That was a defeat snatched from victory.

1 Wardle goes for glory, gets cleaned out, greedy.
2 Ellis kicks to ingoal with a man in support, poor decision.
3 Robbo fails to control ball, it happens, on such things are games won and lost.
4 Stupid and unnecessary penalties, no excuse.
5 Grix attempts anything at all, Hall doesn't score, but it wouldn't have won us the game.

Upside some great defence that gave us a real chance to win the game, Hey ho, Wigan next.

Why on earth would we play Simpson in the most important games of our season over a very good and experienced fullback in Grix?

The 'team' failed to shut down the game. Mainly because of the classic Leeds display and determination. We should of never been in that situation in the first place.

All in all we couldn't of won the LLS even if we'd have won. We just got ourselves a trip to Wigan away. I'm confident we can go on and win.

Oh surprise surprise the usual suspects blame grix- he missed the tackle after playing a full on 80 minutes where he'd tackled well and having saved two or three- why were Leeds in that position to start with....... Why did brough, ferres, Robbo, wardle and kopzak make errors of judgement that cost us points we could have scored or should have saved.....but that is all ignored.

Hudds living up to their 'chokers' tag yet again????

You've got to be joking aren't you. Do you call it very good and showing experience to just stand there watching the ball come down and let Hall take it to the try line to win the game? He just stood there watching like a spectator. Around us they were saying that he did not want to get hurt cos Hall was charging towards him, but he only had to carry the ball out or knock it out. Me, I just think he was hoping that it would bounce out, well guess what, it didn't. That's garbage schoolboy error material. Grix is easily the worst full back in the semis and I can think of plenty other full backs in super league I would prefer, Simpson being one of them, give the lad a chance he didn't do anything wrong while grix was injured.

Usual suspects?? And missed the tackle, he just stood there watching. I know he wasn't the only one to blame but he is not good enough to be a full back in a top 4 team. Do you seriously think Leeds would swap him for Hardaker, Wigan for Bowen, Saints for Quinlan, Cas for Dorn, Warrington for Russell, Catalan for Escare or Hull for Shaul? I don't think so.

What epic goal line defence today

From both teams though, it was a cracker of a game.

I thought it was a fantastic advert for RL played at a frantic pace.

Hudds were the better side for me, but bad decisions cost you. Leeds to the credit showed what a champion side they are and showed true grit to grind out a result.

Well played to both sides and as a Leigh fan, wish you the very best of Luck at Wigan.

A lot of positives to take from tonight - despite result.

Ferres decision was a good one.

fantastic game. that's why we all love RL. play like that next week and you'll beat wigan and I really hope you do. good luck

The last play was frustrating. But thought Grix played well on the whole, was solid under the high ball and direct on kick returns.

High intensity game for both teams, hope it doesn't take its toll next week.

The Koppy penalty was ridiculous and ultimately cost us. Wouldn't have been given if play had continued.

Yet we have fullback apart of the team who's finished 3rd and in the semi final... That's the fact!
His mistake... Wasn't as worse as Bowen's last week... Gifting saints the game.
Hardaker made errors against us too. So what? Mistakes happen.
We are 80 minutes away from a grand final and you moan about our fullback!

A great high intensity game last night.

Towards the end of the first half Leeds looked dead on their feet. Giants should have no worries about being able to compete in that level of intensity. That effort could well have been the peak for Leeds. I have a feeling Saints will beat them next week.

Very hard to criticise any Giants player. Everyone makes a mistake at some point. Tonight it was simple as the best team lost. There wasn't much in it and a top performance by both sides but Leeds chanced their arm and a few miracle passes came off.

As for Grixy. Is he world class ? No. But he was ok tonight. As for Bowen being a better full back, five years ago maybe but not now. Quinlan meanwhile is average at bet, Russell is injury prone and makes errors and Escare goes missing when it's not going his way. Giants are never going to have the best player in every position. grixy tries hard and is comparable to many other full backs.

