A great performance by the Bulls which we could and should have won. I think two things contributed to our defeat..
Firstly we gave away too many penalties (Sibbitt and Diskin were guilty here)...
Secondly, Raynor kept coming inside instead of marking his opposite wingman. I think he gave away 3 tries by doing this. Leeds' inside men were well covered by other Bulls players, all Raynor had to do was to stay in front of the Leeds winger.
But all in all a very good performance.

Think you need to engage your brain pal. Raynor was the one who tried to cheat by halling back BJB. Silverwood and Ganson caught him out. If Raynor had not tried to cheat you might have one.

A fantastic display from Bradford and I think that you’ll only get better from here. If only you’d carried on from where you left off in the first half, then I think that this game would have been yours. Leeds once again seemed to be relying on individual superstardom displays and thankfully it worked off today. I certainly liked the look of Chev Walker.

All the best for the rest of the season!

Ok .. kicking off for my first post
This is what sorely miss about not being able to get to any games .. as an avid life long Northern/Bulls supporter of nearly 40 years, it never gets old watching or listening to a great game between 2 bitter rivals with the tries, the oohs, the ahs and controversies that always go hand in hand with our great game. Disappointed we lost but hey, it sounded like an excellent game (thanks to BCB radio which I'm happy I can get here in China).

Roll on this new season, should be an exciting one ... Good Luck COYB!

Briggs stripped the ball one on one. Webb then regathered, play on. It was the correct decision.

For a first competitive run out, considering we lost Herbert before the game, I'm pleased with the overall effort.
Losing Platt and Langley meant we were knackered come the final 15 and it was always going to be a struggle to turn Leeds over once they picked up a head of steam.
Just remember it's only a league game, I've seen enough today to be convinced that we'll win more games than we lose this season, hopefully we'll be in the top 8 come September and can give the playoffs a good go.

And stop moaning about the ref, damn near every decision was spot on today.

Buderus was offside (down field) during the Leuluai try. However, it was a great effort and we appeared to be competing with greater speed and direction than last year. Well played.

Then why was Raynor's try disallowed? The ball was stripped one on one in the ingoal and was pounced on. But that was given as no try.

Those decisions can go either way I suppose, there has to be some responsibility on the ball carrier to retain possession. Walker never really had the ball under control, but you're right in that a video ref decision might have resulted in a try. Not sure there's any disputing the Webb decision though.

9th.

The learning to count is coming along well.

The video referee is over used in super league yet this was the exact reason it was introduced and it wasn't used. It was a try.