Thought the spirit shown by the lads was superb, especially in the second half - goal line defence was awesome at times.

We were never going to win after losing two forwards in the first quarter. We were not only short of forwards before the game even began but we were then also then down to just two interchanges for three quarters of the match.

Both sides lost quite a bit of ball which, I guess, must be largely put down to the wet conditions, though that said, we certainly didn't create much but without some more 'beef' in the pack we were always on the back foot and never gave the halves any space to work in. Same with the kicks, Gale kept finding the man but never had a chance put his head up and look, to be fair.

Big respect to the lads for not giving it up, the determination to keep them out was obvious and heartening. I'd suspect that the Rovers coach was more disappointed with his team's performance than Franny - 60 minutes with the Bulls down to 2 subs and they only got 4 points?

Some stats to chew on.

Donaldson, second in top tackler list and marker tackles,
Donaldson, second for missed tackles,
Addy, third for missed tackles,
Henry, fifth for missed tackles.

Bulls:
Second for tackles made,
First for missed tackles,
Last for metres made,
Last for average gain,
Last for clean breaks,
Ninth for penalties conceded,
Joint first errors (80) with Hull KR and Hull FC.

Ordered by percentage missed+----------+------------+------------+-------------+
| nickname | SUM(pp.TK) | SUM(pp.MI) | PERC_MISSED |
+----------+------------+------------+-------------+
| WAK | 1749 | 199 | 11.3779 |
| BRA | 1974 | 205 | 10.3850 |
| CAT | 1819 | 188 | 10.3353 |
| HKR | 1799 | 172 | 9.5609 |
| LON | 1933 | 184 | 9.5189 |
| SAL | 1945 | 180 | 9.2545 |
| LEE | 1977 | 172 | 8.7001 |
| HFC | 1551 | 133 | 8.5751 |
| CAS | 1708 | 129 | 7.5527 |
| WAR | 1897 | 142 | 7.4855 |
| STH | 1674 | 122 | 7.2879 |
| HUD | 1938 | 139 | 7.1723 |
| WID | 1299 | 93 | 7.1594 |
| WIG | 1529 | 101 | 6.6056 |
+----------+------------+------------+-------------+[/code

Pedantically, it'd need to be TK+MI=Attempted Tackles. MI/AT x100

Yeah, let's pretend that didn't happen.

[code+----------+------------+------------+-------------+
| nickname | SUM(pp.TK) | SUM(pp.MI) | PERC_MISSED |
+----------+------------+------------+-------------+
| WAK | 1749 | 199 | 10.2156 |
| BRA | 1974 | 205 | 9.4080 |
| CAT | 1819 | 188 | 9.3672 |
| HKR | 1799 | 172 | 8.7265 |
| LON | 1933 | 184 | 8.6915 |
| SAL | 1945 | 180 | 8.4706 |
| LEE | 1977 | 172 | 8.0037 |
| HFC | 1551 | 133 | 7.8979 |
| CAS | 1708 | 129 | 7.0223 |
| WAR | 1897 | 142 | 6.9642 |
| STH | 1674 | 122 | 6.7929 |
| HUD | 1938 | 139 | 6.6923 |
| WID | 1299 | 93 | 6.6810 |
| WIG | 1529 | 101 | 6.1963 |
+----------+------------+------------+-------------+[/code

I think we could say that many a time for the Bradford Bulls.

Also, I think SL (or whoever) add up the number of tackles made by players for the team, irrespective of how many are in each tackle.

That's what I'm doing there. It's added up from their individual Opta stats which I rip off the SL site on a Monday morning.

I think some people need more work to do....

How do they decide who made a tackle?

Sorry mate, no idea.

That's a fair point. In a three man tackle, maybe you get one third of a point, unless your bit is regarded as the main reason the runner was brought down in which case you get a half ant the others a quarter each...

I'd love to see their workings out..

I thought your defence was outstanding,6 times you held us up over the line,but with the injuries you suffered your pack couldn't give your backs anything to work with. A brave effort and good luck for the future.

It was a supreme effort by the lads in the circumstances, which get more extreme by the day.

Not sure how long we can continue to put in creditable performances with a mounting injury list, dwindling squad numbers and rising doubts about whether the club will continue.

There's some thrashings around the corner unless the club finds a buyer with pile of cash.