on the wind up again

The pitch didn’t seem to bother Cas last week. As a Wakey fan that made the long journey south a few weeks ago, let’s all agree to agree that London must’ve played well & deserved their win!

We’ve beat London a few times on there pitch don’t think it’s much of an advantage to them I don’t think they’ve won many more home games than any other teams have plus Cas took them to the cleaners on it

Maybe all teams should do more to their pitches to gain advantage. Sort of crazy golf meets RL.

teams should now take them seriously they are not wanting to bounce back down, not a lot of respect has been given to them, I even thought they would of been an easy two points how wrong could we be

after a good result today london must take any advantage they can at home, even if they won 7 at home i cannot see them winning any away games , results so far suggest they may have a chance to retain their superleague status rather than no hope which most of us thought pre season

I thinks that's unfair to suggest they can't win any away.

Well done to luscious London against woeful Wigan. A great win for the metropolitan powerhouse outfit. London will now have one eye on old Trafford

Just home home to read this result- wow, didn't see that coming.

Is that the Widnes who finished last in 2017 and 2018 and were relegated in 2018? Some advantage that



From what I've read on other boards, Wigan had a 14th man in the middle, so extra applause for the cockney's is due by all accounts. Anyone know if the attendance record for Trailfinders was broken?

Neither did I, London are clearly a better team than Wigan now though.

So no-one remembers a number of top teams resting numerous star players when they played Widnes away a few years back and getting beaten? Funny that, as I remember a lot of fans kicking off on here at the time and a fair few players playing in ridiculous skins to avoid friction burns etc. Like I said I'm not trying to play down what appears to be an excellent performance by London I'm just not a fan of 3G or 4G pitches in rugby, or in football for that matter either. Grass is grass regardless of slopes, pitch size etc.

I'm amazed so many people on here appear to be pro- AstroTurf (or whatever they call it these days).

Congratulations to London, that's a great scalp (I was going to say "another great scalp" but that would be putting Wakefield in the same bracket, which is absurd - I love a bracket me)

Now we're back with P & R, I haven't got a clue how many wins will ensure survival but, it they could pick up another six or seven, they have to be in with a shout.

The Dixon intercept looked like the clincher to me, not sure who the Wigan winger was, but he couldn't have set it up better if he tried!

So AS108, what do you not understand about that 'there are exceptions to the rule?

The better part of me says I shouldn't respond to your posts, but I have done (perhaps stupidly). I'm tempted to press the foe button, but I'm resilient, unlike our pack v Catalans!

I recall the outrage when Widnes first had their plastic pitch back in 2011.......players wearing protective leggings etc.....that idiotic fad for OTT protection vanished inside the first 4 weeks of the season.
This year, Wakefield brought a side to london that was designed for winter rugby. Hefty pack, up the middle.....so London ran them ragged. London used their pitch to better advantage.......Wakefield didn't plan at all and that's why they got beaten. Wakefield should have trained on artificial turf the week before.....they didn't and that's not London's fault.
The accounts from today's game point to london tackling themselves to a standstill and wigan not respecting the ball and all played in a hurricane.....nothing to do with the pitch.
Neither coach has blamed their sides defeat on the pitch.......

Having watched the tries, none of them were affected one way or the other by the pitch.

Really agree. I hate to say this, but Wire didn't turn up yesterday, expecting to win (in my view). Any aspiring professional top side negates the hurdles and finds a way through. On the Wigan game, there's no excuses when you compare the player rosters of both sides- well played London.

On a side note, I'm not 100% on the info, but there's a healthy youth participation in London for SL. There's apparently a lot of keen players who like to play the sport, which is good considering the suppression of our sport down south.

Watching the tries it shows the fine line with winning and losing Wigan bomb a certain try and Dixon picks it up and goes the full length

The only people who have "suppressed" RL in London and the South are the RFL, who pulled the development officers from the region. 100% of the work done with kids in the SE is by enthusiastic volunteers, but they are not being hamstrung by outside forces, just by lack of central support from the games governing body!

I didn't know that- Cheers 'Call me God'- Such a shame. Rl for me is much more of natural sport for genuine athletes. RU has got some incredible athletes playing but wasted as they're stuck in the backs, or forwards wrestling around. Some of the top/dynamic players would be a great watch in league where the traditional rugby skills of strength, speed and skill are required at every point in the game and not occasional times when the play is set free.

I hope Burrell will be good in May time for Wire after he's finished his stint at Northampton. Physically, he looks one he'll of player, but league requires the fitness as well, otherwise someones's going be running through his channel.

Luke Yates 55 tackles and 11 missed.
215 tackles and 41 missed for the season.

For Yates to miss that many tackles, he must be working to the point of exhaustion every game, because he just doesn't miss tackles unless exhausted.

Maybe he just isn’t very good?

Maybe your other middle forwards stand around and watch him work.
You should sit him out next game and see how the others go.

Based on what I have seen and heard so far of Ratu Naulago, RU sevens could be a great place to scout. He has taken to it like a duck to water and there will no doubt be plenty more where that came from. The skills and physical attributes should transfer really well from sevens to RL, moreso than the 15 man game.

I think someone needs to have a look at the little key on the SL stats page.

I'll save you the effort. He has 41 marker tackles. His missed tackle count is 9.