Both decisons were correct, the yellow card was a accident, but you can't complain at a yellow, when you elbow someone in the head.

The Reynolds one wasn;t really clear, think he might have been a bit lucky as no clear camera angles, but the ref (and VR) had to make their decison on the evidence.

Thought overall he had a good game,

Who got the lance Todd, Lam? Thought SKD was the best player on the pitch yesterday, big loss for Rovers that.

I’m no fan of Kendal but thought the yellow was a fair call, could have been simply a penalty but could also have been a red. All thi rubbish about not being in context of the game by Peacock as the rules are the rules. Minchella made no attempt to tackle and elbowed Reynolds in the head whereas the Leigh player wrapped arms around in a tackle. Was surprised a penalty wasn’t given against Lam though but again that was Moore as Kendal handed up to the VR. Nothing much in the Reynolds/Lewis spat either as both were rubbing heads in that tackle, though Lewis seems to have a habit now of thrashing his head about when tackled.
Thought Kendal gave Rovers some decisions too in the 2hd half as he missed a clear knock on at the ptb and then the biggest one was the supposed ball strip in GP when it looked more of a loose carry.
Ultimately resting almost their full team backfired as thd looked off it much like we did against Huddersfield after having that test break. I don’t think Hall looked fit either.

Lam gets the plaudits but what about the preceeding carry from Robbie Mulhern? Up the vegans.

Yeah Lam was Lance Todd winner. Agree with you I think SKD was probably the best player. Worked tirelessly all game. Other than that I'm not sure anybody particular stood out, and when that's the case it tends to just go to a half back. I imagine the decision had already been made before he even kicked the game winner.
Thought Mulhern played really well. His carry is what gave Leigh the space for their first try, and then again it was his carry that gave them the time for the drop goal. 2 massive pieces of play by him.

In the current climate, I reckon if Minichella had committed that offence in a weekly league game he would have seen red. He clearly turns his body and catches the kicker with his forearm/elbow to the head. Given the clampdown on all contact to the head, those incidents have been resulting in a sending off throughout this year.

Did I hear right (on the commentary) that it was the first sin binning in a Cup final since 2001? Extraordinary, given how barely any game these days ends without at least one sin-bin offence happening!

The yellow was totally correct and could have been a different colour in a league game

Agree about Mulherns carry in the penultimate play. Epic!

At least you can parcel up the [imagnanimity[/i.
Put it in a little box with a red & white ribbon around it and stick it in the wardrobe for another year.


I'd be straight in the office Monday morning if I was Mulhern, enquiring about a celery increase.

Be interested to hear a Rovers point of view on the game, often on here, but no where to be seen (I wonder if they had won, it would be the same).

Very low quality final, Dobbins error strewn throughout. That missed kick to touch in GP summed it up.

Well done Leythers.

The city is still ours, obviously

Only just been pointed out to me the scoreline serves as a reminder of our past glories.

As Derek said… Serendipiteh!

Agree with Mosher
For all the talk of “A final for the ages”, it was pretty low quality.
Dobbins succeeded in preventing Leigh from playing their normal game, and slowed the ruck down by getting bodies in.
The excitement was in the jeopardy more than anything.

Forever and a day.
Next project - Zero in on their league position.

The only mild disappointment, from our perspective, was that the winning drop goal didn't come from Gareth O' Brien!

As he lined up Leigh's first attempt to win it, I'm sure I wasn't alone in thinking "surely not again!!!!" Talk about history repeating itself.

One thing you have to say about our dear neighbours is that they sure are unique in the annuls of RL history.
The first, and indeed only, club to be both relegated and lose a Cup final to a golden-point drop-goal, and very nearly to the same player





Obviously a 'little' club, such as ours, cannot even remotely aspire to such dizzying heights of achievement that our dear friends have scaled since 2015. Only a 'special' club, such as our nearest & dearest, can continue to find ever more creative ways to trip themselves up in a manner which seems to be beyond every other club in the game





Who would have thought, after all those years of heartbreak, that Wembley Stadium would one day provide so many unforgettable memories for Black & Whites everywhere



It almost feels as if we have now won there four times within the past decade, such is the entertainment provided, specially for ourselves, in 2015, 2023

Yes I believe we now have a better % win record at Wembley than Rovers. Ironic.

Finals often are poor quality, our performance v wire in 2016 was terrible for most of it. A great day out yesterday, great entertainment and pleased for Leigh

Our match against Wires was State of Orgin compared to yesterday. It was an awful game. More knock ons than days since Dobbins won a trophy

#16-17 sums it up nicely. Back to back for us but not do great for them!

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The omens are looking good



After Rovers last final defeat we went on to win it the next 2 years (16/17) as we all know.

If we win it the next 2 years it will be 24/25



I.e. the score from 2005 when we beat Leeds at Cardiff

Quote ="Irregular Hoops"Dan trollIng Appleyard https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... ll-8674126'" The longstanding red & white joke about our failure to win at Wembley lasted 36 years (1980 - 2016). The longstanding black & white joke about rovers failure to win a proper big-boys cup anywhere has lasted 38 years (1985 - 2023) and counting!! So, we're even winning on this one also This just gets better and better!!

Quote ="Irregular Hoops"Dan trollIng Appleyard https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... ll-8674126'" The longstanding red & white joke about our failure to win at Wembley lasted 36 years (1980 - 2016). The longstanding black & white joke about rovers failure to win a proper big-boys cup anywhere has lasted 38 years (1985 - 2023) and counting!! So, we're even winning on this one also This just gets better and better!!

To coin a phrase of Windsor Davies “Oh dear, how sad, never mind” we got the monkey off our back in great style 2016/17, I’m sure it will happen for them but in another phrase from Dijmon Huonsou in Gladiator “ not yet, not yet” be nice for it to go on a while longer after all what goes around comes around a la 10-5 club and that song.

Superb stuff...

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