catalan v leeds

They've got a good shout if in last week's form. I've backed Hardaker for first try scorer.

Catalans for me...rhinos not done well over there on last couple of visits and Kyle luluai a big miss for them tonight

As a Leeds season ticket holder I could never back against them due to loyalty but I think they have little / no chance tonight.  Catalans only lost twice in the league this year and Leeds are far too brittle away from home.  Nap leeds will get beat unfortunately

Big thing for Leeds is the return of MaGuire, allowing Sinfield to play in his normal role and their record in play-off games. could'nt seriously think of backing Catalans after last week's performance. Stunk of a loss of interest and the effects of a hard season. same goes for Wire tomorrow.

I think there should be a noticeable difference between sacking it off away to Wigan and doing the same at home to Leeds.

This is the Leeds pack (I think): Kirke, Burrow, Peacock, Jones-Buchanan, Delaney, Bailey

Doesn't look like a winning pack of forwards to me, bar Peacock obviously. Looks like a couple of good'uns carrying some rubbish.

Fair point re the pack. But there's a lot to be said for form in the play offs

Draw is enormous for mine.

54.5 seems a hell of alot of points for a play off game!

I'm on the draw as well.  30+ in a potentially tight play off game is a must play these days for me

Almost seems like the closer the teams, the higher the draw. :D

Seems to go that way these days.

short?

I think that's a fair try.

How many Leeds high tackles so far?

did he put his feet out?

bollocks!

I thought real time obstruction there - shame I didn't back it up with a lay though

How is it that the only forward passes ever picked up in superleague are the ones that may or may not go an inch forwards?

bombing everything!

4 points in 26mins..jesus

Nice to see two teams in the game after 27 minutes. Shame nobody can score, but I prefer this to those piss poor blowouts we were seeing week after week earlier.

Backwards my arse, they make it up as they go along. Dropped it dead on his own line. That's a nice little 6pt gift from Thaler to Leeds. Huge forward pass as well just for good measure.

Thanks for that gift, needed that before HT

WTF was Maguire thinking there?  That pass was NEVER on.  Mangaer should go to war on him.  That could well cost the Rhinos victory.

posted by twonky Sep 12 19:14 
Big thing for Leeds is the return of MaGuire

He'll cost Rhinos after that brutal piece of play.

Leeds have got the measure of Catalan, score 1st next half and thats it.

Be interesting to know what are Leeds stats when Thaler is in charge.

Put a Leeds shirt on Thaler and be done with it ffs.

That's a horrible one from Maguire

Thaler will give him a pen for it though.

That's a horrible one from Maguire

Thaler will give him a pen for it though.

Should've been a red card

ref is fkin shocking

I've got a bit of sympathy for Maguire, I don't think he really meant to hit him high, but even then he still just smashed him in the head.

This report thing is a farce though. A Cats player gets utterly clobbered illegally, but they don't even have a man advantage for 10 minutes let alone the whole game.

how he doesnt see the leeds forward knock on and then the cats played at the ball which was obvious!

Leeds hard done to there imo. should have had another 6. Hardacre becoming a bit of a liability.

Leeds get a set of six and drift?

what is this ref on!

Nowt wrong with that Eddie, Sa stood still.

What a tough guy, Ryan Bailey squaring up to Scott Dureau now. Has anyone ever seen him pick on someone his own size?

"the refs missed it.." idiot ref misses everything

HOW IS THAT A KNOCK-ON??

By Thaler's own definition it's only a knock on if you are wearing white and red.

FFS

leeds are butchering this game

I think leeds will take this.   Ideally in extra time

why is he even sending it up??

that's a lovely little nudge through

I agree Vis, but sadly I don't see extra time coming now.

if this ref could use that for every decision on the pitch he would as he hasnt a ckue tonight

we could be on for an 80 minute game here folks

like first half Leeds coming strong and looking like Cats need a similar mistake to get them back in this

wow

lol it is just like the first half with two back to back

that was on 1st tackle lol

in fact 0 wasnt it?

cheap lay time and thats me donw

lol market just went mental there as Bailey puts the arm in - down to 1.09

that was a knock on from the ko..no surprise he called the opposite

How on earth do Leeds still have 13 men on the pitch?

High tackle after high tackle, the ocassional smash in the mouth with a swinging arm, back to high tackles.

No yellow.......

lovely - they had to score there after all those sets

score?

20-24

this market is plain crazy last few mins

who was that big cats backer at evens then?????

What on earth do you have to do to get sin binned?

take the two then

Been great liquidity here and a very good match. What playoff rugby should be.

A rare, rare tight match. I hope the rest of the play-offs are just as close.

"hasnt been seen" THE OBVIOUS!

Stonewall pen to Cats there. Jeez, Leeds have ridden their luck tonight.

wot a rubbish ref !

that's the game

won money on leeds but that ref completely f ucked that game up!..everythi ng he blew was wrong

That was an amazing betting game at times.  So nice to have a tight one in a play off

the rfl should be happy with that result!

Cats had twice more pens than Leeds and Trent Robinson still wasn't happy.  I thought the ref could have blown the Cats up lots of messing about but he let it ride.

Thought Thaler was quite useless tbh.

I don't understand why a ref bothers to warn a team about high tackles, but does nothing when they do another 3 or 4 of them. Utterly undermines his own authority. I thought Cats got the worst of it from Thaler, which meant twice in one night I got on the right side of dubious reffing. Long may that continue....