Rogues Gallery wrote:This is going to surprise a lot of you on here.
I think Saints will win.
If any of you still have Fridays game on sky+ or dvd or tape watch it again.
Leeds first try, came first from a fortunate 40:20 (the ball took a wicked bounce to the touchline, then Hall loses the ball in the tackle but fortunately it went back, then the pass from Sinfield is very debatable as if it was forward.
Their second try was down to the inexperience of young Ainscough (hopefuly he'll learn)
The third try was never a try, Kirke passes the ball forward and it crosses the 20 metre line, hits the ground before Donald picks it up before passing it on to Burrow who scored.
The referee can't go to the video ref for the forward pass but if the ball goes forward and hits the floor then it's a knock on, which the video ref can give.
Another of the Leeds tries came when Hock lost the ball, except he didn't it was stolen.
Early in the second half Wigan had two tries disallowed, the first one quite rightly for offside, but the second one the Leeds player made the wrong decision and took O'Loughlin who wasn't even moving.
Then Leeds got the benefit of the doubt try when the referee was stood no more that two metres from the players with a clear view. (I don't know if it was or wasn't a try but the ref was in the best position to make the decision)
Saints will not give Leeds the same amount of ball that Wigan did, and they will not get that many favourable decisions away from home.
Saints by 8 points.
Not a bad call was it.
