: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:37 pm  

tvoc wrote:

I'd be careful when talking 'just' after that CC win as we started with a visit to that club Graham Murray didn't rate the following Tuesday and they put the cleaners through us. In fact they could have probably played the cleaners that evening and still won and Leeds (oddly) had a respectable looking side out as well.




That was a pretty decent sequence of results at the time:

11-Jun-99 ..... Central Park ..... Wigan ..... 9,588 ..... Won 13 - 4
18-Jun-99 ..... Headingley ..... Bradford ..... 21,666 ..... Won 45 - 16
23-Jun-99 ..... Headingley ..... Castleford ..... 16,371 ..... Won 50 - 22

It was awesome.

As i remember it we were well in contention for 2nd that season after losing ground around cc final time.

But then we were IMO very hard done by in a game against saints at headingly when inexplicably morley was sent off after 2 minutes for simply shoving someone at the play the ball, IIRC.

This gave saints the advantage, later on we then had 'that' defeat at odsal from the withers drop goal and 2nd was gone. I remember being there it was absolutley heaving i can never remember so many leeds fans in that end.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:39 pm  

gulfcoast_highwayman wrote:

A friend of mine always insists we were a better team without him, maintaining that the best rugby we played under Murray was just after the CC win, when Golden was playing in the centre position.

It's hard to argue with his logic. We had some tremendous wins during that time. One absolute hamering of Bradofrd at HQ springs to mind.

The manner we played and the results we got with marvelous Marvin at right centre highlights just what a non-issue some people's current bleating is.

Actually I am doing Marvin a dis-service there. He played some good rugby that year and actually almost made the Wembley 17 after some quality displays off the bench into the back row.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:43 pm  

G1 wrote:

The manner we played and the results we got with marvelous Marvin at right centre highlights just what a non-issue some people's current bleating is.

Actually I am doing Marvin a dis-service there. He played some good rugby that year and actually almost made the Wembley 17 after some quality displays off the bench into the back row.

Unlucky also not to retain the centre spot for the CC final, Blackmore recovered from injury just in time and got his spot back. Marvin had a great run and put in some work man like performances for us, if not spectauclar. Solid, is the word. But then looking at Blackmores distribution to Rivett proved the difference on the day. I also remember in that season Marvin scoring his only hat-trick for Leeds against Cas at HQ. His third was a kick and chase, and wasn't a bad effort when you consider he wasn't the quickest. Funniest thing about that, was that Franny got the MOM!! Where's the justice?

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:16 pm  

G1 wrote:

The manner we played and the results we got with marvelous Marvin at right centre highlights just what a non-issue some people's current bleating is.

Did that pretty decent Leeds team finish the season as Champions then?

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:18 pm  

tvoc wrote:

Did that pretty decent Leeds team finish the season as Champions then?

No, but they managed something that appears beyond the current champion side. Something you got quite upset about when they failed to do it this year.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:27 pm  

G1 wrote:

No, but they managed something that appears beyond the current champion side. Something you got quite upset about when they failed to do it this year.

17-Sep-99 ..... PO - QPO ..... Knowsley Road ..... St Helens 38 Leeds 14 ..... 9,585
24-Sep-99 ..... PO - ESF ..... Headingley ..... Leeds 16 Castleford 23 ..... 16,912

Where did the fault lie that season? The CEO, the Coach, the Players or maybe even the fans?

Or were St Helens and Castleford (neither big opponents according to Murray) just too good?

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:30 pm  

That was a pretty decent sequence of results at the time:

11-Jun-99 ..... Central Park ..... Wigan ..... 9,588 ..... Won 13 - 4
18-Jun-99 ..... Headingley ..... Bradford ..... 21,666 ..... Won 45 - 16
23-Jun-99 ..... Headingley ..... Castleford ..... 16,371 ..... Won 50 - 22[/quote]

Jamie Mathiou's first Leeds try am I right? Infact didn't he only score one after that as well?

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:32 pm  

Bob-Marley wrote:

Jamie Mathiou's first Leeds try am I right? Infact didn't he only score one after that as well?

Was that try scored following a dummy that almost defined the word 'outrageous'?

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:42 pm  

gulfcoast_highwayman wrote:

Was that try scored following a dummy that almost defined the word 'outrageous'?

Haha yes! He did that everytime he had the ball. That was the only time it actually worked.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:43 pm  

Bob-Marley wrote:

Jamie Mathiou's first Leeds try am I right? Infact didn't he only score one after that as well?

His first try was in that '99 game at Wigan. He also scored three more during his five seasons at Headingley though.

3rd March 2000 V Wakefield (SL)
10th March 2000 V Dewsbury (CC)
3rd March 2001 V London (SL)

Jamie Mathiou's Leeds career: Played 36+100, 4 Tries, 16 Points

He's the only player to have made 100 sub appearances for Leeds during the SL Era.

The rest of the Top 5 are:

2 - Willie Poching 89
3 - Ali Lauitiiti 83
4 - Barrie McDermott 78
5 - Rob Burrow 72