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[quote="Saddened!":2s3i877q]In all seriousness I think Sam Tomkins will disappear. The real star is his better looking back row brother.[/quote:2s3i877q]
[quote="Damo-Leeds":2s3i877q]Sam Tomkins is just mere hype hiding behind a good team. Danny McGuire is the real deal.[/quote:2s3i877q]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_9237.gif |
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| Quote: Katrina "From what I remember, it was said the injuries were caused by studs getting snagged in some netting below the surface? '"
That's quite common in modern grass pitches. The fantastic pitch at the Etihad Stadium has a plastic thread woven into the turf to stop it breaking up. I don't know how deep it is but it would have to be fairly shallow for it to work.
We'll see what effect that has on rugby in May. |
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Officially RLFAN's most Doe-eyed Happy Clapper.
Big Steve wrote:
The Internet has provided some wonderful creativity, opportunities and knowledge sharing but it has also given a worldwide forum for people you would leave a full pint behind in the pub to avoid having to listen to them.
aboveusonlypie...
If you don't bother to go to the game when you live in the locality then you are not really a fan and therefore your views are invalid. It's simple.:icons39ad_files/4821-1859san_c-msnicons.jpg |
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| Quote: G1 "I can barely hold my head up.
The embarrassment about the state of our pitch for the first month or two of each season takes the gloss off those 5 titles in 8 years for me.
Yours, an embarrassed Leeds fan. ![]()
Well said.... Some people just like a moan... 
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[color=#FF0000:2xvh5onh][b:2xvh5onh]Never Write Off The Saints[/b:2xvh5onh][/color:2xvh5onh]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_55046.jpg |
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To be honest it doesn't matter what type of pitch you have whether it's Headingley Beach or Widnes iPitch 3G it's all about performances on the field and it's undoubted the benchmark for SL is Leeds/Saints and possibly Wigan. Warrington have started their ascendency, but don't know how long/if it will last.
Why is everyone arguing about pitches anyways?
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| Quote: St_Cunningham_no9 "To be honest it doesn't matter what type of pitch you have whether it's Headingley Beach or Widnes iPitch 3G it's all about performances on the field and it's undoubted the benchmark for SL is Leeds/Saints and possibly Wigan. Warrington have started their ascendency, but don't know how long/if it will last.
Why is everyone arguing about pitches anyways?'"
How can Saints and Leeds be the benchmark? 3rd and 5th last season!! and don't give me that post season cup nonsense! Being a good team and being a good cup team are 2 different things! |
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Let all the doubters keep doubting and those who believe keep believing.
We’re only interested in those in the bubble. Anyone who wants to come in the bubble, you can come in.
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| Quote: Dougy "How can Saints and Leeds be the benchmark? 3rd and 5th last season!! and don't give me that post season cup nonsense! Being a good team and being a good cup team are 2 different things!'"
Ah a sidetrack into a reminder of the failure of other teams to display the hallmarks of champions when it matters.
Maybe Leeds are hampered early season by their disastrous pitch? Hardly fair that a team of flair and skill has to play on a pitch better suited to teams who do not display such qualities. You Pie Eaters are right: this DOES make me embarrassed for it simply plays into the hands of those teams able to grunt, wrestle and chopper tackle their way to a position of strength through the regular season 
However, these are not the characteristics of champions and it is a relief to all that Rugby League does not recognise the regular season as anything other than preparation for an altogether bigger stage - a stage on which the chokers choke and teams with real skill and real depth of character get to the Grand Final. |
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[b:hckzm0kh]Never Underestimate A Rhino[/b:hckzm0kh]
Challenge Cup Winners 1909–10, 1922–23, 1931–32, 1935–36, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1956–57, 1967–68, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1999, 2014, 2015, 2020
Superleague Champions 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017
Championship Winners 1960–61, 1968–69, 1971–72
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| Quote: Dougy "How can Saints and Leeds be the benchmark? 3rd and 5th last season!!'"
Easy.
In a competition that gives the top 8 a chance of getting to the GF & being crowned SL champions,
The current SL champions Leeds Rhinos, 5x winners from last 8 seasons, and the team to have made last 6 consecutive GF's, Saints will be the benchmark that all the other teams should be aspiring to! |
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