Vyvyan

Thanks. That's been playing in head continually since I read your post. Argh!

Thought his Dad was called Simon and John (Wakefield RU) spelled his name differently

Bateman is well past his best but is still an improvement on their current second row options.

Leeds by 32.

There's a balance to be struck. A low error, low missed tackle game can be quite dull. I remember the ARL in the mid 80s was like that with games barely registering more than a couple of tries. Coaches preached mistake free RL. Some people have different standards to others so you'd need a common criteria to measure against to decide if standards were rising or falling. Good luck on getting everyone to agree on it. Even the mighty NRL has one sided games. Ask the Dolphins after their recent 0-66 defeat. I wish people would be a bit more positive about what we have. We took a complete newbie to Magic Weekend and she absolutely loved it and the game has a new fan. The product on the pitch being enhanced by the fun we had with the fans especially the York lot we were sat with.

The pitch will be wider next season apparently.

RIP used to read his column in the Rugby Leaguer I think it was.

Game of the round. Leeds by 4 points.

Wigan by a cricket score.

Forecast says it'll be 39 degrees at 5pm on Saturday. There's no way they can be expected to play in that surely?

Sadly for Huddersfield I can't see where their next win is coming. Certainly not this match.

Decent win for York there. Never in any danger. The old stagers looked excellent. Toulouse were poor.

Par for the course on here.

Do we we need to see some stats about levels of increased eye strain amongst TV viewers following this game? There's a scandal waiting to be uncovered. This should see Bradford having all their IMG points removed immediately. Not nearly as scandalous as the increased blood pressure amongst aged TotalRL.com posters whenever the word Odsal is used. A public health disaster awaits if this carries on.

Having actually been at the game tonight I don't understand all the criticism about the floodlights. They illuminated the pitch really well. It obviously doesn't come over on TV but there's certainly no problem at all in the ground itself. Leeds deserved it but had to work hard for it. They had the edge in the forwards and a bit of extra quality out wide. Bradford never gave up and their last try was really good. Overall it was an enjoyable game as a neutral.