Super League Play - Offs

Begin tonight with Wigan v Catalans. Home advantage should be enough or the Warriors, but the French side are tough up front and did win last Year at the DW. Wigan are missing the suspended McIlorum, whilst the Dragons are likely to be without Leon Pryce. For Catalans to win, I feel they need a big start so going with MILLARD ( 16's ) and FAKIR ( 40's ) for the first tryscorer.

Double Header tonight with WARRINGTON v SAINTS and LEEDS v WAKEFIELD. Logic says that both the home teams will win, but you can never write St Helens off and Wakey are in great form.

SAINTS win and get a Week off. LEEDS won comfortably in the end, but WAKEY will be ruing missed opportunities. The Rhino's win, now means that they visit CATALANS, with the loser eliminated.

HULL FC and HUDDERSFIELD face off tonight, with the winner advancing to face WARRINGTON (Wire get a 2nd chance in this play - off format as a reward for finishing 2nd in the league table ) and the losers going home.

Leeds win ( where are you Yorkie ), so Catalans are eliminated. 2nd eliminator tonight with Warrington hosting Hull FC. Don't know who pays who next week as one of Wigan's rewards for finishing top is that they get to pick their Semi Final opponents in the innovative " Clubcall "

We will play Wigan unless Warrington go out tonight then we will play St Helens. I would actually prefer to play Wigan though and hopefully it will end up being St Helens Vs Leeds again for the 5th time in 6 years. I actually said to people at work before the play offs started if you can find a way to bet on the final make a Leeds St Helens one. Not sure what to think, i guess Mcguire will miss next week after his punch last night. Whoever we get we cant make the same mistakes as what we did last night and give away so many cheap penaltys

One of the Wigan forum's ( Cherry and White ) makes interesting reading. 17 pages on last night's came and the McGuire incident, with very little complimentary said about Leeds. I always knew there was a bit of a rivalry, but so many comments on an opposing team's game surprised me

And we all know why there jealous because they cant win the grand final they hate it deep down that we keep winning it. When i went to the Challenge Cup Final on the saturday evening back at the hotel about 4am in came two Wigan fans giving it the all large as Leeds lost, all we said back was at least we get the job done in the grand final and you guys hate it. they kicked off big time complaining that there always robbed, And then i brought up the way we tore them apart in the cup semi's it seems that until wigan actually win a grand final against us there going to keep simmering away. So i hope we get them next week and beat them again

Warrington through, so Wigan will have to choose between them and Leeds. I expect Wigan to pick Leeds, therefore sending Warrington over to St. Helens. Wigan's announcement will be live on Sky Sports News at 12:30pm tomorrow ( Sunday )

Yep like i said its going to be us they pick which means a friday night match again. All sets up potentially once again for Leeds- St Helens final oh id love to absoultely smash Wigan next week

Semi - Finals begin tonight with WIGAN v LEEDS. The Warriors will start of favourites, but this is Leeds time of Year and you can never right them off. Not getting heavily involved, but going with the following tryscorer bets -

FIRST TRYSCORER

KALLUM WATKINS ( Leeds ) 12/1
GARETH HOCK ( Wigan ) 16/1

LAST TRYSCORER -

KYLIE LEULUAI ( Leeds ) 40/1

ANYTIME SCORER

DARYL GRIFFIN ( Leeds ) 6/1

Might just have got a bit closer with the news that Wigan's Sam Tomkins is out injured

Get in what a win we keep coming alive in september, I want st helens though

Cracking game and IMO a well deserved win for Leeds. Silverwood may have given the late penalty and then denied Wigan one, but I think Leeds' penalty was their first in 40 odd Minutes and before that there was 2 Leeds knock on's which were wrongly called and a blatant Wigan knock on was also missed. I also thought the Leeds no try should actually have been a Leeds penalty as Carmont seemed to make contact with Burrow's head.

In the excitement I nearly forgot the first tryscorer which was a nice 12/1 winner in Kallum Watkins.