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Tue February 14, 2012
While Manly prepare to welcome back David Williams for Friday's Heinz Big Soup World Club Challenge, Leeds Rhinos are set to rule Lee Smith out.
Australia Test winger Williams has been passed fit to make his comeback after missing the Sea Eagles' Grand Final triumph last October with a broken neck.
He was included in Manly's 20-strong travelling squad and will be named in coach Geoff Toovey's team later this week.
"He looks good," Toovey told a press conference at Headingley, the venue for Friday's game. "He's got through training really well.
"There was a bit of doubt whether he'd come over last week. He had to pass a fitness test, not only for his neck but he had a foot injury last month.
"It's a big boost. David's a very confident player. It was a fairly serious injury and he's really excited to be back playing football."
Williams is one of nine survivors from the Manly team that beat Leeds 28-20 in the 2009 World Club Challenge at Elland Road.
Leeds are hoping that centre Kallum Watkins will recover from a wrist injury that forced him to miss last Saturday's 20-6 defeat at Wigan Warriors but coach Brian McDermott rates former England winger Smith's prospects as "slim" after he damaged his ribs at the weekend.
"I don't want to write him off," McDermott said. "He'll certainly be given until the 11th hour but he was very sore this morning so he's no looking great.
"If he's popped a rib cartilage or torn some of those muscles around that area, it's pretty serious.
"Given that he's started off this year pretty good for us and his head is in the right place, I'll give him as long as we can."
The Rhinos have an obvious replacement in Ben Jones-Bishop, who was a member of their Grand Final-winning team in October and was also in the England squad for the Gillette Four Nations Series.
"We've got a couple of options there," McDermott added. "Ben Jones-Bishop is probably the notable one.
"If it's him, I'm sure he'll be doing everything possible to keep hold of his shirt."
The Australian champions' arrival at the weekend coincided in a rise in temperatures that removes any lingering doubt over Friday's game and will be a relief to the Rugby Football League after they ignored the claims of Elland Road's undersoil heating.
Co-captain Jamie Lyon, the former St Helens centre who was named Man of Steel in 2005, told the press conference: "The weather's been pretty nice. We've had a good couple of days so far."
Leeds are expecting a 20,000 full house and McDermott is delighted to be handed some home comforts.
"We'll enjoy playing at Headingley," he said. "We're in familiar surroundings and obviously the majority of the fans will be from Leeds.
"I don't think it will give us too much of an advantage. For a one-off game, these Aussie fellas will come and give it their best shot.
"If we were playing a three-game series at the same venue possibly it would have a bearing but, for one game, they'll be ready for it."
Toovey, who will be in charge of his first competitive match after succeeding Des Hasler in the close season, insists the Sea Eagles have no problem playing at Headingley.
"It doesn't matter where we play," he said. "I think the players will be very excited about playing here in front of a hostile crowd.
"We'll really take that on board. It's a great experience for our players. Not many of our players have been over here.
"There are a handful of internationals amongst them, though, who are used to playing over here and that will help us. But, as Brian says, [it's] a one-off game [and] our players will be up for it.
"They're ready to play. They're sick and tired of running around the field and playing against nobody. They want to get out there an play some football."
McDermott said he had no issues over the appointment of Australian referee Ashley Klein, who operated in Super League before moving to the NRL.
"He did all his groundwork over here," he said. "We don't let referees affect our game."
Sun June 13, 2010
by engage Super League
Source: www.superleague.co.ukA hat-trick from Lee Smith helped Leeds Rhinos secure a comfortable Engage Super League victory over Harlequins RL at The Twickenham Stoop.
Smith also converted all seven tries as an under-strength Rhinos side eased past their hosts.
Defences were on top in the early going but a Quins mistake gifted the defending champions the opening score.
Tony Clubb spilled a Luke Dorn pass as the hosts looked to go wide, allowing Smith to snaffle the loose ball and breakaway down the touchline to cross.
The Rhinos were soon at it again, scrum-half Paul McShane wriggling over with the minimum of fuss after Brent Webb had been tackled just short.
That double strike stunned the hosts, and they made life difficult for themselves with a string of handling errors.
Leeds were not complaining though, and on 25 minutes the Rhinos padded their lead when full-back Webb shrugged off a poor tackle attempt from Luke Gale to canter over the line.
The hosts finally built up a head of steam as the game passed the half-hour mark, and were rewarded for their efforts when Dorn rounded off a neat move, taking a Danny Orr pass to race away to score.
Suddenly the Londoners had their tails up, but a combination of poor execution and strong Leeds defence frustrated the hosts.
