Think the game I'm thinking of was at Boothferry Park so it might have been in the JPS instead.

If so, I'm plumping for Bradford or Widnes as the team who knocked us out of the cup.

He was being measured up for some new concrete boots

Exactly. Eastmond's half breaks from around the ruck would've been a lot more effective, had Pryce been in support. OTOH, Eastmond did little to play Pryce into the game, so maybe it'd be fairer to say that the HB combination didn't work effectively, rather than lay 100% of the blame at Pryce's door. I'd agree that, with experience, Eastmond will be some player though.

Has he always looked so laboured in his running though?

When he runs nowadays he looks like someone in an 'It's A Knockout*' game with a bungee cord round his waist.




*please note that mention of 'It's A Knockout' should not be seen as an excuse to print any picture of said programme, unless you've got a gag to go with it.

I'm hoping that * wasn't aimed at me sir

As for Wellens, yesterday was just the final confirmation. We all remember Ali's try in the 2005 play-offs and he's been getting slower ever since. Last year's World Cup "performance" was another landmark, where every kick was fielded in times measured by ice ages. He may well have seemed even slower yesterday, but that's just natural progress.