Instead of all the bickering that's gonna go on, how about some praise for great game, brutal at times and played at a 100 miles an hour

To Rugby League

Smashing game and probably one of the best we’ll see this season.

fantastic game and praise to saints, they were the best team on the night, but there is a long way to go yet as both teams know

Well said, the game was an absolute joy to watch, and yeah, probably one of the best of the season. Well done to Saints, but also well done to Leeds. Most other teams would have given up considering the pace of the game and Saints' quality at times.

We may have won the battle but not necessarily the war. I love this game.

Thought Leeds had most of the ball, but Saints made sure we couldn't get through. Took the chances they got. huge credit to them

Well said fella can't wait for the cup game now!

I said this during the game

Best game many will see all season.

Last year apart from the Grand Final I though the glamour of this rivalry had faded. Its just stepped up to another level tonight. The challenge cup game should be a fantastic advert to the rest of the country!

Cheers, fella





[size=59Imaginary toasts on a Friday night on an internet messageboard. What has my life become?![/size

Couldnt agree more with this thread! Just on way back. Great way to spend a friday night and walking back after debating the game with many saints fans - bailey et al and all ending in a hand shake and best wishes. Its what its all about for me. A real positive experience all round and has re-ignited a bit of hunger for the game for me personally. Credit to all on that field tonight

Hear Hear to That,,,Some cracking hits,,Great commitment,not a backward step,,this is what out GREAT GAME IS ALL ABOUT...Long may it continue................

Good game tonight but in all honesty it had little to beat so far this season. That was more like it.

here here

I actually though Leeds were the better team in the 1st half despite the 12 point deficit. Saints hit the holes better though throughout the game and this was the difference for me. Very little in it in all other departments. Was an entertaining game though and well done to Saints. Hopefully on a warm April game it will be a different story

It's not often the Video Ref isn't needed to be used in a game - not that there was any reason tonight.

Seniors try?

A game worthy to be hailed as N.R.L standard. Fast and intense action for the full eighty mins with passion, intensity, brutality and total commitment from both sides. It was how a rugby game should be played.

Congrats to both Saints and Leeds for a spectacle worth re-playing.
Two weeks a'int long enough to wait

thought tonights game was a good advertisment for rl and sets a standard for the rest of the superleague to attain.

I think that's the trouble with SL, we have these matches only every now and again which match NRL for intensity, when they have them week in week out.......

it will be a cracker

Fans of teams like Hull, Cas, Wakey, Hull KR et al, who are lurking around in the top half of the table, need to watch last nights games between the best 2 sides in the country, and realise how far off they are in class.
Any pretentions about reaching Old Trafford need to be dropped. Concentrate on the Challenge Mickey Mouse Cup, it's silverware and means something to some fans, and leave the big one to those who can win it.

Leeds and Saints are far superior to the rest of the dross in Super League, which now resembles the Scottish Premier Football league.

Odd freak results will happen, but the cream will rise, and the same 2 teams will contest the Grand Final, with the same outcome as the last 2



Oh, and Bradford trolls, you're waaaaayyyyyyyyy off the pace. Maybe if you took voluntary relegation, you'd have a squeak at silverware in the next few years, just a squeak though.

I haven't seen a single post from a Leeds supporter who didn't agree with that. Contrast that with the fantasy bullcrap posted on the pies board after last week about ball stripping, poor reffing, bounce of the ball etc...
Good game, Leeds were not quite up to speed and Saints tackled better.

Fantastic game. Really enjoyed it.

I have no doubt in my mind, Leeds will thrash us in the challenge cup.

I have no doubt in my mind that in a couple of weeks you will post the opposite..