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Sunday, 10 February, 2002, 17:04 GMT
Sinfield: Pryce was not right
BBC Sport Online columnist Kevin Sinfield says he was lucky not to break his jaw after being hit by Leon Pryce during the Challenge Cup clash against Bradford.

I quite like Leon Pryce. He is generally a nice bloke. It is certainly not in his nature to go around throwing punches.

But he could have seriously injured me by bashing me off the ball.

I thought I had broken my jaw at first. There was no blood coming from my mouth but I couldn't talk and it felt really loose.

Bradford's Leon Pryce
Leon Pryce: Not in his character to throw punches
Maybe he was frustrated and it was a rush of blood, but it is a shame there are incidents like this in the game.

I remember Sonny Nickle breaking the jaw of Robbie Mears last season.

Robbie was out of the game for weeks - and the same thing could have happened to me.

Fortunately that did not happen and it is now up to the Rugby Football League to decide what they do with Leon.

What concerns me more is how Leeds react after our tremendous win at Valley Parade.

It seems that everybody had written us before the game.

We knew it would be difficult to go there and beat the newly-crowned World Club champions.


I'd be lying if I said that Bradford hadn't wound us up by saying they wanted to go through the season unbeaten

But we always believed in ourselves and I hope we wiped the smiles off a few faces.

I'd be lying if I said that Bradford hadn't wound us up by saying they wanted to go through the season unbeaten.

That was a massive statement to make.

There are some very good teams out there, some of which can turn you over at any time.

We have to play the Bulls four times this season and we always knew they wouldn't be able to beat us on every occasion.

The key now is to learn from Bradford's mistake.

We realise that this is only the first game of the season for us and we are not going to get carried away.

If it had been a final of some sort, we may have let our hair down but it is just the beginning.

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