Well, a wins a win as they say. Didn't set the world alight. I thought generally our defence was not ha d. We could have had 4 more try's which we bummed. Players snatching at the ball or not passing when you have support either side of you. Fev lost by 1 point today so next week will be a belter. I know it's only the first game but I felt brown and Johnson distributed the ball than we had last season. I'm sure you have your own views look forward to reading them. One game gone one won. Up the Fax!!

Was impressed by both of the fax half backs. Shame we bombed a couple of trys. Defence was decent, good hit out for the first game, bring on Fev next week!

Worrying to see Swinton score 18 and us 28. Swinton are one of the weakest teams in the division and for them to score 18 is just poor from us. You cant just relay like that against the likes of Fev, Leigh, Dewsbury. We won, but I cant see us troubling the likes of Leigh, Fev and Sheffield for trophies or promotion.
Fev lost and will be fired up for next week, even more than usual. Leigh hit 50 against Batley and could have been more. Tough couple of games coming up now which could make or break our season depending how things go.

Was happy with things as Penny's try apart which was class I could not see them scoring as our defence was solid but their second try was poor on the line defence and their last try was from a lucky ricochet from a 'charge down' although was it six more???
We bombed 3 tries possibly 4 as yet again we don't seem to be able to put in the passes when needed they were too either too high or too fast! We dropped the ball at silly times too which cost us but our half backs looked better particularly Ben Johnson, Scott Murrell was not at the races today and we must improve our kicking game, too many down the full backs throats! Tyrer played well as did Tonka, we can do better the pitch was sticky and I don't think they deserved a bonus point but hey ho, onto next week which will be tough as Fev will be smarting from today.
The crowd was okay but a bit quiet, no atmosphere at all today whats up?

Classic first game of the season for me. Looked rusty at times and a couple of our bigger lads looked to be blowing re fitness(Ambler's go forward and ability to spell with the others was definitely missed) Bombed some clear cut chances. Main thing is we created some!Looks a tough league this time with Leigh smashing Batley and Fev losing at Dewsbury.
Plenty to work on and these next 3 games are going to be crucial in Fax posting their intentions for the season.
1587 crowd!
Also footballers have ruined the pitch by the look of it.

Did they announce the crowd as 1,587? Courier gives it as that but Sportinglife gives it as 1,750.

Courier is correct.

The crowd was okay but a bit quiet, no atmosphere at all today whats up?

Always hard to create a good atmosphere when the visiting team don't bring many. Let's hope we take plenty to Fev. I'll be there.

you sure as Alex announced 1587 which is what it looked like to me.
Not bad considering but the crowd were very quiet today.

1587 was what was announced, Swinton probably brought 20? No disrespect intended with that remark they are at the cross roads of their very existence and well done to those who still support their team.
18 points flatered Swinton, we tired late on, four bombed tries, the score could have been totally different.
I thought it was a very impressive showing, ball moved wing to wing, Reittie two ties and excellent forward play, Tonka, Ben Davies, and Andy Bracek, who to me is one of our unsung players.
For Swinton, three ex Fax players, Barlow, Nanyn and Bowman, Barlow won by a mile, 75 minutes on the pitch, nothing spectacular, but, tackled everybody, took the ball up nearly every time, well done Josh.
ps 20 Swinton supporters is more than Sheffield will bring.

The Swinton fans made a lot of noise as well

Strange game, very rusty but maybe that is to be expected. Only the first game, but I was very impressed with our attack, that has to be the most breaks I've seen us make under Karl and I think that was due to committing to a more open attacking game with 4 playmakers on the field and we threw the ball around well. Defence, well decent until the last 15, needs a big improvement. Without the dropped balls (all 100 of them) I think we could have easily notched up 40-50 points.

I hope Swinton do well, they've got a good player in Bowman (I know not everyone will agree with that) but he tried his best today he just didn't get any real service. Anyway, onwards and upwards and more of that attacking rugby please Karl!

A tad more than 20 from Swinton, but sadly, however many they brought, they made more noise than the Fax fans.

A decent hit out, with a disappointing last 10 minutes or so when we seemed to go to sleep. We'll know where we are after next Sunday (behind Dewsbury if we lose)!

...and agree with DARE that, although not a lot came off today, we were willing to try some more inventive attacking options.

You cannot imagine how poor those rhino balls are when they are wet.