Warrington only got back into the game when our intensity dipped possibly because the players didn't have the resistance they expected from their opponents. I thought we showed a commitment to each other which was pleasing to see. Team spirit seems great and for that Smith must take some credit. Austin is on fire, O'Connor had a top game too and McDonald has been the best signing we have made for years. Smith apart from the pass for the Handley try was a blocker in the attack - he isn't a ball player - he isn't mentally alert enough. Great defender - total commitment. Lisone was superb last night - good to see his extending his contract. Top performance all round.

Definitely, just wish we'd have done this at season start ! I know it's a marathon not a sprint but there's no way this playing roster should be below 6th.

Ultimately if we don’t make the 6 its those daft losses against cas and wakefield that’s done for us which is really annoying

Unfortunately the end of the season will have to be a long sprint from now.

I think the yellow card energised Warrington, something that often happens, but I imagine some fatigue kicked in for Leeds, which is to be expected when you go all guns blazing from the off.

We cant forget that even tho they've lost a few games in a row, they are second in the league with some very good players, they were always going to come back into the game at somepoint but we still managed to make good metres in attack and kept them quiet in defence.

Agree about Lisone, he really has settled now, his fitness has improved and it seems like his weight has dropped, impressed with him, especially his passing skills, which i wasnt expecting. Hes also another player thats great at getting a quick PTB.

It appears to me that RS has tried out a lot of things for full games that you might want to throw in to a game plan for 10-15 minutes. Finding what could and doesn't work, made the transition back to traditional rugby a little late for me but we do look good when we do play like last night. First half we were superb, 2nd half Wire came back into the game and sorted out their own defence which would account for our slight drop in intensity, also very difficult to keep that up for 80. Only small dissapointment for me was that we didnt press home the advantage when they were down to 12 with big Kassiano off the field, could have killed the game off then.

McDonnell only carried the ball twice last night which is surprising. Just shows how good his defence is to be standing out in games when hes barely touching the ball.

Very good performance last night and fully deserved.
I don`t think Warington were that bad other than lacking ideas near the line.
For me Ratchford and Duffy were very poor and Kasiano was atrocious along with Dudson.
Myler chiming into the line and Austin and Sezer running the show were highlights from the backs.
Not one player let us down tonight.
As mentioned in another thread Austin must get a 2 year contract especially if Sezer is leaving.
Walters is going from strength to strength for sure.

That’s two weeks on the trot now where we’ve really shown what we can do when we hold the ball and play with more intensity. It’s a world away from where we’ve been for almost all of this season and especially the couple of weeks before. Smith really seems to have changed the way we play, much more line speed and intent in defence earns the right to promote the ball more in attack and it’s paying off.

Let’s hope we can keep it going.

another decent team effort.
The defence was as good ( if not better )than the attack.
Too many to choose from for man of the match..
Some =#400000er needs to go to
Specsavers regarding the wire try.

another decent team effort.
The defence was as good ( if not better )than the attack.
Too many to choose from for man of the match..
Some =#400000er needs to go to
Specsavers regarding the wire try.

Agree bud

Lots have continued to talk about getting a new fb but for all someone like dufty would add pace mylers assists are right up there he's good under the high ball and safe defensively, good communicator too. Fb doesn't come for another year for me.

Indeed. It's about balance. We have 2 running halves and a currently 1 dimensional 9, so having a passer like Myler at full back gives the team much more balance.

Agree. Myler is contracted until end of 2024 and is living with the daughter of our President so Rohan won’t be moving him on early, I’m sure he doesn’t want to anyway.

So he will be here next year and is far better now at FB than in the halves so I can’t see why we would sign a FB yet. Myler is very durable but at end of next season will have played for 17 seasons, that’s a lot of hammer for a small bloke and my guess is he’ll retire. So for mine an FB in 2025 is a better option.

I agree. I think we'll see a couple of forwards and at least 1 half. I doubt we'll see any new backs brought in

Agree on outside backs , interesting to see how many more of contract leave

As many others have said , good to see us back it up and defend really well.

Makes Those 3 defeats v Cas and wakey even more annoying as we need a lot more wins to sneak into the six

I see your point. For me fullback is if it’s someone of genuine quality who can do what myler can do with added run threat. If it can also be an element of succession planning in that position then great.

I for one thought Dufty would go well over here, but his attitude stinks. In his defence he should be nowhere near the 6 shirt though.

Results going our way tonight with Hull KR and Salford losing

KR never got off the bus.
Leigh completely ripped them apart.

Yeh exactly, those 3 games we really should have won.
We'd be joint second!
Never mind the Hull, Salford and KR defeats.

Did anyone find out what the ref was saying to Walters after his try? It looked like he was admonishing him for his try celebration but as far as I know that isn't a rule written or otherwise!
I can't imagine what else he might of been saying, what else could it be

Big 2 games coming Salford away and KR at home need 2 wins to close the gap.
Croft missing v wakey and a few others, Croft back next Sunday so I’m sure Salford will be a lot better

We haven’t won 3 in a row all season, If we can win 4 in a row we ate back in contention. Lose next week and we are up against it again.