Quote: tigertot "No complaints whatsoever about the officials. We blew it, end of.'"
Agree mostly with this, I thought Cas put themselves in a great position to win the game, and with a bit more composure and smarter second half play they would have won it.
Refereeing decisions go both ways, and ultimately its the team that loses the game that look more into it. I havent heard anybody complaining about calls that went against Saints (such as Swift given as in touch when he clearly wasnt and had passed inside to Lomax who would have scored had the whistle not gone) but thats down to the fact we nicked the game and its irrelevant.
I genuinely think the Cas team in the first half would have destroyed any team like they did to Saints, and in hindsight we were possibly lucky to hold you to 24. Powell & Danny Orr have done a great job, and its scary how much more organised and fluid your attack looks without Rangi Chase...maybe a couple of lessons to learn on closing the game down but I think Cas are looking like the real deal this year and I expect them to be up there come the end of the season which is great to see (they would be my 2nd team if I had to pick one). Hope it continues and I can see you being up there challenging for silverware come the business end of the year.
Also, thought it was nice to see Shenton playing his best rugby again. Know some Saints fans gave him a lot of stick but I always liked him and wish we had kept hold of him longer...never really played with an actual half back with us and would have loved to have seen him outside Walsh as he would have been awesome.