They often get RT'd by the official Rhinos twitter account (which I assume is Phil Daly) so they'll be aware of it that's for sure.

Anyone seen my Carly Simon CD ?

"You're So Vain" ...Yeah, that's one of hers

If you combine his second half last week at Hull with the first half tonight Leeds lost the penalty count 8 - 18.

Obviously that's meaningless, almost as meaningless as the final count tonight ending up at 12 - 12.

Cheating tw@! end of!

He wants to stop tweeting and concentrate on his job, I hope silverwoods tweet says "big lad is burgess but soft as crap!"

I think this epitomizes Leed's problems at the moment, they are in the same position that Saints were in when winning everything - they will blame anybody but themselves because they feel a divine right to success.

Whilst I agree that Silverwood's policy at the play the ball has completely changed (for the better) from the WCC game, and that the RFL haven't a clue what they are doing and need to sort it out, players like Burgess need to look at themselves before looking to blame officials.



This was ridiculous. It became blatantly obvious that forward passes were simply not going to be given unless they were American Football style. I'm sure the players probably realized this too.

Nah then.

It's been noted at PFUHQ

Thanking you kindly

Given what's gone on in Oz with Melbourne. I wonder if two expense claims were put in by the officials..... one for the RFL and one for the Storm.... just an idle thought with no substance whatsoever

silverwood had a decent game, stop blaming the ref ! we were beaten by a team that on paper should not have beaten us, and they wanted it far more than we did....end of. Some players just dont cut it for me and the sooner they are weeded out the better it will be.

SPOT ON MATE...BUT JUST A REMINDER TO EVERYONE...SAINTS WON 2 POINTS THATS ALL.

I thought Silverwood got the majority of the calls spot on, there were a few 50-50 calls like the Puletua ball steal that could have gone down as a slack ball carry but I had no issues with the referee last night!

Saints played better than Leeds, its about time some of the ts that were behind the goals last night stopped spitting their dummy out over the ref and look at a few of Leeds' problems.

Some of them seem determined not to, Cala. Even when there is a replay, and you can clearly see the ball steal, they still rant about the ref getting it wrong.

Not a rant at Silverwood but I think referees are getting the interpretation of a ball steal completely wrong. IMO, they do not emphasize the onus of the ball carrier to retain the ball. There were a few examples last night (which were were on the bad end of) of players virtually releasing the ball to a defender and being given a penalty.

IMO, the edit should go out that unless the referee is absolutely certain there was a ball steal benefit should go to the defenders.

Anyway, the Rhinos reaction to the referee and perceived poor decisions has always been the same under McLennan. It's plain dumb and unprofessional of players like Burgess and Senior to make such public comments, whether they're right or not. Just what do they expect to gain from it?

We were discussing this point last night to great extent.

Players are taught to attack the ball in a tackle, it covers the off load option and, if the attacker is positioned right can prevent the ball carrier advancing.

But… what if the attacking player intentionally loosens their grip on the ball?

If you get it just right the ball gets ‘ripped out’ and I look’s like a blatant ball steal.