Speaking of Ryan Hall, this game had been great!

Dwyer still Dwyer - potent running threat and aggressive in D but passing just not there. Would have liked to see more balance of Leeming: thought he was playing well.



Tupou and Johnstone killed us a couple of years ago when we had Lui defending that right edge.



Will take the points at this stage. Wonder whether Walters gets last Mellor this year...

Jesus along with Myler , Dwyer was the main reason we won , plus a big wrap for Donaldson who i am not normally a big fan of

With them two clowns on the wing can we swap him for both

Gale was bloody awful !

Sutty at stand off

Myler the best player for Leeds with Broadbent putting in a really good performance.

Gale clearly not fit and why oh why do we keep putting Sutcliffe in the halves?

He had a reasonable half season at centre and I would like to have seen him there with maybe Broadbent or an unfit Esatmond in the halves.

The pack apart from Mellor were very good and Mellor needs to start showing why we bought him.

Donaldson certainly strengthens the defence and for those knocking Thompson last season he is just what we need.

i`ve said for a while now Tom Briscoe is finished and I agree once Handley is fit Newman goes on the wing that is if Liam Sutcliffe can show some promise at centre.

Also thought Leeming should have come back on the field 10 minutes or so before he got on .

Do you think Wakey would take the 2 Briscoes and Sutcliffe for Johnstone?

Fully agree about Thompson and Donno, looks like Thompson’s bulked up abit too and deffo was running some strong lines, amazing that within a season we’ve gone from moaning about the forwards to the backs!

Tom Briscoe will be ok this year. Sooner we get Handley back the better though. Broadbent should be ahead of L Sutcliffe and Newman for me now.....

Great game I agree.

For me I don`t like the golden point rule.

KR didn`t deserve to come away with nothing tonight.

A draw and a point each would have been fair.

How all of a sudden is Broadbent first choice before Newman , sure the lad is promising but he will have to learn how to defend

According to the Rhinos hand book Thompson is 17st 5lb

Newman is coming back from a serious injury don't forget. Think we need to put faith in Broadbent this year, and we'll see an international standard player next year. I can see his development going like Guldarts did. He was first choice centre at Wigan from 18 yrs......they had faith, and you get repaid....

I like Mellor but thought he was very poor today.He needs to put a better shift in, if he doesn't then Walters should be given his chance.

What about the faith in Newman?

Bit of perspective



A Sutcliffe and Broadbent are probably our 4th and 5th choice centres, with Hurrell, Newman and L Sutcliffe above them. Appreciate that may change if Broadbent continues to play well but not many teams can say they have 4th and 5th choice centres at that level.



L Sutcliffe is possibly our 6th choice half back behind Gale, Lui, Eastmond, McLelland and Myler. He isn’t a half back, he did his best, hopefully we get a few back and he doesn’t need to play there again.



For me I thought Myler was very good, I don’t think Walker would have made the passes he did today and don’t think with Walker we score from those opportunities. A lot to be said for a solid playmaking full back, he may not have the razzle dazzle but we can play some nice structure when he chimes in..



I liked C Smith when he came on, a lot more ball handling from him which I like. I can see him doing that ball playing 13 role if Eastmond is doing a lot of the running threat.



Without Handley we lacked pace, I think Briscoe is okay but difficult day to be defending against that Wakey edge.



Pack was good, we have some nice power and I thought that was a big reason why they seemed to tire as it went on.



Overall we got the points, we got some minutes into the legs and we get another week to try and get a couple of players back.

Good Post agree with all that.

Other than Eastmond sounds like no players back for a month or so.

Interesting game - Leeds did well to hold on. Points of note:

Liam Sutcliffe is not a half back and should not play there again - it was a waste of a jersey

Cameron Smith - made a huge difference when he came on

Myler by far the best player on the pitch - I would play him at half back and Broadbent at FB

Forwards look solid enough

Lack of genuine pace will be an issue against the better sides - both wingers are pedestrian as are the second row

Leeming seems ineffectual - not sure what he is bringing to the party?

Broadbent looks a real talent - work on his speed

Tom Johnstone is a real talent in a top side he would be a shoe-in at international level

Just for context, it was the second game of our season. It's impossible for the players to be in their rhythm and this was in effect a preseason game. Throw in that last week A Sutcliffe, Gale, Prior, Mellor and Tetevano didn't play. So they're nowhere near game ready, and the combinations last week were different too because of who was playing. Considering we've heard how Sean Long has been changing things a bit, it was never going to a polished performance. There's certainly some improvement in that team and individuals which is what we'd expect at this point. Bring in that key personal and it changes so much. So it's good to have the 2 points and I'm quietly optimistic for this season

Great to haverugby back and in the end happy to take the 2 points. After all the chat and build up what if anything have we learned. Our pack looks stronger than last year with competition for places. Our backs albeit mising a number of players lack pace and attacking threat. Even when absentees return we still will lack speed. Last years stand outs Myler Öledski and Prior again our best players.

Tetevano -need to learn how to use him to best effect.

Dwyer - no change 100% effort some brilliant mixed with the headless chicken moments. The Phil Ford of hookers!

Question marks against starting 2nd rows arguably bench men stronger and Thompson impressed particularly.

Sutcliffe at 6 its all been said!

Broadbent - Really promising but lets not get carried away at a very similar stage to Newman last year. Real potential but defence a concern.

Wingers - like functional boring cars will do a job but no thrill factor and will get passed easily on a straight road.

Gale give him a break been out for 11 weeks and made a few mistakes but still had to take all the responsibility for moving the team around as we have nobody else.

My final point would be when are people going to start giving Richie Myler some credit. He is consistently performing to a high standard never ducks anything or complains and while he was poor in the halves that should be taken in the context of the style of the halves as a unit. I would have no issue with him at 6 with Gale at 7. It will be an interesting next couple of games if nobody ready to return.

On Myler, he has totally won me over since his move to fullback. We signed him to play halfback, he never cut it and we looked clueless with him trying to run the show. Since Gale arrived to take on that job and he has been given a free role at fullback he looks a totally different player. His link play outside of Gale is our main attacking play and he is key to that. We would lose that if he played 6 on the other side of the field. He shirks nothing and although his height maybe against him going for high kicks he doesn't appear to lose out too often. Since his move to fullback he has been consistently one of our best players. I would leave him there.



A bit rusty in general yesterday but there were some encouraging signs. In the main our defence down the middle looked to have a bit of steel but we were caught out out wide too often. Broadbent looked really good going forward but have others have mentioned got caught out defensively a few times. He's worth an extended run there. I thought Prior was great considering the short pre season he has had.

Agar: "I think Sutcliffe did a good job for us at 6".

Myler has found his place at FB.

I would not move him into the halves - give him the season at FB.

If Sutcliffe is all we have at 6 for a few weeks, I would be tempted to play Smith there.

He can’t possibly be any worse.

The only position Sutcliffe should play is centre.

Mellor is a concern.

He isn’t doing enough, and there’s players knocking the door down.

I worry that Walters will only stick around so long if he cant get minutes.

Rest of the pack were excellent.

Broadbent looks a superstar with ball in hand, but needs to work on his defence.

He shoots the line and leaves gaps.

But he needs help from the sliding defence, because he got exposed.

Gale just had a bad day.

We really need Handley back and another winger.

The way we use the hookers is spot on.

Dwyer comes on when there’s tired legs and creates a bit of havoc with his energy.

But he can’t pass the ball.