Super League’s opening weekend has been littered with surprise everywhere you look but it is a sign of the times in this particular part of the world that compared to what we have seen in recent days, this Wakefield Trinity victory at Leeds Rhinos does not quite carry the same shock factor any more.
Such was the dominance of the Rhinos during large stretches of the past 20 years, it would have felt inconceivable at one stage if someone would have told you we would enter an eighth season since Leeds last tasted success in the Super League Grand Final. But here we are in 2025, with the Rhinos facing that exact situation and in a real state of flux.
