Having said all week that I think Catalans will edge it, Saints looks more lively for me.

Think Catalans should have gone for the line rather than kick when they took the penalty to go 4 - 6. They need confidence they can break the Saints line defence.

Good game though. Ref doing a good job so far IMO. Glad he let it carry on when the scuffle started.

In other news! I've realised I've been a member of this forum longer than some players in SL have been alive...

If there's a player that could sway it for Catalans it would be Mourgue with side stepping late in the game against tired legs, too brutal to play him yet

Spot on. Really hoping for a great second half. What the hell was the touch judge doing on the Maloney kick though? FFS.

They should never be allowed to run the line again no excuse the foot was ground at least ft and half past the line

Now let's see what Mourgue can do

Agreed. Needs to be embarrassed.

Have to say. This is a great game. Officials have generally done well. Dodgy touch judge line calls aside.

Why is the Saints player in front of Lomax and within 10m of the grounded try not flagged for offside?

That incorrect PTB call was a disgrace

Saints becoming the SECOND team to win the GF three times in a row before the resident troll awakens from its slumber decided to bombard the place.

I don't think I remember a game with so much appealing to the ref, it took the shine of it for me.

It's a shame they couldn't give Catalans a try when Makinson smacked him round the head & saved a certain try with foul play.

There were several

game on a knife edge going into the last 2/3 minutes, step up Liam Moore, worst call of the night! keep your whistle in your pocket (unless someone takes someones head off)

Or as the ruling is now, breathes in their general direction

3peat. Nuff said.

Warrington fans are hurrying to try and get refunds on their Catalan merchandise

Stinking troll lays more bait

That last incorrect call was very disappointing, the culmination of a series of bad calls from Moore which unfortunately I think did have an impact on the result. St Helens very fortunate indeed.

Lol. Moore did his best to try and help Catalan win. It was a shocking refs display

Works both ways on calls, we should have had a 8pt try and they never checked if McMeeken was onside from the kick. from Saints point of view score should have been 14-4 in our favour. Last 5 mins of the game Saints were holding them out and Catalans were panicking and were as effective as Puff the Magic Dragon.

You won't get a rise out of him here Tabby he's not a member of the forum....

Just accept that you scraped over the line.
For the neutral, it was a decent watch, the start of the game was absolutely brutal but, Saints were a tad lucky to win.

What I dislike about SL coverage is the commentators or pundits never criticise referees. Bad calls are just accepted rather than scrutinised and called what they are "terrible calls".

Watch the NRL and they stick the boot into refs all the time when they get it wrong.

There's a balance and there's no need to stick the boot in as such. But, and I know this is perhaps a minority view, the coverage lost a lot when they got rid of Stuart Cummings. There are some calls which are marginal and our current batch of commentators simply don't have the technical knowledge required to properly analyse them.

Apparently Guasch has thrown his toys out of the pram, he recons that if Catalans reach a final & they have English referee's he will pull his team out of the competition!

The problem with Cummings was he was just a cheerleader for officials. He would always try and justify why an official made a decision even if it was clearly wrong.

Glad he said what he said. Shame the game doesn't have the money to get Australian officials. There must be enough who can't get a gig in the NRL yet but could do with experience of officiating professional rugby league and have a start in super league.

The coote incident was unforgivable and should not have been missed.

The officials should have to explain how that was allowed to happen and be told its not good enough.