Very negative. Kicking ball into touch every set. I know people will say they're controlling game. But fact is Cas are back in this game when they should be no where near. Leeds forgotten now to attack?

I can understand it. Dorn can be lethal on kick returns and they hardly want Carney to be running it back at full speed.

But when Leeds were 10m out? Leeds have scored now and probably game over and people will say they were right tactics, but Cas were in that game when Leeds should have been out of sight.

Boring tactics but they got the win.

I wonder if the 3 year old sack Brian Mac thread will be getting an airing on the Leeds board tonight?

tactics like that win games, we will never see classic games in finals anymore, the last time we saw a great cup final game was 2005 (a little bias i know)

Well played Leeds, dominant pretty much throughout. I thought the occasion got to a few Cas lads, Dorn in particular looked as though he didn't fancy it today after a few whacks.

Not a classic but Leeds played their game plan perfectly, might not be as exciting but exciting doesn't always win you trophies.

Similar to the semi, they ground out the win.

Well played Leeds & Cas, who didn’t throw in the towel, much better game than last seasons, which wasn’t hard

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Powell doesn’t seem to have the best of records in finals.

Yep, and that's what it was all about.
Well done BM and the Leeds side.

the schools finals were better than last years final lol

Who won the schools final?

Boring tactics? It's called rugby league. Why kick in a way that encourages Cas to attack when you can kick in a way that nullifies a threat from Cas? Especially when backed up by enthusiastic defence that caused Cas to make a few errors in their own half.
That, Ryan Hall & Danny McGuire was probably the difference.

Just felt Leeds were playing a dangerous game willing to defend a 10 point lead. When Cas scored their second it was 16-10 with 30mins left and couldn't believe Cas were still in it.

Worked out for them in end, Hall was class.

Leeds stick to game plan and win game? What the f**k is your point?

I wonder if the OP started this thread last year after wigans scintillating 2 try victory over a hull team with a 5% completion rate.

Thought not.

Well you'll be pleased to know that Leigh, Sheffield, Featherstone and Halifax all play an exciting brand of RL



Leeds can play with flair or they can grind it out. They dominated Cas, and nullified their threat. Cas didn't have a plan B and that's one of the main reasons they weren't able to compete for much of the game.

Leeds tactics weren't as boring as listening to Jonathan Davies.

Why is it negative. Rugby isn't all about throwing the ball about with gay abandon, it's called applying pressure it happens in big games.

Leeds are winning cups and your team is getting relegated boring or not what would you rather see

oh dear.

I couldn't care less if it was boring. Leeds won. Their job was to win, not play attractive rugby. I don't mention anywhere in my post it was boring. That wasn't my point.

My point was that it was 16-10 to Leeds with 30 minutes left. Leeds had ended nearly every set by banging it in to touch, seemingly happy to defend the lead rather than trying to increase it. If Cas won, i guarantee Leeds fans would have been saying " we played too conservatively when we had the possession etc" That was my point. As i said earlier, it worked out in the end but when i posted it, Cas were right in the game when Leeds should really have been out of sight

Leeds tactic of kicking to touch wasn't negative at all it was great. Dorn is Cas's fastest man and he didn't get a look in.
Leeds went there desperate to win, they thought their tactics through. Kicking was part of it, also to play it tight with few errors.
Those tactics won the match plus outstanding games from Hall, McGuire & Burrow.
Nothing negative, just how to win a Cup Final.

I understand where you’re coming from, but only Mr Sinfield can give you the answer.

At a guess, they may have been worried about Cas attacking from deep in broken play. By putting down the scum the defensive structure was kept intact.

Winning tactics end off

No they weren't

Make the opposition attack from deep and play the game in their half....is it pretty? No. Does it make for a great spectacle? No. Does it win the trophy? Yes.

I actually do see where you are coming from, and felt at the time that if we had pushed a little harder, we could have secured the game earlier. But at the end of the day, it worked, and we were fairly comfortable.

they got a lead and then stopped cas playing their own game, good tactics that worked and it won the cup for them.
they were there to win the cup not to entertain neutrals.
congratulations to leeds