Completely understandable

The old green eyed monster has that effect on the best of us

Not a minute too soon...

"Rocking allover the world".

He's very effective at making a complete @rse of himself.

great game, great advertisement for the game, best team won,

gutted burrow had to go off, would have been a better spectacle had leeds been able to keep him on the field.

Manly were great at times, fortunately for Leeds, only 2 teams in SL can do what Manly did tonight, and we are one of them

i am getting more and more depressed about the quality of refereeing in RL, one of the strangest performances from a ref i have seen for a while, i didnt think there needed to be 25 or so penalties in the game, his policing of the ptb seemed to be completely arbitrary, letting clear penalties go and punishing nothing things for both sides, performances like this wind players up and lead to the dissent and petulance we saw from both sides, a good ref doesnt punish these things, he doesnt let them escalate to that point, thats four times in 2 games this guys has let games escalate into a bit of nonsense

think this game proves one thing, More emphasis needs to be put on the WCC, it can and is a wonderful advert for the game, but it could be so much bigger and so much better, in a playoff game, a GF a CC semi or Final and Rob Burrow comes back on, and we have a better game on our hands, the fact he stayed off and leeds would rather play a sub down than risk him shows how the wcc is thought of, we need to give it the priority it deserves, 3 matches in the SL season is a rubbish time to hold it, straight after the GF or a week before a parallel start to both seasons as a stand alone game is clearly a much better time to hold it, needs to be a nuetral ground too

great game though, Watmough had a stormer

I agree. It needs to be held two weeks after the GF, to give both teams the chance to celebrate for a few days, recover from cuts and bruises, and then get reprogrammed psychologically. It should be held on a Saturday night, a week before the start of the World Cup or Four Nations.

Unfortunately Nigel Wood, who has chosen the tiniest grounds for this years Four Nations, would not choose a big enough ground. He is a pathological risk avoider. This match, if held at the end of each nation's season, when interest is still at a crescendo, deserves a Wembley or an ANZ Stadium in Sydney. Lewis would have to push for that if it is to happen.

Excellent game - well done Manly

Why did an aussie ref come over?
The aussie refs have all been training to referee in pairs, and its "so different" that Ashley klein who was good enough to ref the world cup final is now only good enough to ref junior rugby down under!
For a supposed showpiece game not a lot of thought is put into these things

now whos whingeing.

What happened to Manly by 40?

That was last year's NRL Grand Final Manly against Melbourne. He obviously thought that it was going to be a replay of that match.

What he didn't take account of was the "never say die" attitude of the mostly English boys from Leeds.