Lot better second half ,just short of a good 6 , but will take result.We seem to speed up when Smith came on  Hall had is best game of season .

Tough game and gutted to lose, but the result was fair. Leeds’ line speed smothered us and stopped us from doing what we’re good at - Pitts and Cozza barely got chance to pass and Lino got trapped the few times they did manage to. They (particularly jesters Connor and Bentley) gave us chances to get back into it and I’m pleased we took them, but it would’ve been incredibly jammy to nick it at the end.


Look forward to seeing the stats, but our play the ball speed seemed so laboured, as it is most weeks. We must be one of the slowest in the league and it really stops us building momentum. The difference in PTB speed between the overseas players - particularly Uele and Rodwell - and the British lads is enormous. We really missed that today.


Plenty to be positive about though. Rourke’s work at the back was exceptional. Corey Hall did his usual stuff but turned up to 11. Pitts and McMeeken were great through the middle again. Add Trueman, Uele and Storton into the mix and we win that game.


Looking forward to having them at our place.

Funnily enough, I think quietly he's been having a good season, especially after having doubts about how he ended last season, seemingly looking a bit past it, but that seems to have just been down to injuries. He's looked much more back to his usual self this year once he returned from injury. He makes good meters, good at backing up players with the ball, which is where he gets most of his tries; his defence is still solid as well. A few players were blowing in that first half, but we certainly pulled it together at halftime and showed what we're about as a team. 

To say how much hype Leeds were getting on comms, especially as they'd only won one game against Wigan all season, who were not Salford, Hudds and Cas. They had a full side out though and the occasion being for Rob, seemed to give them a rocket up their asses that first half and we just had to hang on. Conversely, we've got so many of our starting pack missing, plus Trueman and players have been doing big minutes and playing well. I'm gutted but proud of the lads on the whole. The way they worked themselves back into the game, first going set for set and making bigger meters, getting into that armwrestle and then attacking on the back of their errors or mistakes. What we could have done for an extra 5 minutes when Leeds went down to 12 players.


Most of the usual faces had good games, Big Mike, Pitts, Hall, Jowitt, Johnstone, Rourke and a special mention for Harvey, who every time he comes on for us, he seems to change the tempo of our game up a notch. That lad has a big future ahead of him, all things being equal.

2 things we must improve quickly is our line, and play the ball speed


We lost by a couple of penalty's that were both dubious, and how Palasia got away the with shoulder on Rourke was unbelievable.


Just disappointed we couldn't put something together in the last 5mins

Credit to the team for getting back into the game after a poor first half.
I had been thinking that Corey Hall had lost his way a bit since he
returned, but back to his very best today.Motm for me.When/if we get
Trueman and some forwards back we are going to be a team to be 
reckoned with.

The amount of time Connor was allowed on the ball in the first half at 6 really cost us. There was zero kick pressure and he was literally allowed the opportunity to ghost around with the ball. I don’t know if this was our game plan or just our lack of intent but he literally played with a dinner suit on in that first half. 


Leeds were always going to come out with intent given the occasion, the fact we beat them in the first game and also the way they’ve actually been playing. I thought going in only 2 tries the difference wasn’t bad given how we were playing, we looked completely out of the arm wrestle for large periods. 


We looked more like the Trinity we were used to watching in the second half though individual errors really hurt us just as we were getting in dominant attacking territory. If we had Trueman playing we win, it’s that simple for me. 


On the whole I thought it was an amazing occasion for an exceptional player and Man. Leeds were going to take some beating and given our injuries, I’m really satisfied in the end. 

One thing that bugs me. 


When Kendall give Leeds a penalty for stripping that was kickable it was while trinity players were appealing Leeds had lost the ball to him. He clearly had no idea. Also, there was no angles that showed a strip or even pulling action. So, how did Kendall come to that decision against a couple of appealing trinity players? Did he guess. I feel he didn’t want to incur the wrath of the south stand on some occasions yesterday. Leeds got the lions share of the ruck mostly due to that but I will say I thought Kendal did well not to give in to the Leeds crowd constantly trying to influence a penalty that second half pate on and for Leeds players constantly playing for a penalty that last 5-10 minutes when on back foot. 


Also, the penalty we got with a couple minutes to go would have levelled the game had the penalty with no evidence of a strip not been given. 


I guess it shows how very fine margins the game is between two very similar teams this season. 

The thing that bugs me ,the way Connor was just allowed to walk to the try line for is try ,no body tried to stop him till it was too late .Griffin cost us that try ,Think it is time he was put on the sub bench ,and Scott was given a start in the second row .Trueman been out injured is bugging me Max as done a good job at 6 ,but he is no stand off that will take us in to the top four .The only good thing to come out of it is ,we can just see how good Rourke is ,he looked great yesterday .We have played 13 games now ,and the importance of a top class 6 is beginning to hurt us big time

The penalty against Max, when he caught the kicker's leg, irked me. I feel that it wasn't a penalty.

Atm I'm more worried about being one prop injury away from being knacked in the front row.

At half time I was fearing the worst and thinking that Leeds would put 40 on us, so come the final hooter I wasn't too disappointed. Considering our pack situation and Max filling in at 6, and the occasion, then it was a great effort from the boys in that second half to push them all the way. I guess it shows just how good we have become this last couple of seasons and bodes well for the future