I would pretty much agree with CS, the game was lost in the backs. Welham is like a revolving door, leaving Charlie exposed, Hodgson has no bottle and Hall is a winger only and all lack real pace. The pack more than matched leeds and showed a lot more agression than previous seasons so the middle of the park looks in good shape IMO.
Welham should be dropped and Salter should take his place, maybe larroyer or lovegrove in the other centre pushing Hall onto the wing if only to keep his place for goal kicking.

How did the pitch hold up during the match? Just wondering due to the comments earlier in the thread about drainage issues due to the north stand.

Not a fan of forwards playing in the backs but would maybe look at playing lorroyer there. Certainly play Salter in the other berth. How old is welham, 26? If he hasn't learned how to tackle now he never will.

Rhinos 14th successive opening day win...not good 1st round opponents.
It was all ok for 50 mins if a bit rusty. Pity Charlie dropped that scoring pass early on. Worrying the way the energy levels & line speed suddenly fizzled though.
Travis was a gamble that didn't pay, way off the pace & mucked up one or two plays. Welham made some bad calls but also got exposed a lot. Compressed defence relies on line speed.
Disappointed but we'll get better.

Yeah, you were great 2 years ago

Lol. In 2013 we sacked our coach, got nilled at Wembley and were on the wrong end of the worst ever playoff defeat. But we still had a better season than Leeds.

Tbf Leeds backs are awesome, but there are a few plodders in that pack. Keep Peacock fit and they will go okay, but I would expect to do a job on them at home.

No you didn't.

We won as many trophies as you but got to more finals

I still think sandy is your weakest link. He's proven in the last 2 years that he isn't very good and I see nothing to suggest he's improved since then. You'll flatter to deceive this season (as will Hull).

What would be the minimum you'd expect for this season to be deemed a success?

I am once again finding myself in agreement regarding our weakness, he has his own team now so no more excuses.

Minimum expectation is an improvement on last year.

What did you win for getting to Wembley? Haven't seen no trophy paraded around?

We finished runners-up in a final too, but at least we scored against Melbourne Storm.