Loved RS reply in the presser when asked about Sam Tomkins comments about Bentley. Sams a great player and entitled to his opinions and the south stand also have their opinions about players! Priceless

Excellent performance, one or two flaws on view however they are fixable. Wonderful defensive display bags of courage and commitment from all the team. I was pleased with the Bentley signing you need a junk yard dog forward, ok he will be suspended from time to time but he seemed to be involved with every tackle. Likewise away at rovers, our last try was an absolute belter. The saints game will be a full house ,hopefully we may get some more players back.

Good two points that. Always nice to get one over our French “friends” and that cynical, sourpuss McNamara. We hung in there well, especially in the first half, and at least commitment isn’t an issue in the first three games. Not sure we’ll be able to absorb that much pressure against certain other teams, and failure to clear our line and constantly turning the ball back inside for periods of the game will ultimately cost us points down the line. As a spectator it was an awful game for long spells. Stood in the rain, absolutely no atmosphere, and the video ref taking an eternity deliberating over tries and “head high tackles/shots”. A 3pm kick off not finishing till nearly 5pm is an absolute joke, and if this is what every game is gonna look like I’m sure there will be plenty of people voting with their feet. As for the atmosphere, better get used to it. With London visiting twice and Catalans once more, nearly a third of the season will see an empty away end and little to no atmosphere. What is the RFL’s fascination with having us play Catalans three times every year, are we being penalised for having a local airport ? It’s about time time the RFL did away with this unfair nonsense and made it a 14 team league. Idiots.

Anyway on what I’ve seen so far so reckon we can finish in the top three this year.

Bentley on form could become a great player over the next few years. He's young enough to keep improving.

The problem is you're always waiting for that brain part card coming out. If he can control himself better he's an asset.

Not quite sure on that. Fridays game will be really good test for us in that regard. Exactly the type of scenario where we let ourselves down last year. Get the two points and the Saints game is teed up perfectly.

I still think 4th/ 5th if we can get a few wins while under strength.

I think we beat Cats with almost their full strength side and us missing our best prop, Fusitu’a and our best impact prop. Also I think we’ll play a little tighter and reduce the errors as we play on. Not saying Cats played amazing but our D also stifled them.

I think we’re better than Salford and KR - who else is there other than Wigan and Saints? Leigh without Ipape are different. Wire maybe but not convinced.

He is still young enough to improve but Leeds will be healthier when he’s a utility bench player like he was at Saints. Obviously RS loves him so he’s going to start most games when he’s fit regardles. Be interesting to see where McDonnell and Bentley might pair well without Martin, I can see him going to NRL again next year.

From what I’ve seen of Ruan I think he might be more of a second row than prop too. Don’t think the lad has the tiger for prop but he looks good in broken field.

In fairness they lost McMeekan in the warm up and were also missing Takehiako, Manu Mau, Mad Mick and Tom Davies so they weren't exactly full strength either. Very pleased with the win though.

I guess the test will be the return fixture at their place.

I think we have some of the best players in the comp on form right now; really like what Croft and Ackers have brought already. Really hope Mik can fully recover from the shoulder injury because he played great in that game.

Jeez Jim, those glasses are beyond rose tinted!!
We've just had a good win, but let's be realistic.
We spent the majority of the game in our own 20.
They were under-strength and under par.

Cats will finish above us.
Saints and Wigan goes without saying.
And I still think Wire, KR and Leigh will go well.
Still 5th or 6th for me.

Missing 2 or 3 of the pack every week is going to be the norm this year.

I think the real test is next week and against other clubs we tend to arrogantly assume we should beat. As long as we aren't crippled by injuries I think Smith has already proved he can coach a side to get the better of the big boys. He has a 5 - 2 record against McNamara and 3 - 2 v Peet for instance. Just need to prove we can do it week to week.

Hull KR are nowhere near as good as their fans think they are.

Leigh will struggle if they continue to get injuries.

We were also under strength aswell don’t forget

Fifth or sixth for me would be a total failure, early days yet but I would think Saints ,Wigan and Catalan are ahead of us. So the fourth spot is between us and the wire. Think they will be strong under Burgess ,although it will be interesting to see the response from Burgess and the wire fans if they hit a bad patch. However it’s a bit early to draw any conclusions, suspensions will play a big part. A true indicator may be the saints game, don’t think they will be as wasteful as Catalan.