On reflection, a great game that had a bit of everything.
Great advert for the game on C4.
A lot of positives to take.
Tet had his best game for us, at prop! (no s**t sherlock.....).
Cam Smith should start every game at 13.
Gannon is a class act - I agree, he'll be difficult to shift from the 17. Can't see Mellor getting much game time.
Sezer was very good - just what we need. Looking forward to seeing him with Austin.
Leeming was excellent and is becoming a real leader.
Sutcliffe was poor. Needs to pass it more when on the move. He slowed down numerous plays.
Broadbent has to be knocking on the door.
Great to see Walker back. He did well and looked fit and strong.
We still need another big guy. We're asking a lot of the 3 that played. Another injury and we're in trouble.

FWIW - I think all the card decisions were correct.
Nailed on red for Bentley. He could be a liability. Don't think we should hang him out to dry yet, but he has to learn where the line is.
Yellow for Holmes was correct.
Yellow for Dwyer was harsh, but probably right in the game these days.
Frustrating thing is same punishment for Dwyer and Holmes, when the high tackle was much worse.
Dwyer shouldn't get banned. Yellow should be enough. But you never with this panel.
A few missed calls were annoying - forward pass, hand in touch and should have been a yellow for Currie on Fus.
But ultimately, the Bentley sending off cost us the game in the end.

I think we'll be OK against Wigan next week - if we can keep our discipline (which is becoming a big problem....)

Quote: Jack Burton "Apparently, an average of 531k watched the game on C4, with a high of 750k for the closing minutes. 7% of the audience share, which is fantastic'" The average audience figures for Sky Sports coverage last season was a shade over 150k, so these figures are very good and if they maintain, or improve, it should give C4 encouragement to invest in more games. Good to see it's on catch up too. https://www.channel4.com/programmes/bet ... ague-rugby

Quote: Jack Burton "Apparently, an average of 531k watched the game on C4, with a high of 750k for the closing minutes. 7% of the audience share, which is fantastic'" The average audience figures for Sky Sports coverage last season was a shade over 150k, so these figures are very good and if they maintain, or improve, it should give C4 encouragement to invest in more games. Good to see it's on catch up too. https://www.channel4.com/programmes/bet ... ague-rugby

good summary tho i prefer myler at fb walker didn't look as dangerous running with ball as used to but was solid for 1st game

Having finally watched the game back I think the big take away for players and coach is that the day of "playing on the edge of the law" is gone. Herdman/enforcers are facing extinction. I will not miss them greatly. We either take note or become perennial unluckily losers. On another note the Channel 4 coverage was a million times better than SKY. Hope they keep it up.

Yeh agree. The C4 coverage was excellent and gave great coverage of both clubs.
A refreshing change from the bitter perennial Leeds haters Clarke and Wilkin.

Jake Connor red carded today for a high shot, we will see enty cards this year

i dont think thats too bad given the kick off time
some terrestrial tv company needs to cash in with a Sunday game with an 18.00 or 19.00 kick off.
Thats how American football started in the UK

Brilliant . So another great player to watch will be sat in stands again for a while.
Thought he’d broken his hands too? Must be pretty tough…..

Sure......

It was, with a closed fist.

Thought Sutcliffe was poor in attack. Without Newman we lack punch in the centres

A great start and it’ll get better viewing figures as it progresses. Hopefully a sign of things to come

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That's a strange looking closed fist (with a fair amount of shoulder contact) still a red and a ban no doubt but not as long maybe

I don't think that it was said that the closed fist made contact with the head, but it's an indication of intent. Not to punch, but to go in recklessly for a big shot. It's poor technique with no ability to wrap the tackle, similar to the shoulder charge.

He went for an aggressive shot, mistimed it, hit the head, so is automatically a red card