When was Bailey's last try tvoc? I remember him scoring against Cas and the Bulls in 06.

Then I'm pretty sure he got over the line against Hull but both were ruled out a couple of years ag.

According to [url=http://www.slstats.org/p315/Ryan+Bailey.html#Year_2007this[/url he scored 3 in 2007, the last [iBEING[/i against Wakefield

He's back. I little burnt on top but otherwise unscathed.

Ryan Bailey has scored 9 tries for Leeds in his 214 Appearances:

13-Mar-04 ….. CC ….. St Helens
08-Oct-04 ….. PO ….. Wigan
07-Aug-05 ….. SL ….. Leigh
07-Aug-05 ….. SL ….. Leigh
05-Mar-06 ….. SL ….. Castleford
26-May-06 ….. SL ….. Bradford
16-Feb-07 ….. SL ….. Hull
16-Mar-07 ….. SL ….. Wakefield
20-Jul-07 ….. SL ….. Wakefield




I think you've got your Hull and Hull KR's mixed up there. The game you are recalling was the opening SL game of 2008 (although technically a Round 4 fixture) V Hull KR at Headingley. The first was ruled out for a double movement and the second as he was adjudged held up. The video referee was Phil Bentham.

his naked run of shame is slowly becoming an annual event

I don't think he has anything to be ashamed about. In fact I think he quite enjoys it.

He had no need to pass to McGuire last Saturday.

There is a section of the "official matchday magazine" that shows when each player scored their lasttry and who it was against

Time for a update:

Up to and including Round 20: SL Regular Rounds Top 4

1 - St Helens- Played 394, Won 287, Drawn 8, Lost 99, Pts For 12859, Pts Agst 7788, (Avg Score 33-20), Comp Points 580 (After Salary cap Deductions)

2 - Leeds - Played 394, Won 266, Drawn 10, Lost 118, Pts For 11773, Pts Agst 8023, (Avg Score 30-20), Comp Points 542

3 - Bradford - Played 394, Won 266, Drawn 12, Lost 116, Pts For 12113, Pts Agst 7769, (Avg Score 31-20), Comp Points 540 (After Salary cap Deductions)

4 - Wigan - Played 394, Won 262, Drawn 15, Lost 117, Pts For 11458, Pts Agst 7307, (Avg Score 29-19), Comp Points 533 (After Salary cap Deductions)

With St Helens, Leeds and Wigan all picking up 4 points from the 6 on offer (Bradford 3 defeats) since the top table was produced we now see Leeds (for the 1st time in the SL Era) move into 2nd place on the table using competition points to determine the order.

Still quite a gap to top spot isn't there

And it's widened so far this season but honestly who cares right now, Leeds are ahead of Bradford on the table for the first time in 15 seasons.

Now time to forge ahead, (overcome Bradford's Salary Cap points deduction) and remove any lingering doubts over the validity of the 2nd spot on the table.

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Next opponents - Hull KR

Leeds SL Era Record V Hull KR

All Comps: All Fixtures
Played 10, Won 8, Drawn 0, Lost 2, Pts For 269, Pts Agst 137 ..... Avg Scr (27-14) ..... 80%

All Comps: Craven Park:
Played 4, Won 3, Drawn 0, Lost 1, Pts For 93, Pts Agst 64 ..... Avg Scr (23-16) ..... 75%

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Leeds' Biggest Win: 44 - 4 (Headingley - 22nd Feb 2002 - Challenge Cup)
......................: 44 - 8 (Headingley - 18th September 2009 - SL Play-Offs)
Leeds' Biggest Win At Craven Park: 36 - 22 (25th April 2008 - SL Reg Rds)
Leeds' Widest Winning Margin: As above (Top)
Leeds' Widest Winning Margin At Craven Park: As Above (3rd Top)
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Hull KR's Biggest Win: 22 - 20 (Craven Park - 10th March 2007)
Hull KR's Biggest Win At Craven Park: (As Above)
Hull KR's Widest Winning Margin: 17 - 10 (Headingley - 19th March 2010 - SL Reg Rds)
Hull KR's Widest Winning Margin At Craven Park: As above (Top)


Brian McClennan's Leeds record V Hull KR: (All Comps)
Played 6, Won 5, Drawn 0, Lost 1, Pts For 153, Pts Agst 83, Avg Scr (26-14), 83%

Brian McClennan's Leeds have never lost on a visit to the city of Hull - 5 from 5

Justin Morgan's Hull KR record V Leeds: (All Comps)
Played 9, Won 2, Drawn 0, Lost 7, Pts For 133, Pts Agst 225, Avg Scr (15-25), 22%

(In addition to the above Justin Morgan was also the Toulouse coach in the CC-SF played on the 31st July 2005, which Leeds Won 56-1icon_cool.gif

Leeds W/D/L record V Hull KR in sequence:

W =#FF0000L W W W W W W W =#FF0000L

Danny McGuire's next Leeds Start will be his 200th for the club.

