A very lackluster game and we didn't play that well tonight but Kearney was outstanding out of full back and when we played rugby we created some good openings. Was Halley dropped or injured.

[uPositives[/u

Kearney!
Reardon and Nero improved.
Donaldson & Whitehead impressed.
Kearney!
Kicking game much improved.
Platt went okay again, should improve after a few more games.
Kearney!




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Sheriffe looks to be reverting to his old self again, hopefully he'll improve again next week.
Lynch's knock
Silverwood.

Why was L'Estrange's try disallowed?

I thought that was probably our second worst performance of the season and only Keraney came out with any credit. He was outstanding and perhaps the change in the halves caused us some disruption.
Big rap for Sherrife though I heard he's made more yards than any other player in super league so far this season!!!
Running sidewards!
When you think of TV and volcano, what went wrong?

I found it an intensely frustrating game to be honest.

How did we have so much possession and time in their half, yet score so rarely?

How did they spill the ball so many times yet we did not make them pay for it?

How DID Silverwood come up with some of those calls? What was the penalty count against us?

How CAN we get pinged for allegedly tackling in the air (in front of us, and looked a marginal call at best) after what has been allowed to happen against us recently?

What was that last disallowed try a double movement? (presume that was what is was disallowed for?)

We scraped a win at home against probably the worst side in the competition, so we keep hearing them described as.

In fact, that was a pretty enthusiastic performance by Quins, something I think their coach can take much heart from.

As for us...well surely most of us would like to see Kearney at 1 all the time after that cracking showing? Probably a deserved MOM although Beaver seemed to have a hand in everything. Some strong defending again, not least running them down just short of our line after that length of field break. Kicking seemed a lot better. Platty did fine again (one bad boo boo excepted) although Sheriffe had one of his less good ones tonight. And some of the attacking play and passing was sublime - just such a shame we seemed to lack finishers to power over the line.

I'll take the two points, and us being above Leeds for the first time in a very very long time in the table. But we surely need to find ways of getting over that line a lot more often?

Hope Lynch is OK - did not look too clever hobbling off, but the trainer was bending his knee a lot so hope its nothing that serious. Last thing we want is ligaments gone.

Silverwood.

Even RL players get older.

We ceased to have the money to pay for their likes. In the case of Les, we never really had it in the first place.

Not the most thrilling of games, and yet another that we almost managed to throw away. We played all the rugby in the first 30 mins yet still managed to be behind. In fact we played pretty decent rugby for much of it, making our inability to score all the more infuriating.
But Kearney was excellent.
Silverwood? - someone please explain some of those calls to me. Truly baffling.

And agree with others on here - tackling players into touch being illegal is just stupid. So no reward for good defence anymore? Ridiculous.

Pushing/dragging..........if the momentum doesn't stop in my opinion it shouldn't matter.

I don't think a team should be punished for putting in effort.

Its like the rules surrounding quick taps from penalties and if a kick to the in goal goes dead and a player gets to the ball to the 20 quickly and wants to tap it quickly. If a team is sharp and uses their initiative to make that play so quickly, why should they be punished? Its the defending teams fault for not being sharp enough to get back and set their line quick enough.

Those sort of decisions spoil the entertainment of a game.

I thought it was a solid but unspectacular performance. The lack of tries is a concern though against what was a pretty sorry Harlequins outfit. I think with some better support play we should have got a couple more scores on the board.

I thought Silverwood had a poor game in general and whilst I type I am watching Ganson referee the Wigan v Leeds match. It seems like the two ref's are playing to different rules regarding what they allow at the PTB. So far in the first 18 mins Ganson has given around 5/6 penalties for holding down or markers not square. The lack of consistency from the officials must be a nightmare for the coaches.

This dragging rule is a bit of farce IMO. Unless the player is on the floor I feel the defenders should be able to pretty much do as they like whilst the player is upright. We should be rewarding good defence which is far too often penalised nowadays. In general play the ref's seem happy to allow some dragging so why a penalty as soon as it's near a line?

Kearney was superb at FB and seemed to enjoy the little bit of extra freedom and space he had. It's a shame we do not have another classy player who can go into 6 because Kearney could be our Brett Hodgson from the back.

We need to improve our attack if we are to get a result at Leeds next week. I wondered after the game if at some point we'll absolutely stuff somebody after a bit of a points draught! Let's hope it's next week!