Quote SmokeyTA="SmokeyTA"2004 was a freak, we won the league by a record margin'"
Correct. 9 points clear of Bradford (next best 2006 St Helens 8 points clear of Hull)
Quote SmokeyTA="SmokeyTA" with a record points total '"
Incorrect. Bradford finished 1999 with 51 points (next highest Leeds 2004, 50 points) although the Bradford total was achieved from a 30 game programme in '99 as opposed to a 28 game programme in '04.
Quote SmokeyTA="SmokeyTA"and a record points difference'"
Incorrect. The record points difference belongs to Leeds from the 2005 season (647), followed by Bradford (646 - 2001 and 596 - 2000) before Leeds' 2004 figure of 594 is next on the list.
Quote SmokeyTA="SmokeyTA"with record points scored'"
Incorrect. The record points scored also belongs to Leeds from the 2005 season (1152), followed by Bradford (1120 - 2001 and 1038 - 2005) before Leeds' 2004 figure of 1037 is next on the list.
Quote SmokeyTA="SmokeyTA"No-one did it before, no-one did it since. '"
See above
Quote SmokeyTA="SmokeyTA"We cant hold up our inability to replicate 2004 as a failure.'"
Agreed. In many respects 2005 was a more dominant season (including a World Club Challenge) up until the moment Keith Senior got rolled over by Joe Vagana at Headingley shortly before the Challenge Cup Final.