TODAYS CHALLENGE CUP MATCHES Saturday 5th of June 2021!

GENERAL CHAT ABOUT THE GAMES, BUILD UP, THE ACTION AS IT HAPPENS AND AFTERMATH BELOW.

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GAME ON : Hull FC v St.Helens - 14:30:00

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GAME ON : Castleford Tigers v Warrington Wolves - 17:00:00

Can't see past a Saints Wire final.

It sounds like a Hull home game. Have any Saints fans turned up?

Gawd we got to listen to booing now for the rest of the game

I wouldn’t mind but Fages did nothing wrong

I'm sure I've seen previously a player drop the ball whilst injured and the ref stopped play?

Totally unsporting like

Why would you just drop the ball like that?? Just pass it or play it dead! I know that injury must be excrutiating but surely it doesn't make you braindead...

You will of done if was deemed serious for the game to stop for the players well fare ie head injury, this was just fortunate ligament damage not life threatening

So where do you stop it then head cut, broken finger nail

Nothing wrong with what fages did. He played to the whistle .

As for Griffin if it was a full tear the pain is equivalent to being shot . It hurts like hell so don’t blame him for dropping it .
Depending on the level of the tear probably 6 to 8 months out .
( wife is a physio)

Even as a Hull fan I don't hold any blame against Griffin for dropping it. Disappointing it happened but I've never had that pain before so I ain't going to judge the guy.

Saints nearly collapse as usual in this comp. Touch wood for my team up next...

Thought they were going to bottle it again, lucky to get the win from an intercept.

At least the Saints players turned up when their fans didn't



Hull probably would've nicked it without the horrendous injury to Griffin, tough one to take.

Tough one. Fages played to the whistle, but when a player is obviously hurt like that it's the right thing to stop. They would have asked the ref to stop play had he held the ball.

Split second timing though for Fages and he played to the whistle.

Did nothing wrong, but I can understand why he would get stick for it.

Unsporting from fages. Player clearly in pain. Should've picked up the ball and allowed himself to be tackled. Disgusting play imo though accept he played to the rules

Is Warringtons 200k a year centre playing? I haven’t seen him?

I touched wood godamnit!

Cas look organised, they have a plan, and know what they're doing. But their job is being made a lot easier by how poor Wire are.

Tell you what was unsporting. Griffin trying to twist Makinsons knee the set before

Cas are beautiful to watch when they play like this.

If they can turn it on like this in the final, we're in for a treat.

Blake Austin is such a terrible defender.

Ok, he jumped the line a few times but he was put in a bad spot far too often, he shouldn't be the last man one on one with Jordan Turner.
Its a team **** up, Cas really pulled their pants down through their own efforts.

Sorry I meant for the mcshane try. Everyone could see what he was going to do. Everyone bar Austin that is

The occasion will beat Cas in the final. Saints have to much experience.