Decided where you're standing?

Think I may aswell get right amongst it in the southstand eh?

Any ideas what the pre-match entertainment will be tonight? Managed to persuade the GF to come for the first time!!

Not sure, but I bet you the Radio Dance Team has got younger. They seem to get younger every year. (Either that or I'm getting older).

Not sure the GF will be as appreciative as we will be, although you never know.



Was hoping for a John Innes classic!

Best choice! See you there!

Some of them are 16/17 this year! Next year's crop and that....

Stick in there matey, my first Leeds match was a loss (v Australia) but seeing the boys come good and winning the GF makes the losses easier to stomach.

Thanks for sharing.

It's only fair he joined the club, I mean most of us have...

What year?

Because my 1st match was against Australia too. Im sure it was either 93 or 94.

It would have been a couple of years before that as it was before doug laughton joined if it was the game we were leading at half time, 10-6 iirc

This years crop if you're as young as me

If the result was 6-48 it'll have been 1994.

1990.

Which coincided with an era when we played the game at a higher standard.

The result was 10-22 BTW.

Leeds performance that day was excellent.

Yeah, thats the one. Didnt we score the try late on IIRC? I was only 10 at the time and I have slept since

Yep. Alan Tait scored near the end.

ET and Alfie Langer scored hat-tricks for the Aussies.

Well even though the result wasnt great I thoroughly enjoyed my first Super League experience. I stood in the South Stand, and it was quite unusual being able to stand and watch the match with a beer in hand. Although I heard mutterings in the crowd that the atmosphere was poor and the performance of the Rhinos even worse it didnt spoil my night. I will definately be back soon.

PS. Did anyone see one of the Rhinos (sorry not sure who it was) nip over the boards into the empty stand behind the posts with the trainer and go behind the scaffolding. What was he doing? Just a toilet break I presume.

Anyway im off now to check the fixtures and arrange my next trip to see the Rhinos.

It was Kallum Watkins, and yes we spotted it. Think he went for a number 2 as well, unless he normally pulls his shorts all the way down for a wee. He's only young so maybe he still does. Don't know who's job it is to clean that up.

Glad you enjoyed it. Results like that happen. Don't let it stop you coming back!

Glad to report that the new big screen was working ok on sunday evening for the RU

It was just the game that was s[ih[/iit

Old school.

It was 1990, have still got the programme in my loft, Leeds played in a white shirt with blue collar and amber and blue thin hoops with (I think) Carling sponser . I bought one of these shirts at the game and still have it, I wear it now and again.

Without digging out the programme, Leeds players I remember were Roy Powell, Paul Harkin, John Gallagher, Paul Medley, oh memoris not what it used to be. For Aus I remember, Lazarus, Sironen, Roach, Bella, Ellias, Maninga and Langer?

Real good game it was, Leeds did themselves proud, infact we could of won it.

21st October 1990, Leeds 10 Australia 22 (HT 10-6)
Referee: Ray Tennant (Castleford), Attendance 16,037

Leeds:
John Gallagher
Phil Ford, Simon Irving, Carl Gibson, Vince Fawcett
Garry Schofield, Paul Harkin
Steve Molloy, Richard Gunn, Roy Powell
Paul Dixon, Cavill Heugh, Mike Kuiti
Subs:
David Creasser, Paul Delaney, Gary Divorty, David Young

Tries: John Gallagher, Paul Dixon
Goal: Simon Irving

Australia:
Gary Belcher
Michael Hancock, Mark McGaw, Mal Meninga, Andrew Ettingshausen
Laurie Daley, Allan Langer
Steve Roach, Kerrod Walters, Martin Bella
Paul Sironen, Bob Lindner, Brad Mackay
Subs:
Greg Alexander, Benny Elias, David Gillespie, Glenn Lazerus

Tries: Paul Sironen (2), Mal Meninga, Bob Lindner
Goals: Mal Meninga (3)

I do hope it wasn't a little sh*t for you

(Paul Medley) I mean't Paul Dixon, had his face in my mind, how could I forget Schoey!! Doh, must appologise. Hard to beleive it;s 21 years ago....