: Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:36 pm
sogspurs wrote:
I can only think of two errors that we made, we were forcing Leeds to make errors, I know it's not an issue because we won but the ref saved Leeds conceding at least one more try (purdo was not held up we could all clearly see it) and we should have got a new set of six from 5m in front of their posts but the ref gave them a penalty instead. Saying that he did disallow their break away try.Credit to Curtis melling, who tracked him all the way back to our line even though the whistle had been blown.
I thought it was Golden who had the disallowed try. (As he & Purdo both wear headbands they can easily be confused.) He certainly grounded the ball cleanly though; he seemed to have been just about held up but was still struggling to move forward when his arm suddenly popped out through a gap and placed the ball just over the line, and I couldn't understand why it was disallowed. All I could think of was that Ganson had prematurely called the tackle complete before the defenders had fully halted our man, but he already seemed to have moved into position to give it before eventually disallowing it. Agree with the extra set of six not given, their player stuck his leg out to block Purdo's kick well inside the ten metre line. both thses incidents occurred in th first half when we wre already ten points ahead and denied us the opportunity for a bit more breathing space before withstanding the inevitable Leeeds onslaught in the third quarter. On the whole though I felt Ganson handled the game well. The infringement for their disallowed try happened too far away to tell what happened - presumably either an offside by Donald or an obstruction by someone else - but Ganson certainly doesn't shirk from giving unpopular decisions in front of a partisan crowd. The penalty that resulted from that incident, then the drop goal shortly afterwards finally killed off the Leeds challenge for good.
That was an immense performance by Quins and just shows what can be achieved by a tight knit team with the confidence and coolness to play a largely error-free game. Leeds repeatedly fumbled the ball under pressure, like we have in some of our recent home defeats against the likes of Wigan and Catalans. Our tries were superbly crafted with some excellent ball skills and imagination unlocking the home defence.
As always there were a few people getting upset at any decision going against the home team, but the Leeds crowd seemed very generous in defeat. I've applauded their team and the likes of Saints off the pitch at the Stoop after they've turned us over in style in the past, so it was nice to see our team getting a smilarly warm ovation at their place.
