Quote: Peter Goddard "Does anyone know if Mick Gledhill is covering this live on radio?'" https://west-yorkshire-rugby-league.mixlr.com

Quote: Peter Goddard "Does anyone know if Mick Gledhill is covering this live on radio?'" https://west-yorkshire-rugby-league.mixlr.com

Well I enjoyed my fix of Rugby. Solid but unspectacular as you'd probably expect for our first game and on a heavy pitch. And I didn't spot any outrageous waist lines apart from my own so that's progress!

Entertaining game. Players looked fitter. The Walker and Lawford tries were highlights. Thought Lawford, Holmes, Foster, Wallace and Butler looked decent. Lilley always looks better at dummy half as well IMO.

We looked well in control when we had first teamers out there. Obviously it got a bit scrappy when we made a bunch of changes but that's to be expected.

Yes a decent game of rugby league especially for £10.

I was a bit worried about the lack of impact especially early foot but we had the quality to carve them open. Hopefully with some players to come in who didn’t play today we will look even better but I suppose it does highlight the need for a prop or two more for when injuries bite / when we come up against the bigger sides.

Overall looked a better attitude and desire which is all most of us want to see so well in. Happy with the performance and to get back onto the terraces

To be fair, we were missing Lawrence, Thompson, Scurr and Baldwinson who will possibly be the four starting props

From what I saw today Green and Rogers look a bit off 1st team level.

I would agree but I think the bloke behind me screaming at bulls to get a grip when it was a team full of kids felt a tad out of order

A decent hit out for Mark Dunning's men. I felt that we controlled the game from the early stages of the first half and played some good stuff for a first game back. It was great to see Walker and Holmes play, an improvement on what we had last year. I felt that Wallace, Butler and England did well getting yards on the edge with Holmes, Lawford and Walker providing that creativity. We scored a couple of nice fast tries from deep, which was good to see on such a heavy pitch. Having Lilley at 9 is an interesting statement from MD. I assume he will move between the hooking and halves positions when needed this season.

I felt that the scoreline flattered Dewsbury in the end as they scored 2 late tries when we had our Academy players finishing the game. In conclusion, a game that provided some good rugby and builds some level of excitement under the new regime.

MOTM: Lawford

I agree. It's still very early in the year and I wouldn't want to write them off after one pre-season friendly. If we lose some of our middles to injury I feel we may be lacking some real quality going forward. Hopefully they prove me wrong this season.

To be fair I felt green grew into the game

I only heard the game on the radio and I know he only played half a game but Blackmore was only mentioned a couple of times. Can anyone who was at the game tell me more?

He had a bit of go forward from the back to be fair

He also only played one half

Runs hard and fast and with Arundel as his centre he could score plenty of tries this season.

Green and Rogers are only young lads and have a lot to learn. But with Baldwinson, Scurr and Lawrence as out only bona fide props (Thompson is a second rower who's moving up to prop apparently) we may have to call on them so I hope we're looking at recruiting another.

Blackmore is bigger than some of our forwards. He took a few carries and made a handling error. Didn't do much but got some stick from the Dewsbury crowd. I'm on record as not rating him and he's got other baggage too so I'm not his biggest fan.