Right it is matchday. The hurricane is not expected until Monday, except at Billesley Common where I expect it to hit around 3 pm this afternoon by my reckoning. We are back to league action. J-Lo has picked a strong side with impact players on the bench. The stage is set......
Last night Yorkshire's top team, Rotherham Titans, won down in London to go top of the table, albeit until London Welsh play later today. We need a decent win today as the upcoming fixtures:
London Welsh (H)
Rotherham Titans (H)
London Scottish (A)
...look quite tough (to say the least)
J-Lo has picked Mose old boy, Glyn Hughes at 10. Hughes knows the pitch and is familiar with the local climate - good move - Lozzer will be itching to get on and prove J-Lo wrong. Elsewhere Pete Lucock keeps Griff out of the side - another opportunity for Pete to convince us that he has the necessary to wear the shirt.
In the pack Matt Smith keeps his place, quite rightly in my opinion, which means Hannay can make an impact off the bench. Our back row looks tidy - can Buzz keep up his awesome form? I hope so.
If you are not going to Birmingham then feel free to join me here this afternoon and add your thoughts as we listen to the excellent unbiased commentary from our friends at BBC Radio Leeds.....
Dominated up front, but conceded a lot of free kicks and penalties at the scrum. Also tried to be a bit too adventurous at times, and coughed up the ball. Mose first try a typical example. Leeds had just gone in front, collected the restart and started off-loading in their own 22, the ball was dropped, and shipped out to the Mose flank, where two shocking attempted tackles failed, and Mose scored.
Oh, and the ref. wasn't much good either.
COME ON LEEDS.
We've been through it all together.
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