Sat 25th Mar: SL: Leeds Rhinos v Catalans Dragons KO 13:00 (Channel 4)

[DavidM]

A game of two arfs

[fieldofclothofgold]

Not laughing now are you Mr Pierce? 

[Dunbar]

Had to leave the house at half time and thought I may as well watch the second half despite it probably being a bit of a forgone conclusion.

What a second half from Leeds, that is a very good performance and win.

[M j M]

Anyone who went or watched know what the attendance was?

[Mark S]

Will Newman go to the NRL at some point? 

[Futtocks]

4 minutes ago, M j M said:

Anyone who went or watched know what the attendance was?

Empty stadium mate. Game's dying.

[GeordieSaint]

10 minutes ago, M j M said:

Anyone who went or watched know what the attendance was?

Heard 14k+ on Ch4.

Edited March 25, 2023 by GeordieSaint

[Nothus]

9 minutes ago, Mark S said:

Will Newman go to the NRL at some point? 

Needs to sort his attitude out first. Could quite easily have cost his side today.

[RigbyLuger]

1 hour ago, Just Browny said:

Must admit Radio Leeds' rugby coverage has been amusingly funereal so far this season.

That's how it always sounds!

[hindle xiii]

Channel 4 +1 for me.

I enjoyed watching that. Entertaining if lacking a little quality.

For a few years I've not quite understood what a double movement is anymore.

[Josef K]

I enjoyed that match, end to end with some brilliant RL. 

[bratman]

Good game, very good result for Leeds

[Mark S]

1 hour ago, Nothus said:

Needs to sort his attitude out first. Could quite easily have cost his side today.

I’m sure someone would gladly ‘readjust’ his attitude for him.

[Tippytoe]

14 minutes ago, Mark S said:

I’m sure someone would gladly ‘readjust’ his attitude for him.

Like who out of interest  

[Futtocks]

 

[JohnM]

1 hour ago, Tippytoe said:

Like who out of interest  

Could be loads of people.

[Ullman]

Just caught up with the second half after watching the first half live. That was outstanding entertainment. Surprised at the extent Leeds dominated the second half but the score at half time was no reflection of how much they'd been in the contest.

[fieldofclothofgold]

I like C4 RL presentation its refreshingly different to Sky . Sam Tomkins is good too I think hes got a good future in RL media. Like John McEnroe talented naughty boy ,but good intelligent fair pundit 

[Faithful1865]

5 hours ago, Pigeon Lofter said:

A superb advert for SL in front of a national FTA TV audience, what more could you ask for?

And Channel 4 looking so good with their presentation!

As long as they keep Wilkin away.

[Liverpool Rover]

A real game of two halves and great entertainment to go with it. You have to credit Leeds more than criticise Catalans for getting back into the game even when Newman was in the bin and Catalans did lose some players but in the second half they were so second best it didn't make much different.

The Seguier try just showed once again why the six again is a terrible rule. Instead of Leeds getting to clear their lines with a penalty, Catalans conceding the six again to set their defence gave them the chance to pressure Leeds on their line. Of course Martin shouldn't have offloaded in the first place but that whole incident shouldn't have happened in the first place because Leeds should have been halfway down field.

[Tippytoe]

2 hours ago, JohnM said:

Could be loads of people.

It could but I doubt it.

[John Rhino]

6 hours ago, M j M said:

Anyone who went or watched know what the attendance was?

14.5K

[BadlyOverdrawnBoy]

2 hours ago, Liverpool Rover said:

The Seguier try just showed once again why the six again is a terrible rule.

It would have been a penalty in NRL, six again doesn't apply till you're outside the 40. Time we adopted this.

[Josef K]

Another thing that was great to see yesterday as well as the thrilling RL was the official sending a player back ten yards for backchat. Id love to see officials do it more often. 

[Szymala]

9 hours ago, Faithful1865 said:

As long as they keep Wilkin away.

Amen to that.

This game was a wonderful advert for RL on national TV.

But they'll have their work cut-out with Warrington-Hull next Saturday.