Quins did earn another two points before the interval though, Orr kicking a penalty after the Rhinos were twice penalised for dissent.
The Stoop side stayed on the front foot at the opening of the second half, Clubb muscling through a couple of tackles to allow Dorn to speed under the sticks to cut the deficit to just four points.
That gap was short-lived however, as moments later Luke Ambler took a superb flat-pass from Webb to beat the defence and ease home.
And any thoughts the hosts had of a famous victory seemed to be extinguished on 53 minutes, Smith cashing in on some Quins hesitancy after a Webb grubber to pounce.
Leeds were now easing through the gears as the home side began to crumble, and Carl Ablett added a further try as he broke through some non-existent defence.
To their credit the hosts were still showing plenty of ambition in attack, but further handling errors meant they never truly troubled the Rhinos defence.
But, as the visitors took their foot off the gas, Quins gained a second wind and added another try of their own as David Howell stretched over the line to touch down.
The hosts kept coming and when Gale stepped inside to dive over, Quins sniffed an unlikely revival.
They created another chance seconds later through Dorn, but his pass to Orr went to ground and the chance, and the game, was lost, with Smith adding a late score to rub salt into the wounds.
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 2012 Stobart Super League
Leeds Rhinos
9 games; [View] Round 1 [03 Feb 12] W 34-16 v Hull KR (H). [WG]
[View] Round 2 [11 Feb 12] L 6-20 v Wigan (A). [WG]
[View] Round 8 [25 Mar 12] L 6-46 v St Helens (A). [FB]
[View] Round 9 [30 Mar 12] L 12-22 v Huddersfield (H). [WG]
[View] Round 10 [06 Apr 12] L 4-12 v Bradford (A). [BE]
[View] Round 11 [09 Apr 12] W 52-10 v London (H). [HB]
[View] Round 12 [20 Apr 12] W 34-18 v Catalans (H). [BE]
[View] Round 13 [05 May 12] L 20-34 v Hull FC (A). [BE]
[View] Round 14 [21 May 12] L 18-31 v St Helens (H). [WG]
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2011 engage English Super League
Leeds Rhinos
15 games; 6 tries, 24 points.
[View] Round 2 [18 Feb 11] W 32-18 v Hull FC (A). [BE]
[View] Round 3 [25 Feb 11] L 26-36 v Harlequins (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 4 [05 Mar 11] L 24-40 v Warrington (A). [WG]
[View] Round 9 [09 Apr 11] L 28-38 v Hull KR (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 14 [13 May 11] W 30-6 v Catalans (H). [FB]
[View] Round 15 [27 May 11] L 6-42 v Warrington (H). [FB]
[View] Round 16 [03 Jun 11] L 16-42 v St Helens (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 17 [12 Jun 11] W 44-14 v Hull KR (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 18 [17 Jun 11] W 12-7 v Crusaders (A). [CT]
[View] Round 19 [24 Jun 11] L 12-18 v Bradford (H). [WG]
[View] Round 20 [01 Jul 11] L 24-26 v Wigan (A). [CT]
[View] Round 21 [10 Jul 11] L 18-38 v Catalans (A). [CT]
[View] Round 23 [29 Jul 11] W 30-22 v Salford City (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 25 [20 Aug 11] L 22-32 v Harlequins (A). [BE]
[View] Round 26 [02 Sep 11] W 64-20 v Wakefield (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
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2010 engage English Super League
Leeds Rhinos
18 games; 8 tries, 12 goals, 56 points.
[View] Round 9 [01 Apr 10] D 20-20 v Bradford (H). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 10 [05 Apr 10] W 34-24 v Les Catalans (A). [WG]
[View] Round 11 [11 Apr 10] W 46-30 v Hull FC (H). [WG]
[View] Round 12 [24 Apr 10] L 20-41 v St Helens (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 13 - Magic Weekend [01 May 10] W 34-30 v Wakefield (H). [WG]
[View] Round 14 [14 May 10] W 26-16 v Warrington (H). [WG]
[View] Round 15 [23 May 10] W 26-12 v Bradford (A). [FB]
[View] Round 16 [04 Jun 10] W 28-22 v Wakefield (H). [CT]
[View] Round 17 [12 Jun 10] W 42-22 v Harlequins (A). [WG] 26 Pts; 3t, 7g
[View] Round 18 [20 Jun 10] L 26-32 v Crusaders (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [27 Jun 10] W 37-30 v Warrington (A). [FB]
[View] Round 20 [03 Jul 10] W 28-24 v St Helens (H). [FB]
[View] Round 21 [09 Jul 10] L 6-25 v Hull KR (A). [FB]
[View] Round 22 [16 Jul 10] W 21-20 v Huddersfield (H). [FB]
[View] Round 23 [25 Jul 10] W 31-22 v Salford City (A). [CT]
[View] Round 25 [13 Aug 10] W 38-6 v Castleford (A). [CT] 10 Pts; 5g
[View] Round 26 [20 Aug 10] W 52-6 v Catalans (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 27 [04 Sep 10] W 18-14 v Hull FC (A). [CT]
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2009 engage English Super League
Leeds Rhinos
25 games; 13 tries, 14 goals, 1 field goals, 81 points.
