No, but he & Nobby had a deep & meaningful chat pre-match on the pitch before the warm-up. So - dropped? rested? minor niggle? Bit of all 3?

Has his form been that bad? By the sound of it, he really looked the part early on!

On the game, sounded like we went and got the job done. Just what we've all been calling for after some of our more questionable results.

I also thought it was good we finished strongly. This suggests the fitness levels and freshness in the squad at at good levels, which will be a huge positive come the play-offs.

It would be really nice to finisg the best of the rest and secure second wouldn't it!

Ott's been getting more game time of late and has been doing well. If I've got a criticism of Souter it's that he does give away the odd penalty. Souter's played a lot of minutes so maybe this is part of the plan to have him freshened up a bit. Hooker is the toughest position on the field fitness wise so it makes sense to share the burden.

I doubt Souters been dropped. Maybe they've been happy with Otts form, decided to go with 4 big men on the bench and give Souter a bit more time off with the minutes limit in mind.

O'Carroll said weeks ago that Souter would need to miss some matches because of the minutes limit for a player his age - so I guess this is the reason he didn't play. Anyway, it's great to have two more than useful hookers available once again in the camp.

Indeed. Both Souter and Ott are a massive upgrade on GFS.

I see Taufua has been banned for a late hit, think that’s his fourth ban this season, 2 games ☹️

Not the one on Welham surely?

didnt taufua get banned for a hair pull? ... what about the last tackle of the game, not a hair pull?

The first one, no. The second one was more marginal

Is it the one where Welham flings the ball into touch? I can't recall any other late hit.

Even then it's a great tackle. Welham just flings the ball into touch, if he actually caught the ball it would have been bang on.

I see Tafua has picked up another 2 game ban. Watched it on the replay and he rushes in to close down Welham, not high but it was aggressive. Is this really where we are as a sport?

The tackle technique looks identical to the one in the Donny game on Lilley, except he held onto the ball rather than throwing it to nobody. How that is worth of a 2 match ban.. I doubt the Bulls will appeal as they will want Tafua available for the play offs.

Game's gone!