Quote: bonaire "I hope he does but if that was the case why name him as 18th man? You never know when 18th man could be needed'" The 18th man doesn't come into effect until 3 players fail a HIA assessment, the chances of that are very slim so Tony obviously thought it was worth the risk. https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/super-le ... ays-67439/

Quote: bonaire "I hope he does but if that was the case why name him as 18th man? You never know when 18th man could be needed'" The 18th man doesn't come into effect until 3 players fail a HIA assessment, the chances of that are very slim so Tony obviously thought it was worth the risk. https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/super-le ... ays-67439/

Must admit I thought it was a bad omission to leave Brown out the 17 if he was fit and there’s been lots of talk about progress of all injured players other than Brown. He’d also taken part in preseason game it just seemed a strange omission as Bonaire mentions given he’d been named 18th man rather than just not naming him due not risking him ala Sao, Savelio & Carlos etc.
Hopefully he’s fully fit and in the 17 as think it’s fair to say he’s in the top 4 forwards at the club and still developing.

Must have been one hell of a Charlie Horse that Sao suffered if he’s still unlikely to feature, but better safe than sorry and no need to risk him at this stage. Hopefully we’ll see him back in the 17 soon enough.

If Sao doesn’t make it & Savelio does then I’d be tempted to leave same starting 13 but go with a bench of Savelio, Brown, Evans and one of Lovodua or Houghton.

PLEASE just keep Leeds to 12 points !!
that’s all we need to win

So the 21 man squad is out with one change Ligi Sao out and Davy Litten in.

1. Tex Hoy, 2. Adam Swift, 4. Liam Sutcliffe, 5. Darnell McIntosh, 7. Jake Clifford, 9. Danny Houghton, 10. Chris Satae, 11. Andre Savelio, 12. Jordan Lane, 13. Brad Fash, 14. Joe Lovodua, 15. Joe Cator, 16. Kane Evans, 17. Cam Scott, 19. Ben McNamara, 20. Jack Brown, 23. Josh Griffin, 25. Davy Litten, 26. Harvey Barron, 30. Scott Taylor, 33. Brad Dwyer.

So for me as per my earlier post I'd keep the same starting 13 and have a bench of Savelio, Brown, Evans and one of Lovodua/Houghton.

Nene Macdonald named in Leeds squad

Rhinos’ 21-man squad: Richie Myler, David Fusitu’a, Nene Macdonald, Ash Handley, Blake Austin, Aiden Sezer, Kruise Leeming, Zane Tetevano, Rhyse Martin, Cameron Smith, Jarrod O’Connor, Sam Lisone, Derrell Olpherts, Justin Sangare, Tom Holroyd, James McDonnell, Morgan Gannon, Sam Walters, Luis Roberts, James Donaldson, Leon Ruan.

Yeah same as you Chris. Think he will pick Houghton over Lovodua on the bench though

If anybody needs to drop to the bench it's lane. He's still flapping at some tackles and doesn't really gain ground after the tackle. Also the way mamo went round Macintosh was worrying. But all in all I believe we will get better.

agree ,you have highlighted two of our weaker players and its little wonder that edge is targeted.
Maybe Lane could miss out in favour of Lovodua leaving the bench space for Houghton.
Cant see McIntosh holding down the wing spot for much longer

I’d agree with that if Savelio had already played a game and/or Sao was in the 17 re dropping Lane. Also re McIntosh again I’d tend to agree if we had Mitch or Wynne fit. Though if Baron & Litten impress and progress well could see either them possibly pressuring McIntosh for a spot on the wing at some point.

Thankfully that doesn't happen very often either, unless you're Gaz on your big return to Leeds of course

But I've said for ages mcintosh was a liability

Yet again like Houghton not been good enough 9

People are following what I said about Mcintosh

Gotta say I was worried about Smiths subs on Sunday

Having both lovodua and Houghton on the bench together

Leaving dwyer on the bench until last 5 minutes along with Taylor and satae

Another 2 minutes we'd have lost Sunday

Hopefully a nice learning curve

Lane ran a good line once about 3 years ago and he’s been picked on that for a while

FC had 45 missed tackles - we must pick our best defenders who can also play Tonyball

Agree some people still see him as a "youngster" even though he's 25

Hasn't kicked on just a run of the mill player not good enough

That's our problem none of our youngsters last 10 years have been good enough for a top level club academy

Fash got our player of the year but isn't close to a international call up

Wasn't that long ago we had likes of Horne yeaman Cooke King coming through who were international class

A Super League first will occur tomorrow if Hull beat Leeds. Anyone with a memory like Leslie Welch?
Will be watching the match on TV tomorrow morning.