Simmo71:

Another great game.
We just came out the wrong side.
I agree, we lost that rather than Wire won it.
We got the forward pass call, but the sin bin essentially changed the game.
Never a yellow - and if it was there should have been a mandatory HIA.
We should have also got the tackle in the air on Connor.
More poor officiating - and Thaler is the best there is!


Some costly mistakes, mainly Lumb unfortunately.
I'd give him a break for a couple of weeks and give ECW a run.
And the last tackle penalty from Holroyd was a killer.
All fine margins.


Main thing is, the pack is now very competitive, which gives us the platform.
Connor, Croft and Miller starting to look more dangerous.
Saying it every week now, but Palaasia and Jenkins look really good.
Palaasia probably MoM for me, followed by Connor.
And the workrate of Bentley and O'Connor is incredible.
Just a shame O'Connor isn't more of a running 9 to complete the spine.


I thought the top 4 would run away with it, but actually other than Cas, Hudds and Salford, it looks like it will be very competitive.
Us, Hull and Wakey will take some points off the big teams.

chapylad:



I agree with most of that. I don`t think we were robbed but Tom Grant is a terrible ref something I referenced at the start of this thread.Didn`t see the massive knock on by our winger and did think Lumb had the ball pushed out of his hand in a 3 man tackle that we challenged and Thaler got wrong.
The sinbinning changed the game in your favour I felt and was probably the right call albeit farcical nowadays.
Grant not knowing the rules at the end not that we would have scored but still you would think a ref would know how many players should be in a scrum at that stage.

leeds owl:

So, a narrow defeat to opponents with their entire three quarter line out injured seems to be greeted with optimism by the fans. It shows what meagre fare we’ve got used to recently. If we had some dynamic game changers waiting to enter the fray I might feel a little more positive myself, but this is a game we should have been winning. Better than last season, but I just don’t see where the regular and necessary future gains will be coming from. Better than watching a passive Rohan Smith coached team, but still a troubling outcome for me.

YosemiteSam:



We may not have scored, but we were denied the opportunity to by a referee who either didn't know, or did know but chose not to apply, the rules. This is not something that should be swept under the carpet. 

Zig:



The referee did make a mistake but Leeds played some dumb rugby in the final quarter. That’s two points that have slipped through your fingers. Good to see that your team is improving though.