I didn’t know if I’d be able to make it, so turned up at the last minute with no cash. Tesco cash machine was out of order, so had to do a 3k dash across town looking for a machine that hadn’t run out of cash, arriving with seconds to spare (literally caught Drinkwater finishing Dufty’s break). Foolishly wore jeans that were far too tight for a run, and now suffering from some severe chafing.

Was worth it though. Possibly the only game I’ll get to see live this year.

PS Cats didn’t beat Rovers by 24 points, so we are still top tonight. Hopefully Cas won’t be our banana skin next week.

Was watching that score, got a bit twitchy at 26-6

I am a little hesitant about Russell but seeing how other players have responded to Powell and Marshall, I’m quite keen to give him a chance (now Thewlis is not available anyway). Powell certainly has a record of getting the best out of seemingly average players.

Russell is good as cover, im looking forward to seeing how he goes for us now, i felt he looked a lot better with toulouse than ive seen him for any team before. Generally though, I'm really happy with thewlis and ashton as our first choice wingers.

2 more games to miss for maguire, i think harrison and maybe bullock could be missing for a few months, dudson should be back soon, kasiano could be missing for a few now as well, we could be a little bit short in numbers over the next couple of games.

I was too far away to see Kasiano incident. How bad it seem, given was a yellow on the night?
Speaking of which there did seem to be a lot of “grabbing” rather than tackling in the first half by some of our players (yes Peter M I am looking at you!).

So what about Dufty? Sure we missed a few tackles & fell away at the end but his threat is constant.
Great signing for me.

Expected him to start all guns blazing this year after coming in early, he hasn’t done much wrong but hasn’t looked too threatening aside from some good backing up.

He was much better vs Leigh, though - by far his best game of the year.

Agreed - been a slow burn start to the year for him but was excellent on Friday - wonder if he's just working out his place in attacking lines etc with a new halfback partnership. Think he'll be superb this year for us.

The thing that’s impressed me about Dufty is that he hasn’t shown any of the apparent weaknesses that fans of other clubs banged on about when we signed him.

He hasn’t put a foot wrong yet. And interestingly, I thought he’d be a bit of a show pony, but he doesn’t overdo it with the try celebrations. Great signing and hopefully can pass on some experience to Thewlis over this year and next.

Just watched the highlights of the game and looking at the Kasiano yellow card I’m not convinced he will get a ban. Does anyone know what his disciplinary record is like, given the way they grade them now even if he got a grade B it’s not necessarily a ban.

Loved the way Dufty ghosted through the line for the 1st try! We certainly have more attacking threats in the team than for a long time.

I have watched it a few times now & I'd be surprised if he got a ban. But who knows.

Looking back at the highlights, Dufty looks like a capture. His timing for coming into the line is superb.

To those of a certain age, Brian Johnsonesque