It's obvious I've backed Powell, but I do agree with many of the comments against him - he's not been the easiest to back!

I think the blood letting has been taken by releasing the old guard - let's hope we won't have to do this again for at least a long while. Now the pressures off, I'm expecting us to show some signs of encouragement before the season ends, I'd be dissapointed if we didn't. One thing I will say is that our pack still lacks a bit of punch, though Holmes was much better last night and Bullock was excellent. With the arrival of Vaughan and Mcguire, it'll change things much for the better and I believe Philbin will be an asset once more with the help of an improved pack.

I agree also with your comment about Toulouse, would be a shame for them to go down. I can't really understand why we don't increase the size of SL so we could keep Toulouse, Leigh, Widnes and even Bradford who were a big loss imo - Leigh and Widnes have excellent facilities too.

Thank goodness we won, onwards and upwards.

Sure I just saw Connor Wrench in town with a Knee/Leg brace on, didn't see him pick anything up at the game, hopefully not too serious.

To be fair Bentley and Tetevano are due another ban aren't they? Must be at least 3 weeks.

He did go off and down the tunnel at one point but came back on with some strapping on.

I've just read that ratchford will miss next week with a head injury, wrench and Nicholson will miss out with injuries as well.

It should be Dean in the halves and Thewlis (or minikin) to come in on the wing. I'd imagine Clark will be in on last night's showing, maybe minikin on the bench or Davis?

it was the nature of the kick I was on about.