On a second look I was wrong to say JP was a bit under par. In fact he put in his usual massive effort with Cuthbertson not far behind. As it turned out Cuthbo did step up to acting half back on a few occasions and even made a dummy run. I wonder if Kylie took a knock

I think the game plan for the conditions was correct and Mac seemed unhappy that we moved from it in the second half which turned over cheap possession. After 3 big games on the trot do we rest up our key men next week as we can afford 2 losses and still take first spot. Or do we try and secure top spot against Hull to keep momentum for Wembley?

We should try to secure top spot.

But I would rest Cuthbertson, as that is too big a risk to lose him.

Hardly surprising that Leeds looked fatigued in the latter stages. Made themselves do an awful lot of goal-line defence with some sloppy handling and being a bench rotation down didn't help. I can only imagine Achurch has run over a black cat at some point. It's not a lack of durability or fragility that is causing him to pick up injuries, he just seems to have some freakish bad luck typified by slipping last night and ending up getting his head in the wrong place as a result.

There are key individuals that Leeds cannot do without at Wembley and who shouldn't be risked against Hull FC - Sinfield, Cuthbertson, Hardaker in particular. Time to see what the likes of Robbie Ward and Rob Mulhern have to offer, give Handley a game at full-back. A defeat to Hull FC while not ideal would hardly be fatal to ambitions of finishing top, given other results this weekend.

We were outstanding again tonight we did drop off in last 10 mins but can be forgiven in such a high intensity game fatigue is always going to happen. Well done mighty Rhinos the best time in the land!!!

Fantastic defensive performance last night.
But it was typical Leeds to keep on trying to win a game we'd already won, resulting in unnecessary pressure & nerves in the crowd.
Re the video ref it now seems that the previous directive for the BoD to go to the attacking team is overlooked when so much time is being spent trying to show/prove that a try hasn't been scored.
IMV if a couple of views are inconclusive then award a try but ensure that it applies to both teams.
There should have been no need to spend what seemed like hours deliberating over the various tries last night.
It simply slows the game down.

Nice problem to have and I'm glad I'm not the one making the decision

My thoughts too. Momentum is so important, however I would perhaps give Sinfield & JP some bench rest if possible.

Just watched my recording of Friday nights match. The push on briscoe should have been penalised and the try disallowed.
Halls try also should have been chalked off, Sinfield clearly knocked on. So the end result stays the same.

Yes I think it's quite generous by the ref not to say Sinfield knocked on. The Briscoe push is annoying considering the same ref combo (Silverwood on pitch and Bentham as VR) ruled out Briscoe potential match winning try last year vs Hudds for that brush of shoulders with Brough when racing for the ball.

I disagree on both. The hands were on Briscoe but no pressure was on him. For me it had no affect on the ball being spilled.

As for the Sinfield knock on both ref and touch judge ruled it back in real time and no angle from the video replay suggested they were wrong

Indeed. Very generous to say that the ball was thrown or knocked in any direction other than towards his opponents’ dead ball line, when that's what happened.

A good tough hard earned and well deserved win imo.
Re-Sinfield in the build up to Halls try at worst the ball goes sideways so it's still not a knock on.
I can understand Mc'D's point re-the last 20 minutes the game was won and we just had to grind it out out but they'll learn from it.
Sinfield M.O.M but Hardaker must have been close as was JP imo ,i thought Stevie Ward had a very good hour considering he's been out a while & once again Garbutt was solid.
Onto teh cod-eads now and tbh i'd look at resting Cuthbo ,Hardaker Sinfield and Watkins yes i accept it would probably cost us the win but results have gone our way and now imo the focus has to be Wembley.