Just noticed....no Burgess again either.

I`m always an advocate of not changing a winning team.
But surely Cross and Burgess should be playing to give others a rest.
Tiredness can creep in after playing 2 games in 3 days and it usually hits the following week.
Let`s hope it doesn`t happen this time.

That's the thing with top sides like you, you always have a strong interchange bench, which is always helpful. As you said, Cross and Burgess are top players. Perhaps should be put in, instead of those who featured in the Origin game and may be a little fatigued. Saying this, our interchange bench isn't always too weak. Sammut, O'Hara, Moore and White.

I see that Thaler is the ref.
Is it a coincidence after the Bulls hooha that Childs doesn't get a game this week?
The 2 rookies are Hicks & Roby.

Yep. That's correct. Should think that is the reason why Childs has been left out. He's not fit for Super League in my eyes and are glad he's been dropped! Thaler isn't much better either! There will be a lot of off-sides not given on Friday for sure.

Re Childs has his omission this week been mentioned anywhere, or is that merely your speculation?
Re THAT penalty, what seems to have been overlooked/ignored/forgotten is that fact that Ah Van missed a sitter in the first half from nearer than Foster. Had he kicked that then all the fuss about the last minute penalty would have been silenced plus Saints would have needed at least a try to draw so wouldn't have gone for the 2 in any event.
Ah Van through missing that earlier penalty & his generally abysmal handling throughout the game was far more responsible for the loss of Bulls points than the referee.

My friend has a factory there. He makes flanges. I will be going but only because I can stay with him and have a weekend on the pop

i think its the fact the bulls scored there first try on the 7th tackle mate

Yes Childs didn't cover himself in glory allowing 7th tackle. I didn't spot it but I am not paid to spot it!

I was on about Kearney's try for the Bulls, that was scored on the 7th tackle. There was no doubt that Saints' was a penalty. He clearly obstructed him.

Ok, I wasn't aware of that.
Neither were the sky commentators as far as I can recall, but I was watching it very late after our game on Sunday.
So Diskin's outrage was misplaced.
Tee hee.

17 for tonight

Webb, Hardaker, Delaney, Smith, Hall, McGuire, Burrow, Leuluai, McShane, Peacock, Hauraki, Jones-Buchanan, Sinfield

Subs: Lauitiiti, Buderus, Bailey, Kirke

Ablett rested according to Rhinos twitter.

first miss of the season for me tonight, wheres the best commentry????????? any ideas?

Radio Leeds are concentrating on the Salford/Cas game and nothing on Yorkshire Radio so it's a combination of Radio Leeds/Rhinos Twitter/Sky Sports Centre at best.

4-0 crusaders lupton through a huge hole in the Rhinos defense

Not the best of starts

4-0 to Crusaders at half time.

From what I've picked up it sounds like we are back to our usual $hit standards this season.

Cas are 8-4 up against Salford at present, if they keep that up and we don't recover, we go to 7th, with Cas still having a game in hand, even if it is against Wigan.

Don't worry though, our front row have been outstanding this season...

6-0 Crusaders now.

Sign them all up for next year

God alone knows why we sign the players we do these days? I honestly think I have more chance of winning the lottery, than working that one out...

We are doing a revie with the team getting old together

Reading the twitter commentary is painful. Dropped ball after dropped ball from us tonight.

McDermott has included all Leeds’ International Origin match players in his initial 19 and is confident they can handle a third game in the space of a week.

“We are monitoring them and adjusting what we do with them accordingly,” he reported.

“We are very aware of where they have been, but if you look in their eyes, they are all keen and bright-eyed.

“They might have been a bit dusty on Monday and Tuesday, but they will be right come game time."

Top coaching Brian...