Squad:

Bustin, Butler-Fleming, Chisholm, Crossley, Flanagan, Garside, Gibson, Grant, Hallas, Johnson, Keyes, McNally, Milton, Minchella, Peltier, Pickersgill, Ryan, Smith, Wood.

Still no Kirk or Oakes in the 19 man squad. But for this game I'd go with:

McNally
Grant
Gibson
Butler-Fleming
Ryan
Pickersgill
Keyes
Crossley
Flanagan
Bustin
Garside
Johnson
Minchella

Hallas
Peltier
Milton
Chisholm

Hallas to spell Flanagan or move into the pack. Pickersgill has been going well and I'd rather keep Chisholm to another 50 mins here at Odsal which will suit us better and then have him starting vs. Oldham or start Chisholm and bring him off later.

Minchella at loose to provide a bit of ball playing as I feel we will do Hunselt 9/10 out wide as their back line isn't great and Minchella provides a better link in that respect.

Bustin to take some energy out of Hunslet like he did at Keighley which allows Peltier to do what he does best when he comes on against a tiring defence. And we have Butler-Fleming for a month, may as well use him and spell Smith who won't play every single game. For me Keyes, Flanagan or Chisholm as captain for the day.

Seeing the state of Kirks nose I think he will give it a miss on Sunday.

Not seen it pal. Can't be much worse than before though On a serious note after playing today I wouldn't consider any of the lads that played reserves until Oldham or Hunslet (CC).

Chisholm is starting

McNally
Butler-Fleming
Gibson
Smith
Ryan
Keyes
Chisholm
Bustin
Hallas
Crossley
Garside
Minchella
Milton

Flanagan
Pickersgill
Peltier
Wood

Not the best of performances this afternoon. Don't get me wrong, a win is a win and there was daylight between the teams, but we really didn't gel out there today.
A better team than Hunslet would have walked away with 2 points this afternoon

Actually, a better team than Hunslet DID walk away with 2 points, but that's neither here nor there

Awful, boring, dour spectacle but another win. Not much to say really. Referee just didn't seem to be d to penalise slowing in the ruck of either side. Chisholm probably had his worst game in a Bulls shirt and looked to be struggling at times, but its 80 minutes in the bank. Improvements needed for next 2 games

Well, first game of the season for me, and not one that I'm going to remember for years to come, that's for sure!

I suppose it was a comfortable win i.e I never thought we would lose. But, not a spectacle - and very little to excite a decent enough crowd for this level. Peltier was the best forward on the pitch, closely followed by Crossley, the rest were bang average. No real strike out wide - Grant will never have an easier hat trick - 1 from a dropped ball and 2 walk-ins. But what's happened to Ryan? As for Chisholm, he needs to cut out those Harlem Globetrotter passes, there wasn't one that came off

We won't beat Oldham playing like that.

Fairly dull game but we got the 2 points. I felt that Hunslet would be a bit tougher to beat. Hopefully we can go back to back next week and advance in the cup.

I felt Keyes was the difference for us as Chisholm had a bit of nightmare (what was that drop out about?!). His kicking to Grant was excellent. 2 really well taken tries. Also, Steve Crossley had an exceptional game doing some big minutes.

Thought Hallas was great in the first half. Scooted from dummy half successfully a few times and deserved his tries. Didn't notice him in the second. Who got official MoM? Presumably Keyes or Grant?

Keyes was man of the match.

Very scratchy win today. Chisholm is still a bit off the pace and trying a bit too hard.

Strange game today, none of our players looked like they wanted to be out there. The poor reffing of the 10 meant that neither team had much space to work the ball so it ended up being a bit of a slog on a pitch that still looks heavy.
It sounds like John Kear thought that was nowhere near what he considers to be an acceptable performance either so hopefully he gets them right in training before Friday.

I agree with what has been said so far. I have seen all the competitive matches so far this season and I hoped by now they would be in some sort of form. The York match was really exciting and we were perhaps a little fortunate to get both points. There was a substantial step forward at Keighley but to me today was a step back(even if only a minor one). We looked very disjointed at times and found a few novel ways of handing the ball to the opposition. Having said that I think we were still worth the win but the Bulls need to make another big step up if they are to beat Oldham on Friday.

We looked sluggish and put to much ball to ground. The fluency wasn't there, but that's probably because Pickersgill and Keyes have practiced and played together all season this far. Dane looked in a rush, but.at least he was making breaks. Not terrible but needs to be more to beat Oldham next week.