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I do wonder if some people have got a clue about the game sometimes.

Some people seem to lose their ability for rational thought when it comes to Bentley. The shove was an obvious penalty.

Headingley crowd - 14,100ish

Only single seats left for Leeds vs Catalan at Headingley later and limited standing except on the Western Terrace.

Who is behind Bartercard? They've been pumping money into Rugby League worldwide for decades now.

Presumably loaning players out gives a sliver of salary cap space to Warrington that they could use later in the year, especially if they are able to let these players stay with their loan clubs for a while?

Leigh were gifted a new ground, they're in no position to be criticising clubs who for decades faced an actively antagonistic council.

I fear ATLANTISMAN might have some weird ideological views which are clouding his understanding of the BBC's reach and importance.

The concept of momentum when a runner passes the ball was never new and never went away.

I think this is a poor byproduct of the IMG grading process. Cas are wasting money on short-term box ticking exercises, making some changes to the ground (esp. Princess St) that I don't think anybody really wants when that money could be much better spent on their long-term stadium rebuild.

That was a great event, I love the DW when it's full like that, it's an absolute bear pit. Took me back to a couple of the GB-Aus tests in the early/mid 2000s. Where we were sat we couldn't see the screen (I shouldn't have delegated ticket booking ) so were pretty oblivious to how contentious some of the calls were. The Wardle try is the most obvious - and it looks, not for the first time, like a video ref made their "I've seen all the angles I need" statement only for Sky to immediately show another angle that was very suggestive that the call was wrong. So Wigan got the rub of the green. But, as has been said above, if Penrith are the world beaters claimed then they should be putting 40 on these English teams not being close enough that a couple of 50/50 calls means they lose. A couple of other points: did anyone else notice that Russell Watson sang the old version of the Aussie national anthem? And what's going on with the capacity of the DW? People were desperate to get tickets so I don't get why there were obvious sections of empty seats in some of the corners whilst the entire block next to us in the East Stand was left with its segregation covering in place.

Jim Fallon is now Finance Director of an engineering/engineering consultancy company.

"Jack Walker is young" commentary bingo alert.

The player has to have some control over what they're doing - the defender was, in their desperation, reckless. It's mitigated by bouncing up off the ball but I really can't see how that's not a yellow like Lisone last night. Looks like the on field ref gave the penalty try and video ref couldn't find enough to overturn it?

Leeds missing the two first choice props makes it tricky unfortunately. I'd expect Hull KR to win and cover the start.

Sadly Leigh sometimes manage to reinforce that suspicion that they are still a bit of a tin pot outfit. What the hell have player appeals got to do with Beaumont?

The main thing I think the RFL need to focus on is their transparency. I'd go all out on this front - and this will also create content, albeit some might think it's a distraction. The MRP should produce a video each week analysing players whose actions have been graded, properly explaining them in the context of the current laws and looking at why they have got the grading they have recieved. And perhaps explaining why other ones haven't been graded the same way. Any red or yellow cards which don't even get on the MRP minutes should also be addressed here. The Tuesday night hearings should be recorded and highlights made available the following day.

Leeds have upped their post-game social media content this season, with four behind the scenes types of videos rather than just one the last couple of years.

Did Bill Arthur do any of the games this weekend?

Yup, I'm sure it is. I'm fully in support of bringing IMG in and their role in the sort of improved central marketing we've seen and sharing of and support to clubs in implementing best practice. It's possible to think that without thinking everything they have done is right - and the spreadsheet is just really distracting and dumb. Properly enforcing minimum standards would achieve a lot of the other targeted improvements without taking an axe to the public's perception of Super League's sporting integrity.

The owner having his own track record for drink driving perhaps affects things on that front?

At the moment no-one has really seen any impact from the spreadsheet exercise. What effect it has remains to be seen but it will never stop being inappropriate and foolish.

It's possible for something to be stupid and wrong and the the sport still attracting support for the product in its own right.

I think we've unfairly overlooked what Hardaker was trying to achieve.