That is what I thought. So pardon me for presuming it was Tom folks.
After all one winger will most likely be dropped this week, why not give him some minutes for our injury hit neighbours.

There's no mention of either Briscoe in the article on the website.

[iPeter Smith ‏@PeteSmithYEP 17h
Luke Briscoe has returned to Leeds Rhinos from a loan spell at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He's set to join Hunslet Hawks on dual-reg.[/i

Moving on from Dual Reg, when was the last time Leeds did a real number on one of the top 4/5? Id love Leeds to absolutely demolish Saints tonight, but it has been a while since we've done such thing. Plus we have history of been whipped by the big sides when they have been in a so called injury crisis.

Not sure if regarded as a "number", but I have just put a bet on Leeds by 24 and another of Leeds by a score of 36-10.

There is no excuses, if Leeds lose tonight it will be embarrassing, but I just can not see it, not how they have started the year.

More or less the bets I'm going with too, although I'm still feeling somewhat nervous about this game. Probably the result of watching too many hammerings over there.

Leeds by 10+.

You guys are playing like you do towards the business end of the season

I don't reckon we will win big BUT if we could it'd be great. A lot of Saints fans aren't expecting a win but are hopeful of encouraging showings by those stepping up in place of the missing men, IF we can do a number on them it might leave them a bit worried moving onwards this season about confidence in some of their squad.

We could do with getting off to a quick start and take an early lead and not give the home crowd any reason to believe their side can pull off a result and get too much behind them and give them momentum.

34-10 win at home to Wigan in 2009? Prior to that, the 70-0 against Wigan in 2005 or the same result against Saints the year before.

It is rarely easy at Saints but overconfidence could be our worst enemy tonight. We should concentrate on the basics and keeping down the errors and penalties and not try to force the points. I would play Delaney at 13 to start and try to dominate territory and keep their forwards in the middle. If all goes well we will then find the space out wide.

Kevin Sinfield needs 2 points for 3,500 with Leeds in all comps.

Under McDermott Leeds have won 3 and lost 5 V St Helens : L, L, W, L, L, W, L, W

Assuming the 'big teams' while McDermott has been in charge consist of Huddersfield, Leeds, St Helens, Warrington and Wigan then Leeds' biggest winning margins V each has been:

Huddersfield 7
St Helens 16
Warrington 8
Wigan 14

Saints: Lomax, Makinson, Jones, Dawson, Swift, Hohaia, Wellens, Masoe, Roby, Richards, Soliola, Flanagan, Walker.

Laffranchi, Greenwood, Thompson, Savelio