Who do you think will win?? and who do you want to win??

there is no doubt wigan are favourites but I dont have this feeling leeds are going to show up on the day.

BUT i do want wigan to win! purely as they are the form team and just keep playing consistant add the fact i am already jealous leeds are there let alone winning it... not sure i can deal with that

Think Wigan will win it, not sure who I want to win it, hope both teams as much as each other.

Battle of the cheats. Would usually want Wigan to win but recently their constant bending of the rules has been getting right on my nerves. But they're playing Leeds.

Wigan.

Violently disinterested in the whole affair, tbh!

Yup, bovver'd?

Wigan.
Leeds. The thought of the smug Wigan fans from the early 90's is too much to contemplate.

Those Norweb shirts will be getting a airing this weekend.

Draw.

McNamara expects a classic encounter: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... _1_3704445 Apparently the cup will end up in Warrington though: [i“I think this final has all the makings of a classic and I can see the destination of the Challenge Cup going all the way down to the wire,” said the former Bradford Bulls coach.[/i I'll be supporting Leeds in case there was any doubt

McNamara expects a classic encounter: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... _1_3704445 Apparently the cup will end up in Warrington though: [i“I think this final has all the makings of a classic and I can see the destination of the Challenge Cup going all the way down to the wire,” said the former Bradford Bulls coach.[/i I'll be supporting Leeds in case there was any doubt

Wigan to win by 1 point.

Deacon drop goal

I absolutely hate watching a game where I can't find a reason, however tenuous, to support one or the other. But this is one of those games where I couldn't care less who won. I'd like to see a 'bit of biff'.

Wigan are favourites but I'm not sure how much that counts for in the Challenge Cup.

Normally I'd say I'm supporting Leeds because they are from Yorkshire but not tomorrow. I'll be supporting Leeds tomorrow because of the complete arrogance of Wigan and their fans. Also the way Sky go on about them makes me feel slightly sickly so it would be good to see the smile wiped off their faces.

After watching the Boots n' all love in on Wednesday when they stopped just short of saying Wigan only need to turn up it would be funny if they finished this season without any silverware to see how Hemmings, Stevo and Clarke would deal with it!

I want Wigan to win a close game so that Leeds actually lose but McDermot can point to progress. Him staying in post for next season is crucial to my garnering any pleasure from rugby league in the short to medium term.

I'm working so will miss it (although don't be shocked to find me hiding in ward 5's day room watching it

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Well done for identifying my worse case scenario for tomorrow. If we lose narrowly there's still a good chance of getting battered in the play-offs which might still be enough to oust McDermott.

To be honest, as much as I used to derive pleasure from Bradford losing out in finals (esp. when Leeds were uncompetitive, e.g. 1996), I'd enjoy RL a lot more at the moment if the Bulls were back up where they belong, if only to bring back the more intense and exciting derby games that we were blessed with pre-McNamara.

Hmmm. I want Wigan to continue their Challenge Cup drought but I made a promise when I was born:

I only support 2 teams in RL, the BRADFORD BULLS and anyone whos playing Leeds. So Wigan it is

like many Bulls fans, I'm not bothered. I don't want Leeds to win due to Hetherington being in charge. I don't want Wigan to win due to the smugness of Wigan fans. I'll watch it but feel hollow whoever lifts the trophy.

Even better than I could have hoped for. Not only a close game but daylight robbery. The pass for Lima's try was a yard forward and the ball clearly came off Charnley at the touchline. You can't sack a coach after that.

Only kidding, you wuz robbed Ex!

It was a good game but yet again all the talk will be about the officials. Could he have gone to the video ref for the touch call off Charnley?

Yes because two mistakes from them decided the final scoreline. The forward pass for Lima was obvious and why did the Bentham refuse to go to the video ref for that forty twenty after Hicks' c0cked up?

You've misunderstood me, I wasn't complaining about the topic more moaning that the mistakes being made and detracting from the game - which I thought was good. Less about the forward pass, they should have tackled him, but the touch call should have gone to the video ref.

Charnley was moving away from the ball and clearly didn't play at it so that decision was actually correct.

I'm not quite sure what you mean here, he took a swing at the ball, missed and then touched the ball with his leg. As he went to kick the ball then surely even if he then tries to not touch the ball it doesn't matter, he has still intended to play the ball.

The first connection with the ball I saw was from the Leeds player, to be honest, I don't think Charnley was really ever in range of kicking the ball(so even if you view that he flung out a leg, he missed) until the Leeds player propelled it into him, and by then he was going backwards and couldn't get out of the way. Correct decision for me.

I see your point and maybe it is not as clear cut a decision as I thought, for me though as soon as he took a swing at the ball he was classed as playing at the ball and therefore once he touched the ball it should of been Leeds ball.

It would be interesting if any of the refs on here could clarify, not to prove anyone right, just for future reference?