Sat 9th Jul: SL-MW: Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers KO 19:00 (Sky)

[dkw]

Who the hell is Raw hand Smith...

[Red Willow]

why didn't someone mention Cas had a perfect record before today?

[DavidM]

2 minutes ago, dkw said:

Who the hell is Raw hand Smith...

Dunno but you wouldnt wanna meet him 

[dkw]

1 minute ago, DavidM said:

Dunno but you wouldnt wanna meet him 

I dunno, depends on how the months gone....

[meast]

Apparently Castleford had a perfect record at Newcastle before today

[meast]

How come Cas can't be bothered defending against Leeds like they did against us last week?

[Damien]

Great pace by Handley there.

[dkw]

What an effort by Handley, 75 minutes in, 20 points up. Outstanding. 

[Josef K]

He can move Handley. 

[Havenwarrior]

Surely Richardson should have got 10 for the Elbow

 

HW

[Red Willow]

15 minutes ago, meast said:

Apparently Castleford had a perfect record at Newcastle before today

No Hull have a perfect record now!

[M j M]

Good win in the end for Leeds. Good crowd although not many Pies and Scousers stuck around for this one.

Having got rid of him at Headingley the reappearance of the terminally dismal Alex Simmons was the most unwelcome aspect of the day.

[Scubby]

31 minutes ago, dkw said:

Poor read by Edwards in defence, you could almost say it was a "Kenny Edwards terrible Vision show".....

I like what you did there!

[Scubby]

3 minutes ago, M j M said:

Good win in the end for Leeds. Good crowd although not many Pies and Scousers stuck around for this one.

Having got rid of him at Headingley the reappearance of the terminally dismal Alex Simmons was the most unwelcome aspect of the day.

FFS. He's like Yosser Hughes outside RFL HQ

[Scubby]

Good win for Leeds finally looking something like. Richard Agar was literally long Covid.

[DimmestStar]

I put a few quid on Leeds after a scintillating display last week.

It quickly became apparent that this would be a far more attritional  affair and at half time the Radford formula of big forwards and even bigger backs had me wondering if I had backed the wrong horse.

I needn't have worried. Leeds were very good in the second half and Greg Eden in the spine was an accident waiting to happen.

[Loiner]

1 hour ago, Scubby said:

Sounds like the opening to every second video on xhamster. Step sister?

What's xhamster ?

[Dunbar]

2 minutes ago, Loiner said:

What's xhamster ?

A transgender hamster.

[StandOffHalf]

1 hour ago, Damien said:

Great pace by Handley there.

''Going twice as fast'' as Eden, in the immortal, enthusiastic words of Phil Clarke.

He looked like a speeding bullet as he whizzed across. Nice chase back!

[RayCee]

27 minutes ago, Loiner said:

What's xhamster ?

I would have thought a dead one. 
 

Cas fans get built up only to be let down.

[StandOffHalf]

Really enjoyed my day - more than I expected to, in all honesty.

The shifting pundits at HT in the matches is a nice feature.

Leeds are looking a lot better and cohesive. Really glad they got the win for Rob Burrow and his lovely family. Very touching to see him so frail but still smiling as he watched them do well this evening. The jerseys looked good as well. The design is quite pleasant and stylish.

The Newcastle pitch is a good surface for RL and there were quite a few special tries out there - especially from kicks.

[dkw]

53 minutes ago, Loiner said:

What's xhamster ?

It's like an ex parrot, but more hamstery....

[Old Frightful]

11 hours ago, DimmestStar said:

I put a few quid on Leeds after a scintillating display last week.

You can’t resist it can you?

Seemed to me the largest representation of club shirts around the Toon came from Leeds fans yesterday. I couldn’t help but wonder if this was from a sudden upturn in confidence and optimism.

I was sorely tempted to get a T shirt printed with :

”Don’t get carried away, it was only Hull FC!”

 

[M j M]

Forgot to mention, nice to see Thaler refereeing SL again. Haven't seen (heard) the audio but his player management used to be the best and he got the big calls right I think.