Was thinking about Penny while watching the game last night. His leg drive and technique driving the ball in now is fantastic. I can't remember the last time he got pushed backwards. He is also doing more work in the pivot positions and really stepping up his responsibility levels. I think his understanding of the game is very well developed now.

Also watching Russell, it's amazing how much his game has come on from last year. He can now pass the ball backwards and to his own players. I thought he was very one dimensional last year and didn't see him kicking on. I thought Johnson looked streets ahead of him last season in the few first team games he played but Russell fully deserves his place this season adding some really good passes to his great scoots. Great what a little competition for places can do along with some hard work in the off season.

I'm not one of these anorak program tickers who record everything that happens during a game but I didn't notice many penalties conceded by Wire and we seemed to have a good completion rate. If the stats confirm this, it goes to show that if you get the basics right, the rest will follow.

The stats say we gave 5 penalties - Gidley, Clark, King, Ratchford (2)

Error count was 7, Cas made 13.

Did anyone else notice that Gidley didn't actually score a try, even though he was credited with one...

The radio said it was Russell, then said Gidley after hearing the announcer. I saw another match report claiming it was Russell but incorrectly attributed to Gidley.