there's one in 10 minutes at the en of the road - hurry up

Incredible game. Entertainment with a capital E. Thought Burgess was immense for the Bulls. Great to see him hit that kind of form again particularly after I'd voiced my concerns about him being able to do so. Brilliant stuff and brilliant competition.

Went out to meet my missus at half time havin' stuck a few quid on the Bulls at 95-1 to come back. Just seen the result..! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

There was only one winner in both tonights games...

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Such magnamity, all the more impressive having met you in real life.

I think you need to consider some other sports to watch if you didn't find that match outstanding entertainment.

The thing that really shocked me about Saints towards the end was that they seemed to panic when they got toward the line.



They seemed to be thrown by the fact that Bradford came back at them, and couldn't switch themselves back on, maybe they are too used to teams just crumbling in the face of the points they racked up at the end of the first half?

As a Saints fan, I found it shambolic. Some of the basic errors and play tonight particularly from Saints was completely embarrassing. If that's what you find entertaining, fair enough but for me it was a poor standard of RL.

Saints were 1.01(1-100) on betfair

Entertaining from a certain perspective - changes of momentum, lots of tries, 9 minutes of champagne rugby from Saints... and a nailbiting finish. Memorable, certainly.



The skill level on show may not have been the highest... Have we really seen a truly classy game in SL this year? The best displays in terms of quality have come from Manly and Saints in the cup IMO (but that might be deceptive since they both only beat Leeds who seem to be getting found out

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Nobody said anything about the standard



Fantastic entertainment though.

I can see how your allegiance will cloud your judgement.

We seem to have lost that ability to fight back when really needed, like we've been known for.



Also, Long needs dropping, fast. Rabbits and headlights come to mind.

It was strange watching it really, in those last five minutes I didn't expect you to score, even bearing in mind how bad we've been this season, and even defensively at times tonight. There were too many basic errors and mistakes in your play for me to be concerned.



In years gone by I'd have taken it as a given that you'd get a winner.

I don't see how you can't call tonight's game great entertainment. I've seen sporting contests at the low skills levels that have still been great entertainment e.g. mateur boxing, City v Gillingham, NL Playoff Finals, rugby union, darts. Sport has always been and always will be primarily about entertainment. Nobody remembers how Tyson beat Tyrell Biggs because it was rubbish. Everyone remembers how Jack Dempsey beat the original 'Wild Bull Of The Pampas' Luis Firpo. I can hardly remember some FA Cup Finals yet I fondly remember the Clive Mendonca playoff final.



If tonight's game had been 12-13 and had the same kind of error levels I would imagine it was probably a dour game. Tonight's game had some big changes in lead, great tries, big hits, powerful runs, video ref controversy and a momentous last twenty. If that's not entertainment then even The Jam's song won't make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck.

Nobody could put it any better than that.

The reason that it was good entertainment was because there was some poor defence. The two tries that Saints scored from the kick off in quick succession in the first half should have been have been prevented and there was the Burgess try where Graham let go of him. There is simply no way that Saints should have blown a 26-10 lead against a struggling team that had lost as heavily as it did last week.

Saints looked slow tonight, but fair play to the Bulls, great result for them, and the relief on Macs face at the end was a picture.

I thought the Burgess no try then loosing Solomona so soon after had knocked the stuffing out of us.

Well said that man. Again.

There is probably a point to your post. Somewhere in there. Probably. Fscked if I know what it is, but probably.

It was great entertainment for any neutral. Some great RL and a game that wasnt a walkover, result in doubt to the very end and big wraps for the never give up attitude of Bradford. Sad to hear the Saints fans boo their team. God knows what will happen if they ever turn into a mid table outfit.

Burgess, Lynch and Scruton were all quality performers last night...

not read the whole thread, but i hope a lot of bradford fans feel ashamed for not turning up to watch that display, as an FC fan even with the tripe we were displaying last season we never stopped supporting our team where ever they went

Of course they shouldn't - but they did and that is what made it such an entertaining game. Well done Bradford.

The whole Bradford pack stood up to be fair, Jamie Langley and Matt Cook did more than their share too (even though they did give away a couple of silly penalties) and it is no surprise that there was a lack of attacking threat from them when Terry Newton was off the pitch, he was crucial to it.



There was a lot of talk about them being the "best pack in the league" pre-season, last night they started going about attaining standards they have to live up to on a regular basis if that sort of description isn't to be laughed at.