I nearly wet myself at some of the dits.
"Lean Kebab" "Stig" but the jewel in the crown had to be "Abbo and Rib Burrow - best mates. Taking advantage of Groupon vouchers for a spa at Oulton Hall

It was the "Burrow is a goblin because he's small and evil" comment that had me laughing.

"They say the two things on you that never stop growing are your nose and your ears.....can you imagine Rob when he's 80! You could pick him up and use his nose to plough your garden"

"Stevie Ward has taken over the 13 shirt, one of the conditions of wearing that number is that he has to be my mate"

Watched the highlights which may not be fully reflective of the game but:
I was impressed by Falloon who seemed to support a lot of the breaks down the middle and looked to step in and offer a makeshift halfback option on occasion which is a useful option.
Also looked like hardaker, Watkins and Briscoe combined well down the right. I felt at times last year we could have given the ball earlier and more often to Watkins so hopefully this is a sign of things to come.

Agree with that. More early ball to best talent Watkins more often has to be good news. Hoping that signing of ferres and when all fit greater 2nd row depth will help Watkins and moon on attack. Watkins was having to do a 2nd row's tackling stint at end of long season which I think then impacted on his test form. He was knackered.

He was having to do a second row's tackling stint because Leeds were trying to hide Sinfield, McGuire and Burrow for 80 minutes.

So instead of defending two in from the wing where your centre normally would be, he was 3 in for most of the business end of the season and making 20+ tackles a game.

Hopefully Falloon can play big minutes and enable Watkins to defend a little wider. All part of the downside of having Burrow in your 17 unfortunately, he can't defend in the middle of the field so one of your centres has to move further in to cover.

Just watched the highlights from a "proper" camera rather than the ones streamed on iPad.

Not a lot to take from it given the standard of opposition, but one bit of classic Achurch for his try.

USA kick downfield. Achurch makes absolutely no effort to get himself back in position to take some carries, instead just hanging around on their 40m line. Handley makes the break on the kick return, and Achurch is then in perfect position to stroll in under the posts unopposed having been rewarded for his laziness.

Achurch has said he hopes to stay at the club beyond this year especially as he has just opened a new business.Wakey or Cas ,Hull KR maybe even Hull his next club

If it was truely Classic Achurch then he'd have injured himself putting the ball to ground.

Even in winning a pre season friendly by 70 points some people go straight to whatever negative can be found. Excellent work by that man....

Agree having a tackling 9 makes a big difference and that we have sought to hide burrow and expect we will do again. I still think what he gives you is more than worth it. The loss of Ailton was more keenly felt and impact on Watkins greater because we in effect were either doing the 16 man routine or playing a sub for 5 - 10 mins and kylie could only play short mins. Hope and expect this year to see subs playing more mins and the work spread around more which will need to include the loss of peacock's huge contribution.