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Matthew Shaw

Leeds Rhinos' disrespect for the ball and middle unit passiveness in three conclusions

Leeds Rhinos' latest pre-season outing saw them dish up a somewhat disappointing performance against Hull KR, going down 24-6. The Rhinos' first-team squad, playing what was effectively their final pre-season match before the youngsters take on Hunslet next week, struggled to get in the groove of the game and were ultimately punished.

Given this was a trial game, the result shouldn't be of too much concern for supporters, but there were some clear performance-related issues that will need to be fixed up in the next ten days before the Super League opener with Warrington Wolves. Here, we take a look at them.

1 Ball retention gave Leeds no hope

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