"@WTWildcatsRL: Walshaw has just picked up Hardaker like he was a small child and carried him over the touchline #WTW"

"@WTWildcatsRL: High shot on the siren and Goulding will attempt to level us up from 20 metres #WTW"

"@MartynSadler: Wakefield get a penalty in the last second, with Liam Sutcliffe high tackle on Ben Shulver. Goulding scores and it's an 18-18 draw."

Fantastic result now everyone get their Season Tickets!!

Walshaws certainly put some size on this year.

18-18 is a good result against what looked like a stronger than normal Boxing Day Leeds team.

How did the young lads play?

I wouldn't call it a fantastic result, sounds like a lucky draw to me.

After all the doubts about us and a few players being slated and with the team we fielded against a pretty strong Leeds team it is a great result, especially when we have 3 players coming over later on.

Don't forget that Leeds had more players out than we had.

Lets not forget that the players fielded against us had more SL experience than majority of our young uns.
Its our first pre-season game and if we build on that we should be okay next season...

I'm happy

Any stand outs, for anyone that went?

Me too!

I take it that Santa didn't call at your house!

They also played inexperienced youngsters, there was only Sutcliffe that has had experience. Overall we had more experienced players and in the end just managed to scrape a draw. Not really impressive.

We had alot of our starting line up out, so did they. No point looking to much into it,but still a positive sign for the season hopefully

And so did we .get real it's a good result a good bit of confidance for us lets not forget two month ago we didn't have a team

Here's how a Leeds fan saw it



Sounds like Wildey had a good game.
I said it was a good result not "fantastic" and it was a good result especially when you add the context of previous Boxing Day results aanst weaker Leeds line ups, the turmoil we've been in and the fact that quite a few of our players have only just met each other.

My attempt at a quick player by player summary for those not at the game;

1. Mathers - OK; Couple of good runs from dummy half, and joined the line well. Few silly mistakes and could have been better positioned for a few Leeds kicks.
2. Fox - Took his try well. Solid runs to get us going. Not really tested too much in defence or under the high ball.
3. Collis - Solid; didn't play too long. Some good covering defence.
4. Sykes - Good return; Started at centre, few good tackles, moved to stand off later on. 1 great kick.
5. Johnstone - OK; a couple of 'naive' mistakes, but ran the ball in hard and backed himself on the outside against BJB (didn't make it, but i like the fact he backed himself).
6. Goulding - OK; Needs more game time; a few good kicks and linked well with Wildie. Should have cleared the ball dead for Mimms try.
7. Wildie - Good performance; looked sharp but needs to be more commanding and take the initiative a little more.
8. Tautai - Solid; 1 barnstorming run, which unfortunately ended with a knock on. Feisty, looked like he be a danger if used right by RA.
9. McShane - Good performance; Some nice little kicks and looked sharp from dummy half. Impressive 1st game.
10. Moore - Typical RM performance. Needs to watch the offloads at times, but when they come off it gets us on the front foot. Ran out of the line far too quick to let Clarkson in for his try.
11. Anderson? - Only on last 10 mins; Did nothing wrong.
12. Kirmond - Solid; as with Collis, didn't play long, few good tackles and a few 'almost' breaks.
13. Trout - OK; Some good runs and tackling, if he wants a regular spot this season he will need to run some better lines.
14. Smith - Impressive; Good running, sensible off load, joined the line well and passed the ball nicely, not just a battering ram prop.
15. Shulver - Only on last 10 mins; Did nothing wrong.
16. Annakin - Impressive; Solid runs, powerful leg drives. Great little kick through for Wildie try.
17. Walshaw - Good; Strong running; Great effort to take Hardaker over the line; looks bigger and better. Promising.
18. Molloy - Only on last 10/15mins; Ran a good powerful line for his try. Looks to have bulked up from last season.
19. Kilday? - Only on last 10/15mins; looked aggressive; strong running. One to watch.
20. Washbrook - Typical performance. Solid defence. He did make a few more half breaks and seemed to have a bit more confidence than he finished last season.

Can't really say it was a lucky draw. Had the first conversion gone over it would have been a draw anyway, the penalty would have then given us a win.

Thought we defended well but looked a bit one dimensional in attack. Too many panic offloads.

Wildie looked our best player on the field today.

how many times have panic off loads paid dividends to clubs like Leeds and Wigan and won them games, I like to see the ball thrown about

Pretty much agree with that and we lacked patience in the 2nd half, looking for miracle balls instead of building a better attacking platform.

Put into perspective, it was far, far more encouraging than last season but, who gets the trophy

happy with the draw

Happy with the draw, remember not long ago we were 30 mins away from admin

Enjoyed the game today,Dan Smith looked OK and Wildie for me just sneaked MOM for Wakey.If Trin looked after the ball a bit better it would've been a Trin win.But over all the team as a whole tackled well and run it in well.Well done.