No. The England (and Wigan) doctor sent Lomax and Walmsley home due to injuries. If we wanted to be uncooperative we would have pulled out Knowles as well, as he’s arguably one of our most important and didn’t have a preseason this year so would benefit most from a few weeks off to get the work in.

Or if your referring to our lack of players in the all stars team, I would counter with I’m not really sure who you think should have been getting in. Arguably Sione Mata’utia but other than that, our none England players have been in pretty poor form this year.

But you know, why let facts get in the way.

I actually think that the games against Catalan were a catalyst for us. We may have ended up losing both games, but a busted up team went toe to toe with them before running out of steam. I think we took a lot of belief out of that week

Games needed to be rearranged in the order they were scheduled so it was by definition difficult to pick and choose what got played.
Leeds fans pretending to be outraged about this stuff is laughable really.

Wasn't that week before complete lockdown? I'm pretty comfortable the actions of the club have been totally vindicated. They actually showed some leadership in a sport that often lacks it.

Absolutely correct they were postponed by Saints

Anyhow, you look at that top 6 and most would likely agree that it's the best six that got in. Cas could maybe argue they were unlucky but fielding weakened teams through choice (luxury) and giving away the 24 0 walkover is what put them where they ended up.
Should be a good playoff series.