ESL Round 24 results

[bartman]

St Helens 60 Wakefield 4 Crowd 8,153
Huddersfield 38 Warrington 22 Crowd 4,067

Leeds 44 London 24 Crowd 13,318

Bradford 58 Salford 12 Crowd 10,013
Widnes 24 Wigan 48 Crowd 6,384
Hull 76 Leigh 20 (was 40-0 after 25 mins) Crowd 6,576

 

[bartman]

Good "upset" result to Huddersfield, trying to keep in touch with London for the 6th spot.

 

[JasonE]

bartman, how did Thorman and Crabtree go ? i wont get to see the games until next thursday.

 

[Evil Homer]

Thorman I thought had one of his weaker games but was still getting good reviews from the pundits.Crabtree scored two tries and got the Giants official MOM,although the Sky Sports one went to Brad Drew.

The final score was actually 38-22.

 

[bartman]

Oops - typo on the score, now fixed...

Good games from Crabtree, Thorman was OK but not dominant imo. Personally still don't think those two will make final GB squad unless Hudds make the semis? (Which they might possibly do...)

 

[Sun_Down]

That Huddersfield/Warrington crowd is shocking. I hope London keep their finals spot.

 

[bartman]

Bradford jump Warrington. Wigan still technically in finals contention, results in next two weeks should sort out that spot.

Table:
Leeds Rhinos 21-3 +690 42
St Helens 20-1-3 +359 41
Hull FC 14-2-8 +145 30
Bradford Bulls 14-1-9 +247 29
Warrington Wolves 14-10 +5 28
London Broncos 11-2-11 +74 24
- - - - -
Wigan Warriors 11-13 -14 22
Huddersfield Giants 11-13 -65 22
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 9-15 -276 18
Salford City Reds 8-16 -224 16
- - - - -
Widnes Vikings 5-1-18 -324 11
Leigh Centurions 2-1-21 -617 5

Next Week's games - Round 25
Leeds v Bradford
Salford v Wakefield
St Helens v London
Hull v Wigan
Huddersfield v Leigh
Widnes v Warrington

 

[Evil Homer]

430 points scored over all SL matches this round...

That Huddersfield/Warrington crowd is shocking. I hope London keep their finals spot.

Friday night TV games have never been popular in Huddersfield,and Warrington didn't take many as it's a long way to go on a Friday when the game is televised.The Huddersfield - Warrington fixture earlier in the season attracted around 6,500.

 

[bartman]

Pretty hard to get good crowds on a Friday night unless it's an all-Lancashire game or all-Yorkshire game. Choice of a two-hour commute after work versus settling in to a television game.

 

[JasonE]

I think London will struggle to stay in the top 6 now, they play Saints away next and the loss of Leuluai will be felt over the last month. Giants may sneak in and the crunch could be when they play London in the last round (I think)

 

[Phillips]

Bradford are starting to hit there straps, couple of big scorelines in a row