I didn't think the size difference was that much TBH. Having not seen any of these before (except Crossley probably) I had little idea who was who for Bradford, but assumed Crossley & Burgess were 8 & 10 & were easily the biggest on the pitch & went ok. Apart from Southernwood's individual try & saw nothing from Bradford to get excited about (I did miss the first 15 minutes not realising it wasn't 8pm KO). I was surprised at the muscle on the Bulls youngsters, with a few exceptions such as the winger in the head guard who got murdered down his wing repeatedly. They are massively more physically developed than when I regularly watched Cas youngsters in the 80s & early 90s. Bulls dropped far too much ball, made a number of breaks where they failed to pass or gave the wrong pass & were exploited down there right side, especially when Demetriou was on that side. I definitely don't remember Cougars forwards making great breaks up the middle. But it was so cold I could have been in a state of suspended animation & dreamed it all.

Enjoyed the game despite the absolutely freezing temperatures! I thought Southernwood looked impressive and Burgess did well in spells. I expected Crossley to stand out more than he did, it must be his make or break year.


Note to Keighley though, would it be too hard to put a sign up stating which turnstyle is for concession/adult etc.

Yes it would. Now stop moaning

While we're making requests, I'd really like a port-a-loo or something on the side that doesn't have the seating. Stood on the half way line and it was right trek to the loo!

In fact by the time I got back, BullyBoxer had turned up out of nowhere!

Ah so that's why I hadn't spotted you! I thought I'd just been stood next to you in a dream world for 5 minutes!

Now I know almost all fans are biased towards their team but Mr Crazy on the halfway line was great entertainment. I can't ever recall hearing a fan shouting for someone to be sent off for being offside..