Superb game for the RL fan I thought. Fantastic defence by Wire. My MOM was Hill, he was superb throughout, fantastic yardage. But... Bridge was a bit of a liability, you just knew he would try his daft offload and that silly penalty he game away was, well U18 stuff. Thought we missed Briers in the creativity dept., but Hodgson was fantastic - always using his head, great positioning all the time. Monas was off the pace, but still had the nous to drop goal.

Hope they are all ok and not too knackered for Hudds !

Superb rugby league. I enjoyed that game more than any other this season. More please!

Our pack was immense.

brutal game probably one of the toughest games i have seen for a long time

How rugby should be, god if only all the matches had he same intensity.

Then it'd be the NRL.

Indeed!

Good game tonight. Still not fully coherent in attack but much improved, and our defence was immense tonight. We could have nil'd them had Bridge not taken out Harrison.

Bruising encounter. That's how rugby league should be played.

The only worry for next week is the injury situation. With Lee back I think we'll offer a lot more in attack, though Ratch and Brett were admirable tonight, but if Carvell, GOB, and Mick Monas are hurt then we'll not be as strong.

Any word on when Grix is back? We're so much stronger for having his versatility in the side.

Loads of our games in recent seasons have been boring one-sided affairs, that was anything but. It's great to see an NRL style game where defences dominate, and it actually takes quality play to unlock defences and score points.

A tremendous encounter played out between two fully committed teams. It had the intensity of a play-off encounter, and will serve us well once we get to the business end of the season.

Hats off to both sides, especially ours of course.

And the Atkins try sure was quality play, and it's good to see Wire playing clever with taking the two and going for the drop goal.

anybody watch on tv , any mention on trent never seen him return for the 2nd half hope its just a precaution the guy is a tackling machine

Thought i was back at Wilderspool in the 70's. To be honest I thought it was a terrible game, which is more a reflection on how my tastes have changed over the years.

Grix is still a couple of weeks away - his recovery is taking longer than first thought.

I thought our defence tonight was superb, but the options taken on the last tackle were poor when close to the Catalan line. The kicks from Ratchford and O'Brien to gain territory were great (backed up by the chasers), especially in the first half when we completely dominated the field position. There just seemed to be a lack of creativity when trying to score, and at times it looked as if nobody was quite sure what they were doing, especially when McCarthy ending up kicking. Atkins' try was the exception - that was fantastic play from him.

Overall though, I'm extremely happy with the result. I really hope Briers is back next week, however.

Today for me was a bit so so. My views FWIW.

1. Morley clearly done. Completely anonymous and zero impact. Shame to see. Season too far.
2. We need Briers to orchestrate effective attack. McCarthy kicking on last play shows lack of organisation.
3. Hope M.Monas is just ring rusty (understandably)
4. Hill looking a belting signing.
5. Atkins sheer class. Would not swap him for any other centre in SL.
6. Hodgson superb positioning and anticipation but he's got 10 games left max.
7. Bridge clearly injured and hampered.
8. We are not hitting straps but 2nd place and CCSF is the stuff of dreams from 5 years ago.
9. We are not at our best but still winning.
10. Tony has yet to post 2 back to back losses.


2 points, may get to Wembley but an ageing side need of overhaul for 2013.

reply to your points

1- watch the game back the impact morley had was clear to see he carried well and also wasn't it morley that collared i think it was cardace as he was about to break clear
2- yes briers was missed but more for his thinking
3- definately rusty but showed signs
4- great acquisition
5- agreed
6- hodgson is tougher than he looks he will get another season to help bed in ratch
7- tendonitus he needs to get it sorted or not play till it does
8- true and i for one am glad we are going un noticed pressures off
9- true again and glad to see the desire in defence was back tonight
10- will go down as one of the greatest coaches of british rugby

Old school game, really enjoyed it. Good crowd too. Bridge isn't fit but someone needs to tell him that his house won't burn down if he gets tackled with the ball. He doesn't have to look for the offload every single play.

One sour note for me. The Sky "Walking Intro" seemed to get reduced to Carney and Clarke. Hope it was more comprehensive on telly but it was a major let down.