Congrats to the Eagles today, i thought they played very well and their will to win was Fantastic. Ok we had an off day but all in all a very well deserved win for Sheffield. Well played lads !

Far and away the better side on the day. Scored a couple of good tries in the second half too. Good passing leading to a break and support play. Normally seen by us against other teams.

Yes indeed - i second that; apart from Johnny Woodcockhead. The ref should have binned him after his umpteenth attempt to waste time. What a pain in the 'arris.

Amazing how teams have an off day when they get beat

I think Sheffield deserve big credit as they had a fair few injuries today by the looks of it.

Eagles played simple Aston type rugby. 5 drives & a kick mostly, but they did do us damage on their right side.

The ref was appaling. Calling for high shots when the attacker was grabbed round the shoulders! Penky did well to keep his cool when he was pinged for this following his kick.

Thank god we dont get Leahy that often, makes even Hicks look good!

a kicker has one minute in which to take a kick and as soon as he passed the minute the clock was stopped, unless your colin whitfield and then you get sin binned

Rubbish. It's his prerogative if he wants to take his time over a goal kick, and the ref's prerogative if he thinks it's sufficient enough to stop the clock.

hope these type threads dont appear every time we lose

maybe now calland will get on with coaching instead of giving it big what fors

Maybe you'll stick to your own board and wonder why Haven are crap. You've lost 4 matches dickwad - get over it.

It's not in the spirit of the game though. It's certainly not what fans want to watch every time he takes a kick.

It was nothing to do with us losing today but come on those goal kicks took an age, every time even in front of the posts why?
There was no need unless they thought it was a good way to lose time and I have a suspicion thats exactly why he did it?
No sour grapes just annoying to watch, even if it had been Patterson I would say just get on with it.
Surely the time should be off until he runs to kick the ball?

Whilst Woodcocks slow kicks were pretty annoying I dont think the ref did anything wrong with them. The rules say that once a minute is up the clock stops, until he starts to move to kick. On each occasion the ref looked at his watch and then stopped the clock. I also doubt it was any clear attempt to slow the game down, as he took exactly the same time to take the kick when the game was over.