ThePrinter wrote:
Spot on. For Leeds in both of their SL opposition friendlies this has been the case, interesting to see if this translates to the opening league game. Only Furner’s second friendly with the first string and today was the first game he had with several key players such as Watkins, Hurrell, Merrin and Parcell so plenty of work in progress. Obviously a friendly but Hurrell looked very good. Had a young centre in Newman on the wing with both Briscoe’s missing and he had some struggles that led to a few tries, but Tom Briscoe is expected to be fit for Round 1. Both teams may be concerned about goal kicking this season.
Yep I think both teams will improve defensively as well. They were both a bit soft in the first half but improved second.
I didn’t see the team sheet for Cas but sounded a decent team from them obviously missing Gale.
For Leeds, I thought Walker, Hurrell, Cuthbertson and Ward all looked very good. Leeds will also look a lot better on the wing with Tom Briscoe there rather than Newman. Cas scores 2 tries from kicking to that side. That’s not a criticism of Newman by the way, he’s a young centre not a winger. Hurrell really looks a handful and any go-forward we’ve lost from Hall should be replaced by him.
