Good game yesterday, thought we went really well considering half our team and the coach were down under 3 weeks ago.

Should really have a been a Rovers win, absolute howler from the officials on the kick and chase try. Watching the video it's as clear a knock on as you'll ever see and the ref was a maximum of 3 feet away, staring straight at it. But I'm sure we'll get one in our favour at some point to even things out.

Didn't see what kicked the trouble off, but there was an atmosphere from both sets of fans. I suspect that the truth of it lies somewhere between the accounts of both sets of fans.

I agree that it's creeping in a little too much, I can only speak for the Rovers fans I see. But some of them need to either calm down the boozing, or learn how to take their ale better. One of the coaches came from one of the local boozers, which was open for drinking way before the bus left, which I find ridiculous.

Good luck for the rest of the season, except when you come to Fev.

Well at least they are young up and coming players not established players in their mid 20s who couldn't get a game like Leeds.

Chris Hankinson is 25. Although he's hardly established yet, so it's not as big a urine take as some other clubs.

It's worth pointing out that when the current DR rules were brought in in 2013, Featherstone were one of four Championship clubs who were generally opposed to DR but also said that if it had to be introduced, exactly this stipulation should be implemented ie that it should only be fringe SL players who should be eligible and not seasoned SL players. The four were outvoted by the other Championship clubs.

It's now ironic that fans of some of the clubs who opposed this proposal (I don't mean Bradford as the Bulls were in SL at the time) are now sulking about DR players Fev are using.

Well, yes, but I'd guess you'd get the same 'one-eyed' reaction from most fans of all clubs - depending on how it affected [ithem[/i on a particular occasion.

I think that's exactly what it is. The majority of clubs' fans (and indeed chairmen) will always form an opinion of DR based on how it helps/hinders their own side. It'll only be a minority that take a bigger picture view.