OriginalMrC

Started watching Cas vs Broncos hoping for a close game and a good Broncos performance. Switched over to KR vs Wigan hoping for a close game. Now watching Leigh hammer Catalans On paper they all looked good match ups too!

Indeed and hopefully they can continue to grow as they certainly have the building blocks there. It was definitely some rocky years though. It's a real challenge creating an amateur team from scratch when you've been semi pro. As I said earlier in the thread skolars should have aimed lower at first and built from there.

Hemel have had very similar issues to Skolars and frequently fail to raise a team. The transition has been anything but smooth.

Connor had a point. You can't slap someone before playing the ball and it should have been a penalty. However, he committed the cardinal sin of not playing to the whistle. That's schoolboy stuff.

Don't know much about him but reckon he definitely has a side line with a craft beer microbrewery

I think they've completely underestimated the challenge of moving from semi pro to amateur. I've seen it with Coventry Bears and it's like completely starting all over. I think they've made a real error in entering the Southern Conference. They should have aimed lower and built the club up again before doing so.

Hurricanes beat Cornwall 72-6 in Cornwall. Very impressive performance that. Jake Sweeting 12 from 12 kicks might be a Hurricanes record?

One of the best players in the SL era. It's a real shame things didn't work out in the NRL as he was a world class player. He's shown he can still do a job and no doubt will be a good addition to the back room staff at Leeds so a good move.

Good question but the current model based on clicks and cutting corners using AI to write articles is surely not sustainable?

OK you've made your point. Calling someone childish and an idiot is hardly saying something respectfully but maybe that's just me.

You have chosen to call me childish and now an idiot to try to make your point. I'm pretty sure you can't see the irony in that. Inclusivity comes in all forms and you can't pick and chose what you want to be inclusive about. Blocking people you disagree with by it's very nature is not inclusive. In the context I said it it was correct. By the way I absolutely admire the work Keighley do in raising awareness of LGBTQ issues but equally find their attitude to other things completely bizarre.

I'm not sure it works in media. It's very easy to tell something has been written by AI and is usually poor quality. It may get better but there's no substitute for written word (media people please take note!)

Please clarify. I have no idea what you mean

Coventry are my team. As such I'm not sure I consider myself a fan of Rhinos. But I have 'followed' them for many years. I get that Smith was brought in to do a job and overhaul the squad but I think he's been given sufficient time now. There's enough talent in that squad to be doing better than they are. Change needed IMO

That's my point. There was still time on the clock and they werent losing. They lost the game because of it. Incredibly stupid decision

Short dropouts are a risky thing to do with one of the reasons they are difficult to execute correctly

Yes it is but it seems that short dropouts is something they have been encouraged to do through coaching

Leeds only have themselves to blame. No doubt Smith will blame the officials but they lost the game by attempting a short drop out and then messing it up.

Went backwards though?

And there's the game. Giants were superb at times. This Leeds team are truly awful though. Changes needed starting with the coaching team

A short drop out when the game is in the balance. And they mess it up. Truly awful

2 from 6 not good enough

And they need to take Connor off kicking duties!

Giants might end up losing this game but they've played some superb stuff at times. Really impressive

Hurricanes, Hunslet, Keighley and Crusaders. Some good games this week