It's going to be a lot tougher at Wigan next week than it would have been playing Leeds. But it's a one off game which Giants have a great chance of winning. It's now at the stage that Giants down need the opposition to have a bad day to win they can do it by their own actions.

If they continue to do the right things next week the score will look after itself.

Optimistic and angry this morning. As good as defence display as I've seen this season, but falling short in attack. Felt we tried to play them down the middle a bit too much and with no erol was not going to be easy. Thought the Ellis kick through was the best option in that instance with defenders chasing down him and support. Wardle going through and not passing to either players in suport was poor indecision, but at best was a few more yards gain, or a fair chance. Ferres dropping it getting in way, not sure, was a stinker. Thought leeming should have got a bit more game time, but think this a lot. Grix was OK l thought apart from last minute which made no difference to us really. Overall though, we have got to take opportunities against teams at this stage, that's what sets apart the winners and also rans.

As a side note, when dies Ablett start his job at united diaries? Because that guy is one hell of a milker of penalties. And is rob burrow joining hayne at 49ers?

I would argue with you there. The best team does not always win, and I think that was the case in this game. Quality game but if I were giving it points out of 10 it would be Giants 8 Rhinos 7.
Rhinos had all the luck going.

Grix is a better defender than Escare and Quinlan HTH

I left last night as soon as the Hall try was awarded in a mood of anger (I wasn't quite sure who I was angry at!) and huge disappointment, which is unlike me as I usually always stay to applaud the players.

I then got home and checked this board only for my anger to increase when I saw the usual 'The migration crisis? I blame Scot Grix. The roof is leaking? That's Grix's fault' mob around.

However, this morning, even though I'm still very disappointed (especially as I have no idea how or if I'm going to make it to Wigan on Thursday), I have some optimism. We'll go to the DW with no expectations behind us, we'll be the massive underdogs, and I think that's going to really suit us. The season is far from over yet - one win and it's the Grand Final

Do you genuinely believe that? You don't think Huddersfield'sfirst try was incredibly fortunate? Knock on by Hall followed by terrible pass to the floor followed by a forward pass to the wing to finish - nothing fortunate there is there?

The bounce off the ball went very much Hudds way until the last five minutes when thanks to some great play by leeds and indiscipline on your part (they were all perfectly legit penalties) we snatched it. The stats will probably suggest that Leeds were the better team, we were certainly dominant in the first half, but I'd say it was very even - as was the luck.

www.superleague.co.uk/report/11961 Stats from the game. Pretty even.

www.superleague.co.uk/report/11961 Stats from the game. Pretty even.

As much as I'd have liked you to beat Rhinos both teams credit to the game, especially after watching the RU scrumathon earlier in the week, result could be a blessing for Hudds 80 minute game and all that.

I think as soon as Wigan beat cas the best outcome for us would be to finish 3rd

Away to Wigan is a much easier prospect than Leeds home or away

One game off the grand final against a team there for the beating

Giants did us proud last night, crowd and atmosphere was amazing

Based on 2015, Wigan away is about as tough as it gets.

Cracking game and although it didn't really cost us anything in the grand scheme of things it was gutting to lose to them in that manner and celebrating something that 'doesn't mean anything', also thought they got the rub of the green especially in the last quarter, we didn't deserve to lose that !
Thought we were great last night and showed we can raise our intensity for the big games, we just need to do it a couple more times now !!

didnt take our chances lastnight, robinson one was a shocker!

first half we had no field position but we had it in the second half and really should have won but for hardaker going down like his leg had been shot then the ref watching the big screen and sinfield moaning in his ear about kopczak! joke if thats a pen.

wasnt bothered about losing after that as a draw made no difference to us as we then had to play away from home anyway.

taai top performer for us, played 2nd row and prop.

ferres didnt look fit , understandable.

roll on next week, last chance saloon!