Could be our secret weapon !

There are only five academy players in there, but only two of the 13 who started against Fev (the reserve wings Tindall and Broadbent) are in the squad.

If Hull could give us a game when they had only 2 SL players in the squad then I'd say Leeds look quite a bit stronger.

How close are some of these players to breaking into the starting 17?

Well Walker, Sutcliffe, Martin, Mellor and Thompson are all established and experienced players, though perhaps only two will start the season in Leeds' first-choice 17.

Then six of the remainder are likely to be loanees/DR for Bradord and Fev this year, the other nine would be a long way away from the first team and are more likely to play in Leeds' reserve team or academy this year.

BULLS 12 - 30 RHINOS

Bulls Tries: Gill, R. Evans
Goals: Patton 2/2

Kear
Dawson-Jones
R. Evans
Gill
Foggin-Johnston
Jowitt
Patton
Walker
Flanagan
Crossley
Murphy
Scott
Baldwinson

Scurr
Burton
Ho
Wallace
Myers
Arundel
Camden
Forshaw
Nichol
Mail

So for those that were there. What went right and what went wrong?

Second half an absolute shambles.

No where near acceptable

How many subs were made at half time?
Questions over our fitness levels maybe? Wouldn't be the first time.

Also fighting in a friendly a week before our season starts is about as dumb as it gets.

Well that turned out pretty much how I expected. Not a bad first half. Goy well beaten in the second half especially when we started bringing on our kids and fringe players. Hopefully no injuries.

I felt that defensively we were brilliant in the first half. Leeds had 15/20 mins camped on our line and our defence stood strong. The only chances we made were both converted into tries which was positive. In the second half we really struggled to get going and the constant changing of the team through substitutions made for a disjointed and inconsistent second half performance.

It was clear that during the second half that defensive effort had sapped a lot of our energy levels. Leeds came out the better team in the second half and their fitness levels saw them pull away comfortably. A good test for the squad as we enter the 2022 season.

They scored 24 points before we brought all the kids on.

Utter dross of a second half after an encouraging 1st 40

Great defence in the first half but as been said leeds youngsters too quick for us in second half. Gill and Patton very good again and strong performances at prop from walker and Crossley. Any of the 3 loanees from Leeds could walk into our starting 18 from todays showing. A bit disappointed with Baldwinsons efforts for a big man.