After a week off for the WCS, we are back in action Thursday night against the side we haven't managed to beat in the regular season for a few years now. It's a massive test for us and hopefully we can carry on where we left off. Huddersfield still without a win this season, so they'll be up for it I assume.

Sinfield looked good when he had a spell in the hooking role vs Widnes. I would like to see that happen more now. Delaney apparently to return this week will shake the team up too.

Hardaker
Briscoe Watkins Moon Hall
Sutcliffe McGuire
Singleton Sinfield Peacock
Ward Ablett
Cuthbertson

Aiton JJB Delaney/Achurch Leuluai/Yates

Squad announcement and referee announcement tomorrow.

Leeds have really struggled to break down Huddersfield in recent years. They always seem particularly fired-up against us, whatever their weekly form suggests. A game I'd like to see a good performance in if we're going to make the top 4.

Not sure it is down to unable to break them down. What we have most definitely struggled with over last three years against them though is Brough and his kicking game. We never seem to learn. If we close him down and stick to that we will aid ourselves there.

This is my last game as a based-in-Leeds Rhinos fan. I am moving to LS27 at the weekend so after Thursday it will be two buses there, rather than a cycle through town and up the Otley Road.

End of an era! Hopefully they put in a good performance, whoever is involved.

Is anyone else here LS27 based? If so, how do you find getting to and from games? Thanks.

Just get one of the 50s to Lower Briggate and then get the 18 or 56 from Town.

The Giants have one of the closest things to an NRL style gameplan in SL IMO.

Physical across the park, reliant on grinding teams down and backing it up with a good kicking game to secure field position.

To limit the damage Brough can do, you need to be winning collisions towards the end of sets so he's always kicking off a slow play the ball and you can get some pressure on him.

With the ball, Leeds need to be moving them around. Little passes at the line, try to win the contact and then play wider off quick play the balls. Last few times we've played I think we've tried to take them on at their own game too much, and come off second best.

Key difference to our least two matches and defeats vs Hudds at Headingley and in particular the Brough kicking problem......Hardaker will be FB this time, he missed this game two years running and BJB had a 'mare last year trying to deal with Brough.

I have to get two buses to HQ too. Nightmare.

just wind brough up! sa did this for fc in the first game and it worked a treat!

although our forwards winning the battle helped too!


forget the excuse they had only one pre season game, 90% fc squad that played against them only had a game, (v york!) and 40 minutes v kr in pre season

Leeds have to hunt down Brough properly. In recent years we've blown too much juice defensively containing Huddersfield inside their own 30 metres only for Brough to whack the ball up into our in-goal because we've got no-where near him. If Leeds can't get hold of Brough let Huddersfield come to us, they may as well kick on the last from half way line.

The lazy side of me is quite looking forward to sitting on two buses for an hour each way (or however long it will take) rather than cycling 6-7 miles. It will just be trying to work out what time I will need to leave to get to HQ at a decent time. 'Trial and error', I believe the expression is!

Thanks for the info anyway people

Delaney not risked this week.
Yates dropped from the 19.
Burrow & Walters back in the 19

Full squad here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9J30Tx ... e=youtu.be

Full squad here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9J30Tx ... e=youtu.be

Pretty much same as then with the only question being Burrow or Sutcliffe?

I think having a week off to regroup and work on what's gone wrong so far will have helped Hudds. As usual for them all eyes will be on Brough.....it's his own personal GF when he faces Leeds and he's probably been throwing darts at pictures of Kevin Sinfield wearing an England shirt for well over a week now.

Ellis has been brought in to help out Brough with the kicking duties so might not all be coming through brough this year.

if we cant complete our sets, which we have struggled to do carrying on from last season into this you should have a field day against us!

Ref: P Bentham.
Video Ref:J Child, M Thomason.

Personally I hope Ellis does more of the kicking, I really don't rate him and I was surprised Hudds took a gamble on him. He's no better than Tommy Lee IMO.

ellis can do no worse than robinson previously did at helping brough with the kicking duties! ellis likes to take on the line too with runs, not a bad player, will give him time yet still early at hudds for him.

i liked tommy lee! at hooker..had some nice touches to his game.

will sutcliffe be starting for leeds?

Hello mates

Why is the squad on the YouTubes and no on the website?

They blockings your access to the YouTube due to your internet browing habits BR?

Hei Kone Rä

Hei Kone Rä? I'm sure I've backed that in a Grand National before.

No, he's just signed for the Reds, on Tim Sheens' recommendation.
He's a big lad.

Anyone else concerned/surprised that against one of the bigger sides - pack in particular - in the competition, we have reverted to possibly 2 small guys on the bench viz. Burrow & Walters?
Or if Burrow starts, Aiton & Walters.
With Sutcliffe also a potential sub.
Are we expecting to run them ragged with pace around the edges?

Why, have you heard some team news?

I expect the same 13 as against Widnes with a bench of Singleton, Leuluai, Achurch and either Sutcliffe/Burrow.

I'd say the same. Given the size of this Giants side right across the park, I'd be tempted to go with Sutcliffe over Burrow. Can't see us winning too many collisions when we've got the ball to generate the quick play the balls that Burrow needs to be effective.