Brilliant effort, just lacking that but of class, swap Smith and Croft and we win that.

Much better defence, I know people will say its only ledds, but they still have Miller, Croft, Ackers and Smith as there pivots.

Really like the look of Moy who looks lively, Ese Ese immense, Pele much better and Walker looks a threat and missed tackle apart defended really well.

Also imprseed with the loan players, particularly Chamberlain, hits hard.

Hopefully Briscoe, Scott and Trueman back next week.


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We win that game easily with 2 good halves in my opinion.
Not sure why we didn't once get Pele charging at the line when we were only a few metres out. The way he was running he'd have had a great chance at getting over.

Ese'ese is a fantastic player. What a stint he put in today.

Was impressed again with Martin.

Some all round class that this game and punches above his weight.

The plus so far this year is seeing Martin, Charles, Staveley and Moy.

Going to a be great winger.

If Trueman is fit next week we should seriously look at moving Smith from halfback to the bench as back up nine.
His last tackle options are so poor made worse by his inept kicking and as you say never used a big forward like Pele with a short pass to run at the line.
I know he does his best but we are just gifting the ball to the opposition on the last tackle

2 great young wingers on display today, one for each team. That Lumb also looked a very confident young player.
I've never thought much to Robert's for Leeds. Reminds me a lot of Harvey Barron. Thought Lumb did more and look more assured today than I've ever seen from Roberts.
Well done to both Lumb and Martin.

Aydin was solid if unspectacular, put a few good hits in while defending.

Stats will be intresting , particularly keen to compare Lane and Sao's hit ups.

Did Brown come back after his first spell?

Thought Houghton made a couple of poor decisions, Kicked through early on the 3rd I think with one player chasing. Then didn't kick on the next set on the 5th with 3 players on his outside and went for the pass.

Sao 14 hit ups for 109 metres
Lane 13 hit ups for 73 metres
It's early though and the stats do occasionally change and improve after a bit of time.

Looks like I was wrong, can hardly remember Lane taking the ball up.

Don't feel completely in my boots like I have done every other game this season.

Still poor with ball in hand, we dont offer a great deal. Last tackle plays are even worse though. Desperate for Trueman.

Thought Chamberlain looked after Martin really well. Didn't get much ball but is solid defensively, if we can keep him for the rest of the season I'd be happy.

Ese'ese was the best forward on the pitch. Huge minutes and ran his blood to water.

We're still a poor team but at least we looked a bit more together. Grix made some odd subs too. Gardiner didn't come on while late on, Brown only doing 1 stint?

Leeds are horrendous, Frawley is the worst 7 ive seen for them and Miller is a stinker too. I'll give Smith until the end of May and then he'll be binned.

Don't feel completely in my boots like I have done every other game this season.

Still poor with ball in hand, we dont offer a great deal. Last tackle plays are even worse though. Desperate for Trueman.

Thought Chamberlain looked after Martin really well. Didn't get much ball but is solid defensively, if we can keep him for the rest of the season I'd be happy.

Ese'ese was the best forward on the pitch. Huge minutes and ran his blood to water.

We're still a poor team but at least we looked a bit more together. Grix made some odd subs too. Gardiner didn't come on while late on, Brown only doing 1 stint?

Leeds are horrendous, Frawley is the worst 7 ive seen for them and Miller is a stinker too. I'll give Smith until the end of May and then he'll be binned.

Thank god we never signed Frawley.
We have big half back issues of our own, but at least we have cap space and quota spots to work with. Leeds are stuck with Frawley for a while longer and he offers even less than Morgan Smith.