Super performance. You are allowed a couple of errors when you can do what he did - control the ruck area, put us on the front foot, great tackling and distribution and scored a great try - class

I wonder if those deluded posters who chelped on and on, will now accept with ill grace that GH was correct in his choice of which hooker to retain?

It wasn't a choice of which hooker to retain, both were under contract and only one asked to be released.

Its a good point.....I also give you Michael Monaghan at Wire....

So 8 games in losing 3 proves that we should of ditched Disko?


Lets get 1 thing straight i think Buderus has had some good games and some not so good and i rate Mcshane highly but we've won naff all and far from proved that Diskin going to the Bulls was a great call.
If he continues last nights form and we win a trophy or he leads us well to a finall and performs as the 9 for 75%+ of the game then fair enough but lets not start another p!$$ing comp when the season isn't even half way through.
P.s Good point Batley Rhino.

Buderus put in one of his best performances for Leeds last night. I don’t think that anyone has ever doubted for one minute that Buderus is a better player to watch than Matt Diskin. However as rhinoms said - Matt Diskin did bring the goods to Leeds. If Danny Buderus brings in no trophies, he’ll just go down with a long line of great players to have played for Leeds and not to win a trophy.

Overall, I’ve enjoyed Danny here, but they’ll always be that niggling doubt!

Danny Buderus' qualities as a rugby player will be no more defined by Grand Final rings than Ellery Hanley's will be defined by Ashes success.

They were probably another player's fault.

He had a good game but I am afraid the reaction to that on here is completely OTT and one cannot overlook his contribution to the point dropped. He was also flagging very, very badly for the last 15 mins.

Pleasing to see him pick up the man of the match award though, was that his first one in three seasons?

Indeed.

Ellery who?

Hanley.

Unlike Buderus he had a significant amount of success at club level in this country.

Also unlike Buderus he managed to maintain his standards when he left his native league and play overseas.

It's unfair to compare Buderus coming to SL at the back end of his career with Hanley playing in Australia close to the peak of his career.

Better to say that both came to Leeds at similar ages, with big reputations (and salaries allegedly) and neither won any silverware (so far in DB's case, anyway).

Just thought I'd fix the bit you missed out, not that there is any agenda from you of course.