Top Spot After Cardiff?
By leedsrhinos.biz
May 4 2007
The game which will decide who is at the top of the league - Leeds Rhinos or Bradford Bulls? This is already the Rhinos 2nd clash with Bradford Bulls this season with 2 more remaining out of a possible 7. Click here for our full match preview from leedsrhinos.biz
Top Spot After Cardiff? Leeds Rhinos V Bradford Bulls Match Preview
(Image from SuperLeague.co.uk) Rival To Grand Final?
Secound rower Ali Lauitiiti is expected to return for the Rhinos despite ever improving forward Jamie Peacock is injured after the clash with Catalans at the Headingley Carnegie last week. Academy star Ryan Hall is also in the twenty with Carl Ablett and Jordan Tansey. Many fans of both Leeds Rhinos and Bradford Bulls are angry yet concerned about having to play each other four times in the regular season let alone there is a chance of meeting each other in the Challenge Cup and the Super League play-offs. Danny McGuire and Ashley Gibson are both cleared after also been injured with Jamie Peacock last Friday though they will still have to take final fitness tests before the game.
Bradford Bulls are set to be unchanged as they seek a fifth straight win but forwards Chris Feather, Matt James and Craig Kopczak are included in head coach Steve McNamara's initial 20 man squad.
The RFL have managed to meet targets of 50,000 tickets sold but don't forget, this clash is over two days which means only 25,000 each day. And there not all one set of supporters - thats 6 sets of fans there each day! Roughly only 5,000 fans each which isn't going to look good on Sky Sports.
Leeds Rhinos: Webb, Donald, Toopi, Senior, Smith, McGuire, Burrow, Leuluai, Diskin, Jones-Buchanan, Ellis, Sinfield, Lauitiiti, Thackray, Bailey, Kirke, Gibson, Ablett, Tansey, Hall.
Bradford Bulls: McAvoy, B Harris, Vainikolo, I Harris, Deacon, Vagana, Newton, Lynch, McKenna, Langley, Feather, Cook, Henderson, Evans, Burgess, Platt, Kopczak, James, Halley, Solomona.
Ref: Steve Ganson
Video Ref: Ashley Klein
leedsrhinos.biz Match Prediction: Leeds 36 22 Bradford
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I apoligise but the leedsrhinos.biz match report will be slightly late due to the fact I am also going to Cardiff! Expect the report at around (Monday) 7pm - 9am (Tuesday) or I may even be able to find a way to update the site from my hotel. Thanks!
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