GAME ON : Wakefield Trinity v Leeds Rhinos - 19:00:00

GENERAL CHAT ABOUT THE GAME, BUILD UP, THE ACTION AS IT HAPPENS AND AFTERMATH BELOW.

Win here could see Wakey enter the top 2 and establish the district as the dominant force in RL this year.

Wakey by 12

It's early June. Even if you win (which you won't

) nowt will have been established as yet.

OK so far this year

Big game this for us, win this and I think we can really kick on but Leeds have plenty of experience in these pressure games, could be a great game this one.

Good win for Leeds.

Tough to take, but Leeds were just the better team on the day - just. Not done too well against Yorkshire sides in SL this year.

brilliant game. both sides gave it everything. best game I've seen this year

Really? I thought it was pretty poor quality. Close but very much lacking in good play. Leeds ultimately know how to win these tight games and Trinity couldn't handle Moon's spiral bombs.

I think the 3 games in 12 games caught both teams up. quality wise I agree but it was end to end and never say die. thoroughly enjoyable

Looking at the other blow-out scores so far this round I think your right.

I didn't expect Wakefield to come close yesterday, but to just come up short against a very strong Leeds squad just shows how far the club has come, & how wrong I was.

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Indeed.
They (Leeds) were a hell of a lot closer to their first 17 than Trinity and only just squeaked past us.
Having said that, they were well disciplined and controlled the second 40 but, with an extra day to prepare and a far easier game (against Fev) next week, they could throw a bit more at last night's game.

Yeah really - you've been brought up on to much SL era touch and pass if you think that.

Last night tries had to be earned as defences were rock solid, so all in their own ways were absolute quality. What you witnessed last night was real rugby and a real derby. If you can't see that I worry for the future I really do. For me that was another renaissance game in a renaissance season.

If Leeds go on to win the title they had to beat a damn good side last night to do it - what more do you want?

I think the rain played a part aswell on the overall quality, as both sides made quite a few unforced errors and there was plenty of sloppy passes....fatigue also played a part as there looked plenty of tired bodies!

It was an end to end game though, plenty of tension towards the end...nothing in it and could have gone either way!

No complaints with Leeds edging it...think they looked a yard quicker at times...kicked better on the last and chased wel too...I thought midway through the second half they might run away with it a bit but credit us...we just never know when we are beaten and managed to find the energy to take it right to the death...one thing we can learn from this game is not to switch off on the last tackle and just stand there expecting to deal with a kick...was it two tries Leeds scored by running on the last? Fair play to them for that because I cant remember the last time it happened to us twice in a game...

I dont see any reason after last night why we cant finish in the top four though!

It was a decent quality game with both sides giving their all.

That's is why it was rated 2 / 5 stars in League Weekly.
Not a lot of quality on show from either side.

People still read League Weekly?

But taking the game in its context, the 4th game in 16 days with a cup quarter final coming up for both teams, it wasn't a bad game at all and the final result (only 2 points in it) was only decided when Leeds got possession with only seconds remaining. What more do you want?

I know its a challenge for some, not enough pictures.

So even though we were there and unlike you we have a mind of our own - we have to go purely on the word of some hack journalist.

Bore off little ant

You seem to manage it ....just

Poor show ... which shows how blasé our fans and pundits are about our great game... a narrow victory for the away team in a top four clash... with a sizeable crowd and a great atmosphere... with the result in doubt until the final minute, would be simply lauded in any other code of sport.. but not us... no!

We take every opportunity to tell the world how bad our game is... lacking quality ... lacking excitement ... lacking passion and thrills...

Well I disagree ... even the slowest amateurish and developmental game I have ever seen got more than 40%... to be honest if I thought that way about the game I would stop watching and find a better sport!

I have to agree - I was there, and it was a close, entertaining game, with plenty of pretty much everything a RL game should have; yes there were some errors - but it was a bit greasy, and both teams were coming off the back of a congested fixture programme and were missing some key players - or that's certainly the case for WT.

Maybe the blowout scoreline has become so ubiquitous, that pundits feel cheated if they don't have 2 dozen tries to report?