General 2018 Finals and Qualifiers

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

 

[matiunz]

Good to see Catalans miss the relegation zone but what a fall from the Rhinos!

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

Widness and Salford will be worried about Toronto and Toulouse for sure.

Leeds should be ok.

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Widnes will probably get relegated, Salford I think might just scrape through by the bones of their arse even if it's via the 'million pound' game.

Team of the moment are Huddersfield, they looked dead and buried only a few weeks ago. McGillvary is on fire, two recent try hat tricks. They have a youngster playing in the backs called McIntosh who is one to watch out for in future.

Catalans transformed as well, I think they'll take St Helens close in the cup semi final (as long as they don't lose their rag that is)

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Shaun Edwards is returning to Wigan from rah rah as head coach from 2020, Adrian Lam to take charge in the interim year
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/08/shaun-edwards-wigan-warriors-head-coach-2020-wales

 

[razzrillinger]

Interesting that the current Wigan coach is going across to work for Scotland Rugby Union.

We virtually never see the cross over of coaching in Australia and New Zealand, you'd think it would happen more.

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

London have just kicked a last minute drop goal to win 20-21 at Widnes in the play offs. Looks like bad news for Gubb, he went down holding his knee with a couple of minutes to go and actually crawled off the pitch, hope he’s OK but it looked a bad one unfortunately

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

Widness are doomed!

 

[matiunz]

Anyone know if any of the games are on Foxtel? Could only find the widnes v London game

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Widness are doomed!

Bombed a 10 point lead, 14-4 up in the second half Once London cut loose they scored two quick tries and Widnes completely froze.

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

Widnes is in serious trouble.

P.S. Tough match for York!

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

The final score suggests otherwise but Leeds were in big trouble with with 30 mins to go. 20_16 up but Toulouse bombed a certain under the sticks try when a pass went to ground. That would have made it 20-22 and an already jittery Leeds under serious pressure.

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Nothing I can find that is definitive on Gubbs injury yet, only rumours on fans forums that range from no problem to 9 months out of the game.

 

[matiunz]

The final score suggests otherwise but Leeds were in big trouble with with 30 mins to go. 20_16 up but Toulouse bombed a certain under the sticks try when a pass went to ground. That would have made it 20-22 and an already jittery Leeds under serious pressure.

Yeah I thought early that second half Leeds looked like they might let it slip once Toulouse got a bit of confidence.
It was nice to see a team (Tou) play with a little less structure and a bit more attacking, had to laugh when I saw Sam Rapira turning back the clock for Toulouse lol

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Widnes are away to Salford on Saturday. Lose that and they are knackered
Also, Sky are broadcasting from Toronto for the first time, Saturday night v Hull KR

 

[matiunz]

Widnes are away to Salford on Saturday. Lose that and they are knackered
Also, Sky are broadcasting from Toronto for the first time, Saturday night v Hull KR

For those in Aus Toronto v Hull KR is on 4:25am on Foxtel