Vaughan is a brilliant player. We’re lucky to have him. His stats and performances for the Bulldogs last year were mightily impressive. I can see him leaving here in a couple of years as one of our best overseas signings in the SL era.

He may even replace Simms as our top overseas prop forward signing in SL era.

Harrison moved to second row when Nicholson went off. Minikin came on at centre, with Matuatia moving to second row.

Seconded , I guess if we had 26 games of that performance it would be Morley-esque

Very impressive performance last night. I'm really looking forward to watching the game back later (not something I've said for a couple of years). As for Paul Vaughan..... WOW. I know it's only one game, but it looks like my £20 bet might have been a shrewd move ! viewtopic.php?f=21&t=642571&start=10

Very impressive performance last night. I'm really looking forward to watching the game back later (not something I've said for a couple of years). As for Paul Vaughan..... WOW. I know it's only one game, but it looks like my £20 bet might have been a shrewd move ! viewtopic.php?f=21&t=642571&start=10

Vaughan's stats last night:

61 minutes
24 carries
278m
11.58m av gain
139m post contact
29 tackles

Absolutely phenomenal.

Watched a bit of the game back, and the first set of the game is actually quite a milestone. The short kick of that lands with them, the collective groan from the stands and it’s almost teed up to end up behind the sticks, and would have done last season.

That said, Leeds look dreadful. Austin, Sezer and Myler look on the face of it to be an experienced and balanced spine, but they were useless.

Credit to us for the possession and position that we carved out for ourselves. Can only beat what is in front of you.

278 metres with 139 of them dragging the Leeds players along!

Absolute beast leading from the front. I bet bullock posted good stats too against previous performances (even though I think he was our best prop last year) and same goes for mikale.

I sort of expected what we got from kasiano as he's been a quality player for a while. Bullock and mikaele performing at the standard they did was a massive bonus I felt. Bullock played like he really wants to keep that shirt which is great to see.

Slightly different numbers rlhererl (Vaughan only carried a measly 210m according to this site - send him home) but it gives figures for the whole team.

Impressive performances from all of the big lads.

James Harrison with 33 tackles and average gain of 9, Vaughan with average gain of 9.

Our forwards last season were about 7 and a bit at best

Minikin played right centre.
Peanut played 2nd row.
Harrison went prop, Clarke went loose forward,
Walker went 9.

I started last season and this performance was night and day… I get why you lot were so wound up last season now!!

Last seasons first match against Leeds on the opening weekend was a win in name only.
A knock-a-thon and if Leeds hadn't been down to 12 and been as poor as us in the ball handling department we'd have lost by a score.
An awful first game for C4 to cover.

I thought back then after that match that last season was going to be a long one - and it was.
Worst SL season ever - not just in the finishing position but the lack of quality in the way we played.
Just get shivers thinking about it.

Leeds we’re better than us when they were ‘down to 12 men’, we only got past the post when Leeds were down to 11!