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 Archive > Year > 2007 > Engage English Super League
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Round 12
Leeds Rhinos 54 d. Les Catalans Dragons 8 |
 
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 Click the match link for full match details including teams, scoring details, articles and more Fri April 27 2007, 8:00PM GMT Fri: Hull KR 16 l. Huddersfield Giants 28 at Craven Park, Hull (UK) Crowd: 6,597 Fri April 27 2007, 8:00PM GMT Fri: Leeds Rhinos 54 d. Les Catalans Dragons 8 at Headingley, Leeds, UK Crowd: 15,581 Fri April 27 2007, 8:00PM GMT Fri: Salford City Reds 24 l. Wigan Warriors 50 at The Stoop, Twickenham, UK Crowd: 6,603 Sat April 28 2007, 6:00PM GMT Sat: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 18 l. Hull FC 20 at Belle Vue Stadium, Wakefield, Yorkshire, UK Crowd: 7,142 Sun April 29 2007, 3:00PM GMT Sun: Bradford Bulls 36 d. Warrington Wolves 24 at Odsal Stadium, Bradford, Yorkshire, UK Crowd: 11,200 Sun April 29 2007, 3:00PM GMT Sun: Harlequins 6 l. St Helens 44 at The Stoop, Twickenham, UK Crowd: 4,362  Rhinos victory soured by Peacock injury Sat April 28, 2007 Source: www.superleague.co.uk Leeds Rhinos climbed two points clear at the engage Super League summit but their victory over Catalans Dragons was overshadowed by a potentially serious injury to Great Britain captain Jamie Peacock. The Rhinos forward, who led the Lions superbly in last autumn's otherwise disappointing Tri-Nations series in Australia and New Zealand, limped off the field after just two minutes with what appeared to be an ankle injury. He was replaced by Jamie Thackray and did not reappear, but Tony Smith, the Rhinos boss and newly-appointed Great Britain coach, did not seem fazed in the slightest. Nor did Brent Webb, who scored a classic hat-trick of tries to take his tally for the season to nine as the Rhinos put clear daylight between themselves and nearest challengers Bradford Bulls. New Zealand international Webb arrived at Headingley during the winter with a reputation as the world's finest full-back. He has enhanced that status this season and tries in the 10th, 22nd and 64th minutes from the former New Zealand warriors man helped the Rhinos to a comfortable victory. The leaders claimed three first-half tries and ran in a further six after the break, with the victory going some way to erasing the pain of their shock 30-22 loss to Catalans in Perpignan back in February. Yet Catalans sensed another famous scalp after opening the scoring in the seventh minute at Headingley. Leeds were busy reshuffling their pack after losing Peacock to injury when Andrew Bentley found Olivier Charles out wide on the right with an exquisite long offload. He touched down in the corner but Thomas Bosc missed the conversion and the lead lasted no more than three minutes. Excellent forward play from the outstanding Gareth Ellis saw the Great Britain international find skipper Kevin Sinfield and his clever offload allowed the onrushing Webb to scamper clear. Twelve minutes later, Webb again demonstrated his remarkable eye for an opportunity by seizing on a delightful inside pass from Danny McGuire to claim his second. Catalans then lost centre Adam Mogg to the sin bin for 10 minutes for persistent offending and four minutes before the interval Leeds had their third try when replacement Clinton Toopi crashed over from close range. Leeds needed just two minutes of the second half to extend their lead when Sinfield went over from close range and soon after the hosts had their fifth try when Ellis collected a bouncing ball to touch down in the left corner. Yet Catalans refused to surrender and a swift counter-attack orchestrated by Alex Chan and Bosc led to Mogg racing clear down the right flank. That cut Leeds' advantage to 22 points but the hosts never looked to be in any real trouble. Indeed, so it proved as Webb raced clear for his hat-trick try shortly after the hour mark before Donald broke free down the left to register his seventh of the season. Burrow claimed a deserved touchdown with five minutes remaining before Sinfield notched his second in the dying stages. The Leeds skipper, fittingly, had the final say with the boot to give him an impressive nine goals from as many attempts. Leeds Rhinos (18) 54 Tries: Webb 3, Sinfield 2, Toopi, Ellis, Donald, Burrow Goals: Sinfield 9 Catalans Dragons (4) 8 Tries: Charles, Mogg Leeds Rhinos: Webb, Donald, Gibson, Senior, Smith, McGuire, Burrow, Peacock, Diskin, Bailey, Jones-Buchanan, Ellis, Sinfield. Replacements: Toopi, Thackray, Leuluai, Kirke. Catalans Dragons: Greenshields, Pelo, Mogg, Wilson, Charles, Bosc, Jones, Chan, Quigley, Guisset, A. Bentley, Gossard, Touxagas. Replacements: McGuire, Ferriol, Casty, Khattabi. Referee: B Thaler Attendance: 15,581 Report source: www.superleague.co.uk Article Rhinos wait on injured trio Headingley Insight: Leeds v Catalans Fri April 27, 2007 Source: www.leedsrugby.com In this weeks edition of Headingley Carnegie Insight, Leeds coach Tony Smith looks ahead to the Rhinos game against Catalans Dragons at Headingley Carnegie this Friday, kick off 8pm. HOW BIG A THREAT WILL THE DRAGONS BE? Mick Potter has done a great job down in France since his arrival and I know we will be in for a tough night. The Dragons obviously beat us in our last meeting but have also beaten Bradford and Warrington this season which shows how dangerous a side they are. In Stacey Jones and Casey McGuire they have two exceptional players in pivotal positions for them. Adam Mogg is another world class player and those three are able to benefit from the work done by their very physical forwards which makes for a formidable, well coached team. Having watched their last couple of home games on tape, it is obvious that they are attracting some big crowds to games as well which shows that they are getting it right on and off the pitch. HOW PLEASED WERE YOU WITH LAST WEEKS PERFORMANCE? Many people have commented to me that is was a great day and a terrific advert for Rugby League, both those who were fortunate to be at the ground and those who watched it on TV. Both sets of players deserve a great deal of credit for the manner in which the game was played, it really added to the spirit of the day and it was a privilege to be part of it regardless of whether we won or lost. I know Daniel Anderson felt the same after the game and was proud of his player's efforts too. There were some great individual performances within our side but we know we have to repeat that effort again this week. SMITH NAMES UNCHANGED SQUAD Tony Smith has named an unchanged squad to that which beat St Helens last Saturday at Headingley Carnegie for the visit of Catalans Dragons this Friday, kick off 8pm. New Zealand international Ali Lauitiiti is again ruled out by a knee injury however he is expected to be back in contention for the Millennium Magic fixture against Bradford next Sunday. The squad in full is: 1. Brent Webb 2. Scott Donald 3. Clinton Toopi 4. Keith Senior 5. Lee Smith 6. Danny McGuire 7. Rob Burrow 8. Kylie Leuluai 9. Matt Diskin 10. Jamie Peacock 11. Jamie Jones-Buchanan 12. Gareth Ellis 13. Kevin Sinfield (c) 15. Jamie Thackray 16. Ryan Bailey 18. Ian Kirke 20. Ashley Gibson 23. Jordan Tansey News sent by: www.leedsrugby.com |
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