I'll buck the general trend - I'll be shouting for Leeds tonight. That said, I can't see past a win for Manly.

I think it will be to close to have a bet on,but I would have a bet on Big Bad Bailey getting away with it next week if he gets up to his tricks.

Watmough to sort him out,hopefully.

Manly and to see Bailey put on his backside too!

To freshen it up I think it needs to be played at the end of the season rather than the beginning of the following season and also alternate between northern and southern hemispheres. Even though the Aussie teams have started bringing effectively full-strength squads they still treat it as a pre-season game.

If the world club challenge was played on a level playing field then the Australian side would nearly always win.
Manly are a much better side than Leeds, but due to the handicap of the aussies not having match practice, it gives Leeds a chance.

Leeds forward passing will win them the game, they must have got away with 17 so far, also nice to see Shithouse bailey getting man handled though it was a bit dangerous

How did Ablett get away with the knock on in the build up to Halls 2nd?

They've had the bounces of the ball we craved last year against St George but sadly never got.

Leeds game to lose now.

Yep, and Doris was flat-footed for the try too.....

just need steve matai to crush ryan bailey with one of his hits this half and we're all good

Realistically, he is not someone you need to worry about, other than the cheap-shots...

yes i know, ryan bailey is awful, i'd just love matai to ruin him

Well this is the part of the game everyone expected Manly to fade away in. Just losing their way a bit though Leeds.

it's not like these penalties aren't warranted either, bet they'll moan about the ref though come post game

By God they've have every bit of luck tonight Leeds.

Leeds have got away with a couple of blatant knock ons that would be given all day long in superleague.

Both resulted in try's and that's been the difference.

Rob Burrow is a super player though. A real shame he wasn't fit for England last year. I just hope he's in this form come world cup time next year.

Fair play to leeds theyve won but to be come a world champ at a sport youve got to have played against different sides like footy champions league you go on a one off game not for me how come the british teams do not go over to australia

What a bitter lot you are.

The game needs a change to get it going again. The fact that people always say the Aussies are under cooked and don't really care will continue to hold it back until we start to go over there and play against the odds.in an ideal world I'd love to see 6-8 teams involved playing a mini comp but I can't see it anytime soon.

We should help ourselves and buy some more time by dropping the superleague to a 12 or even 10 team comp. It would increase standards across the board and give us more free weeks for rep rugby.

Again this won't be happening anytime soon though. I have no faith in a board that sells a 7 figure sponsorship deal for magic beans (or posters on a couple of trucks) to get anything right.

I am glad Leeds won, being the English team, but their first and last tries were from forward passes that were a mile forward. Well played Leeds though, they showed great effort and great determination to cling on in that second half when they could have easily collapsed.

Leeds deserved their win. Manly blew it when they gave away the stupid lead with the forearm penalty as they had Leeds on the ropes at that time.

because the powers that be know that no british team could win it over there, i doubt any team will did what Wigan did in 94 and british rugby would be an even bigger laughing stock than it already is

At last, a bit of common sense on here. How Manly played 80 minutes with 13 men after two spear tackles and a blatant lead with the elbow is beyond me. Klein's refereeing around the ptb was terrible. Leeds certainly deserved to win and it's good for RL in this country.

Congratulations to the Rhinos, wasn't expecting it (or wanting it if I'm completely honest). But after the amount of "it's only a pre-season game" etc I've read off bitter Aussies on Twitter I'm actually quite happy now.

The format does need revamping for the Aussie press/public to view it in as high regard as we do. Alternate between UK/Aus, play it in between the GFs and international series and every 4 years have an 8 team tournament.

A deserved Leeds win but what about that Headingley pitch ?

I haven't seen that much sand since I went to Southport beach.

Glad Leeds won but:

- 1st and 2nd to last tries were forward by a bloody mile

- Burrow- too much of a short ar*e to play the game. How someone like Toni Williams is to get down to the poison dwarfs level is beyond me.