oh dear now the ters or is it witterers are telling us that we have bought the only player in the entire history of the world that Rob Burrow can outpace? Why did we do that, I just don't believe it!!! The only player he could outpace!!! the shame of it!!!!!

Ooooh I do enjoy a bit of sarcasm!

Let's just see if it's a bull rumour.

Quote: Fr13daY "The pick of the tweets for me so far is... "...Rob Burrow just about outpaces Oscar Thomas..." ...despite being half the size and almost twice as old.'" Look Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQulxghLDhA 2m 56secs in (note to Mods this is a Rhinos You Tube post) Burrows done far better players for pace over the years

Quote: Fr13daY "The pick of the tweets for me so far is... "...Rob Burrow just about outpaces Oscar Thomas..." ...despite being half the size and almost twice as old.'" Look Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQulxghLDhA 2m 56secs in (note to Mods this is a Rhinos You Tube post) Burrows done far better players for pace over the years

Clough and Purtell had knocks yesterday acocrding to T&A. Really hope we keep Clough, would be a blow if we lost him.

I can't see Clough going. The club did a player review of him last week on the site and he's in the team photo. Why bother if he's leaving?

I am sure someone will think of a reason and put Club down - again.
Thought he was great last season, never took backward step.

Agree, I d be very disappointed if Cloughie were to leave.

Especially as I've just been up to Odsal for my 2016 cap.....

One tweet suggests that the offer was quite recent so maybe they were genuinely expecting him to stay.

Can't say that I'd blame him for wanting a move if such an offer came in. Plus the club might be looking for a quick cash injection in the form of a transfer fee.

Marc Green came out and said OB wasn't going anywhere when the rumours circulated about him, but nothing about Clough or Fergie so perhaps with the strength in depth they might be willing to do a deal.

No proof that this is the case, but as an outsider looking in, I'd not be surprised if it were to be the case.

Well he's contracted, so technically we can simply say hands off and be stubborn.
In addition to that, losing a prop two weeks before the start of the season would not leave us much time to find a replacement.
Also, the rumour only seems to be coming from one end of the deal so far - ours. Usually with something like this, fans of the other club involved start hearing things too, but there's nothing on any of the other boards.

The frustrating thing is that in Sidlow, Clough and Kavanagh we could actually have 3 really good props. Walker is probably pick of the others for 4th right now. It would be typical for it to be ruined by a late approach from a SL club.

He's also just been tagged in a tweet from the bulls regarding our first home game so I'm just going to assume he's staying with us.

From the props we had playing yesterday, the only one who didn't do himself any favours was Fleming. Same sort of input in the 15minutes or so that he had as he did for most of last season. Even Lauaki put himself about more than I have been used to.

The new guys all had a good debut. Especially the 2 youngsters. Lots to be pleased about with that.

Hope Clough is staying but I wouldn't be surprised if a club like Hudders was interested given they're looking a bit light and have cap space.

I'd be disappointed if he went having supported him in his testimonial. Going mid contract cheapens that I think.

I'd also be disappointed if Clough did leave now. While you could understand it, I'd rather him at least see out his contract. If we failed to get promoted and he goes elsewhere next year, no hard feelings at all, despite not wanting him to go.

If he was to go now though, it would be interesting to see who drove it. Would it be more the player wanting to leave, or the club wanting to cash in on him while they can? If it's the latter, hard to bag Clough for moving.


As far as yesterday's game went, I thought it was promising. Sidlow & Kavanagh looked very good. I wasn't quite as impressed with Thomas as some seem to have been, but he certainly showed some promise. Be interesting to see how the players go this coming Sunday though when I've got a better view. Sometimes difficult to judge from behind the sticks at Headingley as you can't always see what's going on down the other end. Not with my ageing eyes anyway!

I Leeds supporting friend of mine was saying Sidlow impressed. He also mentioned that Halafihi went well when he came on which is just what we need if we're going to spell O'B.

How did Lumb and Ryan go on?