FT score: Featherstone 4 Bradford 40

40 TO 4 COYB

Some good play from the bulls listening to the radio. We can kick on after this win and gain a lot of confidence.

That's a potential banana skin negotiated quite comfortably. Big plus is players coming back from injury all came through without any issues. Biggest attendance in championship for third week in a row as well I think.

Great result. Chuffed to bits with that.

Fantastic result. Featherstone are no mugs. Bradford involved in another fixture where our attendance is higher than 2 Super League games.

Great crowd, great result. Stood firm against the opening assault from Fev, then turned on the style - and kicked the goals this week to put the icing on the cake

Forget the result, is Dale Ferguson OK?!

Yeah, think Ferguson is ok. Did ok in the time he was on the pitch, and taken off at the right time for a rest

Overall, it was a great atmosphere, great crowd and excellent win, despite the cold and rain. Bearing in mind that Fev were basically the second best team in the Championship last season we thumped them on their own patch. That's one of our toughest matches out of the way with a team that is clearly still gelling.

I know Fev had a lot of early possession, but I thought our defence had things well in hand, and in any case, their early dominance was as a result of handling mistakes by us and a kicked that sailed out on the full. Once we stepped up a gear, there was a clear gulf in class - and in the case of Gaskell a very wide chasm!

The other Championship clubs must be rubbing their hands. We gave Fev their best crowd since 1983 I believe, bigger than Widnes or Salford this weekend and only a 1000 or so less than Hull KR vs Wigan.

Wow! I can't remember when I enjoyed a game so much! Our defence was brilliant, especially in the first 20 when we repeatedly dropped the ball. I heard Jimmy on Radio Leeds saying that was his main issue, ball security. Shaw must surely now need to play somewhere. At the moment I'd leave him at FB with Mullaney at 7. The backs must be pretty much set after that showing. Gaskell was just class, that long range try was brilliant, I can't wait to watch ot in Bulls TV. In the forwards I thought Clough and Sidlow were in total control, they were huge again. Tahroui gets better with each game, a great offload in the build up to Gaskell's 2nd . Ferguson must play for a long spell next week, I thought he was all power when he came on. Lauaki didn't do anything for me in the 10 mins he played but it is his first run out. I can see our first choice props being Clough, Sidlow Tahroui and Davies (solely based on his 2 friendlies). How good is it to watch this side?! COYB

Great result! I was very impressed with our defence. We gradually grew into the game in terms of attack too.

Dropped too much ball in the first half. But that's the only negative. Two players playing their first games of the season too. A very good win.

Good thing is, we have plenty of improvement In us too.

Gaskell is playing like an 18 year old in an under 10's league.

Really enjoyed today. Fev have a nice little ground there

Great win and much better performance in testing conditions. Ferguson looked good whilst he was on, Lauaki didn't seem to get his hands on the ball at all in his 10/15 minutes but at least he got a run out. Tahroui (sorry about the spelling!) had his best game so far and got better as the game went on. Shaw looked good at full back. Took a high ball well ( under no pressure though), but in that wind he still had to judge it. His goalkicking was pretty faultess. Even the one he missed into the wind and from the touchline, hit the post. Mullaney at half back slotted in well, so Seijka may have his work cut out to get back in. I thought our defence was immense and as much as anything was as important as the tries. There were some colosall hits in the first half, which I think wore Fev out and they couldn't cope with us in the second half as a result.

All in all a great performance. I would have been happy with an ugly win, at a difficult place to come, so that was some victory.

Quote: paulwalker71 "The other Championship clubs must be rubbing their hands. We gave Fev their best crowd since 1983 I believe, bigger than Widnes or Salford this weekend and only a 1000 or so less than Hull KR vs Wigan.'" I hate to nitpick (he lied) but this was a better crowd: www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seaso ... mmary.html

Quote: paulwalker71 "The other Championship clubs must be rubbing their hands. We gave Fev their best crowd since 1983 I believe, bigger than Widnes or Salford this weekend and only a 1000 or so less than Hull KR vs Wigan.'" I hate to nitpick (he lied) but this was a better crowd: www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seaso ... mmary.html

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