Rhinos v Tigers 1.7.00

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TIME SCORE

Cas:Leeds

EVENT
0 mins 0:0 Kick off is coming shortly and it should be a great game of rugby. Lets hope the Tigers can extract revenge for their 2 point injury time loss a few weeks ago.

Just looking at the table and it seems that Leeds need to beat us by 34 points to go into 4th above us.

Team is Flowers, Wells, Eager, Rogers, Mather, Davis, Orr, Sykes, Purcell, Shaw Harland, Fritz, Vowles - Subs - Gay, Sampson, Tonks, Smith

The sound has gone strange on Sky - we have what sounds like a cartoon (Pokemon) soundtrack as the teams are coming out AND, we've lost Eddie and Stevo!!!

Leeds Kick Off - Sides testing each other out early on with drives up the middle. The sound is back okay.
2 mins 0:0 Sykes breaks through and it would be a try but it's called back for a forward pass.
5 mins 0:0 Leeds attacking on 10 metre line - Cleared by Cas after kick through.

Cas run it on last tackle and get to 25 metre line - Sound goes back to Pokemon again

6 mins 0:0 Cas are holding their own so far in the game
9 mins 0:0 Good break down the right for Cas sees Flowers go clear but gets tackled at the 30. Swung out to the left and Leeds knock it down - Scrum to the Tigers on the 20 metre line - Knock it on on 1st Tackle!!!
12 mins 0:0 Flowers makes another break and Cas are looking decent on the attack. Orr kicks through but it goes dead in the endzone.
15 mins 0:0 Cas attacking inside Leeds 40 - Mather good run to Flowers on 2 metre line - Cummings intercepts and goes all the way for a try - No, he's offside - Cas asking for penalty try (Sound has just come back and Stevo says so!!!)

Cas get the penalty and misses after a big slice off his boot. Crowd are up for this one now

17 mins  0:0 Harris kicks out on the full and cas get ball on Rhinos 30. Eager to 20, Tonks to 12. Out right to flowers. Left to Orr on 10 metre line. 
I preferred the Pokemon soundtrack!!!
21 mins 0:4 Cas having to hold on in defence as Leeds are coming forward strong inside the 20 - Out left, no one gathers the kick and senior looks to get it down in the corner - Goes to video ref - Could be a try - It is. Harris misses the kick.
24 mins 6:4 Hay knocks it on and Cas get the scrum on the Leeds 20 - We need to score now - Driving it in to the 5 metre line - out right, Back left, to Flowers, to Sykes, back over his head to Orr who goes in under the sticks. Orr gets the 2 and we go into the lead.
Stevo just did a Tiger roar and then we've got the Pokemon sound back again - Maybe it's trying to tell him something :-)
28 mins 6:4 Cas tackling well and Leeds having to rely on kicks to gain ground. Vowles breaks through but gets tackles and tries a difficult pass which Leeds gather.
29 Mins 6:8 From the same Leeds attack, with Vowles down injured, Leeds score a try out on the right from Kevin Sinfield after a dummy. Harris misses the kick
31 mins 6:8 Leeds attack straight from the kickoff and are looking good - Up to the Cas 20 - Out wide but stopped - Out left with a kick - Leeds get the ball down but goes to video ref again. I say that Leeds knocked it on first but it could go either way - No Try!!! Thank god for that - We look poor out on Well's wing with the kicks.
33 mins 6:8 Sampson has come on and has already had a good run taking tacklers with him.
34 mins 6:8 Orr with another break but knocks it on as he tries to pass it. Cas still look good in attack though and should have more points to show for the effort than 6.
37 mins 12:8 Cas get a penalty and are on the 30 metre line - Sykes takes a high tackle but it's not called - Fritz breaks through a tackle and just keeps on his feet to virtually crawl over for a Cas try. Davis gets the kick
We've got the commentary back, just in time for half time!!!
Half
Time
12:8
40 mins 12:8 Cas kick off to start the 2nd half
41 mins 12:8 Leeds get a 40:20 kick after ref calls it on field - Goes to video ref to see as his foot was on 40 yard line - Cas get head and feed.
42 mins 12:8 Flowers breaks away again but just gets caught as he gets the ball away - He's having a storming game.
Vowles is still off the field with a dead leg and Leeds missed 18 tackles to Cas' 9 in the 1st half.
44 mins 12:8 Leeds with a scrum on Cas 40. Drive the ball in  but knock it on early in the tackle count.
47 mins 12:8 Leeds kick into Cas endzone and Gay collects it - Beats a tackler and gets it out - Good run. No Pokemon so far this half either!!!
49 mins 12:8 Leeds break with Walker and Sinfield - Leeds attacking on 4 metre line. Sloppy - Leeds get it back. on 1 metre line. Out to the left - forward pass - Phew, that was close.
50 mins 12:8 Orr nearly gathers a Davis chip through. Cas get penalised for laying on in the tackle and it puts the Rhinos on the attack in a dangerous position.
51 mins 12:8 Leeds inside the 30 from the penalty, to the right side to the 10 metre line. Kick through and it goes dead.
54 mins 12:8 McKay breaks, passes to Pratt but tackled - Wide left and tackled at the last again. Finally passed forward. Cas are riding their luck at the moment.
57 mins 12:8 Powell going off injured. Flowers nearly through again. Game gone a bit dead at the moment.
59 mins 12:8 Chev Walker nearly in on the last tackle - just brought down 5 metre short - Leeds offside so Cas relieve pressure with a kick.
61 mins 12:8 Leeds attacking on the 20 - Up to the 2 on the last tackle - out left, Wells catches in the endzone for a 20 yard tap. My heart is in my mouth, what a tense game.
62 mins 12:8 Touch judge comes on and gives a penalty to Leeds. Flowers with a stupid facerub on the last tackle.
63 mins 12:8 Leeds on the attack, defence still strong - On the 5, last tackle - Tigers push it dead, dropout
64 mins 12:8 Leeds still attacking, Senior just brought down by Flowers. Cas knock the ball down from the kick and Leeds get the scrum.
65 mins 12:14 Surely Leeds will score from here after so much pressure - Barnhill goes in under the sticks and Harris adds the 2
69 mins 12:14 Cas need to do some attacking this half as they've done not at all so far this half, Same as the last game against the Rhinos really.
71 mins 12:14 Vowles comes back on to the field.
73 mins 12:14 Cas being contained in their own half of the field.
74 mins 12:14 Cummings to the blood bin.
76 mins 12:14 Time is running out
78 mins 12:20 Leeds look to have scored the winner - After scrappy play and scrappy kick through they come up with the ball and it's with the video ref - TRY - Harris goals
Final
Score
12:20