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A few issues from the extended highlights and Smith's interview (see club YouTube feed).

* Tomkins having extended verbals with Prior at the time of his sin-binning, even after Prior sent from the field.
* Sending off looked innocuous to me though admittedly the footage isn't good. Again Catalans players surrounding referee and telling him what to do.
* Smith referred to the game being the slowest he had seen this season pointing towards multiple stoppages. He cites an incident of a Catalan player getting a head-knock and stumbling about, only for the stoppage to come minutes later when Leeds manage to take possession.

It sounds like the RFL need to do more to stop teams using injuries (both real and imagined) from being used by certain clubs to interrupt the flow of the game. It ruins the spectacle, and frankly if teams like Catalans are as good as they think they are they shouldn't need to resort to this sort of skullduggery.

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Quote: Barrie’s Glass Eye "I’d also say Danny, Kev or Rob (when in the halves) have more of a remit to put that play on if nothing else is on, as they’re in the halves. Twice in that game Dwyer makes a very risky instinctive call, when we’ve got options set up off of structure off our main playmaker, or even set for a winning drop goal. They both come off this time. But if they don’t you best believe Dwyer is getting a right earful from Sezer and then from Smith.

That is Dwyer in a microcosm, as much as he was part of the win, he so easily could have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory twice, and while I can give him credit for the kick chase try, the build up to sezers winner was pure dumb luck flinging the ball out the back.

Ultimately if the attack under smith is going to be as good as it looks like it could be, it’ll benefit from a more structured 9, imo.'"


In defence of Dwyer, when he used to scoot out and go himself, no one ever went with him and backed him up. Noticed last few weeks bodies have pushed up in support, maybe coaching as highlighted this and RS has said if he goes himself back him up so he has options and not just a blind alley play we gave seen in the past. The reason we scored was because Hardaker followed him and sezar reset in back ground, support broken field play, lead to winning try.
It nay not work all the time, but if you play whats in front of you and push up it gives you a chance

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Quote: rollin thunder "In defence of Dwyer, when he used to scoot out and go himself, no one ever went with him and backed him up. Noticed last few weeks bodies have pushed up in support, maybe coaching as highlighted this and RS has said if he goes himself back him up so he has options and not just a blind alley play we gave seen in the past. The reason we scored was because Hardaker followed him and sezar reset in back ground, support broken field play, lead to winning try.
It nay not work all the time, but if you play whats in front of you and push up it gives you a chance'"


Without doubt, he has improved under Smith and appears to be more selective, for want of a better word with the running, and as you say the support helps. I just don’t think you can look at either play and say it was the right choice and Dwyer’s part, and that, I believe is what’s lead to O’Connor jumping him and Rohan or Hetherington not offering a contract.

The push and following the ball carrier has been a noticeable change under smith, evident in a couple of the tries Leeming and Myler have scored this too. (Thinking the inside ball one against wire was it?)

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The golden point winner was 4th tackle when Dwyer goes right instead of left so not quite as bad as it may have seemed from the highlights reel. Still as a half back you would be tearing your hair out if your DH cant follow the calls

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Quote: LeedsLurch "The golden point winner was 4th tackle when Dwyer goes right instead of left so not quite as bad as it may have seemed from the highlights reel. Still as a half back you would be tearing your hair out if your DH cant follow the calls'"

Dwyer almost scored from that play. We can’t blame him for that…!

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Yes you can blame him for that. Sports is about taking chances, but if you continually go it alone within a team structure you'll fail more often than not. Otherwise there's no point in having a structure. It paid off this time but most of Dwyer's darts don't end in tries, they end in killed plays. Its not so much that he does it, its that he does it too often. That last play score was despite Dwyer's run, not because of it.

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