[View] Round 1 [13 Feb 09] W 18-4 v Wakefield (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 2g
[View] Round 2 [20 Feb 09] W 19-10 v Hull KR (A). [FB]
[View] Round 3 [06 Feb 09] W 28-6 v Celtic (H). [FB] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 4 [08 Mar 09] W 20-14 v Warrington (A). [FB]
[View] Round 5 [13 Mar 09] W 34-10 v Wigan (H). [FB]
[View] Round 6 [20 Mar 09] L 18-26 v St Helens (A). [CT]
[View] Round 12 [03 May 09] W 36-16 v Les Catalans. [CT]
[View] Round 13 [15 May 09] W 24-22 v Castleford (A). [CT]
[View] Round 14 [26 May 09] W 46-16 v Hull FC (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 15 [06 Jun 09] L 30-32 v Les Catalans (A). [CT]
[View] Round 16 [14 Jun 09] W 20-12 v Huddersfield (H). [CT]
[View] Round 17 [20 Jun 09] W 48-14 v Harlequins (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 18 [26 Jun 09] W 33-20 v Bradford (H). [CT] 1 Pts; 1fg
[View] Round 19 [04 Jul 09] W 43-30 v Hull FC (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 20 [10 Jul 09] W 32-30 v Wakefield (A). [CT] 2 Pts; 1g
[View] Round 21 [17 Jul 09] W 24-14 v Hull KR (H). [CT] 12 Pts; 1t, 4g
[View] Round 22 [24 Jul 09] L 10-28 v Wigan (A). [FB]
[View] Round 23 [01 Aug 09] W 24-22 v Warrington (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 24 [14 Aug 09] W 76-12 v Castleford (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 25 [22 Aug 09] W 68-0 v Celtic (A). [CT]
[View] Round 26 [04 Sep 09] W 18-10 v St Helens (H). [CT]
[View] Round 27 [11 Sep 09] W 30-24 v Salford City (A). [CT] 10 Pts; 5g
[View] Finals Week 1 [18 Sep 09] W 44-8 v Hull KR (H). [CT] 12 Pts; 2t, 2g
[View] Finals Week 3 [02 Oct 09] W 27-20 v Catalans (H). [CT]
[View] Grand Final [10 Oct 09] W 18-10 v St Helens. [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
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2008 World Cup
England
2 games; 3 tries, 12 points.
[View] Pool A [25 Oct 08] W 32-22 v PNG. [WG] 12 Pts; 3t
[View] Pool A [08 Nov 08] L 24-36 v New Zealand. [WG]
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2008 World Club Challenge
Leeds Rhinos
1 games; [View] WCC [29 Feb 08] W 11-4 v Storm (H). [WG]
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2008 engage English Super League
Leeds Rhinos
22 games; 12 tries, 3 goals, 54 points.
[View] Round 2 [15 Feb 08] W 44-8 v Wakefield (A). [WG]
[View] Round 3 [22 Feb 08] W 34-6 v Les Catalans (H). [WG]
[View] Round 4 [02 Feb 08] W 20-12 v Hull KR (H). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 5 [07 Mar 08] L 20-38 v Castleford (A). [WG]
[View] Round 7 [20 Mar 08] W 44-2 v Bradford (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [24 Mar 08] W 30-4 v Hull FC (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 10 [05 Apr 08] L 10-14 v Wigan (H). [WG]
[View] Round 11 [11 Apr 08] W 32-12 v Warrington (H). [WG]
[View] Round 12 [25 Apr 08] W 36-22 v Hull KR (A). [WG]
[View] Round 17 [14 Jun 08] L 24-28 v Harlequins (A). [WG]
[View] Round 18 [20 Jun 08] L 12-26 v St Helens (H). [WG]
[View] Round 19 [28 Jun 08] W 18-12 v Castleford (H). [CT] 10 Pts; 1t, 3g
[View] Round 20 [04 Jul 08] L 22-23 v Wigan (A). [BE]
[View] Round 22 [19 Jul 08] W 37-24 v Les Catalans (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 23 [02 Aug 08] L 12-22 v Warrington (A). [WG]
[View] Round 24 [08 Aug 08] W 28-18 v Bradford (H). [WG]
[View] Round 25 [15 Aug 08] W 54-12 v Castleford (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 26 [22 Aug 08] W 52-16 v Wigan (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 27 [05 Sep 08] W 30-12 v Wakefield (A). [WG]
[View] Finals Week 2 [19 Sep 08] L 10-38 v St Helens (A). [WG]
[View] Finals Week 3 [26 Sep 08] W 18-14 v Wigan (H). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Grand Final [04 Oct 08] W 24-16 v St Helens. [FB] 4 Pts; 1t
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2007 engage English Super League
Leeds Rhinos
18 games; 8 tries, 32 points.
