Harrison or Ashton for me but there were 8/10s all over the field. I put the last two tries down to fatigue as our edges had had to work very hard in defence, especially Matautia and Ratchford. A very enjoyable evening's entertainment.

The Merseyside commentators mentioned more than once about the present Huddersfield team being content to stick in games & grind out even late wins. It really was a great first half defensive effort from the Wire though that won the game.

Very encouraging signs with the two wins we've achieved.

Powell has mentioned that Harrison isn't even in full training yet due to his knee. He could be our new Chris Hill/Walmsley type signing. Fingers crossed.

We couldn't really have had a more encouraging start to the season. Going well ... just hoping we don't pick up more injuries in the forwards in the next few weeks.

Looks like Marshall in defence was the missing key. We're water-tight at one end, and expansive in attack at the other end. Lots of work to do, but we're finally looking like an all-round Powell-esque 'team' of players, rather than a few expensive 'stars' rooted firmly in their comfort zone.

Still early days of course, and plenty we can improve on. But we look top six right now, which we certainly didn't after game 2 last year.

Who was defensive coach last year?

Some bloke with a flat cap and a whippet i think.

Colin Crompton would explain a lot.

Sheridan.

Yeh and the must of trained in the wheel tappers and shutters club. Now we’ve had a meeting of the committee and passed a resolution………………. You lot of the age of all this can fill it in

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Sheridan Smith or Sheridan Bucket from Keeping up Appearances, last year, it may as well been any of those.

Our defensive coach in 2022 was Danny Evans.

I heard reports before Mr Powell arrived at the HJ that Ryan Sheridan was the "master tactician" of the duo.

Ah okay. I remember reading in the guardian last year that Powell was taking charge of the attack and Sheridan on defence. Danny Evans wasn’t mentioned.

Either way, Richard Marshall is clearly an asset in this department. We seem to be putting the pieces of the jigsaw in the right places behind the scenes.