Leeds fans would boo and abuse their own mothers if they can't have their own way

With a few more first teamers out there I think Leeds would beat this lot. No complaints with the red card, it was good to see that 5hithouse Tamou sat on his backside though

The Cowboys are always a pleasure to watch, and they put on a great show tonight. If you wanted to show an outsider an example of our sport, you could do a lot worse.

Well what can we say? We all predicted that Leeds would lose but I think that all 3 games were absolute drubbing is quite frankly embarrassing.

Thurston really is a class act on and off the field!

I thought the Cowboys defence was superb, but Leeds didn't ask enough questions, unfortunately, and the lack of cutting edge from the back row, and the halves in particular was evident. Add in some horrible errors, and some terrible goal line defence, and it makes NQs job so much easier.

I have to say I think the Cowboys maybe the weakest NRL side Leeds have played in this competition. That's the frustrating thing for me, NQ were there for the taking in that second half, but Leeds just fell apart.

What is that gash new trophy? old one far better

Definitely. Except he was stood at marker so to be third man in he'd have to be incredibly slow off the mark. From his position his partner at prop got punched so he dropped the guy, exactly what I'd hope a prop would do. 1 match ban would be fair.

On the match itself, Handley catches that ball (or Silverwood spots the three NQC players who are offside ) and the game goes on to the last 20 minutes very tight still. For me it's the least representative scoreline and whilst they are deserved winners I think the scoreline flatters them quite a bit.

If I were a Leeds fan I would be a bit disappointed from the efforts of their strike players tonight. I would have wanted more from the backline of Hardaker, Moon, Watkins and Hall who I thought were all kept very quiet by a NQ backline that isn't exactly full of world class players.
Having said that, Leeds were always going to struggle against the NQ pack. I though Hannant was outstanding tonight, consistently made yards after the initial collision and worked tirelessly in defence.

Similar to Mason on Fielden, what did Mason get for that?

would be superb if jon wells reviewed the fight on the touch screen after the game

It was the best punch I've seen on an RL pitch in years. Personally, I don't have a problem with what Garbutt did. Tamou was 5hithousing, and Garbutt sorted him out.
The hypocrisy of RL fans comes out at times like this though. One minute the games gone soft, and we should "bring back the biff", the next minute those same fans are out in force condemning what would've been par for the course in the old days.