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.

Not saying there wasn't a gash to his face. He clutched his face as soon as it happened, and before he was tackled.
The tackle looked innocuous at the time, but he made sure the referee spotted it.

Rugby players have been known to play on with ruptured testicles. Currie would fall over if he stubbed his toe.

Anyway, for Cas next week the only thing I’d change would be Crowther in for Holroyd. As others have said, Wrench needs to up his game in defence but that edge needs time to gel

I agree about Wrench, but unfortunately he's the only creative centre we have. I hope he can sort his defence out, because his attack will be invaluable with only King or Ratchford available as centres.

I don't think this is the case at all. Watching the replay he doesn't seem at all bothered by Brown's tackle, he looks at the referee for guidance because he's got quite a lot of blood, and is unsure whether he'll be allowed to play on without getting patched up.

Our big guys are taking the ball on the 1st n 2nd a lot more.

Support play looks better from the little we have seem, the Harrison try doesn't happen under Powell or price because there were very few support runners, they were too busy getting in position for the next ptb

Not the best conditions to be playing the rugby that ppl seem to be expecting on game 2 !! If this is the start and there's progression and consistency then it will be an improvement on last year

There was no reaction or animosity from Currie so i think he accepted it as an unfortunate accident.