Newman but it was Smith all day long

I have been one Smith’s biggest critics and so far with Agar playing him in his strongest position he is thriving, I genuinely am happy for him and I hope he can continue to improve!

I enjoyed that, not getting carried away as KR were pretty poor. Not half of the side that played in the Derby last week. Encouraging signs and have to agree Smith MOM by a country mile

Suddenly goes very quiet on here when we play well...

Jeez give people a chance to get home from the match.

Good peeformance, badly needed. Gale excellent again, super signing if he can stay fit. Ava back stiffened the pack. Cam Smith has got off to a great start. Newman very good back where he belongs.

KRnt poor though and were nowhere near where we need to be but an excellent win.

Should beat Salford next week before seeing where we are at week after v Wire.

Seemingly easier to criticize than praise by some.

Regarding Gale first time excellent in a Leeds shirt, against Hull FC he was rank. Cam Smith 2 good games, have my doubts that he will become a real top drawer player.

Even allowing for a poor HKR side that was our best attacking performance for a long time. How good it was to see half backs in motion when receiving the ball instead of being static. On that showing Agar deserves some credit, we looked a well coached team. Much tougher hurdles to overcome, but an encouraging performance none the less.

You didnt think Gale was excellent at Wigan? Wow.

Friendlies don't count for diddly squat.

No......but he was excellent and was wearing a Leeds shirt.

Thought Gale tried hard to give us direction against Hull, albeit behind a beaten pack. Tonight he was excellent. The bottom line is that he is better than anything we have had at half back for at least three seasons. If he stays fit he will be a great signing.

Is Harry Newman becoming the new Watkins/Senior? I don’t think he’s far off? A little bit more size, build on natural skills and he will easily in 2-3 years be an England starter.

Thought we were always 2/3 steps ahead of KR tonight’s

Think they defiantly had a hangover from the derby against FC but... we never let them breathe and get a toe hold in the game.

We looked very sharp with Gale in supreme command and supported well across the pitch by a good supporting cast of Cam Smith, L Briscoe and obviously Newman and Walker.

We looked ruthless tonight which is a welcome change from the timid Rhinos side we’ve seen in the past, long may this continue.

Glad Agar has seen sense and played him in his natural position.

I’m not getting carried away on the back of one result. Cam Smith at 13, Walker,
Newman at centre - all lads around 20. I expect Johnson to make first grade along with several others there or there about a from the academy. Suddenly you have half a side which is home grown and at or close to England quality and we’re cooking on gas again.
Our second row won’t be a problem within 1-2 years don’t worry about that.
Agar again criticised constantly: actually I think we may need someone else to really elevate the side to trophies but he’s done loads with Leeds since he took over.

And a couple of Leeds lads got Cas to a grand final.

But you are talking about 2 players that Leeds rejected as not good enough.

Cams brother (dan) has proved to be another very astute signing for Cas but I watched Cam from Lock Lane under 8's and it was always obvious he had the skills to be a GB player.

Only seen highlights but what really stands out were the different type of tries we scored.
Great to see an all round performance after what happened in week 1.
Cam Smiths potential was always there & fair doos credit to Agar for sticking him at 13 in pre-season & sticking to it up to now.
Good to see the younger lads proving again that age is just a number & with the right backing there's no need to sign pkayers like Evans.
Still 1 or 2 quality signings needed imo but a great response & plenty of positives to build on.

Sounds like it backs were dangerous tonight. Maybe because we had winners on the wing and in the centre. My dear is that if Martin or ward are available again, we'll revert back to Sutcliffe at centre

Really good team performance that. Enjoyed it!

Would also like to say, referees really bug me in the game, I just can’t see how Kendall gets the games he gets. But last season I kept saying that every time I saw that Grant reffing, he was excellent. Here we were again last night, and yet again an excellent performance.

That’s about 12 games I have seen of his over the last year, including championship, and he is the most consistent ref by miles I have seen in the game. He should be the very first go to for super league games.

A few more like that and we can lay claim to being flat track bullies once more



Seriously, good to know there's a few points in us and great to see the youngsters showing up well. Good also to show some of the stuff that can't be bought, makes it a lot easier not to panic about the stuff that can.

As someone previously mentioned Luke Gale is by far the best we have had at half back for a long while.Having said that I am happy to see the much maligned Richie Myler in the 17 too, I think he is a good player and would like to see him as starting hooker for the time being,


Finally I think the club ( was it KS ? ) was justified in off loading Mitch Garbutt, spends far too much time on the treatment table, I liked him but you wonder if his heart is really in it