Yep attacking the knees isn’t policed properly.

I'd like to see both incidents again on video. At the time they both looked quite ugly. Dewsbury got a player in the bin for the first but not the second and Flanagan got a yellow card for starting a dust up after it.

Really hope the injuries aren't too bad as we really rely on both players. Was disappointed with the referee who seemed to struggle to keep the teams back 10m or get a tidy PTB.

Performance wise we looked good with the wind at our backs. Less so playing into it. Thought Doro and Souter stood out. Going into the game with only 3 props and then losing Scurr and Blackmore meant we needed Taufua to stand up and he did, probably with his best game for us.

McGowan looked assured at the back with a couple of try savers and a decent try of his own. He's not Tom Holmes but looks defensively strong.

I was less impressed with Flanagan who looks past it to me. The drop in quality when Souter went off was marked.

I notice Peposhi came on as 18th man once Scurr got injured. Was this the first time we've had that happen?

It's the first time I can remember it happening. Is it not a new rule for this season?

Thought we had concussion 18th man substitutes last year? I could be wrong.

Changed it for this year.
Last year was 3x Concussions, 18th man could be activated.
This year is 2x Concussions OR 1 injury (head or otherwise) which ends the game for the player and has come about through foul play, serious enough to warrant a yellow or red card.

Just watching the highlights and McGowans try from the scrum, I couldn't help notice the quality of Souters pass from the base of the scrum, fast, accurate and in front of Gaskell and it starts the whole move off. Such a change from seasons gone where we've had slow passes from dummy half, behind the player, which just slows the entire attack down.

Think Souter may end up as an 80 minute hooker as the season progresses and maybe only interchange with Flanagan against "lesser teams"

We do look vulnerable in depth for the spine though. Any of Souter, Gaskell or Lilley get a knock and the drop in quality is significant.

Souter is a class above that's for sure. His reading of the game for his try off Gaskell was great too. An old head on young shoulders.

Interesting to watch the full game back and in particular look at the two incidents which ended up in injuries to Blackmore and Scurr.

Have to say, for me I think the referee got both calls spot on. First was a low shot to legs but wasn't a cannonball tackle by any stretch and I think a yellow sufficed.

The Scurr one was just a case of his leg getting caught underneath him. Really can't see what the defenders could have done differently in that situation.