I really don't know what you mean by drawn into the niggle. I didn't think there was any niggle. It blew up once with Springers dumb shoulder change with Fleming & Murray running in and getting binned. Brearley seemed to be getting excited with plenty to say and putting pressure on Brough. But apart from that there wasn't really much rubbish going on in the game IMO

The ref was poor. He's one of them where you have no idea whether he is going to blow a penalty or not and there ends up being 40 penalties in game. But claiming biased for us is just laughable. Pinging us for offside about 6 times in 15 minutes, and not once for Fax doesn't scream favouring us.

I thought there was nothing in the Robinson tackle at the end. Went for the charge down, his hands are in a charge down position above his head. Nothing in it for me.

Couldn't believe you didn't go for the drop goal to equalise after you had got the ball back from the kick off though.

Rivalry aside I though it was a good game. Sheffield beating York today and Dewsbury beating Widnes shows its going to be an unpredictable league, particularly below the top 2. You'll be comfortably in the play-offs. All the best until next time

Leadership on or off field and we would have taken that game .. well played but it's the bit extra that is required a game to remember and learn the lesson from big style

Agree. That’s where Scott murrell has punished us over the recent match ups. You missed that today.

Overall a much improved performance from the bulls and perhaps Halifax thinking it was an easy day at the office after beating london, especially after going 0-14 up so quickly.

I thought both sides played about 40 mins each so a draw was a fair result. The difference in the end being the lilley DG and fax choosing not to go for one. Fine margins but a great game and so good to see and talk about some championship RL again.

Early doors but I expect both bulls and fax to be comfortable in the table, maybe a sneak towards the play offs but no threat to promotion

Knocked you down a peg or 2 didnt we!
Love loooking back at all the comments on this post.
U will forever be a small time team always in our shadow.
Panthers?? Whats all that about? Fax machines a day long!

Bang on summary that. Harris and Robbo will improve but we are missing the killer instinct through an older head which Muzza would have given us. Grix is a game changer but cannot really deal that killer blow as Muzza def would have.

Which is kind of the point, the only sin binning was for foul play. At one point he seemed to warn your captain then Bulls gave another penalty on the next couple of sets and no yellow card. I believe that was probably influenced by the fact you already had a player in the bin.

Not really I expected it to be a close game and it was , there will always be fickle fans , the nature of the league is that most games will be competitive .

I don’t think Halifax live in anyone’s shadow admittedly attendances have declined hence the rebrand .
Halifax have their own stadium suitable for the position where in with a good young squad with a combination of local talent and other exciting players , it’s two games in and I can already see a brand of rugby coming through.

I certainly rather support Halifax than Bradford you don’t even have your own ground and even if you went back to odsal it’s a toilet anyway, Bradford are stuck in the past you ll lose a couple of games and you’ll be crying for Kears head again.

Halifax are at least trying to be progressive and I think we’ll do ok this year , see you on the 1st of august .

Good to see our RagingBull doing his best to cement cordial relations between us.

i dont think he was biased towards you either just completely erratic and i said i dont think either of your players should of been sin binned

and thats the biggest problem for me we dont look like a team we used to have one of the best defences in the league now we are soft right through the middle of our side but if i am honest i do think we have a strong pack so why the soft centre it as got to be down to coaching for me i have seen nothing from our performances under simon grix to think that he can put it right the players have to have a good look at them selves too because defence is down to attitude how long will the directors of the club let this go on it might sound too soon to talk like this and i dont no what other surporters expectations are for this season but mine are pretty high

The boy Noble actually wasn't anything like how he used to be on the Toronto commentaries to be fair.

Hope he returns to the Tetley Stadium at some point so we can hear him talking about the boy Finn and the boy Sykes.

We do look something like a team when we stick to the game plan.
Why?
Because it’s what has been practised all week in the run up to the game.
We don’t look like a team when we go away from the game plan.
Why?
Because when someone (and it only takes one) starts doing things off the cuff and making it up as they go along then everyone else is playing off the cuff and making it up as they go along off the back of it.

If you don’t play as a team then you aren’t going to look like a team.

If this happened in training then it would produce the same headless chicken stuff, everything would quickly grind to a halt and the coaching staff and players get into a huddle, talk it through and start again.

Problem is when it happens during the game you can’t just stop and have a chat about it, the game goes on and before you know it in that 10 or 15 minute silly spell the opposition cash in on the drop ball, the loose pass, the silly penalty etc and your punished on the score board before you can get your hands back on the ball even though the coaching staff will be yelling out instructions.

It’s a young team with regards to how long they have been together so they are still gelling and SG will still be learning who he can really trust to do the job and from what I have heard if push comes to shove anyone not up to it over a reasonable period of time won’t be playing.

doesnt simon grix take any responsibility for these performances he signed these players and he coaches them it cant just be all put on the players the book stops with the coach and there cant be the usual slow start this season because i dont think we will catch up if thats the case he needs to get more out of what hes got playing wise and quick

We're out of the cup/cups and have a 1/1 start in the league, the league loss being to a very poor bulls team. Not exactly ripping it up, is it?