I'd like to see Widdop try his hand at half back. Taking nothing away from Sinfield, he was great tonight, but I'd like to see Widdop have a go even if it was for a few minutes off the bench

I think had Tomkins not been injured then Widdop would have gone in at half back and not full back tonight, with Sinfield going to loose forward.

I hope McNamara saw it like that too because after their performances I think Yeaman and Briscoe both deserve to start next week.

I think he'll go more or less the same again next week, agree or not, Chase was given the MOM and Sinfield played well so do they deserve to be dropped? I think we'll see Widdop off the bench again next week with his versatility at FB or HB.



Agree with that it was clearly an enforced change so McNamara's hands were tied a little tonight.

Hmm...and if Briscoe drops a pass under his own sticks against Aus/NZ they will convert the chance into a try.

Can someone tell me what the idea is with Sam Tomkins refusing to run at the line? His body language is appalling. He reminds me so much of Kyle Eastmond when he'd decided he didn't want to risk getting injured playing for Saints. He needs to be more committed. The whole point of him playing fullback is his broken field running.

A rovers fan, highlighting Briscoe's only mistake ....... surely not. Where's Peter Fox when you need him.

To be fair, he probably wasn't totally expecting Tomkins to launch the ball at him in that position of the field.

Yes true Leeds have really struggled with a ball playing LF over the last 5 yrs

Danny brought had a rubbish end of season, he was only good at start of the season and his form didn't warrant any selection

True. But you can't drop a player because he dropped the ball. Uate knocked on with not a player in sight last week. You think the Aussies will be focusing on that. Typical England fan, focusing on the negatives than the positives. What about his superb finsih for his first try??

Yes there is a lot to work on, but that was some players first game for 5 week. I would rather be make the mistakes this week than in two week time.

Anyone who watches Sam play fullback at Wigan will have seen him throw those passes time and again to Richards and Charnley. It was a perfectly placed pass that Briscoe should have taken and it made me laugh when Stevo tried to blame Tomkins.

As for Briscoe he's a cracking young player and i'm sure next time he'll be more switched on.

He usually passes to Charnley/Richards after catching a kick so he can scoot from the play the ball if there are any gaps.

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