Cas is a tough place to go and play expansive especially on the postage stamp of a pitch. Good win.
Interesting to note that Drinkwater moved to the right straight after the cas Try and then when Williams went off with 5 mins to go Currie ended up playing in the halves.
I thought Currie and Thewlis had a great game. Bateman looked solid. I recall from the early rounds of the season talk that Tai needed to get into shape. Well if that is getting into shape that is unbelievable because he looks as solid as a rock

I remember seeing Tai in his first game against Cats, and thinking “This guy can’t tackle, what is Burgess thinking?”. Well don’t I feel stupid now…

Tai is chiselled when he takes his shirt off. 8 pack. Pure muscle. Hits like a train. One of my favourite players.

Thewlis and Currie were our best tonight I thought. Tai is developing into a real asset.

Great we only conceded the one try. Thought the ref made some poor decisions for both teams. Need to up the intensity next week.

Agreed, I’d throw in CTW too. Assured at the back, great try and an assist. Did his job brilliantly considering it’s so early in his career. Looking forward to his next few games.

Was impressed with him done nothing wrong and once he clicks with Williams the worlds his lobster.

I mean Thewlis MOM all day long, superb player. We look a class act on a day when we were pretty poor. Great squad.

Surprised at some of the comments on here. We weren't slick with the ball but we were bang up for the game, defence was tough and organised bar one decent try. Cas were decent opposition.

Tai and Thewlis were absolute animals in defence on that right side, Senior and their centre will have all sorts of bruises. Bateman, Currie and Walker were excellent, and the Taylor-Wray try was electric.

Decent win.

2nd half we were much better. Sam conceded we "weren't where we needed to be" in the first half. Good defensively.

Two points is two points, first half both teams were guilty of poor plays, cas playing like a team with nothing to play for, Wire just couldn’t get going. Ctw, try was the highlight, which am sure we’ll all agree was a moment of individual brilliance.. Second half, Cas looked done, their middle units were gassed. Wire should have exploited that, and gone for jugular. The points difference on the table might make all the difference come end of the regular rounds. The usual stand out performers did what was necessary to make sure Wire, come back with the points. Bateman seems to be improving game on game, but that will be judged more after the next two games. I like what Powell brings to the team, Yates is never a prop, seems wasted playing him in that role.

Where would you play him Bobby? I wouldn't dislodge Currie to play him at loose, Currie is brilliant there. Yates just needs to be in the thick of the tackling, doing the defensive stuff and enabling other guys to save their energy for attack.

Also, forgot to mention but I thought Musgrove was good when he was on last night, made some telling plays.

Would just mention Marty Ashton. He gets through a lot of work and always seems to make metres post tackle. A complete winger. Thewlis has great footwork, elusive runner and every so often deliver vers an absolute bell ringer in defence.
Yesterday wasn’t a complete performance by any means but shows we are not a soft touch, even Currie seems to have developed a liking for the tough stuff.

That’s a good question Jb, Yates works well as he'll tackle anything that comes his way. But for meters made he lacks abit of bite. Putting more pressure on Vaughan to do the hard yards. Trying to shoehorn Yates into the team is a difficult because you’ve Currie who as you e said has to be our 13 every game. Play Yates on the edges you’ll lose his defensive capabilities, plus for rest of the season Nicholson and Bateman seem to be Burgess starting second row. So do you start with Harrison and Vaghaun and rotate with Musgrove and Yates. Yes, I know Yates will struggle with meters made, but if Wire are on the front foot by the platform set by Harrison and Vaughan, it shouldn’t be to much of a concern. And on the flip side if Wire are under the cosh Yates will shore that up playing in the middles. I agree with you about Musgrove he was good last night, always looking to turn in the tackle for an offload. If Yates becomes a bench player, then Crowther looses his spot. Who for me has just lost something about him, maybe that niggly injury is holding him back.

Yeah agreed, the only other position he can play is 13 and I don’t think he offers enough with the ball vs what Currie brings. Yates has been brilliant at prop, can easily play 60 minutes and has been up there with Vaughan as our best prop for me - I wouldn’t move him.