The only reason we are top of the league is because we have won more games than anyone else.

so...he made a mistake with the number of years you've been in SL......was he correct with the rest of his post? Have HKR a bucket load of overseas players, or is that incorrect?
Pedants are only pedants when they can't find a proper response to a question.......and if you really want to be a pedant, the poster pointed out that HKR were looking to get a 10th Overseas player in 2011...which would technically be their 5th SL season........
So.......are you prepared to reply to the statement that HKR may well have 10 overseas players in their 5th SL season next year or would you rather pick up another, unrelated, inaccuracy?

ok not wanting to derial this into another bash HKR thread but...

He quoted it as if a fact, it was wrong, probably like most of the rest of the post.
HKR this year are not too different to majority of Sl clubs in regards to number of overseas players
the dispensation thing was a HDM story, there has been no official comment on it from club or RFL, till there is I will take it with a pinch of salt like all things HDM! and at the end of the day it will be the RFL's decision

anyway back to the post, well done Crusaders good to see you doing well on the field.

correct....but it was an error in the timeline/use of english........not a mathmatical error
..if so, how many overseas players to HKR have then? Easy to tar the whole post with the same brush you allude to above.......exactly how many non-english players are on the HKR books and in comparison, how many other ESL clubs have more?


...really? The Harlequins Team you hammered on Sunday is the most English team in the league....oh how ironic is that after 10 years of being called a team full of aussies

Well done Crusaders. Not sure where all these "whinos" are people keep mentioning. As far as I can tell most people are being rather pjilosophical about this loss.

The Crusaders squad (from a rough look an on certain encyclopaedic website)
consists of.......

Wales 10
Australia 10
England 3
New Zealand 2
Malta 1
PNG 1
Samoa 1

Make of that what you like. But ten Welsh players playing in the top division can only be good for their international side.

Serious answer, no SL isn't that bad. What you have with Crusaders is Brian Noble, as a coach he has specialised in orchestrating Leeds defeats.

Damo, did you even go to the game?

I was there. We were awful. Poor passes and dire ball retention was our main problem, as has been the case throughout.

Credit where credit is due though, well played the Crusaders, had an opportunity and took it well!

Very true - Brian Noble and John Kear are both examples of coaches who can spot the smallest of weaknesses in any team and then build up their own teams self-belief to a point where, more often than not, they win - what is inexplicable is why their respective teams cannot do it every week ?

Both Noble and Kear have enabled their teams to dominate Leeds at the play-the-ball over several seasons, move up quickly, get in their faces and don't give them the opportunity to throw the ball around, its really simple stuff but it works every time.

But according to other people on this thread [iWe were awful. Poor passes and dire ball retention was our main problem, as has been the case throughout[/i

So that suggests its not really down to Brian noble at all its down to Leeds playing badly?

Well obviously it's both isn't it.

Had we played as we are capable of, we'd have beaten Crusaders regardless of their gameplan and tactics. Simple as.

But we were poor and Crusaders, to their and Noble's credit, got it spot on.

Lets move on, bring on Wire.

You have got Warrington next week?



ah.........



If your team can't beat a side like Crusaders (at Leeds) then I shudder to think what will happen against a half decent side like Warrington

Yep, that's the way it works isn't it Barry.

Not always Jonny.

But you would have to think if a side like Leeds can't beat a side like Crusaders... at home... then a side like Warrington will give them a good flogging.

But RL is a funny old game Jonny.

We can never tell can we.

Short memory eh?

Friday, 14 May 2010
Leeds Rhinos 26-16 Warrington Wolves