Seven games into Leeds Rhinos' season and it is still practically impossible to get a genuine gauge on Rohan Smith's men. But what is a given is that they're infuriating. That there is no getting away from.
Friday night's defeat to Hull KR was irritably predictable for Leeds Rhinos supporters. Because this is a team that, to present, appears incapable of producing back-to-back performances. After an excellent win over Catalans Dragons they practically gift-wrapped Willie Peters' Rovers two points.
All three of the hosts' tries were off errors, and bad errors at that. Derrell Olpherts let a ball bounce, Luke Hooley let a grubber squirm free underneath the sticks, then Leeds were incapable of fielding a kick-off. KR kicked penalty goals after a dropout didn't go ten and for dispersing from a scrum before the ball had come out. All 20 of Hull KR's points were avoidable, all self-inflicted.