He will become the 6th Leeds player to reach the mark in the SL Era following:

1 - Keith Senior - 338
2 - Kevin Sinfield - 327
3 - Francis Cummins - 255
4 - Matt Diskin - 222
5 - Rob Burrow - 212

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Three Leeds players are closing in on their 100th Appearance for the club:

98 - Ian Kirke
97 - Brent Webb
95 - Carl Ablett

McGuire's strike rate is superb. Interesting that he's played a few games less than Burrow. Did Burrow have half a season start on him?

As these are Starts rather than Appearances, McGuire made his full debut in the Away game at Widnes (22nd June 2002) which marked Burrow's 14th start. Using that yardstick they've almost exactly kept pace with each other since then.

Burrow also got the drop on McGuire having 12 Appearances under his wee belt before McGuire made his debut 6th July 2001. That accounts for some but not by any means all the additional 47 appearances Burrow has made for Leeds.

Rob Burrow: Pl 212 + 74 + 1 (NPS), Tries 126, Goals 147, D Goals 4, Points 802

Danny McGuire: Pl 199 + 40 + 2 (NPS), Tries 180, Goals 0, D Goals 2, Points 722

Those are amazing strike rates for half backs. I think both are under appreciated. This has been a golden period and surely they will be looked back upon one day with the same revereance as Hardisty and Hepworth, Shoebtoom, Holmes, Jones and all the other great halves the club has seen.

I think Danny has fewer appearances than Burrow due to some injuries around 2005-2006

Burrow was used as impact sub quite a lot too once established wheras once established Danny has pretty much started when fit

They should be.

I've always thought if they played for a Lancastrian club they'd get more of the credit they deserve.

Great half backs often appear in and make great partnerships. Jones/Stevenson, Shoebottom/Seabourne, Hardisty/Hepworth, Holmes/Dick, Schofield/? (I'm struggling with this one) and now McGuire/Burrow.

I never saw the first pair unfortunately but of those I have seen Shoebottom and Seabourne will always remain my favourites. One the whippet the other the terrier. And of the pairing Shoebottom will never be surpassed in my eyes and his loss from the game at 26 remains one of the all-time tragedies of Rugby League. As John Holmes once commented; [i"Mick Shoebottom was the best player I have ever seen. He was versatile, hard, had rare match-winning qualities and was an inspiration to everyone around him. Shoey was absolutely superb."[/i

I think there are a lot of players at Leeds who don't get the credit they deserve for whatever reason. And that includes by the Leeds fans!

Graham Holroyd to complete that Schofield pairing?



Was Dick actually outright first choice at Leeds for more than three or four years from 78 onwards? Can remember him playing against the Kiwis (1980?) but seem to remember him splitting a lot of time with Mark Conway after that...

I was looking for a half-back accomplice for John Holmes and the one that immediately came to mind was Kevin Dick, irrespective of the time they spent together in the roles, it's the partnership I associate.

Basically the Leeds scrum-half role post Keith Hepworth went to a combination of Peter Banner (signed from Featherstone) and a young Chris Sanderson as understudy. When Banner decided to emigrate to Australia it opened the way for Kevin Dick to emerge in support and potential challenger to Sanderson. With the tragic loss of Chris Sanderson at Salford in '77 Leeds brought in John 'Sammy' Sanderson to bridge the gap. Which he did in fine style until 1980/81 sharing the role with Dick. Ian Mackintosh then had a brief look in but like his twin brother (Andy) faded quite quickly from the Headingley scene leaving the way clear for Mark Conway to emerge.

Conway did so at 1st grade level during the 1982/83 season but Dick remained the more usual 1st choice at half back until the 1986/87 season where ironically having finally got the upper hand both Conway and Dick left for pastures new at Belle Vue and The Boulevard respectively.

Mark Conway's early Headingley career was a prime example of not what to do with promising young players as he would regularly turn out for the Colts, reserve grade and 1st grade over the course of a week.

So you were making things up to suit your proposition.

How very disingenuous.

As the proposition was that quality half-backs often also form quality half-back combinations then for Leeds Holmes and Dick (IMO) did just that and I'd also be extremely surprised if Holmes had another half-back partner as many times as he was paired with Kevin Dick. Unless anyone knows differently?

Still trying to think of a scrum-half to partner with the usually outstanding Schofield though and perhaps Harris and Sheridan deserved a mention also.

Ray Ashton, Patrick Entat, Andy Gregory, Bobby Goulding would all have been around the time of Schoey, the pick of those would have been Gregory.

In his prime, perhaps, but that was long time gone when he joined Leeds.

Out of them, probably Entat was the most consistent.

Even at Leeds I would have put Gregory ahead of the others, i felt he was much better at dictating the play, would do the dirty work and took the pressure off Schoey allowing him the room to play wider.

You might be right. Is there an opposite of 'Rose-coloured specs'? I just remember being very disapointed with him. There is a chance that my recollections may be coloured by the many years I spent shouting 'Aaaaaaandy Gregory is a w*nk*r' at him. He used to make me angry in my youth.