Sun 23rd Feb: SL: Leigh Leopards v Huddersfield Giants KO 14:30 (BBC/SS+/SL+)

[John Drake]

Discuss the game here.

Sun 23rd Feb: SL: Leigh Leopards v Huddersfield Giants KO 14:30 (BBC/SS+/SL+)

[Thunder Road]

All to do with the weather this one..

Team who makes the least mistakes will win..

 

Hope leigh in a close encounter 

[Trinity1873]

Leigh by 16 after a close first forty minutes.

[muckymunksy]

40-0

[sweaty craiq]

Weather will be a great leveller, and Hudds kicking game is better. Hudds showed they can mix it last week v Wire. Could go either way on decisions by all 3 partys

[Thunder Road]

 Danny Richardson has been recalled  back to KR.

Lewis more serious than first thought. 

 

 

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Leigh by 24.

[phiggins]

55 minutes ago, Thunder Road said:

 Danny Richardson has been recalled  back to KR.

Lewis more serious than first thought. 

 

 

He was recalled before the game last night 

[Josef K]

Leigh by 20, with a full house of Leythers shouting them on i can’t see them having any problems. 

[lemmy xaan]

The new US White House press secretary is Leeto's mum

[daz39]

I reckon we will sneak this one, dunno why, just got a feeling, the squad and coaching staff are all looking and sounding confident.

Though it sounds like were giving fullback George Flanagan a Super League debut...at half back due to KR recalling Danny Richardson and Clune, and Rush out injured.

[Harry Stottle]

Leigh will only beat themselves if they lose this, all down to Mr Lam to get last week out of their heads of them being good and instill into them that last week will be the worst they perform all this season.

[Snowys Backside]

A potential banana Skin as Hudds have a decent pack going forward.

All about winning the ruck this one. If we manage that, we should do them by a couple of scores.

Play with anxiety (which Leigh are capable of doing first home game in), we will come a cropper.

Leigh by 14.

[Harry Stottle]

10 hours ago, Snowys Backside said:

A potential banana Skin as Hudds have a decent pack going forward.

All about winning the ruck this one. If we manage that, we should do them by a couple of scores.

Play with anxiety (which Leigh are capable of doing first home game in), we will come a cropper.

Leigh by 14.

I don't think either Huddersfield or Warrington played particularly well last week - only to be expected first game in - and tempting fate I don't see this as a your 'banana skin' Snowy, Leigh know that they have the defensive capabilities and I can't see Huddersfield putting enough on the board to win this, Leigh created some opportunities against every good defensive Wigan and I believe we will have to much guile and speed for the Giants.

[Harry Stottle]

10 hours ago, daz39 said:

Though it sounds like were giving fullback George Flanagan a Super League debut...at half back due to KR recalling Danny Richardson and Clune, and Rush out injured.

Enjoyed watching Flanagan for Hunslet last season on the TV, hope he goes well on Sunday but will he take over from where Danny Richardson left off, I thought Danny was given the job of guiding The Giants around the field last week and he will be sorely missed this week.

[Thunder Road]

Looking at the weather forecast tomorrow in Leigh..

I have just received a yellow weather warning for torrential rain and high winds.

 

Wonder in the game could be in jepody.?

[Leyther_Matt]

15 minutes ago, Thunder Road said:

Looking at the weather forecast tomorrow in Leigh..

I have just received a yellow weather warning for torrential rain and high winds.

 

Wonder in the game could be in jepody.?

Hull KR wouldn’t have played a single home game in the 90s or early 2000s if games were called off because of the wind. Gusts of 40mph aren’t particularly noteworthy and it is forecast to calm down before half time.

Rare for more to be particularly confident, but with a good rest after the Wigan game I’m going Leigh by 14. 

[Thunder Road]

Agree Matt, but the LSV is a football pitch that Leigh play on.

The grass is so short. 

 

Any heavy rain could cause issues...

Wind not too much of a mither but torrential rain is another issue.

[LeytherRob]

37 minutes ago, Thunder Road said:

Agree Matt, but the LSV is a football pitch that Leigh play on.

The grass is so short. 

 

Any heavy rain could cause issues...

Wind not too much of a mither but torrential rain is another issue.

Drainage at LSV is top notch, it's not like there hasn't been heavy rain at Leigh matches before. Pitch will be fine

Edited February 22, 2025 by LeytherRob

[Leyther_Matt]

55 minutes ago, Thunder Road said:

Agree Matt, but the LSV is a football pitch that Leigh play on.

The grass is so short. 

 

Any heavy rain could cause issues...

Wind not too much of a mither but torrential rain is another issue.

Heavy rain would be the last of worries for a postponement tbh, the drainage is top class (largely because of the football tbf)

Only forecast to be light rain now anyroad

[Thunder Road]

I'm up here in Cumbria and we have biblical rain and cold  

 

Today was like a summers day..

Tomorrow we have had the txt messages that weather  is coming up from Birmingham. 

 

 

 

[Ullman]

On 22/02/2025 at 12:19, Leyther_Matt said:

Hull KR wouldn’t have played a single home game in the 90s or early 2000s if games were called off because of the wind. Gusts of 40mph aren’t particularly noteworthy and it is forecast to calm down before half time.

Rare for more to be particularly confident, but with a good rest after the Wigan game I’m going Leigh by 14. 

To be fair, it's not that much better at Craven park now. There's absolutely no shelter from those freezing south-easterlies that often come howling up the Humber in late winter and spring.

[Archie Gordon]

Liking the BBC's opening to the game. 

[LeytherRob]

Not sure there will be a louder cheer today than the announcement off a new 6 year deal for Ipape!

[Eddie]

Good to see Degsy being interviewed.