Think Danny mags penalty when he had his leg trapped was also on the 5th tackle.

In general I thought it was a good performance with the usual 20 minute period of going to sleep. The pack is looking strong and the back 3 ran some good lines.
And as we line up now as the sky pundits stated its not a good choice for the opposition kicker hardaker, hall or Watkins to kick to. Not a great choice

Bailey was truly awful, Peacock ank Kylie especially were fantastic.

Also how good is Hardaker?

This looks like a very formidable Leeds side, intent for a change in taking the League seriously.

he is not going to do that - Jeff only uses stuff that suits his agenda - the fact attendances were truly dire for the 20 years prior to SL has been erased from from his selective memory

IIRC we conceded twice on the 5th. As has already been mentioned, we seemed to have improved our discipline in the last couple of games but reverting back to our old ways. BMc needs to get a handle on it.

Just watched the match (after avoiding the result - quite easy in my part of the world). Have to agree .....and Watkins too is a joy to watch. McShane has steadily proven his worth

......(wonder where the club might try to accommodate Burrow next; after McShane and Hood claim the shared hooker's role )

Absolutely. His try was superb yet the Sky team seemed more intent to focus on the Bulls poor defence, missing a perfect opportunity to remind the viewers Watkins scored a similar try last weekend (perhaps even a highlight of it at half time). Too much focus entirely on the Bulls defence and far too little emphasis on what a brilliant young threequarter this lad is.

Had Greg Inglis scored two tries like Watkins has the last two weeks many rugby league observers and media members would be suffering tennis elbow from the amount of flagellation

Great footwork but it was really a poor attempt from Walker/Olbison in the tackle. I was embarrassed at that. Watkins did extremely well to run around Kearney though in at that angle.

Spot on, and it would have been further proof of just how much better the NRL is.

Watkins is a superb athlete who also has a good passing game. If anything, those two tries should emphasise the importance of getting him the ball as often as possible and in space.

The only areas of his game he needs to work on are defence (especially head on) and judging when to try his flick pass.

I think that may have been drilled into the back three over the last few weeks. They do seem to be more keen to shift the point of attack on kick returns, working hard to get themselves back into position when the ball is on the other side of the field.

I did notice on Friday that Leeds were occasionally retiring 3 players on the 5th, something that they've not done for some time.

Shhh, don't tell Danny Brough.

Could not agree more. He is a very special talent and I hope Leeds manage to retain his services for many years.

Individuals like this (along with Hardaker, Moon. Hall, Burrow etc) complemented by a brilliant team ethos that Leeds happily continue to demonstrate is what encourages me to make the 200 mile round trip as often as possible with my lad. (just glad I don't need to pay for the fuel or running costs )