well for me i thought it was scrappy at the PtB last night. woiuld be nice if the refs kept teams on the mark, didnt see hudds do that much last night always a step or 5 forward, winning cheap penalties for the markers "interfering" not sure if thats what McD meant.

as for the game, we were brillian for the first 30 mins of the first half, frst and last 5 in the 2nd. lets forget about that middle 30 in the 2nd... =/ i really thought hudds would score every time they got in to our half.
where is that defence from the first 12 games of last year?

we do look good in attack. briscoe had a good game, good to see him settled. cuthbert is looking really really good, fantastic signing.

hopefully our next game wont be so close.

The Brough dummy spit after Aiton's try was epic even by his standards!

McDermotts comments were surely more to do with the inconsistency of Bentham, and they were justified. He penalised Huddersfield in the first half for the infringements, and probably why some are saying Leeds got the calls. Then at half time the Huddersfield team, unjustified, got into him, and in the second half he seemed to not dare give a penalty against them. They were still committing the offences, but were not punished. McDermott was spot on.

anyone think there will be any action against aiton and/or connor? aiton for his "theatrics" and connor for what looked like a possible gauge.

Don't see what action could be taken against Aiton yes it was embarrassing and for me he made a meal of it but there was a definate push in the face he hasn't dived without being touched. All he has to say is caught his eye and went down in a panic

Suppose Aiton will be too early to be a real contender for next years Oscars however the prestigious "Fallon De Floor" award could be in his favour come the end of the year

Thought we looked decent to start with, though Hudds were gash at the beginning.

Hudds then changed their tactics and began playing simply for a quick play the ball - when Crabtree and Kopzjak came on, they weren't particularly trying to punch holes in the line, they were hitting contact and immediately hitting the deck to find their elbows and knees. Hudds were getting a roll on, and we couldn't handle it and got frustrated. And something that had been typical of Leeds over the past couple of years is when we become frustrated, we become ill disciplines in all aspects of the game - silly slack offloads, needless penalties and poor defensive decisions.

Luckily, they dug in and found a way to win - something in the past few years we wouldn't have done during a regular season game.

Good job we dropped 2 teams & brought back P&R otherwise it could have been a mediocre game.

A good win despite not playing very well. If - as has been suggested - we have spent most of the off season working on our attacking patterns it isn't showing. The usual issues are showing again, lack of a quality kicking game, no attacking structure and no speed. The second half was positively pedestrian - we play to close to line for a structured play. Look at South Sydney and how deep they were on structured plays. If all we have is speculative offloads then that explains the need to play close to line?

JJB deserves much praise he was as good as anyone on the field, his energy is commendable. Ward was very good as was Briscoe. Hardaker looked to me like a player with other things on his mind. The older players are starting to look old and ineffective - Delanney will freshen things up let's hope it isn't Singleton who gets the chop.

Got me thinking last night, could this be the last lap (this season)or so of Sinfield?

Looked not great so far this season

If referees do start to speed the play the ball up, then Peacock in particular is going to become a liability.

You could penalise virtually every tackle he makes - rarely moves on the call, always pushes it right to the limit. Got pinged for it twice(?) last night at times when we had Huddersfield in their own half and struggling to get out.

You're always going to give some penalties away as a side, but you really can't afford to keep giving away avoidable ones.

On Aiton, I don't think it was as bad a dive as people are making out. It's not like he stayed on the floor, writhing around pretending he'd been hurt or gouged. Connor was stupid enough to put his hand in his face and push, Aiton fell over. It's no different to a tackled player trying to milk the penalty by flopping forward into the marker.

Some of Bentham's decision making last night was inconsistent and incredibly weak. If Brough was in his ear the whole first half and then again at half time, why not just bin him for it? Absolutely pointless to tick him off in the centre of the pitch at half time like a naughty schoolboy. Likewise when he gave a knock-on against Connor on half-time, who then stood up and went charging after him ranting and raving. If you're going to allow players to get away with stuff like that, don't expect them to have any respect for you.

Clearly whatever Anderson said to him at half-time worked in terms of scaring the bejesus out of him, as he refereed the second half completely differently to the first.

And if striking at the scrum is now a penalty offence, I look forward to seeing a dozen of those every game. That was absolutely baffling.

If Delaney is to come back in, I can only see it being for Kylie really. Achurch and Singleton have looked good on both sides of the ball this season, and whilst Kylie hasn't looked bad, his stints are becoming very short indeed.

We made a lot of mistakes, Hardaker must have dropped the ball or turned over posession on 50% of his carries - I think he turned it over his first 4 touches, and some of our penalties were soft - especially considering the epic quantity of cocking about at the PTB Hudds were allowed the second half - including walking 5 yards off the mark to play the ball. Simple rule ref, play if where you are tackled, not 5 yards further down the field.
I understand BMD's frustration at the second half reffing. Peacock was pinged for a "flop" when arguably the player was still on his way to the ground yet Hudds did that every single tackle. Leeds were trying to clear the ruck. However, Hudds were more physical than us second half and got on top of us in the middle which you could argue gave them some justification for pratting around a bit.

Hudds made hardly any mistakes, but their game plan was very limited. Their wings and centres got little ball in wide channels, we were looking to get Watkins and Moon into space, so I guess there is the chance that you may make some errors. On that alone I think we deserved to win the game.

Stevie Ward was the best player on the pitch. His defensive effort was massive and effective, Briscoe pushed him close - simply does not go on the floor in the tackle, always dangerous. Special mention to Moon, who I have criticised in the past for eating up his wingers space, great in and out to give Hall maximum chance to get in the corner. Great centre play.

Biggest prat of the night award - once again a clear winner in Phil Clarke. Really Phil, it's embarrasing now, please hide your dissapointment a little better when we win.

Ward's excellent support play and break was bettered by a lovely assist.

Moon must have read 'How To Be A Perfect Centre' when he put Hall in. Perfect, text book. Drew the winger and fullback, ate up all the space and released Hall. More of the same Mr Moon.

JP had a few senior moments BUT still got through a ton of work, moved us down the field all night long. Kylie is more of a concern and so its Singeltons lack of appetite to take the ball up, if he was called Kirke there would have been a 12 page thread already!

As for Achurch's miss late on, looked harder to not score than score!

As for Leeds in general, 3/3. cant complain with that but also nothing to get too excited about. all the trys we've conceeded this season, especially close to our try line, have been 'soft' so plenty to work on in training and also plenty of positives.

I don't see that any of our four backrows deserve to be dropped at the moment. Delaney's likeliest way back in is as interchange for JP carting the ball up the middle.