Couldn't help thinking - what a difference a coach makes!

You have half backs with a kicking skill - we simply don't possess that skill in our halves, makes you wonder what they do in training?

A short kick off to the tallest man in the Warrington side - unreal!!

Yes, fair enough it was a strange team to pick, but I wasn't unappy at half-time.

A half of hard defence against a top attacking side had led to them scoring one legitimate try, but good intensity & good kick/chase gave us the upper hand in the second quarter and we scored one try and narrowly bombed a couple more. Many weren't playing particularly *well* but Buderus and, to an extent, Sinfield had dragged their teammates around the field and into a good position to take the game.

But then came whatever was said in the halftime teamtalk, and also the subsquent exposure of our powderpuff bench.

I don't really understand why players who played well the previous week were rested. Don't rate hauraki at all but at best both him and Ali are impact players best brought on from the bench?

I was very impressed with Warrington though

Yes I agree with you Craig. IMO Burrow should have been starting at SH with Danny at SO and Sinny at LF. I would not have played Hauraki at all. Perhaps against the warrington pack I would have had another big man on the bench instead of the 2 hooker ploy as there was enough cover for hooker already.

I blooming was. Knowing how Smith's team play a patient game for an hour before cutting lose and we just managed one try. I told Bill Arthur we were doomed at half time but he didn't believe me either!