I'm sure most of the posters on here will have seen this: www.therhinos.co.uk/news/9615.php I'm concerned based on Sinfield's comments that the team may be concentrating too much on the WCC rather than taking each game as they come. The WCC is important but IMV not as important as ensuring that we pick up 2 competition points from each of the 3 games before that.

I'm sure most of the posters on here will have seen this: www.therhinos.co.uk/news/9615.php I'm concerned based on Sinfield's comments that the team may be concentrating too much on the WCC rather than taking each game as they come. The WCC is important but IMV not as important as ensuring that we pick up 2 competition points from each of the 3 games before that.

Quote ="Old Feller"I'm sure most of the posters on here will have seen this: www.therhinos.co.uk/news/9615.php I'm concerned based on Sinfield's comments that the team may be concentrating too much on the WCC rather than taking each game as they come. The WCC is important but IMV not as important as ensuring that we pick up 2 competition points from each of the 3 games before that.'" its the games after the WCC that you need to be concerned about

Quote ="Old Feller"I'm sure most of the posters on here will have seen this: www.therhinos.co.uk/news/9615.php I'm concerned based on Sinfield's comments that the team may be concentrating too much on the WCC rather than taking each game as they come. The WCC is important but IMV not as important as ensuring that we pick up 2 competition points from each of the 3 games before that.'" its the games after the WCC that you need to be concerned about

Leeds have four SL games before the WCC fixture (Crusaders, Castleford, Wakefield, Salford) and all are fairly important, as building blocks for the Melbourne game that follows.

If Leeds were to concentrate especially on any one of their first five fixtures I'd hope it would be the WCC game. As was shown adequately enough last season losing two SL points here and there is not neccessarily season ending in that comp, whereas it's 'game over' in the WCC and Challenge Cup.

As usual the RFL have done their part in preparing Leeds for the Melbourne fixture (confidence building wise), as long as the run isn't too easy, which can be the danger when avoiding all of the bigger guns pre WCC.

Without being disrespectful to our first four opponents we certainly do appear to have been a little bit spoon fed.

I agree, but in previous campaigns it's been against some of the so-called weaker teams where we've come unstuck, eg Salford & Harlequins last year.
That is the point I'm trying to make all games are worth 2 points regardless of the opposition.
An easy start means harder games closer together later.
Another statement of the bleeding obvious I grant you.

Quote ="Old Feller"I'm sure most of the posters on here will have seen this: www.therhinos.co.uk/news/9615.php I'm concerned based on Sinfield's comments that the team may be concentrating too much on the WCC rather than taking each game as they come. The WCC is important but IMV not as important as ensuring that we pick up 2 competition points from each of the 3 games before that.'" I take on board what you're saying but it might be no bad things for the team to practice a "dummy run" of games where the aim is to gradually improve, then peak for the big one. A sort of simulation of the play off situation if you like. Although as the Rovers fan points out, it's the ones immediately after that tend to prove problematic.

Quote ="Old Feller"I'm sure most of the posters on here will have seen this: www.therhinos.co.uk/news/9615.php I'm concerned based on Sinfield's comments that the team may be concentrating too much on the WCC rather than taking each game as they come. The WCC is important but IMV not as important as ensuring that we pick up 2 competition points from each of the 3 games before that.'" I take on board what you're saying but it might be no bad things for the team to practice a "dummy run" of games where the aim is to gradually improve, then peak for the big one. A sort of simulation of the play off situation if you like. Although as the Rovers fan points out, it's the ones immediately after that tend to prove problematic.

I think Wakey will go well this year, and we seldom get an entirely easy ride from Cas. At the very least they'll be physical, which will be good preparation for the WCC.

Rovers fan?

Is t' WCC match live on t' telly?

Quote ="Beetnik"Is t' WCC match live on t' telly?'" Live on Sky! www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12944,00.html

Quote ="Beetnik"Is t' WCC match live on t' telly?'" Live on Sky! www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12944,00.html

Yeah. He knows you fail the postcode test.

Are these the same as the first four rounds from last year, just with the home and away teams reversed?

No mate we played Salford at home after the WCC and then finished the season at their place.

Sorry mate - no offence intended. I thought your avatar was a robin.

why beetnik will you not be in attendence? go sit in your front room like alot of the glory hunting Whinos out there.

i fail the post code test? without even being tested? sounds a bit arbitrary to me.

Actually, I've been to all the Rhinos WCC finals to date, have a season ticket and go to a fair proportion of away games. However, it's a long way back from Tanzania for one game so I'd like to be able to record it. There, I've risen.

Now tell me - is it something in the air where you live that leads you to disparage someone who you know nothing about, your innate personality or something else? - I'd like to know.

Avatar a mock up of the new South Stand

Its the combination of Garforth and Hunslet, doomed to failure right form the start.

Hey look everyone, its' a Hunslet fan.

Be careful now, don't scare it off. These things are very very rare indeed and will be extinct, like the club they support, very soon.

Feel free to take photographs.

Interesting comment from coach McClennan in and amongst [url=http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/10/01/28/manual_153651.htmlthe pre-amble to tonight's match[/url:

[i"We really want to get off to a good start this year," he said. "You don't get a second chance to make a good first impression. We'd like to make a good first impression this year and perhaps fire a shot over everyone's bow and say 'this is the Rhinos for 2010'. We want to start really strong. We've got a World Club Challenge to prepare for. We felt we under-achieved last year and we'd like to go into that feeling a lot more confident about ourselves."
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It's pleasing to see the men that matter within Headingley are determined to correct the mistakes from last season. The CEO has done his job re the squad, now it's over to the coach and players to make us even prouder.

i feel, and said at the time, that the club wrote off the WCC last season because of the amount of players at the world cup. i felt they didn't try to peak for the game, but for the end of the season when it mattered. and i have to say they got it spot on

While I accept the World Cup had an effect Leeds had the blueprint from 2008 for getting the players up for both the WCC and the SL play offs in a single season and I share their disappointment at letting the WCC slip through their fingers all things considered.

Bluey said similar in the interview on Rhinos tv - about putting a marker down for the rest of the league.