I thought the Moss try and the disallowed York try in the first half were both marginal and could’ve gone either way. The one in the second half was 100m away and I haven’t a clue whether it was a try or not. I think York were a bit unlucky and a draw might have been a fairer reflection of the game but it’s been so long since we had a bit of luck I think we’re due a break.

I agree that the York offloads were a problem but our goal line defence was great especially in the run up to halftime when they threw the kitchen sink at us. The highlights for me were Keyes nerveless kicking, the break he made to set up Minchella and the Hallas charge-down. Crossley led the pack very well and I was impressed with Garside’s ability to catch some very tricky drop outs and kick offs.

Going forward I think we can be a lot more slick with our ball movement and it’d be nice to see us try the odd offload too. Chisholm coming back soon should help.

It was great to see the reaction after the win yesterday but that was just game one. There are a lot of tough games ahead against some teams that will try anything to put us off our game. York played the game hard but fair and will be gunning for us in the return. The likes of Doncaster, Keighley, Hunslet and the Cumbrian sides will be very tough.

Altogether a good result, I don't think we will have a stronger test this year away from home. Okay there were things to put right and most of them have been outlined here. But lets not forget this is very much a new team, once again without our number one half back pairing. Someone mentioned playing off the cuff, well, our off the cuff man is still not out there.

My major concern is that our pack still looks like it can be outmuscled. The little barrel shaped prop ran harder and caused more trouble than any of our forwards (Crossley apart) I think he did at least three stints, and was a handful everytime.

Just glad we got the points as I went more in hope than expectation.

As mentioned lack of line speed and offloads caused us the most problems. Personally thought we were under the kosh for 50 mins of the game. Our brightest spells came with the introduction of Pickersgill, Pelts and Vila Halafihi, around 15 mins each side of half time.

Gibson also had a good game. Be good to get Oakes back too because he's a real wingers centre.

What an entertaining afternoon that was. Did the better team lose?
Really enjoyed it and of course winning like that made it better.

I would say yes.

I don't think the better team lost. We worked hard for that win. When we look back on the season in September, that will be one of our toughest games. We just lacked a little composure in attack, so had to rely on a scrambling defence & mental toughness to take the 2 points.

I may be being unfair, but I thought we were second best for most of the match. York played the better rugby and dominated the collision. Our forwards were bullied in the tackle and often found themselves on their back, whereas the York players seemed to more often than not generate a much quicker play the ball. We still lack a couple of big experienced props, and I’d like to see our outside backs take some more resposibility from dummy half in making quick yards. Towards the back end of each half, the York pack really tired, and their wingers carried them down the pitch with some easy metres.

For much of the game we gave them easy metres at ptb by failing to move up. On a short pitch like that they soon transferred from their half to ours and put us under pressure.

Failing to move off the line was where they was making alot of meters. We need to start going up.

If not moving up fast enough off the line is the issue then you would think someone of jK's experience would sort this quickly

yes, you would, and its been said so many times over the last few years.

Watched the video this evening and I thought our defence was mostly good especially on the goal line. Joe Keyes' kicking game was superb. He chased down his kicks well and tackled their backs to put pressure on the kick return. We were a bit unlucky for their second try. Atrocious pass from their player confused our lot and as the ball bobbled on the ground their centre did a great job picking it up and running into space. I imagine in terms of defence it's difficult to react to a poor pass that turns out to ricohet into the hands of the right player!

Great finish to the game. An absolute humdinger. Bet Proper Sports were licking their lips at that as their opening broadcast, although as someone else said that fella they had on was useless. He didn't offer a word of insightful material whatsoever.

Bulls did well to grind that one out. I'm sure our attack will improve. On the whole happy with the way we defended though.

Let's face it this squad is going to take some time to get to know each other so to get the win yesterday was outstanding. The spine of the team has some new players and our best hasn't played yet. I'm sure the attack will come in time.

The defence on the line was very good I thought. Elsewhere we could use a bit more line speed and intensity. Do that and the we'll force more errors. I'm sure it'll come good.

It'll be interesting to see how we go at Cougar Park. We know what to expect from them now.

Look after each other, play our own game and certainly not get involved in measuring our appendage with them.

From watching the video York looked technically smarter and physically had more energy, but the Bulls defence in general was good and as the game went on the Team gelled more. York can consider themselves unlucky but they didn't make the most of their superior advantages, and we had the rub of the green when it counted. Though I did think York wasted a lot of energy with three man tackles compared to the Bulls. While the Ref let the game sort of flow I was surprised there were not more flare ups with all the niggles allowed to go on!
Still it's 2 points in the bag and was earned because the Bulls hung in there against a very solid attack down the middle!