Yes, Yates went as well as can be expected at Wigan.Unlucky to miss out but should definitely see some game time over the Easter period, probably against Wakey which would be a good chance to rest JP.

I have never been in McDermott's gang of groupies but I must concede this season so far I have nothing but praise for him in his team selections.....whether by judgement or accident he is giving the 'kids' a fair crack of the whip (Singleton starting today; continued faith in Handley instead of - I'm sure in the past - a shuffling of positions in the backs with Ablett featuring somewhere; Golding given a start at Warrington; not been afraid to put Burrow on th bench, where he is arguably at his most effective; continued faith in Achurch off the bench as a second rower NOT prop; Delaney as an interchange PROP? ....etc).

Maybe McDermott is the man to handle the transition after all. So far so good.

Let's now see how he handles the form or not of Sinfield !!!

Apparently head high tackles are allowed against Leeds especially if your Ian Henderson.

Error strewn. Really frustrating to watch.

Glad to be in front but need to up our game second half. Controls the ball and we win well. Turning too much cheap ball at minute. Strong wind maybe contributing.

Half-time.

Scrappy game, but good to be ahead when couldn't say anyone's been playing really well except Hardaker and Aiton. At the other end of the scale, McGuire and Sutcliffe have been terrible - Sinfield won't be worried about his place just yet. The rest of them in-between. Keep getting the ball to Watkins and we should score a good few more.

Well, that can't get much worse in the second half. Both teams have been shocking.

Oh, and how much does Stuart Cummings hate Leeds? The only time you hear him say a referee's got it wrong is when he doesn't give a decision against us. Explains a lot about what he was like when he was in the middle, the bottleless get.

Could there have been a case for Leeds to have a penalty try when the Catlalans player knocked on and the Catlans player picked it up in an offside position?

Didn't like the look of that wind when they showed it pre-kickoff. Tried to force things too much at times but with the wind in our favour and not facing the sun and with our habit this season of finishing games strongly I think we should be ok if we don't concede penalties. Handley has been a bit tentative dealing with the long kicks that find ground and is letting the Catalans defenders get 10m further downfield than they should be. Sutcliffe throwing a few forward so far too.

Going to be a few sore bodies though, both JJB and Aiton limped off.

You can't be offside in your own in goal area

No cant be offside in in goal however the player caught it in,or coming from the field of play, so don't no wether it should have been a penalty.

Nope, the knock on was in-goal so can't be offside. We and Ablett are a bit lucky.....looked like he swung a boot to try and stop the Catalans player reaching over the line.

So he does know what a high shot is!!

This is some serious nonsense from Leeds.

Still in the dressing room at minute this game is going away from us very quickly.

Utter rubbish. This is reminding me of some of the worst moments of last season.

Could be game over. Shocking performance.

Watkins has been utter garbage in the 2nd half

We can't carry having both Sutcliffe and Burrow in the on-field 13 in defence. Two weak links and nowhere to hide them.

Well, gawsh!

That was better...

Is Willie Tonga related to Francis Meli???

Cracking dive from Whithead there.

what a tumble!




should have been a try, at least (it seems) we've won it now anyway