[View] Round 2 [16 Feb 07] W 18-4 v Hull FC (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 3 [24 Feb 07] L 22-30 v Les Catalans (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 4 [04 Mar 07] W 16-12 v Huddersfield (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 5 [10 Mar 07] L 20-22 v Hull KR (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 10 [15 Apr 07] W 52-10 v Warrington (A). [WG]
[View] Round 11 [21 Apr 07] W 38-19 v St Helens (H). [WG]
[View] Round 12 [27 Apr 07] W 54-8 v Les Catalans (H). [WG]
[View] Round 13 [06 May 07] W 42-38 v Bradford. [WG]
[View] Round 16 [01 Jun 07] W 42-26 v Warrington (H). [WG]
[View] Round 17 [17 Jun 07] W 25-12 v Huddersfield (A). [WG]
[View] Round 18 [29 Jun 07] L 14-38 v Bradford (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 24 [17 Aug 07] W 34-18 v Hull KR (H). [FB]
[View] Round 25 [02 Sep 07] D 16-16 v Bradford (A). [WG]
[View] Round 26 [07 Sep 07] L 6-17 v Hull FC (H). [WG]
[View] Round 27 [14 Sep 07] W 46-4 v Wakefield (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Finals Week 2 [28 Sep 07] L 8-10 v St Helens (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Finals Week 3 [05 Oct 07] W 36-6 v Wigan (H). [WG]
[View] Grand Final [13 Oct 07] W 33-6 v St Helens. [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
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2006 engage English Super League
Leeds Rhinos
17 games; 7 tries, 1 goals, 30 points.
[View] Round 1 [12 Feb 06] W 20-12 v Huddersfield (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 2 [17 Feb 06] W 24-16 v Wigan (A). [WG]
[View] Round 5 [11 Mar 06] W 58-10 v Les Catalans (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 6 [17 Mar 06] W 20-12 v Salford City (H). [WG]
[View] Round 7 [25 Mar 06] W 60-0 v Harlequins (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [07 Apr 06] W 34-26 v Hull (A). [WG]
[View] Round 12 [01 May 06] L 16-44 v Warrington (A). [WG] 6 Pts; 1t, 1g
[View] Round 13 [05 May 06] W 36-24 v Harlequins (H). [WG]
[View] Round 14 [12 May 06] L 28-44 v Hull FC (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [26 May 06] W 30-0 v Bradford (A). [FB]
[View] Round 16 [09 Jun 06] W 48-22 v Wigan (H). [FB]
[View] Round 17 [16 Jun 06] W 19-18 v Salford City (A). [FB]
[View] Round 18 [23 Jun 06] W 36-20 v Wakefield (H). [FB] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 19 [02 Jul 06] W 36-14 v Huddersfield (A). [FB]
[View] Round 20 [07 Jul 06] W 26-24 v Bradford (H). [FB]
[View] Round 21 [16 Jul 06] L 30-31 v Castleford (A). [FB]
[View] Round 23 [04 Aug 06] L 16-23 v Hull FC (A). [FB]
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2005 English Super League
Leeds Rhinos
9 games; 6 tries, 4 goals, 32 points.
[View] Round 8 [28 Mar 05] L 28-44 v Wildcats (H). [BE]
[View] Round 10 [15 Apr 05] W 38-14 v Wigan (A). [BE]
[View] Round 11 [23 Apr 05] W 42-20 v Widnes (A). [BE]
[View] Round 13 [13 May 05] W 60-4 v Leigh (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 23 [07 Aug 05] W 74-0 v Leigh (A). [WG] 12 Pts; 1t, 4g
[View] Round 24 [13 Aug 05] W 44-24 v London (H). [BE]
[View] Round 25 [19 Aug 05] L 10-42 v Bulls (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 26 [02 Sep 05] L 22-24 v Wigan (A). [FB] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 27 [10 Sep 05] L 16-33 v Warrington (A). [CT]
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