Was the right decision at the time. the problem was the execution of the sets afterwards and our inability to score.

Just thought I would mention that before everyone uses hindsight and says it was a mistake.

It wasn't a mistake, it showed Leeds that we were confident enough to run the ball unlike themselves who chose to kick the penalty from our 20.
There's nowt wrong with psychological warfare.

I agree i feel much better about us playing positively and trying to play rugby that kicking two.

Agreed, right decision at the time.

Forget hindsight DG

Close fought to and fro game? Points valuable but hard to come by and our league position?

I'll take the two before none and get possession back! No glory in "it could have worked...."
But if youre happy with it and then opponents nick the game next time in similar circumstances..

(By the way Jools- in hindsight - yeah its a moan! :

But the lads DID play the 80mins and that is important! Well done!

Ye but to be honest we usually would have taken the 2 , and they could have taken a short kick off and scored from that , (could) .it's just they way it went on night ,but I think its the winning mentality that was important and it came through for us in the end.

It did look like the wrong decision, but the lads dug in for the full 80. Let's hope we improve defensively next week as it will be a stronger Leeds we face. Some great performances last night but must give a special mention to Bruno in attack who was a massive handful for them all night, normally only his defence that's noticed but he ran some fantastic angles in the middle of the park, getting us on the front foot when needed.

Bruno is this seasons big success story for me.

Next Friday every two points will be vital and the decision not to kick was an 8 point turnaround from a potential four point lead to a four point deficit. It was also too far from the end of the game for Leeds to short kick in my opinion too.

I'd settle for a 1pt win next week !!

I would take the points every time against a team when the result is likely to be in doubt, If they go for a short kick off then you make sure you get the ball ( which we rarely do ) If they kick long ( almost certain ) Work the ball back up field and Brough kicks you into their red zone, you are where you want to be and two points to the good.

Could have been so many more points last night but some credit has to go to Leeds defence, they stood some pressure. Great improvement from us though and keeping it going for the 80 was massive.

I did fancy our chances last night, I expect they will have some men back for next week so we will have to step it up even more to get that one, but I see no reason why we can't take it.

I thought it was due to the fact Leeds have done us in the last minute a few times and if we were to kick for two points then it's not really pulling us away from them pointswise where as getting a converted try could possibly put Leeds to bed once and for all. Thankfully the result went our way and we've put the game form last year to bed and will kick on to greater things as we're not that far away from being a solid team again. A good cup run will help out too so here's looking forward to Friday's match and a Fartown win.

should take the 2 points and get the ball back

few occasions we have played on and lost the ball then the other teams scores!

Happened against Wigan, Salford and Leeds as I recall -Choose to run it, fluff it and the other team score on the next set!

If a penalty gives you more than a 6 point advantage I'm all for it. When we are on top and field position is looking good, I'd rather see us camping around the oppositions line.
Leeds defended very well. We looked very good. Could of been a lot worse for them.