Roll your eyes all you want mate but you talked about facts and then couldn't even get the number of games we played right and more specifically how many times we beat you.

It's your opinion that your pack beats ours every time but the evidence suggests that's completely wrong. How can a team get spanked 16-42 and not be dominated in the forwards, that's frankly ridiculous. Similar when you got beat at the start of last season 22-4 , your pack again got bullied. Tbh I can't believe you're trying to paint it any other way, saying we won those games by some distance even though your forwards were on top.



You say that all I do, which I'd love to see how I've done this, is bang on about our pack but I think you'll find that I bang on about our backs as well, I'm balanced like that.

By the way, I brought up Matty English having one good display against us because you said this linking him to his displays against us and his one good game he had, why should I talk about anything else.

Don't really care how Hudds do this season tbh but I'd put us above you because we simply have a better team and squad. Your pack looks weak. Just my opinion hey.

How was he boasting? he just pointed out we've been consistent, my interpretation of boasting and yours must be miles apart but that's not a surprise really.

Honestly, If you can't see the difference between where Wakefield has been in previous seasons and decades and where Leeds have and take out of that why it's a measure of improvement and relative success since CC took over, you're on the wind-up. Considering we don't spend the full cap and don't have any marquee players etc, it has been a fairly amazing turn around from where we were. If you want to $hit on that, which you obviously do - crack on mate.

When Leeds finished 5th twice and won the title, even your own fans thought it was a farce that you could coast in the regular season and then turn up and win the GF, not that I've read anyone still giving you stick about it. Anyway not sure what that has to do with Trinity apart from the finishing positions under a different structure.

Also, we finished 5th because other teams gave up, alright Printer whatever makes you feel better - the fact is you've no proof for what you say apart from it fitting in with your anti-Trinity agenda. By the way, did Hudds give up as well because they finished 5th after 23 rounds and had a chance of still making the 4?

You can say you're not trolling all you want but when you just pull out Trinity supporters posts like your getting paid for it, it is what it is. Boring.

I'm sorry that Lawrence at Huddersfield didn't get to face a full strength Bradford on Sunday as it would have swelled the gate for his testimonial. These lads put their body on the line for our entertainment so anyone getting to a testimonial stage has my respect. As it was we split the first team roughly in half to play Saturday night in the pre-season Yorkshire cup semi, and Sunday against Huddersfield.

We beat Dewsbury 20-18 and lost to Huddersfield 56-12. Given the way we had to split the team, it's hard to draw many conclusions other than Dewsbury are solid, Huddersfield look pretty good, and Bradford will probably go ok.

5th for Trinity, with their meagre budget is one hell of an achievement and it was in the super 8's which was supposed to mean something. After all 4th was a semi final spot ??

And yes, a 5th place finish should mean that Leeds get some stick, they are supposed to be one of the top 2 clubs in the country, therefore, finishing 3rd (or worse) is an under achievement for Leeds.

As for "boasting", my post was in reply to a Huddersfield fan asking why Trinity should be "expecting" a higher place finish than them (Huddersfield).

It's quite hilarious when people like you dismiss clubs like Trinity, when they are doing prett well (for their size and income), after all we are a long way behind the spending power of most SL clubs and can only dream of spending the full cap with a couple of marque players thrown in as well.

With your current obsession for all things Trinity, perhaps you should come down to Bell Vue, instead of Headingley.

Trial game fixtures :

Friday 18th January Coventry v Leeds (7.30pm) London Skolars v Wigan (2pm)

Saturday 19th January St Helens v Hull FC (2pm) Hull KR v Toronto (2pm)

Sunday 20 January Workington v Huddersfield Leeds v Castleford (3pm) Barrow v Whitehaven (3pm) Salford v Wigan (2pm) Warrington v Widnes (3pm) Doncaster v London Broncos (3pm) Swinton v North Wales (3pm) Oldham v Rochdale (3pm) Batley v Bradford (2pm)

Tuesday 22 January Wakefield v Huddersfield (7.30pm)

Friday 25th January London Skolars v London Broncos (7pm) Catalans v Toulouse (7.30pm) Bradford v Toronto (7.30pm)

Saturday 26th January Barrow v Wigan (3pm) Rochdale v Warrington (3pm)

Sunday 27th January Featherstone v Leeds (3pm) Swinton v Oldham (3pm) Widnes v North Wales (3pm) Leigh v London Broncos (3pm)

Saturday 2nd February West Wales v Wigan (2pm)

Sunday 3rd February Hunslet v Leeds (3pm) Oldham v Newcastle (3pm)

Quote My Mate Ronnie="My Mate Ronnie"Trial game fixtures : Friday 18th January Coventry v Leeds (7.30pm) '" Finished 16-20 to Leeds. Tries are here: https://www.therhinos.co.uk/video/coven ... ch-action/

Quote My Mate Ronnie="My Mate Ronnie"Trial game fixtures : Friday 18th January Coventry v Leeds (7.30pm) '" Finished 16-20 to Leeds. Tries are here: https://www.therhinos.co.uk/video/coven ... ch-action/

St Helens 28-18 Hull FC

Jake Connor caused controversy at Saints when he was sin-binned for dissent. He also ended up on the floor following a second-half scuffle.
It takes some doing to earn a yellow card in the pre-season but the Hull FC player managed it after Zeb Taia’s first-half try.

Coach Lee Radford wasn’t happy post-match “whilst it’s good to see Connor get under the skin of the opposition, he needs to tread the line carefully and not end up costing Hull when the real season kicks off “

Hull KR 24 - Toronto Wolfpack 14

Hull KR coach Tim Sheens was satisfied with his side’s pre-season victory against Toronto Wolfpack – with the match’s intensity particularly pleasing ahead of what’s to come.

“ I was very happy with the two wins but also with the standard of the game from both teams. A lot of set-for-set, tough tough football that first 20 minutes,".

“We struggled a bit with Toronto’s offloading but we threw it back at them in the second half. The players maybe got a bit confused with me wanting completions, holding onto the ball more rather than playing a bit more open football with our attack but I was pleased with our defence”

I see that Saints named 15 subs today, that’s even more ridiculous than the 13 Wakefield named last weekend....(see it’s not just you)

Newcastle 16 Wakey 6. No idea how many subs got used though I guess it was a young side

Enjoyed the game today. Welsby showed why he’s the most highly rated youngster in England. Another from The Saints production line. If only it wasn’t us Leeds and Wigan who could produce quality players. The Connor incident was nothing. Good news for England in that in his first game back Walmsley was immense as was another product of the world famous St. Helens academy Jack Ashworth. He mullered the hull football club forwards.

Friendly or not, Hull were dreadful and only looked interested when Saints brought on the reserves and youngsters. They’re in for a long season I think. Coote looked very good as did Naiqama and Paulo. Walmsley really good on his return as well.