In the world of Rugby League, derby matches don’t get much bigger than the Leeds v Bradford Rivalry. Okay, maybe its on a par with Wigan v Saints and Hull FC v Hull KR.
Last nights game was a brutal match with 2x players sin binned in the first 10 minutes, after a big brawl. The ol’ claret was flowing from Rob Burrows forehead.
Both teams needed the win, Last weekend Leeds lost to Warrington and so they need a win just to draw level with Saints at the top of the league....for tonight anyway.
Bradford need some wins to guarantee their place in the play-offs, If they fail, it will be the first time in Super League history (13 years) they will miss out on playing in the play-offs in September.
Leeds ended up winning 28-18, making it 4x wins against Bradford this season. This will change next year thankfully with 2 extra clubs joining the Super League and making it a 14x team competition which means Leeds will only play Bradford twice ( home and away).
To accompany my Pizza and the rugby, I enjoyed some choice ales :
Green King IPA,
Fuller's London Pride,
Wells Bombardier,
Theakston's Old Perculier.
This pretty much is my standard 4, that I get in my local supermarket in their 4 for £5 offer.
Posts
2 comments:
Sounds like a good night Big D. If you could substitute the rugby for football then it would be awesome!
Sat nights game with Saints v Warrington was a humdinger. It was 10-10 going into the 2nd half, Warrington scored first and kept Saints out....til about 4 minutes to go. It made it all level 16-16,,In the last minute a bearded Sean Long kicked a drop goal from almost the half way line. Amazing gamer.
Just like the last game these two played,,Warrington dominated,,but couldn't finish the game off and let saints runaway with the game in the last 10 mins. Sat nights result is in part because of the mental steel each Saints player has,,to know how to win and to turn it on in the last five minutes of games,,in games they have no right of winning.
Warringtim were almost gonna break there monkey off their back as they have only won once at knowlsey road in i think 36 games during the Super League era.
Post a Comment