thought Cas were a mile offside in closing down Sinny’s first drop goal opportunity.
It’s especially great to be a Rhino this morning .I just, I can’t spake.

Do opta (or whoever) produce stats for the cup final as they do for superleague games?

The real treble is still on...............