Tomorrow will mark Coach McClennan's 100th 1st grade game in charge of Leeds. In doing so he'll become only the second Leeds coach to reach three figures in the SL Era.

His record so far:

Played 99, Won 71, Drawn 1, Lost 27, Pts For 2856, Pts Agst 1789, Avg Scr 29-18, 72%

In percentage terms that places him behind Graham Murray (75%) and Tony Smith (74%) but ahead of Daryl Powell (64%), Dean Lance (63%) and Dean Bell (47%)

Against the SL sides Coach McClennan remains undefeated V just the one opponent - Hull

Played 6, Won 6, Drawn 0, Lost 0, Pts For 251, Pts Agst 126, Avg Scr 42-21, 100%

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If Carl Ablett plays he will be making his 100th Appearance for the club and become the 31st player to do so in the SL Era.

If Lee Smith plays he will be making his 100th SL Regular Round Appearance for the club and become the 24th player to do so.

And finally Ryan Hall needs one try to bring up 300 points and become the 12th Leeds player to do so in the SL Era.

So, Ryan's scored 74 tries for us?

I thought he was ahead of that.

Well you could use this: www.therhinos.co.uk/compare.php? ... 0001=81280 which could be his SL RR+PO record (judging by the try total - excluding CC and WCC) but then the appearance figure is out and the wins/draw/loss doesn't = the total played that it is claiming...... although it does total his correct figure in those comps, which is weird. Or there is this: Ryan Hall's Leeds career: 2007 - Played 8+1, Tries 3, Points 12 2008 - Played 15+1, Tries 9, Points 36 2009 - Played 31, Tries 32, Points 128 2010 - Played 30, Tries 30, Points 120 Total - Played 84+2, Tries 74, Points 296 Split by Competition: SL - Regular Rounds - Played 69+2, Tries 62, Points 248 SL Play-Offs - Played 4, Tries 4, Points 16 Challenge Cup - Played 9, Tries 7, Points 28 World Club Challenge - Played 2, Tries 1, Points 4 Total - Played 84+2, Tries 74, Points 296

Well you could use this: www.therhinos.co.uk/compare.php? ... 0001=81280 which could be his SL RR+PO record (judging by the try total - excluding CC and WCC) but then the appearance figure is out and the wins/draw/loss doesn't = the total played that it is claiming...... although it does total his correct figure in those comps, which is weird. Or there is this: Ryan Hall's Leeds career: 2007 - Played 8+1, Tries 3, Points 12 2008 - Played 15+1, Tries 9, Points 36 2009 - Played 31, Tries 32, Points 128 2010 - Played 30, Tries 30, Points 120 Total - Played 84+2, Tries 74, Points 296 Split by Competition: SL - Regular Rounds - Played 69+2, Tries 62, Points 248 SL Play-Offs - Played 4, Tries 4, Points 16 Challenge Cup - Played 9, Tries 7, Points 28 World Club Challenge - Played 2, Tries 1, Points 4 Total - Played 84+2, Tries 74, Points 296

And after the Hull game:

1 - Eric Harris 391
2 - John Atkinson 340
3 - Alan Smith 283
4 - Drew Turnbull 228
5 - Les Dyl 193
6 - Danny McGuire 189
7 - Francis Cummins 188
8 - Stan Smith 187
9 - Keith Senior 167
10 - Syd Hynes 158
11 - John Holmes 154
12 - Garry Schofield 147
13 - Lewis Jones 144
14 - Dinny Campbell 136
15 - Rob Burrow 128

Some class in that list, I say some but that's the ones I've seen down the years as a Hull KR fan, so those that I don't recognise must be the same class to be there.

1910's - Dinny Campbell
1930's - Eric Harris and Stan Smith
1950's - Lewis Jones and Drew Turnbull

They were all before my time but each and every one a Leeds great.

McLaren Field tells some wonderful anecdotes about watching Dinny Campbell from the terraces at Headingley.

Ah yes, McLaren must be even older than he looks.

Dinny Campbell (although much before my time) was Leeds' first ever overseas signing and stayed for 9 seasons (Ali Lauitiiti - longest serving overseas player for Leeds - Pah, who would claim such a thing.) 258 appearances and the scorer of one of the greatest tries ever witnessed at Headingley (according the 100 Leeds' Greats book) when he beat the entire Wigan team on a 75 yard run to the line. As a fellow centre I wonder if such tales will inspire Delaney to do likewise next Sunday.

Don't age me any more than necessary

They were (apart from Hynes of course) the players I remember enjoying as a kid in the LATE 70's !! Little did I know then how privelleged I was.

McGuire is obviously another I have had the privellege to watch. Superb.

