Personally I love and loath friedlies.

They blow off the cobwebs and if you win they do give you a faint glow.

They are vital to play for fitness purposes etc but they are utterly unimportant in terms of result, that’s the truth.

Rarely have I seen a friendly that truly represents how a team will perform in the coming season, in fact it usually the opposite.

The only thing they do show is if certain players have improved or billed up or are back to full fitness. You can spot individuals but not the team in these games.

Those who imagine they can are deluded imho.

Fev will only be as good as Leeds let them be.

I think that maybe you have missed stephie's not so subtle attempt at sarcasm about the best team in that league, one thing for sure the Leyther lads won't have.

Too right Wayne. As a Leyther, I resent the remark, when it's obvious that the best team in the Championship is Toulouse!!

How am I being sarcastic? Fev we’re runners up to Toronto last year but Toronto are now in SL. Ergo, Fev are the best team in the championship. Anyway, the Leigh fans know their team are no where near being the best so why would they get upset?

Huddersfield 42-6 Halifax
Pretty straight forward win for a strong giants side with sezer pulling the strings, fax were dogged but didnt really offer much

Hull fc 20 London Broncos 6. much stronger hull team this week, at least for the first half. naulago got a couple, trialist myers and debutant ligi sao got the others. Ligi Sao looks a real player - going to cause a lot of teams problems this season. josh griffin played his stint in the second row and did well. mahe fonua got stuck in too on his return.
London were impressive, looked to move the ball in attack but were particularly good in defence. in fact both teams defence was top notch, and the scond half was scoreless, though FC played mainly reserves in the second half. no apparent injuries for the teams either

Wakefield 18 Hull KR 6. Mose Masoe stretchered off with a neck injury. Wish him well

By that logic, London are the best team in the championship as they finished the season above both Toronto and Fev

True...

you'll have to feed it now you own it!

A friendly that showed exactly what you expected.

Wakefield the far more settled team going through the motions in a good way without ever giving much away to their first opponents of the season proper.

For HKR it was more of a trial game with a lot of new faces vying for a starting spot. Hence a lot of individual effort in defence especially on show, which frustrated Wakefield a little bit nothing much in attack tbh.

What I confidently predict is that the next time we meet it will be nothing like yesterday and that one of those two teams will win, I thank you

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Widnes 32 v 10 Castleford highlights. https://youtu.be/EjIepjeHc04

Widnes 32 v 10 Castleford highlights. https://youtu.be/EjIepjeHc04

Toronto Wolfpack minus the mercurial Sonny Bill Williams have defeated the heartlands club Castleford Tigers 16-10

Widnes from the championship beat Cas by 22 points last week. Looks like TW struggled to just win by 6.

Batley 6 Hull FC 38. More of a first team from hull this week. Wingers scored 5 between them. Manu M'au excellent addition

The current superleague champions have demolished last seasons bottom club, the London Broncos 36-6

Hull FC beat London 20-6 with largely our reserves.... hardly a demolition

Leeds beat Wigan 10-22 in Liam Farrell's testimonial.

At least saints didnt lose for third time on trot against london maybe had a few more 'experienced' players in their fold today?

Lewis Dodd was playing today

And?

He is supposed to be the next big thing at saints like richardson was previously

Don't forget Lee Gaskell.