Some really pleasing things tonight.

Shaul had his best game in a long time and that pass to ratu was brilliant

Satae looks a different player now hes had a decent pre season and lost a few lbs

Sao was excellent, especially his first stint

Savelio was class. Keep him fit and he will have an outstanding season

Offloading plenty and, more importantly, players actually in position to take them

Mao and Jones both had strong games

Johnstone's did 70 minutes and didn't look out of place

Best thing for me was our attitude in defence. Last season Leeds would probably have scored another 3 tries

I thought Leeds were pretty poor tbh. Their squad looks weak to me. Too much reliance on young players and I dont think many will come through and become top quality like their fans seem to believe

Did what we had to do , thought Leeds were poor but at times we looked like we had another few gears if needed . Defence was really good and had options in attack and keen to keep the ball alive . Savelio was really good , also thought Connor went well . Didn’t try to over play like he has in past at 6 , stuck to the game plan and didn’t try to create every time he had the ball .

I actually thought their effort was good, but they just got dominated. They need to bring one or two big men in, or they're gonna struggle again. Which I don't mind as it happens.

I thought Ellis was strong in his spell but he wouldn't be in my first choice team. He is a good guy to have around the squad and use sparingly, especially in the big games or games when we have a few kids playing and need his leadership.

I think when the forwards are so strong you can afford to drop a forward off the bench. I would probably leave Ellis out to get Kelly in next week, and maybe leave Lane out to bring in Fonua with Griffin taking Lane's bench spot. You don't want to tinker too much with a winning team but when you have the quality of those two you have to find a spot for them.

Something like:

Shaul
Naulago
Tuimavave
Fonua
Faraimo
Connor
Sneyd
Taylor
Johnstone
Satae
Jones
Ma'u
Sao

Savelio
Bowden
Griffin
Kelly

Agree with what youve said but Id lose Faraimo too - Constantly gets caught out in defense and simply not good enough and never has been. I want to see Swift in his position.

Think that will happen sooner than later.

That looks a very good 17 and moving Griffin to the bench is probably the answer when Fonua comes into the side.
My feeling however is Danny Houghton will come into the 17 on the bench next week although i would much rather see Albert Kelly

Faraimo did nothing wrong today, would be harsh to drop him, but I think those two will be competing for the left wing all year. It comes down to what you prefer. I don't either of them are amazing defenders and both have mistakes in their game, so do you opt for Faraimo's size or Swifts speed? It's horses for courses I guess. I think Ratu has the other one nailed down now.

[del[/delRadford might become "the tinkerman" with this big competitive squad he has at the moment. Although the lads today all showed that they want to keep their place in the team. Taking nothing away from Johnstone, but Houghton should be certain to come back in when fit to play, he's a machine.

Very impressive performance.be tough for us without doubt next week.

Our biggest Headingley win in 36 years. Not bad for a team that can't play in the rain. Congrats to Lee on getting selection and performance spot on tonight.

Faraimo always gets nailed for moving off his wing, but Ratu did the same tonight and it cost us from the scrum. Luckily he had the pace to get to Handley

good to see we have cut the penalty count down.

If you'd put "some of their fans seem to believe" I'd agree 100%. Your boys did you proud. And some good noise from the west terrace too.

What a good all round performance,so good it shut that bl---y drummer up.Think Agar still looks the same confused coach as he was at Hull FC.

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Would still like to see Kelly behind that pack.

Re Agar I couldn’t agree more, Leeds looked just like we did under Agars tenure particularly in the opposition 20. Can’t believe he got the job to be honest only reason I can see is same reason he got it at Hull as Hetheringtons yes man.

A few rounds to go yet.

Looks like we might now also be in a position where scott taylor can be used in shorter more intense spells rather than over stretching himself all the time

Satea looks much the same tbh. Just got a support network around him. But an utter weapon when the grounds firm up a bit
Sao much the same..savelio looked international standard

satae was knackered after 1 run last season. Looks a lot fitter now. And either he's lost a few lbs or they have bought him some bigger shorts

Loved it !! Great opening 20
Intense and disciplined !!
Great team effort - well done the whole team and coaches

Couple of talking points for me

1. Clock stopped and stayed stopped allowing Leeds one more tackle at 39.20
If they’d scored with 10 seconds to go would the ref be allowed to look at the clock on a replay ?

2. Hurrell - how on earth was he allowed to play until half time. Disgrace to player welfare. Watching on Sky you could see he was out of it after the collision. Donaldson also looked concussed. Don’t staff watch players after a head knock ????

He got used odd last year. His average over the four games was 9 n half metres a carry. Now he's got men around him he'll look even more devastating. He'll be dreamteam abouts this year