Very hard to gage against such a weakened Wakefield side. I was impressed Sezer. Bentley was tough defence and drives the ball in strong. He has a great hand off. Austin showed some nice touches and will only get better. Tet far better at prop. Thought Smith was very good at 13.Myler had a very good game and deserved his Mom. Newman looked dangerous everytime he got the ball in the second half. Shame we didn't see Muizz and Walters but looking at the back row options I think they will get very little game time.

Yeah Smith looked good and I do hope he is starting 13 more often than not.

Smith should start 13 for mine.The bench should have two props a hooker and a backrower.

It's going to be very hard for Walters and Muizz to break into this side unless we have a boat load of injuries.

Question for me is whether the strength in depth we are developing will translate into real quality. We should be a consistent-ish side as long as our halves and props stay fit.

We do have a number of players now who can break a game open, which we’ve lacked.

Could this be a successful year for us or will we still need another season or two to develop?

Promises to be a good season ahead. Good hit out and with more friendly games and more solid work on the training park we will only get better. Without going overboard and taking into account what we were up against I thought everyone accounted themselves well with top games from Sezer. Newman and Mylar.
What disappoints me is the pathetic criticism of Leeming who clearly is one of the top number 9s in Super League.

So you're not allowed to say a player has a poor game if they have a poor game?

I don’t think leeming is as bad as some say, then again I don’t think he’s one of the best 9’s in super league either, but either way he had a poor game yesterday. I thought he had a really good year last season but tbf most of that was in the halves. I think leeming and dwyer are quite similar, in that they either have brilliant games or shockers, if only we could roll them both into one, as I think they are both exceptional on the days they decide to play

We're even arguing over a friendly now?

Has Austin always been that slow?

I'll give Austin the benefit of the doubt and say he was looking to try create space and time a pass rather than accelerate and got it all wrong. Not that I'd say he's the quickest either.

I think he thought bugger that I ain't going to try and run the length of the field from here. I agree he then got it all wrong when he got his feet all wrong in the mud..

That as well.

Bit of an over reaction saying the pathetic criticism of Leeming.
The pack played well and imo Leeming was the weakest of the pack.
It`s not pathetic its an opinion.
I also don`t think he`s a top 3 hooker yet.

Agree with that. He's not there as a truly England standard hooker yet despite his dream team selection. He did have a cracking year in 2021, however as others have noted his stand out performances came when he played a half back type role in the midst of the never ending injury crisis. He deserves to start as our nine this year and I'm hoping that Johnson can also develop and push him hard.