Obviously a good performance but the player who has surprised me most was Clarkson. He really looks like he's bulked up and does still have a bit of pace. Has started to run some great lines and looked really effective, like JJB in his pomp. Kind of written him off after the last 2 seasons as a solid defensive player who offered little to nothing in attack, but on the back of that and the Bradford performance he looks to be a very handy player to bring off the bench.

Peacock will have benefitted from a full off-season and pre-season now that he has given the International game away - and on the basis of that high quality performance it showed.

I still hope Leeds afford him a few breathers through the year allowing that quality to be maintained for as long as possible - not forgetting he's contracted until the end of the 2014 season. Having had to wait for the final league game of last year to open his try account he's got the prospect of the naked run out of the way nice and early this year.

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Good also to see Ryan Hall given a role away from the wing at times allowing him to highlight is smart offload game.

Cracking performance. Slight concern about Achurch - who doesn't look match fit to me - but that was more than compensated for by the steel of Peacock, Ablett, Bailey and Clarkson. McShane seems to inspire confidence in those around him, which is great.

Clarkson stood out last night. JJJb was nothing more than a body on the park.

Ablett was fantastic and for me MOM. Sinfield controlled things superbly, and DM really turned back the years with some great probing of the line.

The defence looked really good last night as a unit. I actually thought Watkins really stood out in that defence when at centre, looking really strong.

Moon as I thought he would be, looks an extremely good signing.

I don't think Hull were anything close to the 50 minute score line. They were kept in it from Ganson for me.

Ganson needs speaking to for that clear discrimination in that first half with Bailey. Those two penalisations were ridiculous, when you had at least another 50 same type in the game that went unpunished.

And what about JJB?

Not really a bad performance from anyone in a Leeds shirt.

Moon looked impressive, JP was the best forward on the pitch, Mags was looking sharp and Watkins just gets better each game he plays.

Hardaker, JJB and Delaney flew under the radar a little but it was good to see Hall come in, looking for work.

Would have liked to see Ellis play, don’t think he’d have made 30 points difference but it might have been a slightly different game with him on the pitch.

Sinny deserved his MoM.

Ganson looked dandy in his effeminate chessboard shirt but still seemed to blow up for some odd reasons (will have to watch the game back to find out why).

Oh… and how big did Pitts look? He was never that size when he was with us.

Was not expecting such a solid defensive display after watching us against bulls. Well done boys keep it up. Glad to see the RFL dressing Ganson like a clown .

Most satisfactory work out for the WCC. Had to work hard against good strong defence in 1st half and in 2nd half gave the ball more air in attack with some nice offloads.

Key men Sinny, Mags, JP and Burrow all looked sharp with IMO Burrow just edging MOM.

Great organisation in defence and some good work from all the new boys with Moon's class in the centre.

Well done to Brian Mac and the coaches for some good preseason training.

I told you Peacock was shot at international level, and he was.

Not my fault you neither listen nor understand.

I believe I already said JP had a bit of a wobble when not fully fit but that apart had a superb season.

We were discussing JP's form not whether our pack "got battered at times" You don't like stats when they prove your judgement to be wrong. What they show is that JP did maintain his performances as 694 tackles, 2819 metres gained, 438 carries and 55 offloads clearly shows. You cannot just dismiss the reality of this because it goes against your point.

JP's great form and the end of the season and after the above huge effort during the season is totally at odds with your judgement that "flogging" him has a detrimental effect on his form.

Perhaps a visit to Specsavers before your next live game will improve your 'views'.

Well lstnight seem's to have pu paid to our usual Hull troll's for awhile.I hope Gaz Ellis is ot too badly injured.

Watch and enjoy but I doubt if you'll be any the wiser.

thought your lads played well last night n your line speed was very fast. the scoreline flattered you in the end after we collapsed with 20mins to go (which was very dissapointing).
you are the template super league teams should follow. you gave youth a chance years ago and the backbone of your team has an understanding of each others game that only time can give you.
i hate losing to you n despise cheap shot bailey, but good luck in the wcc

Very benevolent of you. For the good of the game I do hope the likes of Hull (and Salford) can break into the top 4 over the next couple of seasons ...not at Leeds' expense though

Bailey does his job very very effectively, much to the chagrin of opposition supporters