A good kick would see the recipient catch it with momentum, Hall caught the ball standing still a good indication that kick was far from perfect.

Nice tangent to anti coach dig

You do have an unhealthy bias though when it comes to Hall and Burrow.

That said, I agree Hall did take the ball in a lot to aid his forwards work. I just felt in comparison to other backs on pitch, he looked an absolute cart horse. His defence was not much to write home about either. I don't agree he beat the first tackler every time, in fact I think the opposite he was put down easy. He also bombed a couple of clear try opportunities.

But you were correct on the work rate, so you are right to say wrong that he was poor.

It wasn't an anti coach dig, it was another reason to throw in the mix, and was actually aimed at players.

Neither have you, and yet somehow you know and have stated that "This was a well practised move with the kick" for it to land in heavy traffic on the opposition 15.

Not if the plan is to knock it back, a ploy that Hall has perfected. Hall ran forward got underneath it, timed his jump and knocked it back to the swift moving JP with Burrow in support. Sometimes you kick for the winger to catch and score and other times to knock back. The latter method has produced several recent tries. It must be wonderful to have your gift to know without doubt which type of kick is a miskick if any and which is a perfect kick.

Hall stops his run dead once he is in position the knock the ball back. Why is that wrong?

He has done the same in recent games. The kickers job is to place it where his winger has a good chance of getting under it before the opposition which need not be close to the line. The wingers job is to make sure he gets to the ball first.

But it was you who stated
[i"No team practises a 6th tackle kick from the 20 yard line that's supposed to land 15 metres out"[/i

The fact that Leeds have regularly kicked for Hall to knock back would rather indicate that is has been perfected on the training pitch.

The most lasting memory that I'll take from last nights game would be how fekkin' hot it was.

Also thought BJB was very impressive.

i thought BJB was impressive in attack but looked very nervous in defence.
burrow did what burrow has done all his career. dart across the line looking for gaps. why people are praising him last night for it I don't know. it's what he does.
I thought he played well, looked dangerous but nowhere near man of the match.
we did what was needed, no more no less.
not impressive but its another 2 points

We must simply agree to differ - Hall takes balls at full pace and knocks them back. No attacking player wants to be stationary when taking the ball - you give away your momentum advantage - jumping from a standing position is significantly more difficult. IMO just a miss kick for Burrow that Hall turned into a good play

Londons 19's beat your 19's yesterday in a good game.

Mac was down watching. Is he looking to bring in one of the kids to the senior squad?

That will depend on us having injuries to his favourite first teamers.

Whereas I reported



The stats out today say:

JP, Clarkson (32 each) Ablett (31) and Kirke (27) were our top tacklers. Not bad defensive effort in the heat and Kirke achieved his tally in a lot less minutes than the others

The stats also show MOM Burrow out-perform Soward (voted MOM by the anti Burrow faction) with more metres, more carries, better average gain, more clean breaks, more tackle busts, and more offload.

The stats also show MOM Burrow out-perform Soward (voted MOM by the anti Burrow faction) with more metres, more carries, better average gain, more clean breaks, more tackle busts, and more offload.'"