Best team lost.
That is all.

I know wigan fans will disagree because they will say that the scoreboard said differently- but they were not the best side out there today- and didn’t play their best game.
Didn’t deserve it.
Yes I’m a bad loser

Unlucky lads, you played a great game. You had a lot out and was comfortable on top. You’ll be easily pushing for the GF with performances like that.

Very unlucky to lose, better goal kicking in the day would have done it for you. Thought Mcqueen was immense.

You played brilliantly today, few mistakes and composed. If Tui had some kicking boots you'd have taken it. Best of luck for the rest of the season. Maybe we'll see you in another final.

Very unlucky Hudds, I thought you was the better team, I was a giant for the day. How the hell did Smithies stay on the pitch,two blatant head high tackles.

You deserve nothing but defeat. Fake club being held together by a sugar daddy.

You'll say I'm a bad winner, but I'd have taken a loss of anyone in the league today - expect you leeches.

Looking at your stand was an embarrassment today and does nothing for RL. Such a great stadium and I had to imagine what it would have been like Vs Saints, Leeds or Wire.

Let it sink in that that today's match winner was set up by an academy lad and scored by one too. Same goes for our 1st.

Yep, that was shocking. Been punishing them all season but because it's a Final the rules change.

Sounds like you’ve been celebrating a bit too hard pal. Deary me- wonder if you’d have been as full of it on this board if you’d lost? Doubt it. So you have some academy lads. (You even had one of the giants scholarship boys on your squad)

So did we…….

Yeah ok pal.

I've dreaded the thought all week of losing to you. Dreaded it more than I did the SF Vs a proper team. It's bad for RL for you to have any success.

Well done, you had some academy lads. Imagine the ££ Wigan have put into theirs over the last 50 years. You're everything wrong with British RL imo. Offer nothing and take everything. The definition of mercenaries.

There's talk on our board about ticket prices and how the club would love an extra 2k each week. Imagine if some teams shared the burden and actually brought fans with them. Problem solved really, but again it's left to the proper teams and their fans to make up the difference. 2k sold for a final - pathetic.

Made the game, just back. I am so proud of the team and club. We have come so far this season. Like Jools I thought we were unlucky, was worried about the missed kicks. Smithies should have been sin binned twice. Sadly just felt they would score. It is a fabulous stadium and I would recommend a visit. The players were outstanding. I'll watch back ay=t some stage. Friends said pundits were unkind to us again on BBC.

Yeah we missed some kicks- but there are almost always some missed kicks. I don’t put the loss purely down to missed kicks. Tui if you read this- or anyone reads this and knows Tui- head up! you were awesome!!!!
They were all awesome.
The stars just weren’t lined up our way.
We didn’t do like hull KR and get embarrassed 50-0. We got to the final and we gave wigan a massive blooming punch in the nose.
Im hoping we get to meet wigan for round two in the grand final and finish them off.

Tuis tackle on field in the second half was unbelievable, reminded me of Paul reilly 2006 on ade gardener.

Neutral fan here , Halifax fan living in Huddersfield, it was a battle of styles and I think Huddersfield executed their gameplan well for most of the game and were just caught out a couple of times to wigans expansive style. Obviously missing some kicks was costly. Seems Watson has got Huddersfield ticking again and I can see you doing well this season . Unlucky and heads up .

Should Watson have changed the goal kicker mid-game?

All kickers have games where they are off form and the more they miss, the worse it gets.

Goal kicking is about ability, but confidence is a major factor too.

What a moron you sound. Although I live in Huddersfield I'm a Fax fan and have no affinity to the Giants whatsoever but when I read tripe like that it makes me wonder if your carer knows you've accessed their computer. You're an embarrassment to Rugby League and need to take a Sunday morning stroll to Wigan pier and jump in.

No I don’t think he should. Because other than those kicks Tui played an excellent game. Taking away the goal kicking would send a message to the player that the coach didn’t have confidence in him, and that could potentially affect the rest of his game. Like you say sometimes they just have games where they dont get them right, a different stadium or whatever it is. Other times they nail them.

Embarrassing post from a fellow Wigan fan!

Don’t worry pal- all clubs have them. I even got a Hull fan private message me on Facebook to have a go - no idea who he was- but that’s the epitome of sad sack.
Most wigan fans I spoke to after the game were super. Only saw a couple of numb nuts try and wind folk up. One got hauled off by his mates, the other decided to start a fight with fellow wiganers and the police.

too much beer.
We don’t hold you all to the same low standards of that fool above.
He’s like the sad drunk in the corner of the pub if you ignore him for long enough eventually the Billy-no-mates just slinks off.

Hear hear , another Wigan cockwomble.

Just watched the game again and it was even better than I remember.

Enjoy the loss you set of tools.

Thanks very much for bringing that up! We(KR) owe someone big time for that. Sometimes it,s just not your day and everything goes wrong, and that was ours. To be fair Leeds were on fire and had their "golden generation" players all available, hey ho, moving on.
What I think is harder is to lose it at the death, like you did, great effort, and if that kick through ball had bounced another way, you would have won, but they got the bounce and kicked their goals. Tough, but that's it.

Sorry old timer!


One giants fan said to me yesterday he’d rather have lost 50-0, but no not for me- gutted we lost for sure but rather have been in with a chance even if we failed at the end.
That performance will have done our club the power of good on and off the field. Watson will find his recruitment a little easier this year for sure.
Just sitting down to watch it again. But I’m going to stop at 74 minutes………

Feel for the Huddersfield players and fans - we've been on the wrong side of final results plenty of times so definitely won't be rubbing that in. You were the better side for most of the game - we just managed to hang in there and if you're two points behind with 5 minutes to go then you have a chance. Leutele scared me to death every time he got the ball.

Looks like you're set to be serious contenders for all the trophies over the next few years.

Well played Huddersfield, not the greatest game, but you were unlucky not to win it, it was good to see another club,like Salford recently challenging for the awards.

The post above is probably the reason irate supporters decide to communicate with you.