sooner win the grand final, so being 4 points clear with no distractions here on in is at least a consolation.

Well I've watched Warrington for 30+ years so I've seen a lot of play off matches.

In my post by the way I was praising Wigan as I believe that they have the right things in place to do very well this year. Very well might not be enough to win a trophy though as I think Saints and Leeds will win one a piece but that wouldn't mean that Wigan, and indeed Warrington, wouldn't have had a good year.

30 years of hurt.

Errr...how many out of the last 3 GFs have been played in monsoon conditions?

Did wire and saints away count for nothing then?

I agree it was a huge test but we will learn from it.

The last two times we have lost games this season we have kicked on and got some wins. We lost to Bradford and won our next 7 games. We lost to quins and have won 4 games on the bounce since then. The game we have lost was a close one we deserved to win. I just hope we respond like we have done the last two times. If we win our next 4 games I will be over the moon.

No, they did count for something. However, they were not as high stakes as this one.