oh dear lets hope this is the 1st and last slip up of the season
but well done to cas

I don’t know if I did.

On paper Leeds should win the Grand Final and every rugby league match they play in. But that’s not always the case. If I’m wrong I’m wrong I’d be willing to accept that. I have faith in this Rhinos side to do well this season. To win the Grand Final however could be a big ask but its achievable.

I don’t feel humbled at all, we’re ‘three in a row’ champions. Even if we fall flat on our a[size=100r[/sizeses this season no-one can take that away from us.

And it’ll be a cold day in Hell when Cas will top that.

think it just goes to show how competitive this season will be, to call it a shock is excessive. even last season leeds only won at cas in the last seconds as they did at wakey too.

the fact is the pack are closing in on leeds and saints albeit gradually. individual results like this will be plentiful again this season i reckon.

the days when you looked at the fixtures and wrote off certain games as un winnable are already a thing of the past

I had texts from 2 Cas fans last night, both of whom were happy to call it a shock. I'd agree that SL is getting tighter and the top teams will lose more games than we saw in the past, but we're still a long way off a truly level playing field.

Oh, and Leeds also beat Wire in the last second, and lost away at Catalans in the last play of the game.

I think it also goes to show that at the start of the season there are surprise results when the majority of the first seventeens are available throughout the league and where conditions can be less than favourable.

The shame is as the grounds firm up and injuries kick in the teams with the bigger squads tend to rise to the top and the gap becomes all too evident again.

That said I think we are in for a cracking season with Bradford, Warrington and Hull pressing hard to join the existing top eight from last season with only Harlequins, Salford and Crusaders making up the numbers.