YEP Jury: Leeds Rhinos fans can breathe easier after professional display at London Broncos

ANDREW SUTCLIFFE

The collective sigh of relief was heard all the way up the M1 from London to Leeds on Sunday afternoon.

Although not mathematically safe, a ridiculous set of results would need to happen in order for Leeds Rhinos to still get 
relegated.

Love him or hate him, Richard Agar has steadied the ship and led us to safety. Whether he’s the choice for next season is still to be decided but appears to have done himself no harm.

Sunday’s game wasn’t a classic, two desperate teams fighting for two points on a surface not suitable for Super League.

Leeds played well for large parts, only slipping back into their old ways for a short time. Ultimately their class showed and ran out convincing winners.

Special mentions to another perfect kicking game from Rhyse Martin and another try for Ash Handley taking him clear at the top of the charts.

Two games left at home and hopefully we can take a winning run into the off-season.

Salford will be tough with them chasing a decent position going into the play-offs.

LUKE CROSSFIELD

We can breathe a lot easier now and now we can relax. Our mid-season recruits have been very good, with Ava Seumanufagai and Rhyse Martin being the stand-outs.

The team is still miles away from contending at the top once again, however I think we will push on next season.

Credit to Richard Agar who has completed his task of keeping us in Super League. I am not 100 per cent convinced he should be given the head coach role.

It did get very nervy when London scored two quick tries early in the second half however we finished the game very strongly.

Ash Handley deserves his place on the Lions training squad, Stevie Ward getting picked is rather bizarre as I would rather see him get some game time first.

On to this week and it is a fantastic game to start putting a marker down against Salford who are the in-form team in Super League.

We need to finish the season strongly to start building for next season when it will be even tougher to stay up.

THOMAS LAWRENCE

Job done! The excitement that all other clubs had about Leeds getting relegated from Super League in 2019 can now fade away and more importantly Leeds can start to prepare for a more successful 2020 season and in the meantime enjoy the remaining two fixtures at Headingley without urgency or pressure.

It has been another tough season in which Leeds have suffered from a lack of confidence, but unlike 2018 there has been some really positive performances from Leeds at the end of this season that hopefully act as a springboard going into 2020.

The aim is for this to continue on Friday evening against an in-form Salford team who are competing for a play-off place, just like it is hoped Leeds will be doing next season.

Nonetheless, it is an opportunity for Leeds to continue this good form in a test against another team that is playing well.

Furthermore, I hope that we get the result on Friday night so that next week’s fixture against Warrington could be the one where we have a final chance to win three league games in a row this year.

OLIVER HAWKHEAD

As the final whistle blew on the London Broncos v Leeds Rhinos game, a chant of ‘we are staying up’ filled the air at the Trailfinders Stadium.

There was obviously a sense of relief, however it really put our season into perspective.

The vast majority of the fans had seen this team lift numerous trophies and now we were just relieved to be staying in the league.

Although the team are playing much better now, it is still a hugely disappointing season.

I’m not saying next year we should be winning the treble, but I do think this team is capable of at least challenging for a play-off spot.

At the start of the second half we did lose our way and some very kind