Squad:



1. Zak Hardaker

3. Kallum Watkins

4. Joel Moon

5. Ryan Hall

6. Danny McGuire

7. Rob Burrow

8. Kylie Leuluai

9. Paul McShane

11. Jamie Jones-Buchanan

13. Kevin Sinfield (c)

15. Brett Delaney

16. Ryan Bailey

17. Ian Kirke

18. Chris Clarkson

19. Mitch Achurch

21. Richard Moore

23.Brad Singleton

25. Joe Vickery

26. Liam Sutcliffe



Achurch + someone else to miss out

Is this the same 19 as last week and the week before?

I would leave out Delaney giving him another weeks rest and Bailey giving Moore a run out.

But it wont happen.

I'd leave out Delaney and Moore. Keep Singleton and Sutcliffe whilst their confidence is up

If a player is in the defensive line, and is not interfering with play..... What the hell is he doing!!!???!!!

Just realised I posted the 19 man squad in the wrong thread *facepalm*

Preparing to defect to the winning side perhaps

I see what you are saying Wheels, but isn't that just a poor defensive read by Smith? Players do that all the time.



McShane got the ball away to Moon pretty sharpish as well so even if Smith had got there it's unlikely he'd have prevented the pass that led to the break.

Is that not Matty Smith falling for a dummy rather than him being blocked by the attacking player in the defensive line?

stood still with his hands on his head after making a dummy run as instructed by the RFL to signal to the referee he isnt attempting to interfere with play?

Do we want to have players ahead of the ball carrier parking themselves in the defensive line while a team-mate crosses behind?



It didn't appear a planned move. Clarkson throws the anchor out and raises his arms - he should have run through the line, McGuire appeared distracted and dummied the pass before reluctantly running behind his team-mate, surely expecting the whistle to go at that moment but hoping it wouldn't. Had McGuire not dummied the pass to McShane just at the point he was about to cross/crossing (it was tight) behind Clarkson Leeds might have gotten away with it.



We all know we won't have to wait long before one of these 'obstructions' will be ignored and we'll think back to Sunday but for me it was a clear enough decision for the referee and video referee to make and the correct call - although obviously like Ian Smith I don't understand the game.

They made conflicting decisions, either one of them doesn’t understand the game, or there isn’t a hard and fast ‘obstruction’ like there isn’t a hard and fast slowing the ptb, and it is down to the referees opinion.

The rules are clear that obstruction is when an attacking player (without the ball) deliberately puts himself in an obstructing position.

The rule also specifically (yes, specifically) state that the player with ball can run through a ruck of his own players if he likes.

So-called "crossing" in itself is not illegal, it's only illegal when the player without the ball puts himself into an obstructing position.

Where the player with the ball runs behind a stationary attacking player who just happens to be there, it's legal.



In this instance, not only was that the case but, in addition, no-one was obstructed, the defender continued to track McGuire perfectly well.

Plus the supposed obstructer complied with the rules, stood still and signalled his null position in the approved manner



My verdict was was a definite T.R.Y.

But hey-ho, you win some, you lose some.