It was another strange game almost a carbon copy of the Saints game. We started off second best and it looked like backs to the wall. Like the Saints game, after the first 10 minutes i though we were going to get mullered. But somehow we find a way back into the game and get into the grind. Something Dufty referenced at the end of the game. It wasn't looking good when they went 14-6 up and i honestly thought we would struggle to break down the dogged Leeds defence especially with some of our makeshift backline. Maybe a bit of luck on our side with the sin binning which was harsh but who's to say we wouldn't have scored that try anyway if they had 13 on the pitch? 
Great to grind out a win against Saints & Leeds who i feel are both much improved on last season and are wanting to be up there with us in the top 4. I'm hoping our attack will start clicking again like last year in the coming weeks..

I suppose we should be pleased with a narrow win. Leeds had potential attacking threats from most of their team which put us on the back foot for most of the game ,like against Saints last week. We need to be stopping opponents marching us downfield so much then we can get the ball back in better positions. An age old problem with the Wire.

Exactly. Head contact with force with mitigation that he bounced up off the chest during the tackle. Yellow card was correct under the rules. 

Everyone ignoring the fact that after the initial contact, the Leeds player's arm is consistently around Fitzgibbon's neck. In terms of the last few years it was always a yellow card IMO.


A gutsy win, but I think next week will be a different kettle of fish, we'll be tired and we seem to struggle against that lot more at the HJ than at the VapeDome. 

Yeah we were dominated for a big period, but we kept them out. Do i think we would of won if Palasia hadn't got sent off...no. But we did.
Musgrove was brilliant and glad he's decided to play like he was in the NRL.
The effort was there and we never backed down at any point, Ashton and King would have added some strike and might have been that slight edge that we were missing, Ratchford did a good steady job filling in for injuries, which is exactly what we re-signed him for this year, And thewlis did a decent job as well.
I'm so glad Max Wood is back in the team and don't think he should have missed out from the start, and Philbin put in some quality runs all game.
I was really really surprised Yates was back in the team so soon, but was good to see him get a run out, and will help Harrison not burn out, but didn't look like he rotated with Him?

Leeds are a decent side, well coached and I doubt that Croft and Connor will have many better away days (apart from the result) I thought that they were the better team. 


However, winning games like this and the week before are so important, they are giving me a little confidence that the players and staff are together. Staying in the game and winning off the back foot, especially with your back line disrupted is always a good thing to have in a team's locker. 


BTW best game Musgrove has had IMO