Re: Leeds away first up. : Mon Feb 10, 2025 4:55 pm  

Big lads mate wrote:

Jack has bulked up and slotted into the SR well hope he gets game time

Couldn't quite work out who Croft was at the weekend, when I realized it was him I was shocked, he's stacked a lot of size on in the off season, think it tells you the coaches see his place in the SR, he looks good.

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Re: Leeds away first up. : Mon Feb 10, 2025 5:55 pm  

I think SR suits him.
He's always been a big lad but he's definitely pack some pounds up top.

Re: Leeds away first up. : Mon Feb 10, 2025 8:37 pm  

Sivo's replacement arrives this week... https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/le ... s-for-2025

Sivo's replacement arrives this week... https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/le ... s-for-2025

Re: Leeds away first up. : Tue Feb 11, 2025 9:54 am  

Saturday – Leeds Rhinos v Wakefield Trinity (3pm)

Referee – Aaron Moore, Video Referee – Liam Rush, Touch Judges – Neil Horton and Cameron Worsley, Reserve Referee – Carl Hughes, Timekeeper – Mark Hebblethwaite, Match Commissioner – Steve Williams

Re: Leeds away first up. : Tue Feb 11, 2025 1:17 pm  

1873 wrote:

Saturday – Leeds Rhinos v Wakefield Trinity (3pm)

Referee – Aaron Moore, Video Referee – Liam Rush, Touch Judges – Neil Horton and Cameron Worsley, Reserve Referee – Carl Hughes, Timekeeper – Mark Hebblethwaite, Match Commissioner – Steve Williams

I wonder if the Time Keeper Mark Hebblethwaite is any relation to John Hebblethwaite who refereed the 1968 Watersplash final awarding Leeds a dodgy try having decided that Ian Brooke had obstructed.
If so not a good omen

Re: Leeds away first up. : Tue Feb 11, 2025 4:34 pm  

FIL wrote: Sivo's replacement arrives this week... https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/le ... s-for-2025 If he plays on Saturday, and it's not yet clear if he will or not, then we should look to target him in both attack and defence, he won't be used to playing on a wet greasy pitch in cold conditions, send plenty of traffic at him and look to isolate him. When defending put him under immediate pressure with line speed and hit him hard

FIL wrote: Sivo's replacement arrives this week... https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/le ... s-for-2025 If he plays on Saturday, and it's not yet clear if he will or not, then we should look to target him in both attack and defence, he won't be used to playing on a wet greasy pitch in cold conditions, send plenty of traffic at him and look to isolate him. When defending put him under immediate pressure with line speed and hit him hard

Re: Leeds away first up. : Tue Feb 11, 2025 4:46 pm  

I agree, but will he play though ?? You would assume that Handley will revert to the wing to replace Sivo but surely they will have another back-up centre or two without needing to put the new guy straight in ??

Re: Leeds away first up. : Tue Feb 11, 2025 7:25 pm  

FIL wrote:

I agree, but will he play though ?? You would assume that Handley will revert to the wing to replace Sivo but surely they will have another back-up centre or two without needing to put the new guy straight in ??

They’ll likely play Lumb on the wing I think and Newman and Handley centre

Re: Leeds away first up. : Tue Feb 11, 2025 7:27 pm  

FIL wrote:

I agree, but will he play though ?? You would assume that Handley will revert to the wing to replace Sivo but surely they will have another back-up centre or two without needing to put the new guy straight in ??

If he’s as quick as Sivo was put him in, would be easy to catch