Thought again we are going in the right direction. Still things to work on sometimes passing to kicker on last play led alot to be desired. But generally most played well, thought smith looked good when he chimed into the line and gave some good passes out wide. From where I was Keith didn't look to have a great game.

Hardaker looked good and finished well.

Thought delaney had solid game although there was a pass he could have made to hardaker in second half but that's nit picking!

Best display of the season. Disciplined, we built pressure and didn't try to win the game in the first 20 minutes.

Agree re dicipline and early pressure probably paid off in the last minutes of the game. Looked to bea hard game as in knackering to play in, catalans looked well organised to me in defence

Agreed. But effectively we did. The amount of defending we made them do in the first 20 eventually took its toll in the final 15.

Thought Sinfield controlled things for us, a major part in three of the tries as well as his kicking game putting us at the right end of the field. Burrow's kicking game was also very good.

WH's defence still a bit off. Flew out of the line just before their try when everyone was keeping a flat line and he seems to get bumped off a lot.

1st half- failed to execute chances laid out in front of us

2nd half- we broke them down due to tiredness and killed off the game

Positives- Sinfield, Hardaker, Frogger
Negatives- Kirke, Burrow in first half, Baldilocks and Weller's big D

We got sucked into a grind in the 1st half but completed some good sets and forced drop outs to which we created half chances for Hall(foot in touch) and Hardaker (ball just ran dead in goal).
I think it's also fair to mention the Dragons defensive effort in te 1st half they dug in and put in a dogged display their coach will be happy with.
Onto the second half again we started ok and worked the ball well for Kylies try and again we got bogged down in the forwards and into the grind.
Our defence for their try was pathetic (jjb and Hauraki) and i'll also add Senior wasn't very good and one incident was he either thought the ball was going in slow motion on the ground or he actually bottled/could'nt be #rsed diving on it.
I think Brian Mc made a mistake putting Hauraki on the left with Senior in the defensive line also both were guilty of shooting out of the line missing by miles and leaving Burrow and Hall exposed thankfully we recovered.
We scored some nice tries in the last 20 and another pleasing aspect imo was that we did'nt let frustration take over when penalised or making errors.
We beat a decent team tonight who have had some great performances thus far granted both sides were missing some quality but most of us expected a tough encounter which i think it was for 65 minutes and then the lads opened up and the Dragons had nothing left.
Just to add if Hicks is gonna blow his whistle for laying on/interference at the ptb then please do it for BOTH teams.

Hicks was garbage

Loz if yer gonna list negatives re-players then Old father time should be on that list as does one or 2 defensive efforts by Hauraki.

Mate, its a given every week.....

Bedsy was mom for me, we looked alot quicker, sharper and dangerous with him on the field, I also thought hall played really well, hardaker looks a top prospect who will give us the kick chase option we haven't had since calderwood left.

I agree with regarding hauraki his missed tackle close to the line really stands out to me, from what on the whole was a very good defensive performance.

sounded good on the radio, building repeat sets is something I rarely see the rhinos do, pleased to at least hear about it tonight - Sinfield kicking to Hardaker was the commentator's highlight, listening to Millward spouting was my lowlight

We weren't vintage by any stretch of the imagination but weren't rubbish either

Didn't really understand some of hicks decisions tonight TBH.

Enjoyed a kylie big hit in the first half. Looked absolutley dead when became of in second half. Not sure but didn't see mcshane come back on in 2nd half. He nearly did but then kirke got the nod and mcshane walked back to bench?

I thought hicks on the whole was good he let the game flow.

IMO with a fully fit squad in the three quarters we have Webb, smith, delaney, senior, hall, bjb, Watkins and hardaker, I think with all them fit smith struggles to get in, I really like him but as a full back he's probably not as good as Webb or bjb, as a winger he's okay but lacks the pace of bish, Watkins, hardaker, and IMO he's not a centre I think he'll become mr utility in the future not that thats a bad thing because he's still a very good player.

What's everyone elses thoughts?

Most notable thing from that game is how the style of play has dramatically changed. Its wasn't flare and glamour stuff what so ever. Just looking after the ball and playing it like a game of chess. We pounded Catalans into submission, they were absolutely fecked in the last 20. They really couldn't cope with having to repeatedly bring the ball out of there own 20. Leeds impressed in that second half with the way they hammered Catalans when deep in there own half. Catalans were out on there feet and Leeds showed 0% mercy and 1000% discipline not to conceded a penalty.

I know we conceded a try from dummy half but in recent weeks, the feeling of dread when a team gets within 10 yards of our line is starting to subside.

I'd love to see an angle of Hall's early disallowed try from the North Stand but I presume the touch judge standing a foot away had a better view than the camera from the South Stand.

The problem with hicks is that idiot cummings gave him two tjs who were less experienced than him. He had no guidance from the side.

Some praise must go to the Catalans who I thought looked very organised in all areas. It shows the depth of coaching talent in the NRL.

Peacock made a big difference tonight - he enabled us to make ground up the middle which prevented us from trying the flash stuff out wide to make progress.

On the whole a very good team performance.

Missing:
Webb, BJB, Watkins, Bailey, Cross, Clarkson, Ali

This gives the coach some options and some fresh legs towards the end of the season

Already mentioned the Dragons Sal especially their defence and attitude.
I agree with Brian Mc that it's the toughest Dragon team for a long while.

For mine I believe we won the game in the first 20 minutes. The repeat sets and constant pressure really wore the garlic munchers down, and paid dividends in the second half.

Buderus was sharp with some great scoots from DH.
Hardaker took his tries well and looks real swift, something we’ve been missing on the wing so far this season.
JP starting to regain some of his match fitness.
Smith, although not really challenged defensively did well as an attacking option.
Hall was excellent, (when was the last time he had a stinker?)
Sinny again was immense – his kick for Hardaker’s try was inspired and sublime.

On the downside Senior looked his age and made a couple of rooky mistakes and it still puzzles me as to how Hauraki manages to get a game in SL, defensively he is a liability.

TJs should have paid for a ticket each. Either that or there's a new 'ignore the offside' ruling from Cummings.

Some real positives last night against tougher opposition than the scoreboard suggests.

Sinfield had a big game with superb kick and fine cut out pass but IMO was just pipped for MOM by Buderus. When Buderus was on the field in the first half we looked sharp and we started to look disorganised while he was off. His return to the field got us buzzing again and was the turning point.

Delaney did some good work, JP is getting back to match fitness and Hardaker put a claim down for a regular place.

With McGuire set for an early return the future looks brighter.

Was carefully watching re catalans off side and the majority of the time when leeds fans were calling fot it it wasnt.

The ref marked the ten and retreated a couple more metres!

Close to the line they were no more offside than leeds were when defending.

nothing wrong with Halls try would def been awarded by a vr, great defence and pressure told in the end. Think we went over top with line kicks but were void of ideas to break down a strong defence so better than nowt. hard to pick mom because so many are begginning to find a bit of form. Peacock showing us what we have missed with those metre making charges. young Hardaker showed some real speed and didn't get caught out in defence also though Pitts had a decent game again things are definatley on the up

If it's the one I'm thinking of, he could have got the pass away but Hardaker was covered and had no space outside or inside so Buderus drew in the outside defender to try to open a gap for Hardaker but by then was wrapped-up.
Delaney's no donkey.

Tell you what, they're big lads them Catalans aren't they?

Nice to see Peacock's Mojo returning, not sure if it's his Mo or his Jo but he's at least halfway back.