Quote: SaintsFan "I disagree. Leeds do have pace, yes, but I'd say it wasn't that which defeated us. We didn't have halfbacks and it showed, especially in some of the decisions Wilkin made; we made some stupid errors at crucial times and just when it mattered most, when we hung on like our lives depended upon it against Wire and the Pies, we slipped up on our marker defence and our ball and all tackling. That's what defeated us, not Leeds' pace.'"
I disagree, whilst our lack of halfbacks did contribute to our defeat, Wilkin made two howlers in those kicks at the end, bar that he was average rather than woeful. Both of those came on their try line, Melis bad pass at the end happened on their line. Leeds pace took them 100m in 6 tackles, we weren't capable of doing that to them in the same situation.
Leeds pace has told in all the GF we've played, with them being able to start their sets far further up the pitch than we were due to a far faster kick return.