Or, how about e) we can't win expect to everything, Manly showed how wide the skills gulf between the NRL and SL still is





Naturally I'm disappointed but as a Leeds fan of nearly 20 years I've plenty of experience of them losing games big and small so it doesn't affect me too much

i think a lot of the nrl teams have a long way to go in catching manly too

Well said. I missed my first WCC for a few years as I was working in the evening, and was pretty sick about that, as this Manly team are indisputably amongst the ranks of the best there's ever been, and such teams deserve to be watched at any opportunity.



Phil Clarke (for it was he) pulled out the 2008 stats showing that, on average, it's the 3rd quarter when Manly come out and pulverize teams, and boy didn't they just. Nobody could have lived with that, and it is no disgrace to Leeds that they were on the receiving end. It's one thing knowing what they are likely to do, but quite another doing something about it.



Manly have a rare blend of players and as a team, are currently head and shoulders above anything else in the game. I thought it was a treat to watch.

Good to see you're back too FA.

Just shows how good Manly are, when they turned it on, they were unstopable against one of the best defences in SL, shows the gulf between the 2 leagues.



I would love to have watmough in our team he is absolute class, was the best player on the pitch, and looks to have everything in his game.

very poor leeds , very good Manly

You missed the link!

Certainly since the reformation of the competition in 2000, it knocked the Roosters demolition of Saints in 2003 off of the second best performance in the competition.



Neither team could have lived with the Bulls performance in 2005.

A bit tough that one seeing as we weren't involved.

Assuming you meant 2006, I'm not sure I agree. Manly were surely a class apart from anything we have seen in the WCC, especially in that third quarter before they relaxed a little too much?

Shouldn't 2002 be classed as the best win by any club considering the Newcastle side contained the supposedly greatest player ever in Andrew Johns.

Wish I could agree, but realistically and without taking anything away from a superb Bulls performance in shocking conditions I don't think so. Regardless of who their personnel were, the Knights looked nothing like as prepared, professional and determined as Manly did, IMO.



I guess we'll never know though, because had Leeds been more effective at containing Manly then obviously they would not have looked as good. So its hard to compare directly, isn't it?