Tough old game, Leeds showed their nous.

Why must Eddie continually call Ward, Stevie Ward?

Jamie Peacock did 80 minutes tonight. Im becoming more and more convinced that he is infact not human.

Tough, gritty arm wrestle. Leeds played the conditions better, few too many errors in the second half from cas.

Definitly top 5 if they don't suffer too many injuries.

80 good minutes as well. He is unbelievable, the more you ask of him, the more he seems to have.

Most players talk about going to the well, that guy must have his own water table

Thaler and Ganson in the same place must surely of met the criteria for a pre- emptive missile strike

The ruling about stepping over the dead line and it being a 20m restart when the ball is still moving is farcical, I thought it was only if the ball stopped completely dead you were allowed to do this?!

Peacock is a machine and should've gone to the last WC, how this inclusion might have affected his performances now i'm not sure but he is incredible.

Retiring from England duty has been massive for Peacock, before that he was struggling at times.

Surprised one or two or the over 30's didn't follow suit after the WC..... Sinfield, O'Loughlin, Westwood.

Leeds forced our errors by allowing us no field position. Just robotic, complete set after set and at best we start on our own line. Superb from Leeds but proud how we showed resolve in not letting Leeds finish us off when they had all the ball last 10.

And yet more inconsistency with the obstruction ruling tonight too.

Well done Loiners.

Nip and tuck first half but Leeds' experience showed - they managed that game in the second half superbly well.

Sinfield's kick from the ptb on the Cas line was a masterstroke of game management; you'd have to be a ninja to take that ball cleanly, and yet you have to go for it. Lovely stuff.

If either of those try's had been called back for shentons poor attempt at milking penalties it would have been a joke.

The most disappointing thing regarding those is that we had to go to the video referee. Seems all a defender has to do nowadays is run over to the ref after a try and say "ref I was obstructed" and he'll go to the screen. (ALL teams are doing BTW before anyone starts).

I saw no problem with any of the obstruction rulings tonight.

Castleford could possibly be aggrieved with the penalty they conceded early in the second half, but if Tansey (I think) didn't put himself in the same hole as Sneyd, there'd of been no doubt.

Gareth Ellis has also been outstanding this year after retiring from internationals and focusing on a full solid pre season.

On Peacock, I love him. Unbelievable athlete. If I ever see another player like him in my lifetime then I've been lucky.

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I would suggest that it is a players bad defensive read and because of the "it's always someone else's fault" culture they will not accept being caught out.
There were errors in the game from all involved. That's normal and CONSISTANT.
This isn't a game played by robots and computers.

Thought the ref had a good game and it's disappointing that most posts on here are about the Ref, when it was a great game and some excellent performances from players of both teams, many of them young and have a great future in Sl and hopefully internationally.

Watkins
Sutcliffe
Sneyd
Clarke

Are the players we should be taking about not the ref.

Also what an effort from Peacock, looked a good crowd also.

Sorry for being positive

Agreed with everything you put Dave. (No e on Clark though! Sorry, ultimate pet hate!)

Excellent game to watch. It was one of those where you daren't take your eyes off the screen. We should have seven games like that every week.

Castleford were excellent and if they can keep that team fit and healthy throughout the season, they will do very well. Daryll Powell deserves a lot of credit for the way he has turned that team around.

I think both teams were very well disciplined, considering how ferociously the game was played. It really irritates me when people look at penalty counts as an excuse to bash the referee and I thought Silverwood had a good game apart from the Tom Briscoe drop-out call as mentioned before.

Similarly, people calling out Silverwood for not taking Leeds back 10m should look at the video again and Leeds' line speed in defence. At times, it was lightening quick and in that second half, they managed territory superbly. I can't recall Castleford getting out of their half much in that last 15min.

I'd also agree that the short turnaround was probably a big factor for Castleford and I'd like to see some sort of agreement put in place that says teams with a Thursday game should play on the Fri / Sat prior. Four days recovery is not enough.

There was more complaining at the game about Cas being offside, than there were Leeds offside. I don't know how it looks on the TV yet, but at the match you could see things clear. Leeds line defence speed was slow last night, Cas were quicker in that department. However, neither side was offside, as Silverwood on most plays went back 12 yards himself, allowing the leeway for the players to be slightly in front of him.

The major complaint of Silverwood was the holding down. Something Cas were doing all game, and something you can understand when they had such a short turn around they needed the game slowed, not fast, something all teams in the same situation would do.

There has being no inconsistency at all this season with the obstruction ruling. They have it spot on at the moment, unlike other seasons. They are quite clear on the rules, and it is much easier to interpret. If the man passing the ball is on the left shoulder of the dummy runner, and the man receiving is on the right, or vise versa on the on the left side of field,then it is not obstruction. As long as no player runs behind the runner.

They have applied that all season so far, and it is working. Last nights, especially the first, were not even close to pushing that ruling.

RE offside/line speed, it really doesn't help that all sides seem to take two or three steps forward when playing the ball, this makes the line speed look a lot quicker.

FWIW I thought it was a great game, Cas look like a great side I hoe they can keep this form up.

I'd agree with this. There's certainly a lot less farting about by the VRs as a result, they know exactly what they're looking for.

No problem with either the ref or Leeds tactics - a great game and a great atmosphere.

Are Tigers slowly becoming the new Entertainers ? I have'nt seen a bad game or a bad performance yet this season.

I really enjoyed the game.

As others have said, cas have been really impressive so far and last night they were bang at it again and, even though they were a bit tired going into the last 15 minutes, showed real pride in their defence and kept us at bay when i expected us to score a few more with the game gone.

A top 4 finish is a real possibility for Cas if this continues for the rest of the season.