Quote: Code13 "If Leeds have 5 of the best 13 players in the league, why are they in 6th?
Are the other 8 of their run on team so bad?
Watkins and Peacock deserve their place
None of the others do & Escare is better than Hardacre
The Dream Team loses all credibility. Is MacNamara involved in it's selection?'"
This has to be the most clueless post on this thread. The only bit you got right is that Peacock deserves his place. (Even as a Rhinos fan I have questions about Watkins inclusion)
Leeds finished 6th because they blew 2 games in preparation for the CC final, then suffered a cup hangover in the following weeks. Hardly a surprise. The Cup had always been the main target this year for a group of players who have won just about everything else on so many occasions. Had they not played in that final (during which both McGuire and Burrow picked up injuries that kept them sidelined for the next 2 games, I am confident they would have been in the top 2. Incidentally, the league table doesn't tell it all. In the games Leeds have lost this season, only two have been by a margin of more than one score.
...and finally, Escare, brilliant though he is in attack, has a long way to go before he has anything like the all-round game of Hardaker.