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Leeds Rhinos 30, Wigan Warriors 4
Yorkshire Evening Post
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10/08/2024
YEP rugby league scribe Peter Smith reflects on Leeds Rhinos' big win over Wigan Warriors.
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Well I've done a few of these post-match videos in this exact spot this season and most of
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them have been pretty gloomy but totally different today after Leeds Rhinos 30 points to 4 win
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over champions Wigan Warriors which puts a little bit of a spoke into Wigan's chances
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of finishing top of the table and certainly keeps Leeds just about alive in the hunt for
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top 6 spot. You'd think the defeat at Salford last week has probably meant it's not going
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to happen but if they play like this every week for the rest of the season then perhaps
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defensively it was like watching a different team to the one that we've seen turn out most
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weeks this season. Leeds got off the line and bashed Wigan and played with a high tempo
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with the ball. They did some really good things, it wasn't perfect, there were still too many
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errors but they scored some excellent tries. The first by Harry Newman is worth watching
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if you can see a replay of that, really a world class touchdown and they never really
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looked in any danger. They defended well, Wigan put them under pressure at times but
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Leeds' defence was excellent on their own line and it was a really good all-round performance
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with some standouts. I thought Gerard O'Connor was outstanding at loose forward, James Bentley
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playing in the middle, superb off the bench and perhaps a little sign for the future and
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what we can expect from him. Lachie Miller continues to do some strange things but when
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he's on he's a terrific player to watch. I thought James MacDonald had another big game
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against his former club but across the board Leeds played really well and it's good to
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see young Ben Little get a few minutes game time at the end, I think that's a debut he'll
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never forget. It's a big thing for Leeds now to do it again next week against White and
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Wolves at Magic weekend but they've given themselves a lifeline and probably more
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importantly they've shown what this squad is capable of when they get their act together
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and they're making big advances under Brad Arthur and today was the first time they've
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beaten a side above them in the table since March so a real step forward.
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