Are you secretly a Rhinos fan?

Come on, we've cloned Lee Crooks, wait and see how many extra burger vans Headingley can support this year..

I expected a similar result tonight and I expect Rhinos to win the GF.

With the best hooker in SL back fully fit, a centre better than Jamie Lyon and the recruit of the season (Eastwood) in SL suggested by some high profile people, then who has a chance of stopping us.

I've been in Australia for the last year and watched a fair bit of NRL and Eastwood is a quality signing, the bulldogs were top of the league for most of the season and Eastwood was a big part of that.

How big was Eastwood when Bulldogs were top of the league though? didn't look fit to me and seems to be carrying some timber but not sure if he always been this size/shape?

After a performance like that against a team tipped to finish bottom (not by me may I add) and you are tipping Leeds to go unbeaten this season.

Did you watch the match in the pub serving free shots and beer all night?

Think a few teams prob thinking they could defeat Leeds after tonight and will have been a boost to the likes of Warrington, Saints and the Bulls.

He's always been that size and shape and it was also his 1st outing of the season.
Like someone posted earlier i think we'll trust the likes of Wayne Bennett,Stephen Kearney and Bluey etc when assessing Eastwood.

All went about according to script for me. No sense of dissapointment with any aspect of it aside from a couple of badly chosen offloads that I'd put down to early season rustiness.

Whilst I thought Crusaders did extremely well and wish them and their support (and even Brian Noble who despite his 'anti Leeds' stance I really rate as a coach and he's a very nice fella) I can't say that at any time it felt like a win looked anything other than inevitable. Only the commentary would give an impression otherwise.

Just to go back to a couple of earlier points -

Danny McGuire's belly - yep I noticed that!

Buderus - I thought his second spell was excellent but I actually thought Diskin was better than his first spell. Having said that my impression was that everyone was playing very much within themselves for much of the first half.

Ali's second try - I wouldn't have given it though its far from unreasonable to say that at some point part of the ball would probably have made contact with the ground.

Yet good enough to play for the Bulldogs week in week out.

I would have thought, as a few teams beat Leeds last year, that they would have been thinking that before last night.

I know my peepers are not what they used to be, but was anyone else having trouble actually seeing the ball last night?

There was also the bizarre effect of Leeds players "vanishing" when they were overlayed with the Sky "on pitch" graphics for 5th tackle.

I thought exactly the same thing mate!

Delaney showed some good skills to put McGuire away for the game breaker, I'm looking forward to seeing a more balanced attack this season with the Donald, Delaney, Eastwood combination instead of mainly going to Senior and Hall. May be interesting to see which side is going to be more profitable.

what about the giants too huh?

Yep - couldn't see the ball much in the first half especially.

Glad it wasn't just me. At times it was like a dynamic spot the ball competition.



Game about as I expected, especially once I saw the snow. I think that type of game will have done the team more good than simply running in 70+ points, as some seem to think they should have done.

Surprised by VR decision on Ali's try - but yet again impressed by what a decent bloke Ali is.

The gulf in class between Buderus and Diskin appeared phenomenal last night.

That really could have been one banana skin had we not been able to bring Buderus back on. He completely changed the game in that second spell.

For me he also had a very good first spell.

Unfortunately, IMO Diskin was just not at the races last night.

This thread should have been named part timers thread and should run all season for those who dont bother going to support their team.

Whilst I would have loved to have gone to the game, I have this thing called a job, like many others, which means I can't just leave it to go and watch a rugby game. HTH

Painfully lame excuse.

A true supporter would book time off to ensure they didn't miss the game. They'd certainly do it if it was a cup semi, cup final or grand final.

Feel free to carry on being an apologist for the part timers though.

If you think that is how the world works, then you are entitled to do so. But there are higher priority's in life than attending rugby matches.

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If you want to avoid the facts and post rubbish, I will not stop you, but I think you need to wake up and enter the grown ups world, judging by your responses.

Many people, including me, feel that when we reach an adult age there are more important things in life that 'i' should show my loyalty to, 17 grown men who I have only had a passing hello with are not one of them.

You need to ask questions when these 17 men are your most important focus in life.

Good look to the Rhinos for the rest of the season, I will attend some games....now anyone seen my bandwaggon? I'm running late!

Being that the game has finished, but mainly for the fact that our resident wind-up merchant is practicing his favourite past-time this morning I'll lock this now.

I apologise to other users for the small person who chooses to act aggressively so often, its probably a hormone inbalance.