Very pleased with this result and performance. Was looking to see some improvement in defence and we got that today. Especially since their 2nd try resulted from a pass so far forward it was ridiculous, but that's the standard of officiating at this level unfortunately.

I watched Lauaki quite closely today given some of the criticism he receives. Ball in hand he doesn't seem to make enough ground once he makes contact with the defenders. He did however chased hard in defence and draws in plenty of defenders when used as a dummy runner. Not sure why he is getting so few minutes, he certainly didn't seem impressed when he came off after about 8 mins of the 2nd half.

I'm still hopeful he will find his feet and bring some value to the team but I'm not sure he will live up the 'wrecking ball' hype that he has been saddled with.

I would push Addey to put in extra time with his goal kicking as it would be a big bonus if he could turn into a regular kicker. When Baile and Blythe are fully fit Jimmy may leave Shaw out as his defence isn't great. It will be a tough decision when all are fit.
I thought Henry was very good today and starting to show why he came highly recommended.
Can't wait to see Davis and Lauaki fully fit. We could have a pack capable of taking on those bottom SL teams.

I now don't expect to see us go for another half back. Addey did OK today and the weeks are now passing before we get Seika back - about 5-6 games now? Once he is back we will effectively have Seika, Gaskell, Malloney and Addey available as halves.

Best performance of the season today for me. Sheffield are no mugs and I was expecting this to be a close game. I thought we made them look very ordinary. They really struggled to get out of their half. Seemed to want to drag is into a bitkf a scrap, but unlike the Leigh game I thought we concentrated on playing rugby.


Ferguson was immense (where are his knockers now?) Olbison was also outstanding.

Great game today.

Wasn't at the Fev game so can't compare but that was the best all round performance I've seen this year. I had a suspicion given the weather that Sheffield could keep us pinned in the boggy final twenty under the Coral Stand that always cuts up in wet weather just like Halifax did in the first half of that game, particularly when we were due to be playing out of that end in the second half.

Ferguson and Clough were outstanding. Hard to fault anyone in the pack today, though while I agree that Lauaki draws 'em in on his runs without the ball (I think we scored two in the first half passing behind him) I'm not sure what else he does. I don't want to come across as too critical but some of his side steps in previous games have covered more lateral yardage than his runs with the ball have taken us forward.

That could have been a real banana skin today and I'm feeling uncharacteristically positive.

Cough has been good all year, my man of season so far. We were good today, I'm looking forward to an 80 minute performance, we'll give someone a hell of a tonking, lets hope it's Leigh

With Clough, O'Brien, Ferguson and Pitts in our pack, it is top quality. Add in likes of Olbison and Sidlow who aren't far off the others, and the likes of Mellor who is coming on loads and starting to show some real quality, and our forwards are looking really good.

Not so impressed with Fleming or Lauaki yet, though Crossley will replace one of those when he's back.

Backs looked decent today too, and I thought Adam Henry had his best game in a Bulls shirt.

was taken off as a precaution I think Jimmy said. I really don't know then.

Yeah, good comment. It was just what we needed after the Donny match...in fact, the Donny match itself was probably just what we needed get rid of some lethargy and focus minds, so I guess you sometimes have to take a step back before moving forwards again. The trick now is to keep the mental attitude and continue improving - [iwithout regard to the quality of the opposition[/i, so no 'easy weeks' 'cos our opponents are in the bottom four. That though, I appreciate is going to be the difficult bit.

Ok, try them when fit, but suspect Mullaney won't be playing in next few weeks, precaution or not he has just missed 5 with a hamstring and clearly come back abit before he is ready. Feel free to play them though if it makes you feel better

Can we not recall Brook yet? If we can, and Gaskell is struggling, it would seem the perfect solution.

Ashton's view after the game