Loving the meltdown on the Rhinos forum.

It's great to come away from Leeds with a win . Let's hope we can repeat the process later in the season on at least one occasion.

Well Ellis is a good example. A man who could in the past switch between playing 2nd row or centre, but by the time he was back from NRL you wouldn't put him at centre anymore as he'd struggle.

I doubt Ablett would've been picked there if it was a SL fixture. More likely done to reduce his workload. A SL game and he'd be 2nd row and Walters or another young backrower at centre.

Having been to the match......this is a very accurate report. www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... -1-8306454

Having been to the match......this is a very accurate report. www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... -1-8306454

Quote ="asmadasa"Having been to the match......this is a very accurate report. www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... -1-8306454'" Goodness me a truthful report by a Leeds tabloid and no excuses.

Quote ="asmadasa"Having been to the match......this is a very accurate report. www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... -1-8306454'" Goodness me a truthful report by a Leeds tabloid and no excuses.

Decent crowd which The Trin will benefit from.

great start (same thing happened last year and look were we eneded up and leeds) form the highlights It looked liked wood was giving good service to the halfs... sio as well

Wood went well and tackled well. Sio was close to my MoM - he looked like he was an extra half back at times.

The ingredients are all there - if they want it enough!

Sounds like a good WT display. I didn't go due to family commitments, but I guess if the 10,300 people who did had known in advance that Leeds were treating it as an opposed training session, they might have thought twice about lashing out 18 quid...

Leeds didn't treat the match as an opposed training session, they royally got their collective arśeś handed to them so the post match damage limitation PR kicked into play.

I agree that Leeds were comfortably beaten and they were second best in all departments.
However, looking at the 2 squads, Trinity were far closer to full strength (although still had players missing), Leeds were a long, long way from full strength and clearly, on that basis, we should be beating them.
The major plus for me was our ability to defend, which has been Trinity's weak point for a few seasons.
With a few errors and a lop sided penalty count in the first half, we kept them scoreless and if that is a measure of what may be to come in 2017, we will do very well.

How does this work as we were discussing tickets sales and how this is "shared " but Leeds will have their costs to cover so I wasn't really sure

I thought ticket sales went to charity?

It is a shared gate with both clubs benefitting from the gate receipts.

Changing the subject slightly, following the Boxing Day result the odds of us finishing in top 8 again have been cut, but as it was a friendly and as McDermott saying that it is just a run out and doesnt read anything into it, the usual social media cynics are now out in force.

Personally, I think McDermotts comments have been disrespectful not only to Trinity but also for all supporters who spent their money and stood in the gales for nearly two hours, both Wakefield and Leeds

Mcdermott s comments don't do the guy justice but I suppose he can hardly say that it's the measure of the season.
I'm sure that last season he said that both teams seem to be at the level required and made reference to the Leeds training ground.
I don't mind Mac to be honest and in the past he's had a bit of a soft spot for Wakey.
I think he will be under pressure this coming season and they definitely seem to have taken a good few steps back over last season.
It's amazing how fortunes can change when very little planning for the future take place.
On the wakey front it's the best off season I can remember and the club looks in good shape going forward. My only concern and I know the seasons not even underway is the number of players out of contract at the end of the season.
It would be great to have another settled season.
Great work by the club.

Although I understand your comments, what would you want him to say.
All coaches aim their comments at the players first and foremost, then maybe a nod to the fans (who they want to keep on board and then, if you are very lucky, they will say something about the opposition but, this is usually done to motivate their own players- very rarely are compliments about the opposition heart felt compliments.
In a pre season warm up game, there is no way in the world that a coach, putting out a weakened team, is going to knock their own side.
The closest they ever get is to say something about checking progress or "now we know what we have to work on".

As far as the fans go, it's 6/7 weeks until the first round of SL and whilst its always nice to beat Leeds, the Boxing Day fixture is too early to benchmark anything, with some players barely into their pre season.

I'm certain that every coach would be happy to lose all their warm up games, if it meant winning the first 2 games of the new season, I know that I would.

Does anyone know if the game was recorded.

Highlights were on Facebook feed from YouTube, all tries not bad coverage

After taking time to reflect this friendly, it was simply wakey were up for the game giving it the respect of a SL tie, England nearly snapped Golding in half in the first 5 mins and this set the tone, great defence well Marsha led by grix and forwards dominating throughout, Leeds had no answer, training game it may have been, but rhinos were awful from start to finish and at no stage did I feel that wakey were going to loose or be put under pressure, great result, icing on cake was toms 2 try, great leap and athleticism to get in, friendly or no friendly try is a try and a win is a win, great start wakey.

Thinking more of the DVD, but thanks I'll check it out.

Wait until after Christmas, I'm sure threr will be plenty in the 'bargain' bin at the Rhinos shop!

and I can see many more in the bargain bin as the season progresses

Can't see Leeds videoing a 'training run'.

Never thought of that

TBH too many are over reacting to that comment. He didn't say it was a training run, he didn't say it was an opposed trading run.

He said it was "ALMOST like a training run".....which is spot on as it is. Teams will go in focused on themselves instead of watching video of their next opponent