indeed. I believe check in was 6-30 am so most will have been up since 5. like you say bizarre. going yesterday would have seemed much more sensible

We've done the same thing for the previous 2 years.

TBF the club do put a lot of thought in how best to organise the trip to Catalans, not just for the game in question but also considering the games played the week before and after......in this case we have a 6 day turnaround until the Easter period starts against Cas. We've arrived on the day before the game and on the day itself in the past so he club have an idea of how to approach it.



And had we been a bit sharper and hung onto the ball better earlier in the game then we would've won more comfortably.

Why bizarre ? Its only a two and half hour flight to Perpignan after all , it can take that long to get to St Helens on a friday afternoon on the M62 . If I heard correctly the team were there late morning , had time for lunch and some rest , then off to the game . Surely not that taxing ?

As others have said it can take as long to get to St Helens or Wigan as Perpignan and certainly as long as the coach trip down to London.

As I understand it the coaching staff and conditioners prefer the players to have as normal a routine as possible. With a relatively short flight I don't see it as an issue.

JJB on crutches and Aiton didn't come back on. Fingers crossed they are both not bad injuries. JJB is coverable but Aiton not so much.

Yes definately Aiton as a miss. Last week after the Wigan game, Handley is interviewed (on the Rhinos website) and in the background are players and family/friends having a meal and you can spot Robbie Ward on crutches wearing a protective boot so he possibly isn't an option to bring to the 17 which would be a shame as I was hoping to see more of him this year.

No I don't think it is just you. Unfortunately there are others too who cannot see beyond their prejudices. You think Burrow was poor Apart from his assist for Singleton's try .....and apart from creating the space that led to McGuire's try...... and of course apart from setting up the Watkins try.

So apart from being the player who did the most to turn defeat into victory you maintain he was poor. I suppose in your opinion is was just another case of what have the Romans ever done for us?

Yet without them we wouldn't have scored enough points to win!

Note I was talking about the defence.

Aiton - dead leg, could've come back on if absolutely necessary but we started to pull away in those final 20 mins so not risked, so might be fine for next week.

JJB - hamstring, possibly a tear so looks like he'll be missing several weeks.

I would say that is spot on. He certainly made the difference, and offered us something nobody else was doing which we needed, but his performance individually wasn't anything to write home about. His ignoring of McGuire for a certain try in somehow believing he could take on Escare on the outside was particularly disappointing.

That's dissapointing. I am no big fan of JJB but think he is one of our better players early season, and certainly better than Ablett has been so far. We looked better with him on the field last night. With him out, and a man out of form, certainly is limiting the options for us.

Cas is a particular game you want a player like JJB.

hats off to your lads..2 great comebacks..one against hull earlier in the season and yesterday against catalan....if only our lot could do that..(thats what we should have done against hull kr)..well done!