Quote Bulliac="Bulliac"I thought it was a good game, especially the first half which had everything you want in a game of rugby; good attacking moves, solid defence, some big hits and general 'take no prisoners' defending and a scoreline which was as tight as a drum. I thought the game fell away a bit in the second period, entirely because one side (us) made too many (largely) unforced errors which Leeds very clinically punished and finished deserved winners. Though, I confess the tackling was pretty torrid at times in the second half, just ask JP after that hit from Elima put him on his backside!
I was amazed when, as I was driving home, someone on Radio Leeds said the first half was "poor" and the second was "great". For an out an out Rhino fan, with no interest in watching a good game I'd accept that might be true, but not for a neutral. As a fan I'll take any tries, however they come about, but well worked moves will always be better for me than picking up a loose ball and falling over the line.
On the topic of Leeds' fans and what they think, I passed a group of young lads when walking back to the car and as I passed the conversation changed ( I assumed for my benefit) from how brilliant the Rhinos had been to how it was funny (ha ha) that the Bulls were in trouble. They all had a good laugh (though there never any possibility I would rise to the bait), but it changed when one of the kids said he thought it would be 'good if the Bulls disappeared from rugby league' - his mate who had been laughing at the Bulls' position only seconds previously said, "No, I don't want them to go. If they do, we wouldn't get great derbies like we'd just seen". the kid who suggested the Bulls should go was given short shrift by his mates. So whilst I don't doubt for a second that they were singing about what they'd do with their father's gun during the game, when it came to it they were well able to see a bigger picture. I have to say I felt a bit uplifted by it.'"
Just kids,few years before they mature