Yeah but we all know now Delaney [iaint[/i a centre.

The timing was deliberate to not only form a great back division for the club but one capable of doing likewise for Great Britain. Add to that my favourite ever Leeds player in Mick Shoebottom and Barry Seabourne in the halves and it was our equivalent of the great Parramatta back division of the early eighties. Grothe, Cronin, Ella, Hunt, Kenny and Sterling.

Can't argue with that assessment about our greatest ever backline (certainly homegrown as opposed to imports).

Have to say McGuire's position is all the more praiseworthy as he's the only non-threequarter in the top 10. Bar injury he'll pass Les Dyl early next year (possible even this year I suppose) and may well move up to 4th past Turnbull before he's done.

I'm never sure which games are included and excluded in the SL records found dotted around the internet and the ones that I see are rarely maintained up to date either but it would be interesting to see the totals for the likes of Andy Farrell, Paul Deacon, Lee Briers, Sean Long and Kevin Sinfield to see how they compare these days.

Here's a little gem I've noted for Sinfield though. His next successful conversion or penalty will be his 1,000 two pointer in the SL Regular Rounds + SL Play-Offs.

SL Regular Rounds - 936
SL Play-Offs - 63

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The next SL Play-Off Try will be Leeds' 100th
The next SL Play-Off Goal will also be Leeds' 100th

Saturday will be Leeds' 500th game of the SL Era.

Played 499, Won 333, Drawn 10, Lost 156, Pts For 14745, Pts Agst 10060, Avg Scr (30-20), 68%

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Ben Jones-Bishop's next appearance will be his 10th for Leeds at 1st Grade level, presumably earning him the next unique number issued by the club, 727 (?)

Incidentally this could be the third consecutive season that a Leeds player makes his qualifying appearance at the Halliwell Jones following on from Kallum Watkins (719) in 2009 and Jay Pitts (723) in 2010. Lee Smith also earned his number (703) at the same venue, this time in 2005.

Should Rob Burrow play today it will be his 300th 1st grade Appearance for the club, becoming only the third player to do so for Leeds during the SL Era.

Kevin Sinfield - 368
Keith Senior - 354
Rob Burrow - 299

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At the same time Kevin Sinfield (should he play) will be making his 300th SL Regular Round Appearance for the club and will become the first Leeds player to do so.

Kevin Sinfield - 299
Keith Senior - 288
Rob Burrow - 244

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Last week (V Salford) Leeds became the 1st club during the SL Era to record 100 consecutive five figure crowds for the SL Regular Round fixtures.

The last time it dipped below was when 8,231 attended the Leeds V London Broncos game on the 25th July 2003.

(That was the only occasion in the last 114 home SL Regular Round fixtures that the five figure standard was missed at Headingley. That run of fixtures started on the 10th August 2002.)

Is it a sign of our season so far that not much interesting is happening on this thread?

Or are you too busy compiling the fabulouss stats threads every week?

As I'm too lazy to research it (and I know how much you love to show off your knowlege!) could you tell me how many points Sinfield is behind Jones now? Is it next season he would be expected to break the record?

he explained a little while ago

Teletext menjtioned that tonight's game is Ryan Hall's 100th for Leeds.

Can a proper statto confirm this? And provide his points scoring record?

Reading that about hall somewhere is what prompted me to dig up this thread GCH!

There are always interesting things happening when you're a statto.



Not too busy generally with the Opta threads, although they do take care of my Monday mornings most weeks once the SL website is updated.



Show off, moi.

Lewis Jones' Leeds total points record stands at 2,920 - made up of 144 (3 point) Tries and 1,244 Goals. Kevin Sinfield currently stands on 2,602 points - made up of 66 (4 point) Tries, 1,155 Goals + 26 Drop Goals.

At his current scoring rate of 7.9 points a game this season it will take him another 40/41 Appearances to knock the remaining 318 off to equal the record as it stands. He therefore remains (injuries permitting) on target to surpass the record sometime during the second half of 2012.

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A proper statto would know that Rob Burrow was closing in on a 1,000 career points. Apparently he currently stands on 997, alas I had to be informed of this milestone via a PM this week from a proper statto.

Re-Ryan Hall they are correct. If he plays tonight he will be making his 100th Appearance for Leeds. He will become the 32nd player to do so during the SL Era.

His Leeds try tally of 82 places him 8th on their SL Era list (4 behind a likely opponent tonight who currently sits in 7th)

Diskin right?

Don't mock, Matthew is 20th on the Leeds list having scored 44 more tries for Leeds than anyone on here is ever likely to have done.

Hall one 100 apps,is that 100 starts ?must say it doesnt seem to have took him long

I must try make my trip back home to coincide with when Kev breaks Lewis's record

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