Fair play we turned it around. Hooley outstanding. 


Lawrence, Donaldson, Keyes, Pele, Scurr, Taufua all missing, shows our strength in depth. Still plenty to work on. Don't think York will allow us to come back like that. 

Well it wasn't exactly free flowing was it? Really slow ruck and some inconsistent application of the rule book today by the officials.


Didn't help ourselves at times, we need to tighten up on the easy points and position we gift to the opposition. Missing a lot of key players today and had to overcome some adversity so will not be too harsh, just hope we avoided any further knocks 

Sensational second-half performance from the patched up Bulls to secure a comeback win. Despite a squad riddled with injuries and late changes we came out on top against a very good Eagles side. The first half saw us on the back foot, struggling to find rhythm with Sheffield snatching 2 scores to put them ahead at the break. In the second half we showed grit and heart, turning the momentum in our favour to kill the game off.


Lilley was sensational again in the halves. Blake and Ok on the edge always looked dangerous and Hooley was involved in a lot of our attacking play. Shout out to makeshift pack. I thought we'd struggled big time today but everyone put a major shift in and gained us valuable metres forward. A huge result, earned the hard way.


Any news on Masi Matongo?

Firstly hope Masi Matongo ok.
As has been said excellent second half display, thought the pack was very good to a man and we still had impact off the bench.
Thought the togetherness of the squad shone through, everyone making special efforts.
A special mention for Lilley who really attacked the line with purpose and created second phases for others which led to tries.
Will save the first half defensive lapses for another day.

Mason & Bayliss both took their opportunities I thought. Good games for both of them. 
We were a little late in the first half for our first substitutions (maybe missing Nobby as coach?) and Sheffield and Matongo specifically made the difference at the end of the first half. 


2nd half, much more clinical. Dominated field position, blew them away in a 10 minute spell. Good game

Sometimes it's just about getting the win! 


People missing through injury always causes disruption and affects fluidity. 


In previous seasons we'd have found a way to lose that game. 

Another enjoyable game.  Apart from the knock on from the kick off we started ok I thought.  At 8-0 we were in control and then for some reason switched off in defence.  The left side looked all at sea with Meadows and Gill doing a bit of ball watching.  Once the 2nd half got going after the delay to treat Matongo (how unlucky with injury is he!) we came right back into it.  Thought that a couple of refs decisions that went against us fired us up (in the right way for once).  Fulton in particular seemed to be everywhere.

Losing Lawrence in the warm up seemed to inspire a few, Ronan Michael did a massive shift and I thought Mason and Bayliss were influential.  I thought Bayley Liu was a bit unfortunate to be dropped to the bench given recent form but he looked strong when he came on.


Not sure of why Peposhi was sin-binned for a head clash.  If an opponent ducks into the tackle a split second before contact that's on him surely?  Either way it didn't matter thankfully.  Lilley had another good game and his pass to send Okunbor down the wing for him to back up and score was great.  The next try to Hooley was even better.  His pass to Blake and then the backing up was top class.  


Would love to keep Hooley.   While he's not as quick as Holmes he offers more as a ball player and is a bit more reliable under the kick.  It'll be a headache for the coaches to sort out when Holmes is fit.  

Well, Lui was unlucky only in that he was doing a decent job at centre, but as soon as a specialist centre became available he was back in contention with Fulton & Gee at 2nd row. And he did a good job in the pack. Definitely done enough to stay in the 17, but will require a big effort to grab a starting 2nd row spot at the moment. Gee I suppose is a possibility but Fulton is churning out 8/10 performances every week. 

I think when Fulton was ruled to have knocked on and he took exception to it his reaction was superb.  He channelled all that frustration into winning the game and that try saving tackle epitomised that approach.    Just shows that if you concentrate on rugby rather than getting into a battle with the official it has better results.  

Peposhi grade D two match ban... 

Ah.  just seen this.  Has anyone seen footage of it?  Seemed totally accidental.  Not sure what issuing a ban achieves really apart from persuading anyone wanting to sue the game that it's making efforts to respond to incidents where concussion occurs.    Whether a ban is the right thing is open for debate.

Disciplinary are all over the place to be honest. I know it a hard job as we all have different opinions on foul play. But when you look at the Liam Knight red card where he's escaped a ban because apparently he attempted to wrap his arms. Unless they're looking at a different angle, he definitely doesn't attempt to wrap. 


All season a late tackle on the passer has at least been points on your record. Toulouse man gets sin binned for hitting Featherstone player after that ball had gone. Got a sin-bin yet not even a single point on his record? 


Clash of heads has resulted in bans previously as defenders responsibility etc but that's usually if both players are upright. Matongo falls into Peposhi. Seems vehy harsh.