I hear what you are saying and I'm not getting alarmist at all, but for 80 minutes 'effort' we didn't look like scoring. In an opposed training session I wouldn't have minded getting a nilling if we had bombed a load of chances by overdoing the creative stuff, or if we could see a set play or two, or even ran some decent lines.

Last night however, we didn't overdo anything much, apart from running it in 5 times followed by a generally poor kick, once the first twenty minutes of Plan A, up the middle with offloads at every opportunity didn't come off, plenty of wayward passing too.

As mark m said our defence was mostly ok and TBH 0 - 12 flattered us

Sorry for being a misery 'I will get my coat'!!

No need for the coat bud, however if our sentiments are the same at 20:00 next Saturday then feel free to set the alarm bells ringing!

Off the back of this game, does anyone want to have a go at predicting how the Bronco's game will pan out ?

Well, for the benefit of people who didn't attend, I wouldn't describe the game as an opposed training session. The ref had to stop the game three times because of fighting. Hudds were well up for this match and there were some big hits and tackling going on between the forwards.

The disappointing thing for me though was the lack of attacking edge and planned moves. These would surely have been practiced in sunny Tenerife and should have been put into practice in the game. Ditto the kicking game. It made the squad look as though they were still in the fitness stage of pre-season rather than the handling / positioning / defensive structures and planned moves stage.

No point in analysing the game to death and as rightly pointed out, these friendlies are indeed only practice. But it looked as though we certainly wasted this game as an opportunity to prepare for the season.

If we are still playing Rhys Evans as centre, and Gidley in the halves, why would you be expecting an attacking edge. We seem to have picked up exactly where we left off in the Grand Final. Unable to score.

Apologies if I've missed it somewhere but what is Brown's injury.

Tightness in his hamstring apparently according to the Guardian.Mr Smith remarked that it seems a bit more than tightness !

They will lose and more critically they will lose in a dull and disappointing fashion.

It was like watching paint dry.

Same question as for Rochdale (which if anyone could answer would be great too!): was there any programme or teamsheet issued for the game? Presumably BH has a brochure out-did they stick a teamsheet in that like they have in the past?

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Cheers BWW. We're these handed out at the turnstiles, or were they VIP/press only? Do you/anyone else have a spare that you'd let go?

Mine was handed to me via twitter