A wonderful day's rugby league with two cracking finals.
Kudos to the small army of Crusaders fans for creating a great atmosphere in the first game and to Skolars for really giving it a go and taking North Wales all the way.
The Leigh-Sheffield contest was a beauty from start to finish and no one could have left the ground feeling short changed. It was a final that ebbed and flowed and had a bit of everything.
The day proved there is nothing wrong with the game on the field at all. The players never let us down and the truism that two evenly matched teams will always produce a decent game was upheld.
What a shame the same can't be said of the game's administrators or 'fans' like Andy Gilder whose immediate response is to complain about the attendance (the lowest-ever for a Northern Rail/Buddies final). Did you go Andy ?
I'd put the crowd-drop down to the powers-that-be for taking it away from Blackpool. A day/weekend in Halifax hardly has the same ring to it does it ? To out it into perspective there were 9400 for the Hull KR-Cas final at Blackpool and it was live on Sky in 2005.
However, I'm glad I went (as a neutral) and its a shame more fans don't show support for this great game we have.
Use it or lose it should be the message. This truly IS the greatest game of all.