Quote ="CHEADLE LEYTHER"This is a reality check-the standards in our league have declined this season in my opinion. Look how poor Bradford,Halifax and Sheffield have been this season. The proof of how this league is no preparation for the MIddle 8's, were the two recent hat tricks by Corey Paterson at LSV. Classy player yes-but the tackling was absolutely abysmal. Indeed, if he had been kept on the field for longer, it could have been 6 tries in each game-he didn't have to break sweat!!'"
I don't follow your logic here Cheadle.
The team in 9th place in the Championship just beat a Super League Team that are not even the bottom team in that league right now. Surely that would suggest the opposite of dropping standards in comparison to Super League.
Leighs result today is not what I would have wanted, and the brand of rugby is not as cavalier and entertaining (yet) as last year, but that style did not, and will not, win us the vital games in the 8's.