Evans is the best defensive centre in 25 years.

not really its the manner in which we are beaten

My review of our loss to Castleford Tigers wirerantings.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... eview.html

My review of our loss to Castleford Tigers wirerantings.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... eview.html

Twice we were within 4 points, with a real chance of scraping a draw or a win and twice we threw it away. I thought that although our pack looked more lethargic, we still matched them roughly up the middle. Our back line needs to wake up and sharpish. Aktins couldn't pass water and Evens seemed more intent on feeling the quality of the opposition jersey rather then put his shoulder in. Russell should be nowhere near this team. absolute liability. I though Johnson dealt with testing kicks well but on the whole looked out of position and out of his depth for the majority of the game. Fair play though, he came in last minute and wasn't the worst player on the pitch.

Harvey Livett achieved more in the first two minutes he was on the pitch than Evans and Atkins achieved in the entire game. He's one for the future that lad.

Everything about that game was stale, no imagination in attack, slow in the 3/4 quarters and poor in effort as a team. There were some notable performances, but they don't win you games.

TS has to deal with this quickly and get them interested again. We will get no where with Evan and Atkins possibly the worst centre partners I have seen.

Shake it up TS

Having watched Leeds' efforts at a fair number of WCC games over the years, I'm not surprised you fell to cas the week after. While world series games are great occasions, they are a big disruption. I'd liken their effect to the second of the Easter weekend games. Flat crowd, flat performance. I thought you did well to hang in and almost claw it back tbh.