Re: CC QF | Leeds Rhinos v Featherstone Rovers : Sun May 14, 2017 7:44 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

did cas turn up against leeds? will cas beat hull even?
i'm confident if we get there we'll give anyone a game

Absolutely.

I think the CC is starting to present our best chance of silverware this year TBH. I'm still to be sold on Cas, excellent team and brand of rugby but Semis and finals are different kettle of fish to regular season games at wheldon road.

Re: CC QF | Leeds Rhinos v Featherstone Rovers : Sun May 14, 2017 8:06 pm  

I agree. I think the cup is very winnable for us this year.

Re: CC QF | Leeds Rhinos v Featherstone Rovers : Sun May 14, 2017 8:25 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

I agree. I think the cup is very winnable for us this year.

Yes, that's an obvious statement. You've got to the semi final with 3 home byes in theory. "The cup is very winnable for us this season"... as we only need to beat 2 full time teams. Tomorrow is Monday too.

Re: CC QF | Leeds Rhinos v Featherstone Rovers : Sun May 14, 2017 9:04 pm  

Towns88 wrote:

Yes, that's an obvious statement. You've got to the semi final with 3 home byes in theory. "The cup is very winnable for us this season"... as we only need to beat 2 full time teams. Tomorrow is Monday too.

Re: CC QF | Leeds Rhinos v Featherstone Rovers : Sun May 14, 2017 9:19 pm  

Finally Leeds get to play a team only one division below them.

Hard to imagine there has ever been an easier path to a Challenge Cup semi-final.

No disrespect intended to Doncaster, Barrow and Featherstone.

Re: CC QF | Leeds Rhinos v Featherstone Rovers : Sun May 14, 2017 10:00 pm  

tvoc wrote:

Hard to imagine there has ever been an easier path to a Challenge Cup semi-final.

who cares?
should we get there, we wouldnt even be the only team in the last decade to get to the semi-finals having beaten one 2nd division team and two 3rd division teams

Re: CC QF | Leeds Rhinos v Featherstone Rovers : Mon May 15, 2017 4:35 am  

Towns88 wrote:

Yes, that's an obvious statement. You've got to the semi final with 3 home byes in theory. "The cup is very winnable for us this season"... as we only need to beat 2 full time teams. Tomorrow is Monday too.

thats the luck of the draw, a draw that's not been kind for a few seasons now.
with the exception of wakey I think all the other 7 teams have a very good chance.

Re: CC QF | Leeds Rhinos v Featherstone Rovers : Mon May 15, 2017 5:06 am  

I wouldn't say the cup is 'very winnable ' - the draw gives us a chance but we haven't shown good form against a top team in a must win match (for both teams) since the 2015 GF.

Re: CC QF | Leeds Rhinos v Featherstone Rovers : Mon May 15, 2017 7:12 am  

tad rhino wrote:

no they didn't. they were totally overawed. it was a comfortable win.

I disagree - it all about opinions I suppose.

Leeds were massive favourites on the day and the result demonstrated why.

Re: CC QF | Leeds Rhinos v Featherstone Rovers : Mon May 15, 2017 7:16 am  

PrinterThe wrote:

Yeah it's not like Hull are the CURRENT cup holders or anything.

Are we talking about now the current side or are we talking about last year's side?

Leeds have been the most successful side of the SL era what relevance does that have to what is happening now?

Leeds won the CC in 2014/15 did that make them a good cup side in 2016?