Canberra v Wests is an absolute belter of a game!

Yep, very enjoyable watch. And now we have the Cowboys vs Rabbitohs to look forward to. Which will no doubt be a great game.

Each post of this page (36) has it spot on.

Since the Invincibles of the 80's , our game has copied every facet of the Australian version, from sand castles and tees for dead ball kicking, to the "style" of NRL matches Where is the flare? Each side seems scared to take risks.
You rarely hear Saints being called "The Entertainers" anymore
Smith's flamboyant rugby of 2011 seems a million years ago.
Castleford are about as classy as an Austin Maestro, these days
Hull are just Hull.
Leeds. Whilst never rip-roaring to watch, they COULD turn the style on, every now and again.
I've not watched Wigan in ages. Whatever happened to those sweeping moves from left to right, that they scored umpteen tries from? They've become obsessed with that phrase, the Monkey Wane came out with, every week...."I was impressed with our D".

The game has become NRLlite. Stats driven, videos watched again and again, don't take risks. Then we're exposed to the coaches post game press conferences/interviews, where you play [ispot the cliché[/i.

RIP entertaining Rugby League

Indeed.

I even got up early to watch Sydney and Newcastle. Sydney were a different level in the last 25 minutes. It was 12-10 with 25 to play and ended 48-10!

Thoroughly expecting Stains to win this, despite a SUPERB start from Halifax.
This reminds me of the Lancs Cup Final of 89 v Oldham, who were 2nd Division, at the time. Punching well above their weight

Cockney Wide Boy not enjoying this

Halifax have been great so far, saints have tried to force it too often, an unusual lack of composure from them. That dummy was really poor can't believe they bought that! Shame. Huge credit to fax for the first half hour.

Gutted I bet draw at half time. 4 min away from £300

You know Saints will pull away, but I suspect their fans are anxious!

Edited for accuracy

Agree, they will have expected it to be far easier than this, with last weeks performance as well I wonder if Holbrook is considering an offer to go to an NRL side and its unsettled the camp a bit?

Peyroux - no way was that a try.

He lost control of that

Course it was its saints,remember there 1st try at our place.its perfect try only went 3 days forward..its saints

I actually thought it was knocked out by Fax player in a 2 man tackle so would have been a penalty try.
Does this game demonstrate how (over) reliant they are on Coote?

I assume you were watching the game on the radio!

LMS..a totally classless, fat C yoU Next Tuesday.

....and in other news
Popes pray
Bears defecate in tree infested areas

I know, I know...it's been said many time before. It makes me feel better to get it off my chest...every time I see his gormless smiling fat funking face. W&nk£r.

Hopefully we’ll knock the smile off his face at Wembley, we seem to have their number when it comes to knockout rugby.

The absolute love-in from John Wilkin for the post match interviews was vomit inducing. It was like a Saints dvd, not bbc coverage!

Whenever he gets on my nerves, I just summon the mental image of him lying face down on the turf after the playoff semi last year. The irritation drifts away in no time.

That was sweet. After the classless **** ran around screaming in the faces of our players when Richardson scored that late kick over the sticks to beat us earlier that season, Michael McInTyres was absolutely gutted and wouldn’t even look at never mind shake hands with our lads after the hooter in the semi.

I see Wigan still get away with a penalty and not a yellow... twice! Can someone tell me what the difference is between, SOL high shot on the Hull winger and Mike Coopers on Fages in our Saints game with same ref.