I thought the same. At one point it looked like he would consolidate and take the tackle. He seemed to go for that late surge.... cock-hair off.

Where's Mr Eve been while all this has been going on?

watching clouds

Mr Eve is looking forward to the final this coming Saturday, now that it will be contested by the best 2 teams in the world.



His words, not mine

The problem was Roby passed to Sinfield who was on the very narrow side. He's too tight to aim properly down that side, if Roby goes the other way both Tomkins and Widdop have the other corner to much easier aim at.

If Tomkins hadn't dropped the ball on the first tackle on 29 minutes. The Kiwis scored just after.

You should put that on the Wigan board or are you still banned?

True but it was a bad pass from Sinfield in the first place so it all comes back to Sinfield I am afraid



Funny how not many have mentioned Burgess`s high tackle on the last play.

Had that not happened.....

....or if Ryan Hall hadn't slipped clear through to the line ( what was that about ? )

I was right next to the play and remember Kev having a word with Roby before the play-the-ball and lining himself up on the short side. I thought he'd just drill it into touch but it looked like he was trying to kick it dead (Leeds-style) but the Kiwi winger was perfectly positioned.



Anyway, Johnson's try was scored with 21 seconds left on the clock, more than time it takes to form a scrum in a hurry. The only difference a kick to touch would have made would be the try being exactly on the hooter.

A ban on the Wigan board is for life not just for Christmas.

Bit like Huddersfields

Does anyone bother with that site? You see more criticism on the Workers Party of Korea website!

When Farrell was going relatively well at the start of the season I posted on the inbred board that he isn't big enough for international RL as a back rower. That's what led to me being banned. I await my glorious un-banning, fawning apologies & eating of humble pie.

I imagine he lost traction under his standing foot as he pushed off. I'm sure it wasn't deliberate.



Quite aq few players slipped on the lush Wembley turf on Saturday. He just happened to be in a potential try-scoring position at the time.

We scored in that passage of play anyway.

Pfft. Details.

Dont bother just talk to reasonable wiganers on here or other boards,but avoid the void

Disagree. The game ebbed and flowed. NZ had their periods on top, so did we. NZ made some stupid mistakes....so did we. 3 tries a piece. Don't think theres sufficient evidence from what was on show to claim we were the better team.

The entire structure of englands last 2 sets was shocking. They put themselves in that position of defending the line with seconds left. Think it might have been the 3rd or 2nd to last set england had in posession (may have been further back, but it was in the last 10 mins) widdop put up a midfield bomb. WTF? Territory was as important as oxygen at that stage, and NZ started the set on their 35/40 metre line.



You put some of those england players in a super league grand final at old trafford and they'd have been constructing sets to pin the opposition down in the corner and not give them a sniff. The pressure got to them at the end.

He should be sentenced to death for treason.

One of my favourite Leeds moments - Hall's intercept vs Manly in the WCC at Headingley has forever been ruined as I won't be able to watch it the same again without thinking "if only at Wembley too."

You're absolutely right on this, giving a penalty away and missing tackles will always happen in a game. However, an organised and quality team keeps the play in locations where they are less likely to be damaging. Had that set started on their 5m line, which it should have, the chances are that they would have been nowhere near our line when the penalty was conceded. It is a shame because, in my view, Widdop was one of the better players on the park but, I'm sure he will learn from it.



On a wider note, I do believe that we had enough of the game to be considered the better of the two sides. Their try in the first half was fortunate and should never have been given. The second try was on the back of five straight penalties.

Why shouldn't it have been given out of interest?

Because it was bloody annoying that’s why. Surely someone could have found a knock on in there somewhere.