I thought Singleton performed admirably for his début.

Ryan Bailey to play 13 for England

Agree re Webb's pass worth the attendance money simply brilliant as was Ryan Hall his catching above his head was stunning today - felt a bit sorry for O'Callaghan tough day at the office

it was singo's second appearance

He got a game last year didn't he?

Also think Burrow looked dangerous from DH because we got some quick PTBs from the forwards.

Having Bailey at LF isn't all that odd considering how LFs are being used more like a third prop. Admittedly it's not ideal but not as odd as I first thought it was when I saw the team.

I wasn't going to mention it but as others already have:

Singleton's 1st grade debut was on the 11th March 2011 in the comfortable home win V Salford.

I thought Lee Smith had his best game in a rhinos shirt for some time

crap opposition etc, etc, but still, looked sharper and more involved, a bit more like the pre-union Smith

I thought our defence was very good for the most part. London may not be the best opposition but our poor ball control ensured we had plenty of defending to do in our own 20 and we looked solid.
Singleton looked a willing runner and it would good to see him get another chance. Peacock played a long spell and that may have been due to Griffin getting injured early on but it would have been nice if Singleton had played a longer spell. I thought Smith did ok considering he was playing out of position, especially in the 2nd half. Ablett was excellent and there cannot be many sides who have a better 3rd choice/backup centre.

A green stripe on my fixture list, optimistic comments on here (apart from good old Keith) I hope Bradford was this seasons version of Catalan last year and that we have bottomed out and are on the way back up

Memory like a goldfish me - although I have absolutely no recollection of Singleton playing first grade before today.

IIRC he didn't get a great deal of game-time on his debut either.

That was me mate but to put it into context i thought Chisolm deserved a chance for his cracking form in the u20's and that if any of Hall or Bjb were to drop out then i said it should be Bjb after seeing the team struggle for the last 3 matches.
I'll also add Smithy put Hall and Bjb in for tries in the 1st half so was more involved than he's got credit for in that time imo.

Maybe because he looks completely different, he must have grown 2 inches in height, and is starting to fill out nicely..i thought he looked way too small on his debut, but have definately revised that opinion.

Quote ="Fat Boy"Memory like a goldfish me - although I have absolutely no recollection of Singleton playing first grade before today.'" Singleton got just the twenty minutes spread across two spells according to the match report filed in the YEP online: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... _1_3177464

Quote ="Fat Boy"Memory like a goldfish me - although I have absolutely no recollection of Singleton playing first grade before today.'" Singleton got just the twenty minutes spread across two spells according to the match report filed in the YEP online: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... _1_3177464

I thought it was about 10 minutes at the time tvoc!

Let's hope we didn't bring Burrow back too soon as he took another knock on that shoulder.

Quote ="tvoc"Singleton got just the twenty minutes spread across two spells according to the match report filed in the YEP online: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... _1_3177464'" Cheers mate.

Quote ="tvoc"Singleton got just the twenty minutes spread across two spells according to the match report filed in the YEP online: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... _1_3177464'" Cheers mate.

Rob said on Twitter that it was nothing serious and he should be good for Friday.

Ablett & Delaney had stand out games today. Clarkson still needs to step-up his game. Peacock should have been rested in my opinion.

I don't think the score truly reflected the game, London were bad but we were awful for the 1st 20 minutes and the score only blew out towards the end. Smith looked absolutely nackered in the first half, does he have a different conditioner to everyone else ? It was nice to see us score some quality tries after looking clueless in our last 3 games and it's some reward for the fans who witnessed those displays. Singleton looked OK but I think he could do with a few more kilos on to cause some real damage. Ablett had a stormer and was my MOM by a mile. It was nice to be entertained but against better opposition you can't give them the ball and territory for the first 20 minutes like we did today.

Ablett is a better centre than second row. Hall is world class and Burrows scoots from dummy half are helpful. Summary for me.

Was he though ? Think somebody on here once rather presciently suggested his ultimate best position would be half back

I think Lee Smith only needs to start a Leeds 1st grade game at stand-off now to complete his 1-7 set.

Were Ward and Hood not fit for this one ? It beggars belief yet again that Kirke still manages to get a spot in the 17

(and Peacock should def have been given a day off).

Glad to see Singleton get his long overdue chance....just Chisholm now

Thought Burrow and Ablett in the first half were the pick of the backs.
Smith was poor in the first half but picked up in the second although not convincing. He seems to have lost his confidence and every time he messed up his head dropped.
Maybe a run at scrum half might help him.
Delaney had a good game and McShane looked good when he came on.
Sinfield made two or three poor decisions and is too slow for SO.
Even Kirke was running it in from the kick off!!
Any news on Griffin who came off after 10 minutes.
Ablett MOM by a mile and Webb for me had his best game.
All the backs played well and they took their tries well.