Hull KR are wobbling but are they still favourites to win the Super League Grand Final?

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Hull KR lost to Wakefield Trinity on Saturday and they look as though they're starting to run out of steam as the play-offs emerge. They'll win the League Leaders' Shield but are they still favourites for the Grand Final? Will Jackson, Sam Cook, Sam Brocksom and Peter Smith answer that question.

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00:00Who's your favourite?

00:07Because, I mean, personally, I think I'm back in Wigan now.

00:09As Sam said, Bevan French, that factor he brings,

00:13and Wigan just turned on at the right time,

00:15looking imperious now.

00:16They've just grown an extra leg at this time of the year.

00:19Who are you back in?

00:21I think Wigan as well.

00:22I think I'm really interested to see what happens this week against Leeds.

00:27And I think there's probably going to be a pinch of salt

00:28in terms of the team line-ups, like you say,

00:31what have Leeds got to play for.

00:34But we've both kind of said that we think Brad Arthur's going to go strong

00:37because he wants that performance.

00:40But I think Wigan look incredible.

00:43They've got that home semi-final.

00:46And if it was me making a pick at the moment,

00:48I'd say it's Wigan-Leeds, and I think Wigan will win it.

00:50I think Leeds can go to Craven Park and win

00:52if you're looking at what Hulk are doing at the moment.

00:56I know Leeds have had their off game, but...

00:58It seems to be Leeds having one off game,

01:01whereas Hulk are having a string of off game.

01:04So I'd be going Wigan to beat Leeds if I was making a pick at the moment.

01:09Yeah, I think Wigan will be in the grand final,

01:14and I think they'll be very hard to beat out of Trafford,

01:16having been there and done it in such convincing fashion

01:21the last couple of years.

01:22I think they've conceded a try, have they,

01:26in the last two grand finals.

01:28I think they'll be very difficult to beat at Old Trafford.

01:31And like Sam says, Hulk are the better team

01:34over the course of the season as a whole.

01:37But are Hulk are a better team than Wigan

01:40when Wigan have got Bevan French in the side?

01:43And I don't think they are.

01:46And Wigan have just looked so good since French came back.

01:50I can't see any reason for betting against them.

01:56As to who they'll play, I don't know.

01:58It could...

02:00Hulk are at home, they've got to win one game, haven't they,

02:02to get to the grand final.

02:05You'd have to say home advantage would make them favourites.

02:08But Leeds have been there and won already this year.

02:11I think they're capable of doing it.

02:13And I think if Leeds can build some momentum,

02:20they just seem to know how to frustrate Hulk AR

02:26and how to play against them,

02:30a bit like Saints do against Leeds.

02:33So I think if it was Hulk AR versus Leeds,

02:36I think that would be a very interesting semi-final.

02:39But over the course of the season,

02:42you'd say it still looks like probably a Wigan Hulk AR final.

02:47But I don't know.

02:49I'm not 100% sure that Hulk AR are going to get there.

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