Today's teams

(2icon_cool.gif Ben Cockayne FULL BACK Brent Webb (1)
(21) Sam Latus WINGER Kallum Watkins (19)
(3) Kris Welham CENTRE Lee Smith (2)
(4) Jake Webster CENTRE Keith Senior (4)
(5) Liam Colbon WINGER Ryan Hall (5)
(6) Blake Green STAND OFF Kevin Sinfield (13)
(13) Scott Murrell SCRUM HALF Rob Burrow (7)
(20) Mick Vella PROP Ian Kirke (17)
(1icon_cool.gif Josh Hodgson HOOKER Danny Buderus (9)
(10) Joel Clinton PROP Ryan Bailey (16)
(23) Willie Mason SECOND ROW Jamie Jones-Buchanan (11)
(icon_cool.gif Rhys Lovegrove SECOND ROW Chris Clarkson (21)
(12) Ben Galea LOOSE FORWARD Carl Ablett (12)

(14) Liam Watts SUBS Ben Cross (15)
(22) Scott Taylor Weller Hauraki (20)
(9) Ben Fisher Jay Pitts (22)
(17) Matt Cook Paul McShane (24)

Hope we at least compete and, if we don't, we at least show signs of growing competence and confidence.

Long way to go but looking easy for Leeds so far.

Here we go againicon_sad.gif

Good try from Vella

Good work by Rovers to get back in the game.

See my beloved rhinos are back to been $hite! Too easy for rovers.

No disrespect to Rovers, who are very good value for their commanding lead, but Leeds look clueless in terms of organisation in both attack and defence.

There's a long way to go yet; but, c'mon Rovers!

Yep back to our regular form. We are very jackal n Hyde!

Leeds truly shocking.

Worst Leeds side for many a year.

McDermott's influence really starting to tell now.

Good win for Rovers.

Maybe the derby will be worth watching after all.

Always worth watching, even if we're both dire.

Will be interesting to see how both teams get on next weekend. Hull facing a resurgent Catalans and Rovers taking on a Wigan team on the rebound.

Seriously good effort from Rovers today without Dobson, Newton, Fox and Briscoe. Galea was great and Taylor looks a terrific prospect. Must be favourites next week as Leeds can draw with Wigan who have themselves just been well beaten.



Derby should be a cracker with James Child in charge.

Well played KR; a well deserved win.

yippee.

I thought the return of Vella made a big difference today, he really led by example.

Agreed, we've missed him more than I thought we would. Shows how much influence he has without, perhaps, standing out.

Yep, Vella, Cockayne, Green, Galea all were very good. Thought in general our pack was excellent. Can't wait till Dobson is back and fully fit though, Murrell isn't a scrum half. Mason seems to be struggling to get up to speed as well, hopefully with a few more games under his belt he'll be back to his best

Ben Cockayne at fullback was clearly more of an attacking threat than we've had.

He always has looked dangerous coming forward, trouble is he's always looked equally dangerous under the high ball! Didn't really get tested as much as I thought Leeds might have done today.

Vella showed exactly what we miss when he's not in the team today i thought. the problem is that it's not glaringly obvious what he brings to the team which leads people to believe we won't miss him

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near enough as makes no difference the same squad that thumped you guys earlier in the season
squad that night
Webb, Smith, Delaney, Senior, Hall, Burrow, Leuluai, Buderus, Jones-Buchanan, Ablett, Sinfield, Cross, Bailey, Kirke, Burgess, Watkins, Hauraki, Jones-Bishop, McShane.
squad today against kr
Webb, Smith, Senior, Hall, Burrow, Leuluai, Buderus, Jones-Bishop, Ablett, Sinfield, Cross, Bailey, Kirke, Watkins, Hauraki, Clarkson, Pitts, McShane, Singleton.

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so not that much difference really....

(Engage Mrs Barista mode) "That means of course that Hull KR are huge favorites for the derby" (Disengage Mrs Barista mode).