Chris Hill has just tackled Andy Ackers next week from that drop out he was so late…

Much better than last week overall. On the positives, Palsia grafted hard as did McDonnell who went very well today. Both Jenkins and Holroyd good. Gannon showing bits of class. In the backs , Lumb did really well under the high ball and with ball in hand. Lost Nene a couple of times but McDonald ran hard. Key to me was Jake Connor , some touches of real class in his passing and kicking. On the negative side for me, we still looked very limited on attack , Connor aside. Someone said about 4 tackle and 5 tackle plays are Normally just 1 man drives. Early In second half v 12 men, we started a set on our 40. We did 5 one man runs and then Frawley dummied and ran on the last tackle. Bar Sneyd, Watkins and McDonald I thought they looked pretty average. I think a top team would have stuck 50 plus on them today but I am grumpy, which is entirely age appropriate. On Bentley, he made 4 errors in first 30 minutes but was also limping around and I was surprised he stayed on. But credit to his guts , he kept going and got a real comedy try which he grafted for. On a wider point , our squad looks very short on depth. Hope we don’t get bitten by it early but I suspect we will at some Point.

It's not surprising our attack looked clunky when Croft and Smith were missing for most of the game and Frawley was also carrying a knock to his hand.

[quote="christopher":2u0wl7k2]Palesia? He was excellent today. Hes nothing like Tetevano.[/quote:2u0wl7k2]Arthur praised him also.

Every time I've seen Lumb play he's impressed me.Hes safe under the high ball and as good ballance and pace .His main position is full back and if needed there should be a head of Edgell..

Very pleasing debut by Jenkins.Looked strong in the carry and defence .