Hard to judge on last night but a few thoughts.

Musgrove could do with not sprinting and then slowing down just before hitting the line.

For all he got wrong, got to thank Powell for james harrison, he's a pearler.

Wrench is gonna need to sort his defence out and quick, he's been pin pointed in all 3 games and you can see why.

Wood looked very solid during his stint.


Holroyd did OK, but got pulled after that knock on, didn't return other than curries hia. EDIT, JUST WATCHING THE GAME BACK IT WAS WOOD THAT CAME ON, TOO MANT MULLETS

Dufty is a frustrating player, he really is.

9 is still too many but possibly indicative of where the game is at the minute in terms of clearing up head contact and the ruck.

More frustrating to me than the penalties was where they were conceded, we seemed to constantly give away penalties in their 20m area, that coupled with a sub 70% completion rate meant we couldn’t build any pressure. Wigan & Saints are the standout teams, they build pressure well and points come off the back of that.

A couple of notes from me for last night.

Powell is better than Walker.

Dufty is still a lazy defender when sweeping

Musgrove needs to get fit or get out.

Wrench is a winger.

We need to see an attacking improvement when in the opponents 20m.

I’m still waiting for any tactical differences from last season.

Not sure you can say Powell was better than walker from last night, Powell played about 5 minutes at hooker

I thought Walker was pretty good overall. Wasn't it Walker's kicks that resulted in the drop outs? I was in the southeast corner and couldn't tell if it was him or Drinkwater.

The sending off was due to Currie's play acting. Never a Red in a million years.

The two wing incidents were far worse, with defenders trying to remove the head from the shoulders.

Really put a dampener on this game which was shaping up at the time.

What play acting? He's got blood pouring into his eye, what would you do?

I think they are suggesting an RU style “blood gate” ie Currie had a bag of fake blood stashed in his shorts and at an opportune moment pulled it out and broke it above his eye to make it look like blood was gushing form a non existent wound…
given that the username suggests they are a child of Jacob Rees-Mogg anything is possible

Indeed, but also thank the Leeds brains trust who would have been in pole position to sign him after he had a spell on loan there in 2020 but clearly didn't rate him as highly as Powell/Warrington did - as I'm sure you're aware, Powell tried to sign him in late 2020 when he was Cas coach, but Cas couldn't afford the transfer fee Fev wanted.

It's great that he's proving a success in SL as every fan at both Batley and Fev will tell you he's always looked a player who could do well at any level, and by common consent he's a top bloke too.

3 things that stood out in last nights game :

- Vaughan's metres gained in the tackle, especially in the 2nd half.
- Powell's cameo.
- The bloke at the back of the East Stand that headed Thewlis's conversion back to the pitch. Impressive.

How low can this game of ours sink ? It is now hamstrung with the ridiculous situation of losing players every week with dubious red cards for head contact. Players from already threadbare squads are being lost so how long will it be till fixtures have to be cancelled because clubs can't field teams ? How long will it be before defenders shirk tackles in case they give a penalty or get sent off?
The referees & players can tell when head contact is malicious & ,in the modern game ,incidents like that are few & far between ,but maybe headguards would help on all players to avoid the accidental contact that is being pinged so far this season. They won't need the ridiculous NFL crash helmets but more like the type amateur boxers wear with plenty of padding. Modification to tackling techniques & headgear should mean the game getting back to normal & the RL & clubs avoiding litigation.

"NFL crash helmets" were introduced because of the number of fatalities each year sometimes as many as 39 in a season.