Kallum Watkins' Left Boot wrote:
The Wakefield minute silence was more like 10 minutes silence around the ground, according to my friend, she said there was so many tears around the ground, and that it was the most moving thing that she has ever experienced, with speechs from his parents, footage of Leon on the big screen, and photgraphs, and the MC speaking about Leon also.
I was in the car and had switched on the radio at ten to eight and wondered if they were having an early kickoff with the minutes silence early because the live commentary had absolutely no crowd noise in the background at all and the commentary team were just whispering, they mentioned that there had been a video shown and that the family were already on the pitch and how eerie the whole experience was, that was eight minutes before kickoff and not a noise could be heard until the teams took to the pitch to be greeted by just a quiet applause.
Absolutely commendable from the whole rugby league public and a defiant response to those who keep pressing for the ridiculous minutes applause when its not needed in a sport that already knows how to show respect properly.